Large Format Road Trip
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- Опубліковано 2 лют 2022
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Jason goes Large Format 8x10 and finds out bigger IS better.
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I said it once, and I'll say it again, your longer videos are amazing. Thanks, Jason.
hard bunp. short form drives me insane
Very cool to recreate Brokeback Mountain trip with a friend, thanks Jason!
It’s not gay if you carry large format cameras
@@TryinaD I think we just got the "no homo" alternative in film photography world
@@TryinaD bahahaha I just spit out my coffee!!!! lol
That chair is one of my favorite subjects. I've photographed it at least 5 times in the last 18 years. It used to stand in front of the range of rooms that are now burned down. Over the years it has moved, slowly making its way out into the desert. Great video as always, Jason. Cheers.
Is it somewhere along 395? I’d love to go photograph it. Totally understand tho if you want to keep the location hidden. Beautiful places like that get ruined when too many people know about it.
Gotta drop in here and say you're way too hard on yourself with some of these shots you say are "meh" - this is a lot of good shit here. I do not have the guts to shoot large format, and you're pulling it off. Good job dude.
I take it as a running gag of his channel. I'm pretty sure he knows what he's worth.
@@Appleboot a penny
When the story starts with "Recently Caleb and I" you know it's gonna be a great story. Lots of shit pictures, and a great story.
Haha that's a special flavor compliment :P
35 minutes and 24 seconds of entertainment!!!!
It's always a joy watching your videos
Fun fact: Ghost towns aren’t always abandoned. There’s a ghost town near me, called Shafter, where they mined silver. At one point, 4,000 people called it home, with about a dozen or two still living there today.
I think the ghost town qualification is just that it used to be a productive town, but its resources have been exhausted.
Baxter's appearances:
- NONE
Sorry friends,
Cheers
Day ruined, thanks for your continued service tho
@@natemathewson5200 no problem, doing my best
2 seconds into the video. Big spoiler!
simplyfing the definition of portrait to just "subject and background" has unlocked something for me. i feel like I just had the biggest, dumbest realization just now
I think this has to be one of the best videos you've done, Jason. Love how you talk to camera on location a little more in this video but still keep the sarcastic, monotone commentator vibe that you put in the rest of your videos. Love it!!
This was so awesome to watch! I love to see longer videos that are 30-60mins. You did a really great job on this trip!
This guy is legit funnier than a few of my go-to comedians. Combined with a great photography experience, I love this channel.
I shot my first roll 4 years ago. I was 14 years old, my grandma gave me her camera but I didn't like the results, stopped shooting film and went to the digital world. Founding your channel last year made me give it another shot. And now, film is my passion. Just want to say thank you! You're a really inspiration for me
I love how the compositions in his videos and his pictures are great independently, but together they’re a masterpiece
Haha I think you've really nailed the LF experience. It's full of heartbeak, talking to yourself and occasionally some accidental magic. Brave on the 8x10. I stay with 4x5 and even then it's ridiculous. Great videos.
anybody that shoots large has my utmost respect because I think shooting film cameras without a meter is a lot work & you do this with good results .
I love shooting 8x10 - I did a month long project a few months ago and it was bliss. I carry the camera in a proper backpack not a camera bag though for extra comfort and try not to hike to far from the car. I had to climb down many precarious steps to get to a location and knew I'd be there all day, so I hired someone to be the camel. Worth every penny and he even learned to write the exposure notes that I dictated to him. Sometimes you just have to do that!
IMMA LET YOU FINISH. But let me like this video right now. So I can watch this when I get home from work and chill the F out while doing so.
Loved the filming throughout this video and the images of course. Killer work man!
Ghost town - a town with ghosts.
Abandoned ghost town - even the ghosts have left.
I have really enjoyed watching your videos during the pandemic, thank you for continuing to make great content with your buddy.
Such great storytelling. I really appreciate you critiquing your compositions for us. I’m all digital but learn so much by watching the way you thoughtfully frame your work. Thanks for making these videos.
This might be my favorite video you've ever made. Up there with the Northern California trip and the first human photo mini-doc. Keep up the great work. Really appreciate your channel.
Stunning! I love those longer videos, music, comments everything is perfect!
the two cuddling trucks are so cute!
Yeah, that was a perfect description.
this is the natural progression.
started with an f100, got a fuji gw690, got a second one, a zenza, then i yolo'd and bought a great sinar f1 4x5 that was in mint condition off of craigslist that came with everything and a case for 350 canadian. Now some of my best photos are coming from that large format. Using the 4 x 5 I slow down so much, I get so many questions.
What's even better is Jeff Wall sold me 10 boxes of portra 400, for 30 CAD a box, and 10 boxes of a velvia 50 from another seller for 50 a box. Doesn't get much better than that.
This is one of your best videos yet, but I don't know anything about videos. I do know watching you use that antique beast is fascinating, and the shot of the kitchen turned out amazing. Thanks for the work you post here.
Your videos are an absolute gift and the best thing to watch when you want to chill and get inspired. Thank you Jason
Really enjoyed this video this morning while I ate breakfast. Gave the morning a very simple and relaxing feel. Thanks Jason!
I was cartwheeling through UA-cam and tripped and fell into this channel. I don't shoot film but your videos are some serious entertainment. A nice switch up from everyone always feeling they need to yell at me to get their point across. I dig it.
The B&W image at 15:06 - people underestimate the contrast envelope (dynamic range) of film. In the old days, a film's performance was measured through a methodology called densitometry or sensitometry and the measurements got plotted into a graph. The X-axis of that graph would typically be in 10-base log of intensity*time of the exposure to the film and then the Y-axis was the "density" (something like the degree of saturation). Photographers were after the "straight piece" in the curve, as it was considered the "usable" dynamic range.
Typically, that straight piece in the curve was a function of a 4 to 4.5 units on the X-axis and if we then remove the 10-bas log from these numbers we get i*t values in the 10 (starting at 1) to 100,000 (that would be 5 for a delta log i*t of 4) range. In EV (2-base log), such a range gets us to over 13, depending on where the film starts its straight piece. If we had scan software that can deal with the non-linear shoulders of the densitometry curve of film so as to make that linear, then we can gain a couple EV more dynamic range from film. The problem with film was that it is hard to get beyond 5 EV dynamic range in print. Monitor/displays are not lot better, though, and dynamic contrast simulations are very imprecise (not usable for the serious photographer).
Very entertaining, Jason. I enjoyed your b&w shots, too. Good work. I shot 4x5 for several years. Every once in a while I kind of get a yearning to break out the old Linhof and give it another go. When I do I take a nap until the feeling goes away. Can't believe my wife and I backpacked all that equipment all over the Smoky Mountain Nat'l Park. I carried 35 pounds of photography equipment and she carried the umbrella (for the camera), lunch, water, and preprinted note cards for each exposure. I still have all of it in our files.
You know, one of the greatest aspects of Your 8x10 images is that they portray (depth). A characteristic that you really have to be mindful of when using that format. I don’t know why but that size of film tends to flatten subjects and using foregrounds, and in your case, leading lines also, is almost a must, to get away from that, to me, unfortunate feature of the “Grand Camera”. Bob.
These longform videos; amazing. Honestly, there’s lots of dope shots here too
Love the symmetry of you both coming back to the same place at the end. As a great man once said,
“It’s like poetry, it rhymes”
One of my all time favourites from your videos; loved the introduction to a really interesting piece of gear, and thought you created some incredible images with it
finallyyyyy ive been so excited the last weeks for the new video. Since I started shooting this year your content is one of the best one the web
Again an absolute gem of a video, thanks Jason 🤙🏼
Love the framing at 0:25 ! The way you used that corrugated sheet as a frame for yourself is ingenious!
Always love your videos man, a real inspiration to me and others. Keep it up!
Nice record of the difficulty and frustration that is large format photography. You really value the shots that work out. I find that with large format details become the subject matter where as with smaller formats the content and subject matter more. If you nail the details you can almost be forgiven for a so so composition. It's like focusing on the individual stars of the milkyway.
I have to say, no matter how many times I've seen a video before, whenever I'm in a bad mood putting your content on just makes the world seem ok.
12:40 actualy it looks like somthing that could have ended up on cover art for early Pink Floyd album. I love it.
The video production on this video is amazing. Must have been so much work along with the already taxing work of shooting large format. Really awesome work!
22:09 the fact you got their perplexed look in the reflection of the camera is so awesome hahah "time traveler" the dry humor on this channel is second to none!
Wonderfully narrated. Thanks for the joyful ride...
This was a really cool video, I really liked a lot of the shots. The editing and storytelling were great too, I really enjoyed this format
Thanks for making this video. It can be notice the love that you deposit in every frame. I hope you can find more trips with less aches haha. I follow you since the lockdown, I re-started to shoot film since then. Cheers, from Argentina.
Your videos are so satisfying to watch! Also I love your humor.
Artist tape will be your best friend. After you shoot both sheets of film, tape the dark slides onto the holder and then you can't pull them out, because those bitches always come out somehow. I've wrecked many a sheet of film. The great thing about artist tape is it doesn't leave a sticky residue.
Even though you talk a lot about sucking, I applaud you for your video making while shooting large format. It’s a bastard doing that.
Really dig the shots at 8:38 and 14:55. Your black and white is very underrated.
wholesome.
you're so hard on yourself! all of these photos are truly incredible!!
Amazing journey, love the photos! The locations are golden and stunning for photography, some I have seen before, some I will love to visit one day. Its mind blowing how large format has a prescence unlike other film formats. You worked hard and it really shows, awesome dude! I just finished a 35mm roll that was in my camera for 3 months, but thats my goal this year, shoot more film, all inspired by your videos.
Super cool video Jason. That drone shot for the opening scene in Nevada, pure Gold. Cinema 🍿
Came to say this.
Amazingly fun video and just as amazing frames. Very beautiful! Good jorb!
pay day is the same day as grainy upload day but really this is all i look forward to
I spend god knows how much on streaming tv and this is the best thing I’ve watched all week. Love u guys.
That train platform used to be part of the Owens Valley narrow gauge railroad. The old Lone Pine depot is still standing, although it sits on private property just north of that spot.
Nice work, thanks for sharing. The quality and detail of large format is just amazing.
Nah man, these shots are amazing! I really enjoyed this long video, it hits differently. Keep em coming 🙌🙌🙌
Your video is exactly what I needed this morning ! Thank you very much !
Please keep uploading long videos and even longer ones. I love your vids!!!
As always, I thoroughly enjoy your videos!
Yoo it's mah boi grainydays with another episode
Yes loved this video and love your longer versions
This video and the images were sooo good! I'm glad you guys are willing to subject yourselves to the abuse of large format because I don't think I will ever venture farther than medium format haha
Just getting back into Film and I am binging the hell out of these long form videos keep up the great work
These long videos are incredible. Certainly not the best suited to the youtube algorithme but still very pleasant to watch
From France, those locations look incredible, very impressive to see all these abandoned places.
Beautiful work !
Excellent video. Reminded me of some photo trips I had taken with a friend and a large format camera. Have to do that again soon.
Great work with that 8x10.
Ansel Adams would be proud. KB
I love your videos, cant wait to see more
I really dig those exp ektachrome shadows. Those lavender/blue shadows are kinda wicked.
I really like the photos of the two old trucks and 21:08 the house on the prairie. It catches the eye.
Amazing video!!! Music choice in the end was great. Thanks again for making videos!!
Great video, beautiful photos. Thank you for sharing your process.
Another fantastic video with stunning images and riveting narration. Nice to know that despite being at opposite ends of the depth of field preference, getting hammered can be your common ground. You really do labor for your art and the results are worth it. Those were some really cool locations! (Some more than others, but hey.). Now to check out the other side of the album...
Few can do long format videos. Bravo! 👏
Kudos for the 8x10 camera. There’s nothing like large format.
One of the beauties of sheet film is that you can adjust the developing to account for the exposure. ;-)
I have some Ektachrome that expired in 2012 and has always been cold stored. It has lost some speed and recent rolls had to be overexposed by 1/3 stop for perfect exposure.
is there a rule of thumb how much you should overexpose?
@@franz1068 It would depend a lot on how the film has been stored. Apart from the very small (1/3 stop) shift over about 10 years, my cold stored film still looks pretty much like new.
babe wake up new grainydays vid dropped
Ok, Ready for round two.
My god a roller coaster of emotions, amazing thank you for sharing
This was my first video of yours that I really enjoyed and it got me hooked.
Good vibes, well done!!
That was great. I'll watch it again. Super interesting.
Never had I ever had such a visceral reaction to a upload notification.
Love the long form videos 🙌🏻
Really enjoy your road trip videos mate- good work!
Thanks for sharing your expedition! Now i’m sure my Zeiss Ercona is as far down this film hole as i need to go. You did get some Nice Shots ! 👏
Love your photography man!
you always make my days when you upload, thanks :)
unreal I love these videos. Keep up the good work
A fun watch as always, man. I also have no idea why you weren’t 100% stoked on the b+w shot in the hills…that was my favorite of the whole trip! Looking forward to the next one.
Nice set of images and good content for a longer than normal video that you put out. Keep the LF stuff coming.
Great video. You’ve inspired me. I have a beautiful Ebony 4x5 sitting on a shelf beckoning to me.
Large format is difficult, but well worth the trouble. Great video, great images. Thanks for taking us along.
Love that special Portra “love” view. I think it would have been especially good taken from the perspective of the crop at @6:17. The contrasts of shapes and colors are fantastic.
Love your stuff mate. Funniest commentary ever.
I look forward to each vid 👍🏻
15:12 I really like this shot, the chair in the kitchen and the one in the other room kinda signify the last traces of an alienated couple
Impressive, what a crazy project. So nice photos, great video
You are an amazing person and a incredibly great photographer!! 🤯