Exploring Coastal California with a Film Camera

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  • Опубліковано 16 тра 2022
  • In today's video I take a road trip along Coastal California through Big Sur with my Mamiya 7 medium format film camera to take some photos.
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  • @Itsjerzy26
    @Itsjerzy26 2 роки тому +160

    The road trip videos won’t ever get old, I just love the feeling you get while watching these. Just wow man

  • @simonbarnes7124
    @simonbarnes7124 2 роки тому +19

    Growing up in the U.K. California was always a world away for me, but it was always a place I needed to go one day. I did, but I only scratched the surface. Your images of the streets around LA and California coast have a great vibe and give me a better incite of the real California. I grew up in the film era becoming a pro photographer shooting film. I absolutely hated digital taking over, but loved the freedom it brought. I never sold my film cameras because I knew one day a new generation would embrace film and so here we are. The Renaissance of Film Photography. Thank you for being part of of that Renaissance.

    • @simonbarnes7124
      @simonbarnes7124 2 роки тому +2

      @brandovlogs I did just that when I was there. Monterey was my favourite place of all. We did 17 mile drive and stopped for my first ever walk on a Pacific coast beach. The sand was so white and shone like diamonds in the sun. A low strip of cloud hung on the horizon which you’d never see on the Atlantic coast. We went to Carmel also. Stunning!! San Luis Obispo, ( SLO), was amazing too as we arrived for an overnight stay during the Farmer’s market one Thursday evening. California had a lot to live up to for me waiting so long to go there, but it was far better than I could ever imagine. I love the light there too.

  • @tomdivasion7724
    @tomdivasion7724 2 роки тому +14

    I'm impressed willem managed to get that furry hamster to stay on his finger throughout all the voiceovers in the studio

  • @GabrielePauraite
    @GabrielePauraite 2 роки тому +51

    So so beautiful, such a relaxing video... Thank you, Willem! Really loved the photos as well and I hope you don't hesitate to share what you really want to share with us :)

  • @iantovey7132
    @iantovey7132 2 місяці тому

    Willam, a camera in your hands is magic! The Pacific Coast Highway is probably the best drive ever in my book. Discovered you today on UA-cam and I am loving your work/passion.

  • @PaxtonCole
    @PaxtonCole 2 роки тому +17

    The photos of Big Sur with the bridge in the background made me say “wow” out loud. Absolutely beautiful work

  • @ZaneGage
    @ZaneGage 2 роки тому +13

    Honestly what an incredible set of images, particularly the ones that are more green and hills-y near the beach

  • @paulschumacker9901
    @paulschumacker9901 2 роки тому +3

    Changes in your photography style are a natural evolution of your change in environment. Embrace those changes, as that’s what life is all about. Thanks for all the inspiring videos!

  • @rebeccasuur
    @rebeccasuur 2 роки тому +10

    Appreciate the thinking out loud about how your style has changed moving to California. It’s a nice interpretation of your work. The vertical picture of the green gras field by the ocean is super nice in my opinion. And compared to the other green ones they all look special. Thanks for putting your work abs yourself out there. I can imagine that’s not easy all the time.

  • @BoostFutbol
    @BoostFutbol 2 роки тому

    Dude kicking the ball at 5:55....love that!

  • @bobsykes
    @bobsykes 2 роки тому +3

    I love how much you're enjoying living near the California coast! Late afternoon here near the ocean the fog, haze, and mist from the surf, combined with the sun setting and shining through all of that, give a light like I've never seen anywhere else. These photos are beautiful. Please know I appreciate seeing what you're motivated by photographing, not only review videos of this or that latest film or camera.

  • @seanhansen9701
    @seanhansen9701 2 роки тому +1

    Really enjoyed this! I loved the short clips that set the mood, sort of like a living photograph. And I'm really liking the "monochromatic" photos. Glad you decided to put it all into a video.

  • @michaelhall3718
    @michaelhall3718 2 роки тому +3

    I absolutely love your California photos. They’re such a cool style, and I think that you have been able to embrace the whole vibe of California.

  • @pestocalor4710
    @pestocalor4710 2 роки тому +1

    it must be really nice to see the world with your eyes. not many people that i know of can catch intro details well- we’re all just wrapped up into ourselves instead

  • @timgehrsitz3267
    @timgehrsitz3267 2 роки тому

    I love your comment about the smoke stacks being context clues, using this unique feature to ground the rest of your photo

  • @leoludwigs
    @leoludwigs 2 роки тому +9

    Those pictures are absolutely amazing! I was kinda surprised by the look and feel but I have to say I absolutely love this new approach!

  • @zhangalex3856
    @zhangalex3856 2 роки тому

    I've ever visited Morro Bay with beautiful sunsets too, the big Morro Rock is really impressive. thanks for your photos, taking me back to that moment.

  • @judegarcia3928
    @judegarcia3928 2 роки тому +1

    I constantly walk in that Asilomar neighborhood and you made it look so dreamy! Such a fun video!

  • @danealexander7325
    @danealexander7325 2 роки тому +2

    I love when you make these kinda videos! It's always so lovely to see the places I've been visiting all my life being framed in such a beautiful way

  • @EricPost9
    @EricPost9 2 роки тому +1

    This video is so incredibly relaxing. The soft music with the soft photos and video. Always love these videos.

  • @theninjafroot
    @theninjafroot 2 роки тому +1

    this is some my favorite work of yours yet

  • @martynaflisiak2117
    @martynaflisiak2117 2 роки тому +3

    your videos are sooo calming and relaxing!! I absolutely loved seeing the comparison of your old and new work as it’s very fascinating to see your style change. I can’t wait until my copy of your book arrives in the Netherlands and I will finally be able to look at physical version of your work 🤍

  • @totallyrocknroll574
    @totallyrocknroll574 2 роки тому

    Next time you are in the area I recommend checking out the neighborhoods near downtown San Luis Obispo. There are so many cute old houses. You could walk around looking at them for hours. Hearst beach in Cambria is also gorgeous, if you hike up the path through the eucalyptus trees to the cliff overlooking a cute cove.

  • @RM.TokyoPhotographer
    @RM.TokyoPhotographer 2 роки тому

    4:23 I just had an Eyegasm...just loving the colors

  • @BH-iq6zh
    @BH-iq6zh 2 роки тому +1

    love those photos !!!! I love how your style is evolving !

  • @chipxhazard
    @chipxhazard 2 роки тому +3

    Arguably some of my favorite photos you’ve made!! Love your stuff man!

  • @splatmunki
    @splatmunki 2 роки тому

    Love your work whether it’s the videos here on UA-cam or your photos. My favourite thing about your images has always been the way you play with the light. Can’t wait for the next video!

  • @joshuagonzalez538
    @joshuagonzalez538 2 роки тому

    It’s so cool that he moved to California, it’s cool to see places that I recognize. Plus awesome Volvo 245.

  • @raphaeldesmares719
    @raphaeldesmares719 2 роки тому

    This is probably the best videos you ever made, I'm watching your videos from few years and this one is another step up. Everything is beautiful, you explain perfectly what you want to do, the video quality itself is awesome, the music matches as hell with the mood of the trip. Congratulations from France 👏🇫🇷

  • @anthonymollicone
    @anthonymollicone 11 місяців тому

    Every single one still is mind-blowing. Thank you Willem!

  • @soccerjockey
    @soccerjockey 2 роки тому

    so many great photos in a single video! I loved the blue hour one down on the rocks

  • @velyvely6479
    @velyvely6479 2 роки тому

    i think these are my fave yet! also cant get over how beautiful that beach with the winding water was!

  • @VentureOutside
    @VentureOutside 2 роки тому

    Great trip and video. I'm always in Pacific Grove and it's nice to see images from your perspective. I love my Mamiya 7 as well with a couple Porta 400 Pro Packs I'm set for a weekend. Thanks again for sharing this!

  • @CallieFornia99
    @CallieFornia99 2 роки тому

    Willem, these photos are breathtaking!! Looking forward to the day you release a new book full of these photos of SoCal 🌅

  • @mattg1606
    @mattg1606 2 роки тому

    Just watched this in the morning before work, all of this made me feel so… calm. Thank Willem, great job as always

  • @jordiolsson
    @jordiolsson 2 роки тому

    These photos displayed as a collection based on their dominant colours look amazing and are so refreshing compared to majority of film photos. Loved this video!

  • @JHPine
    @JHPine 2 роки тому +1

    Bravo! Excellent, artistic shots of our beautiful coastline!

  • @drumlabtaipei
    @drumlabtaipei Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing. the scenery is incredible!

  • @mikejankowski6321
    @mikejankowski6321 2 роки тому

    Great video, very moody laid-back photos. That is a stretch of road that offers so much. You really do it justice.

  • @chiquitin7262
    @chiquitin7262 2 роки тому

    2:44 that shot had me levitating

  • @TrashPanda.Garage
    @TrashPanda.Garage 2 роки тому

    Thanks to your videos everyday i try to get out in my neighborhood and take pictures that i can look back on and see progress and what life was like at that time in my life!

  • @DMorrissey1313
    @DMorrissey1313 2 роки тому +1

    Incredible stuff yet again, Willem!

  • @raphaelgehlhar3268
    @raphaelgehlhar3268 2 роки тому

    Such a beautifull video, thankyou, hope you share more of these images with a new style in the future, loved them so much, keep enjoying

  • @shayma95
    @shayma95 2 роки тому

    this is so beautiful, wished it was longer. you just earned a new subscriber, keep it up love this style

  • @dan-le-brun
    @dan-le-brun 2 роки тому

    Live in the UK but randomly stayed for 6 weeks in Los Osos down the road from Morro Bay in my late teens. Borrowed push bikes to get around so went up to Morro Bay and man it was lovely. Also a stand out moment was riding the bikes over to San Louis Obispo. Travelling through the sparse countryside between the two with vultures circling overhead! An odd experience for a not well travelled english kid! Wish I was into photography back then, but it was about 25 years ago now.

  • @mattjames
    @mattjames 2 роки тому +1

    Love the vibes of your videos Willem, they're great

  • @d.nguyen.24
    @d.nguyen.24 2 роки тому

    Best UA-cam recommend action I've ever had. Great work mate! I usually go from sf to fort Bragg visiting all the seaside towns on hwy 1 in my race car. Thanks for keeping 'in the know' of the south.

  • @michaelbennettphoto
    @michaelbennettphoto 2 роки тому +1

    These photos are incredible. I love the blue one by the ocean, it looks straight out of a film.

  • @thibaultdelachapelle396
    @thibaultdelachapelle396 2 роки тому +1

    Very impressive ! Great job, colors are perfect and it's make a cool serie

  • @aidanhennebry
    @aidanhennebry 2 роки тому

    The iPhone footage was all you needed! Love this one a lot man. Super great video. thanks for taking us on these journeys with you.

  • @1994OBO
    @1994OBO 2 роки тому +2

    Love the monochrome look as wel. I guess the way you’re able to frame your photos and impose your own eye on them is the main thing that attracts me to your work. The black and white photos you took a couple of videos back are just as amazing to me as more colorful or monochrome work!

  • @dunerino892
    @dunerino892 2 роки тому

    such a nice mood, such good pictures - I enjoyed this one to the bones

  • @jacobogden2688
    @jacobogden2688 2 роки тому

    Man,,, what a trip!! These photographs are very inspiring 🖤

  • @pancakelens75
    @pancakelens75 2 роки тому +1

    Always enjoy your vids and photos🙏

  • @einfach-frank
    @einfach-frank 2 роки тому

    Unique! Thanks for sharing these moments 🙏 I love the colours, so inspiring and calm. Best wishes 🇩🇪 Frank

  • @MarkHinderliter
    @MarkHinderliter 2 роки тому

    Willem, I very much enjoy your walking and road trip videos. Please consider doing such a video EVERY SINGLE DAY so I can stop googling for "photographers like Willem Verbeeck" in the gaps. Seriously though, your work is great and it's a treat to watch these. Thanks to everyone who helped as well.

  • @allendrexel7622
    @allendrexel7622 2 роки тому

    For my money, this is some of your very best work, Willem! Thanks for sharing here, and keep it up.

  • @benmartynsmith
    @benmartynsmith 2 роки тому

    Love the new style work, has a lot of feeling within it 👏🏻

  • @TristanErvin
    @TristanErvin 2 роки тому

    Bro the shots in Big Sur are absolutely INCREDIBLE!

  • @briangaroutte7233
    @briangaroutte7233 2 роки тому

    Hey that’s Asilomar in Pacific Grove, and south down 1 towards Carmel Higjlands. If you’re ever back that way, do check out Point Lobos. Recently moved away from there and into Santa Barbara, I loved shooting in PG, but I love living in SB so much more. Thanks for bumping my little spot Willem!

  • @Sarah-bp9bp
    @Sarah-bp9bp 2 роки тому

    I love this video, all the pictures you took were truly amazing

  • @sregister
    @sregister 2 роки тому +2

    Nice video. Keep driving north sometime--the Oregon coast has a similar feel but it's interesting how the dense forest moves right up to the shoreline.

  • @alang253
    @alang253 Рік тому

    I swear I saw you walking around the neighborhood in Morro Bay maybe a little more recently then when this video was posted. Can't say it was you but it reminded me of you for some reason and just randomly thought about it and looked it up and found this video. Great shots, miss that little town ever since my GF dumped me and I had to leave it.

  • @Caballeroshot
    @Caballeroshot 2 роки тому

    Big Sur/Monterey Bay has to be one of my favorite places to photograph and drive through. I drove from Santa Cruz all the way to LA along the coast 3 times now and every time I find something new. These are awesome shots, the weather is hit/miss in that area and you surely got a gem that sunny day.

  • @patrickadymy6392
    @patrickadymy6392 2 роки тому

    Awesome video and I love the new style thanks for sharing with us

  • @jacobmaness7244
    @jacobmaness7244 2 роки тому

    Very beautiful video Willem, my favorite picture you made in this video, was the rocks and water, great blue tone and somber feeling at 3:34

  • @MakerofThingss
    @MakerofThingss 2 роки тому

    yesssss just what I need! about to spend 2 weeks exploring California with a couple dozen rolls of film!

  • @monduli
    @monduli 2 роки тому

    Fabulous video beautifully shot and so peaceful - thanks

  • @edoardodepiccoli3004
    @edoardodepiccoli3004 2 роки тому

    really amazing photo taken at big sur. made me feel nostalgic of that place even if I have never been to america

  • @avcle
    @avcle 2 роки тому

    Love that clip of the blue house with the Mercedes wagon bending the corner ❤️

  • @OLFilms10
    @OLFilms10 2 роки тому

    I spend most of my weekends with my fiancé in Big Sur and Carmel, such a beautiful location to shoot🤙🏽

  • @julien.2573
    @julien.2573 2 роки тому

    Such an inspiring video Willem! As I prepare for my first solo trip to Seoul, I can't wait to take my time and explore different areas with my cameras :)

  • @Victor-py9zj
    @Victor-py9zj 2 роки тому

    Each photography blew my mind, you re incredible

  • @SuperCacapedo
    @SuperCacapedo 2 роки тому

    Breathtaking

  • @ReimannPembroke
    @ReimannPembroke 2 роки тому +1

    Really beautiful video! Glad you took those iPhone clips! It's cool to see your work change with your environment. Now I'm inspired to go finish my roll of Portra 160 in my Yashica Mat-124 for a video!

  • @ItsStaffDaddy
    @ItsStaffDaddy 2 роки тому

    I lived in Monterey for a year and loved every moment of it. I hope to make it back that way soon

  • @Itscarlosocando
    @Itscarlosocando 2 роки тому

    The blue landscape with the rocks is badass

  • @MarcusOringer
    @MarcusOringer 2 роки тому

    Cinematography is always on point

  • @rufeng1910
    @rufeng1910 2 роки тому

    I love the switch! Development is key dawg!

  • @HarryHas
    @HarryHas 2 роки тому

    Beautiful video as always, Willem. I really love the new style of images from the video. The images at 3:35 and 8:08 are especially beautiful to me.

  • @emileopadillachavez802
    @emileopadillachavez802 2 роки тому

    Growing up here a photographer in monterey county it’s so great to see you visit Big Sur u need to come back!

  • @kathreenmirate389
    @kathreenmirate389 2 роки тому

    Love love love your videos!!

  • @kurtispeak
    @kurtispeak 2 роки тому

    This video had the most immaculate vibes to it, but such a beautiful location you went to! I gotta go to Big Sur one of these days

  • @natemathewson5200
    @natemathewson5200 2 роки тому

    Thank you Mr. Willem sir 👍 hope you have a swell day

  • @dannychun924
    @dannychun924 2 роки тому

    Great video! Not too sure what it is but your videos always inspire me and help get me through my day!!

  • @LisaElevateDJ
    @LisaElevateDJ 2 роки тому

    LOVED the shot of the smoke stacks dancing in the reflection of the water while theyre still on land, makes it feel like they have a secret life :)

  • @ToanTran-cf2su
    @ToanTran-cf2su 2 роки тому

    The first scene look like the tree separate the sky into morning and dawn. Love it ❤️

  • @tavo6258
    @tavo6258 2 роки тому

    8:25-8:35 segment with the music is just beautiful. Good job

  • @derrenleepoole
    @derrenleepoole 2 роки тому

    Those grouped photos sharing a similar colour palette are beautiful :)

  • @kevindean320
    @kevindean320 2 роки тому

    Loving the cali pics

  • @Justenphelps
    @Justenphelps 2 роки тому

    I got married (without a permit, shh) right in front of Morro Rock. That town is one of my favorites. Happy to see it get some proper love

  • @patrickrostker6693
    @patrickrostker6693 2 роки тому

    Awesome Shots!

  • @nikkoliquesada9750
    @nikkoliquesada9750 2 роки тому +1

    It’s a good day when Willem posts

  • @mxjaemov
    @mxjaemov 2 роки тому

    i would love to see more of your new work! we love seeing creative growth/change :)))
    i'm obsessed with the deep blue beach shot TT__TT

  • @austingreeves
    @austingreeves 2 роки тому

    Really liked the colour pairing of the photos

  • @matthewyarnell
    @matthewyarnell 2 роки тому

    letting the content follow your work is a solid choice on this one. v refreshing.

  • @kobemcknight3279
    @kobemcknight3279 2 роки тому

    This videos beauty alone was truly astounding, I feel as if I could just climb through my tv and really be there myself.

  • @Dibblesoldhollywood
    @Dibblesoldhollywood 2 роки тому

    The king returns

  • @aandm7772
    @aandm7772 2 роки тому

    Just before you mentioned it I was thinking your work looked different. It must be the nature in LA. Your work is looking similar to the work I sHoot here in Australia and you made me realise it must be the nature influence

  • @mrmotomoto
    @mrmotomoto Рік тому

    Pacific Grove is a very photogenic, sleepy town. Next time drive ten minutes out to Carmel-by-the-sea. Think you’ll enjoy it