I Soaked My New Camera! But Got My best Shot of 2024?
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
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In this video I spend the day in Brighton for some seaside street photography where we had sun, cloud, rain, wind - a classic English summer's day. I talk through how I approach street photography on film and give a few thoughts about why I've moved to film photography for now as well as show my images from the day including one of my favourite photos from the year so far - enjoy!
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„Pictures about something rather than of something“. Your story telling is what makes your photography so interesting. Great pics!
That’s so very kind of you to say! Something I always have in the back of my mind but it’s rare to make a shot that’s really about something!
Manual focus and no light meter seems tricky at first but you can actually get really fast in no time.
Stop using the rangefinder and use zone focusing. It saves so much time. Use a fast film or push it so it's faster. This lets you photograph with a smaller aperture. That way you have way bigger focus zones. Then memorize maybe 3 positions of your lens at aperture f8 that cover everything from close to far away. It's so much faster because if you use the rangefinder you end up focus too much.
Using fast film also allows you to use fast shutter speeds. That way you can be quick and shoot while walking too.
For the light meter get an external one. Incident is pretty good. Then as you walk around measure the light and the shadows and decide based on what you shoot what aperture you use. That way you can leave the shutter speed and tweak the aperture. Make sure to stay at f8 or smaller. If you move into the shadows you already know what aperture you need and the same if you move to the lit places. Remeasure if the light situation changes.
If you photograph that way you barely need to change anything. Basically you walk around and measure the light every now and then. If you get to a limit you might need to change shutter speed if that's not enough you need to change aperture and watch your focus a bit closer.
For outdoor situations during the day that's pretty effective. Inside and at night it gets harder because the brightness changes way faster.
I love the shot. It reminds me of a photo which I took in 2015 in Havanna (I didn't get that close) but there was a guy standing on the wall at Malecon talking to the waves. He was waiting for the response and stood there totally frozen when a big wave hit him. The photo looks unreal because he is absolutely centered in the middle and the water drops add chaos around him. It is still one of my favourite shots of all time. Just don't have the space to frame it and hang it to the wall.
Fantastic! The "trying-to-stick-through" one was so unexpectedly awesome, made me crack up. Hard to pick a favourite among all these - thanks for sharing! (And I adore the POV "format" while you share your thought process. Have not found photography content on UA-cam that can compare with this)
Ah what a lovely comment! That’s really made my day, thank you so much 🙏🏻
I love your pov videos Tim, and this one's up there with the best! Love many of these photos and the last one is simply brilliant 😊
Ah thanks mum! 🫶🏻
To be honest sometimes it’s the most freeing feeling when you don’t care about your surroundings, time and of course your gear when you want to take a photo. Often times that’s what gives you the best moments and special pictures that you really care about.
Oh wow. THAT is a real winner, Tim. Holy cats. "Ships are safe in the harbor, but that's not what ships are for" - John A Shedd. (That's the mantra I say when I take my camera into dangerous weather.)
Thank you, Chris! Really appreciate that 🙏🏻
To be honest, I much prefer this style of videos. Keep up the good work! 🙂
Ah thanks! Appreciate that 🙌🏻
I enjoy your pov style videos. I like to see what catches your eye. If you want to do vlogs, I'll watch those too.
Thank you, Scott! Appreciate the support as always 🙏🏻
My thoughts exactly. Great video, again.
What beautiful colors, the film remains a film forever!) very, very beautiful photos!!!📸🎞❤
Thank you! Means a lot
Beautiful video and beautiful shots! Love how you explain while walking, feels like I’m there with you
Thank you!
The Canon P is the best bang for your buck when it comes to rangefinder film cameras. The the only rangefinder film camera I shoot with and I love it. Good job.
It’s so great!
Great content again Tim. Keep on doing the POV vids as it is always good to see what you seen whilst walking around. I really like the arcade shots and the final shot of the water splash. Hope your camera is ok 😃
Thanks Tony!
Some of your best pictures Tim, great job! C.
Ah Chris, too kind!
POV works well for this trip, IMO, Tim. Talking head also works for follow-up content (e.g., editing, or tips series). Donut eats human my fav pic. Final splash, without explanation/caption could not tell it was water.
Digital spoils us. My first “exposure” to photography was using a Kodak box cam - no meter, parallax plagued viewfinder, 12 images per roll, as I recall. Don’t miss analog and darkroom processing/gear/chemicals, etc.
You got off lucky w/mild wave. YT host James Brew (now inactive channel) got smashed by incoming wave that knocked him down, soaked him to the bone and ruined his Nikon camera - nothing to show for it.
Cheers!
I'm surprised our paths didn't cross as I was in the same area that day. Didn't get anything as good as your last shot though. Cracking image.
I bought a Canon 7 early on in my film renaissance 2 years ago, great camera. Unfortunately it's been a slippery slope since then into exclusively using rangefinders for film and digital from another well known brand! I live in Brighton and have been fortunate to missed the big wave close up...thus far! ☔😁
Keep up the good work and videos
Ah great! Almost got the 7 but went for the P instead. Haha I wonder what that well known brand is… 🤔 🔴 - maybe I’ll get one one day! This film photography lark is very addictive
That last photo is fantastic! Definitely need to see the whole scene to get the idea though. I dig it!
Thanks heaps! I kinda like it without any context at all, I think I’m going to print it and see how it looks, if you don’t know the back story of the photo I still think it works as an abstract
Excellent video and some great shots as well. I like these type of films, they are fun and informative. Well done Sir.
Thanks heaps! 🤜🤛
Great video, interesting insight into your street photography process.
Very inspiring.😊
Thank you! 🤩
Great video Tim, and still really enjoy the POV style with commentary, it gives a great insight into your process, which is what it’s all about eh. And great shots, I particularly like the one on 0:57 of the kids and seagulls. I think if you’d have got in closer, you’d have actually lost a lot of context. Nice one Tim, now going to go and read your blog! 😊
Thanks heaps man! Appreciate that a lot 🙏🏻
Some great images and I love the POV with the story telling
Cheers, Steve!
“HAHAHA... OH FUCK!”
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At 5:03.......The sudden and unexplained appearance of the large alien sphincter was too much for the young man from San Francisco to leave untouched; while he had always yearned for a career in either veterinary medicine, animal husbandry, or proctology, he was, until that moment indecisive. Then, all at once, the stars aligned. He had to go for it! 😆
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Nice video dude! I have the same camera and lens combo and have been shooting with my canon P since 2020!
Cheers! It’s a great camera, I love it. Though I fear it may be a gateway drug to the 🔴
brilliant, I really enjoyed the watch, excellent images to end on!
Thanks heaps! Glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏻
That last shot is spectacular!
Thank you!
Last frame is fab. Think it was worth getting soaked.
Thanks Des! Yeah it didn’t feel like it at the time but after the fact was definitely worth it
Now read your blog to check out the reason awesome reason and camera I remember watching that vid on Paulie channel.. awesome set and work u made at Brighton
Wonderful day of photos!
Cheers!
Hello Tim, and thank you again for another great POV video of especially yours which I still enjoy very much, being a kind of loyal subscriber to your channel since about one year or so. To me your POV style reels explain a lot about the conditions in the situations you took your photographs, like the importance of waiting (e. g. at the sculpture on the pier), the lighting challanges (e. g. in the arcade), which I would miss in understanding just looking at the resulting pictures, even with technical data given. So, personally speaking, please keep it up!
Concerning the special look of film photography, I think iIt's the (sometimes not so) subtle softness of the frames, which I never managed to reproduce digitally in an authentic looking fashion, although some software does a decent job in getting close to the effect.
One last thought: What a wonderful Frank-Capra-moment the splash has given to you! Kudos!
Thanks so much for supporting the channel and leaving such a lovely comment, it means a lot! 🙏🏻
I like the POV style as long as you talk about what you think while walking, what you wanted to take pictures of when you shoot, and if - in your opinion - you got the shot and why. I don't like watching POV style videos with just someone walking around with music on top.
i went there as a child, i want to go back now
You made some great photos, that last one was worth waiting for. 😊
Thank you! 🤩
For some reason my original comment has disappeared. Anyway, yes, last image is indeed brilliant! You certainly nailed that one! I love photographing in Brighton (I'm from just down the road, Lewes, originally). In Brighton you get accepted far more easily than say, Birmingham where I live now, as Brighton (or 'Be Right On' as it was better known as)- being so bohemian, in Brighton it's sort of accepted that you are going to be photographed by some hipster with a camera!
No way! I grew up in Sussex and my mum and dad live in Lewes, as you say, Brighton and Lewes are full of characters, definitely go much more unnoticed taking pics. I shot in Birmingham recently and probably got the most people noticing me taking pic with my GoPro on than any other city I’ve been to in the UK, not sure why!
@@timjamiesonphotos Blimey! Yes, went to school at Priory all through the late 70's and 80's. Drank regularly in the Snowdrop and Lewes Arms. Dad still in Lewes in Winterbourne area (opposite prison). Grew up in Bradford Road, then converted a barn, possibly the first of its kind in Sussex in the early 80's, in Malling. It was a wonderful time. If I could move back, I would in a heartbeat, but alas far too expensive now.
@@timjamiesonphotos also funny about the GoPro. I had a GR III and I got noticed so much with that. But I also have a much older, but similar in looks GRD4 and no one ever looks at that! I think it must be body language more than anything. With the GRD4 I just don't care, and will raise the thing to almost everything. But with the newer GR III I think I was so much more conscious that I was holding a £1000 pocket camera.
I love Brighton and there regularly to photograph on film.
It’s a fun laid-back city for sure!
Yay I live in brighton
The point of view videos are enjoyable and helpful. Plus, I can see places I haven’t been
The last shot worth the entire watching time! Always brilliant videos here! 🤩
Thank you! That’s very kind 🙏🏻
That final image was the best by far in my opinion. Hope the camera survived. btw, what was the Welsh flag doing on the pier and did you catch Ren busking?
Thanks heaps! Yeah I think it’s ok 😅. Didn’t spot Ren, surely he’s too successful to busk anymore these days? And no idea re the Welsh flag lol
I think you got a great shot at the end!
Thank you!
Canon P, good choice! I used one for 5+ years before I bought my expensive German rangefinder.
Haha excellent! Hopefully one of these days I’ll get my hands on one… 🔴
dude i love these vids, thanks
Thanks man!
Very enjoyable episode. I think some of your best work. Agree with other comments the last episode is a banger as they say.
Ah thank you! That’s very kind of you to say
So beautiful, Tim❤❤❤
Thank you!
Angry icecream eater is my fave
Haha who eats their ice cream like that?!?
The last photo with the waves on it is a great one to end the video, but I'm a little worried about my camera!
Haha thanks! Yeah me too, but it seems to be ok after I got caught out 😆
POV is fantastic
A Great image, Tim. I hope your camera is alright!
Cheers mate! It’s alright (I think)
Good job! Wonderful Canon p
I love it!
That last one is a gem.
Thank you! 🤩
This is great!
Thank you!
these are great shots!
Thanks!
Yes, Like IT a lot. Bought my analog rangefinder last week ...
Awesome! It’s so much fun, very addictive 👀
@@timjamiesonphotos feels more productiv/satisfying than "Just clicking around" and at least delete "395 from 400" taken.
@@markusb.6730exactly!
HAHA I did the same thing last year ! ^^
Tim, can you do a video for the camera settings (XE-4) for street photography?
To be honest it would be a short video, I shoot on manual with single point auto focus and an auto iso range. RAW and edit in LR (but in this video I use a full camera 🤓)
Yes, the photos with all the water splashes are the most eye catchy ones... With all the risk of the water getting into the camera
Should have been no problem with the 400ISO films regarding poor light. You did shoot indoors as well after all. How fast was the lens? 👍📸
Im partial to the ae1 but god do i love a good canon p…
What ISO film did you use? I enjoyed watching a different way of taking photos with a film camera, so did you just send it away as with all films. Yes there is always something different about using film the colour and tones are wonderful which are difficult to reproduce in a digital camera as you always need to use lightroom or Photoshop to get something the same 👍🥊🎈📷
400! (Portra and Ultramax) developed in a lab and I scanned them myself at home :)
My favorite photo in this video was the one of the couple with the guy around his girlfriend’s neck as she’s on her phone facing in the opposite direction as him
Thanks! I really like that one too
Epic last shot!!! Whats the camera?
Thanks heaps! Canon P :)
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How do you get so sharp fotos with 35 mm? Mine are definitely lower quality. Using a Canon EOS 1000F
Manual focus! I critical focus a lot of my shots
@@timjamiesonphotos Ah I see. My eyes are slightly bad so I use auto focus all the time. Using contacts would be fine for manual focus I guess?
really cool pictures
Thanks! 🙏🏻
You know the X-T4 is weather sealed, right?
You know I don’t have an X-T4 and have an X-E4, right?
did the camera survived? 😭
Yes!
:) bellisima :)
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