Thomas Heaton you’re the man. Can’t thank you enough for taking my course and recommending it here. I’m thrilled to see you using a Hasselblad, my friend. The film photography community can only benefit from your pursuit of film. Beautiful photos and great video as always.
there are three top photography channels in youtube for me, one is the hardcore (cold and snow) landscape photography of thomas, the other is the fantastic cityscape photography from nick wich is more what i love (maybe because i live in Berlin) ...and the reason why i try analog after 16 years again... but only medium format or lager. maybe i make a documentation of my first new steps in 2020...but in german ;) thanks both..
Seeing how you find those beautiful, minimalistic compositions that most people would easily go by without even noticing them is such a big inspiration to me. You don't have to travel all around the world to take amazing photos, there are a ton of beautiful shots right around the corner waiting for you to take them. Thank you so much Thomas!
Hi Thomas, very glad that you join the analog community. Welcome! Just one thing, you should always check the reciprocity failure before tacking a shot. I love your chanel. 👌
I recently added film back into my kit. Bought a Bronica SQB and have shot several rolls of both color and black an white. Shooting film really makes me slow down my process, all for the good too. It's also much more engaging, the whole process from handling the film, shooting the image and I'm doing the developing too. I feel much more "one with the process" of capturing an image.
My Hasselblad is a 500C was built in 1965. I have two lenses both Sonnar f4's a 150mm and a 180mm. I do need a better meter though. Love the square format and it has brought back some mystery and joy that has been missing lately. I rather liked the last image. It has a mod and feel to it that the others don't seem to have. I love mod by the way.
liked not only the drama of the last shot, but the sandy dark brown, that lovely roll of smooth dark blue gray surf, the impatient stormy sky - wow. Good video all.
The best thing about shooting with film is it forces you to be purposeful in your shooting. You can see it in action with your setup and resulting images! Awesome!
Thomas Heston is the David Attenborough of Photography videos, I could listen to his voice all day! Excellent video, I feel very lucky to live in the North East seeing this
I’ve watched you for a few years now and always enjoyed your videos Thomas. Now that you also shoot a Hasselblad I keep checking back for new videos. I shoot mostly with a 500 CM and the process changes everything. Well done mate!
As I said in your previous post with the 501CM, I was shooting with these Hasselblad film cameras long before you were born (1972 to be exact)!! It brings back fond memories watching you actually use this fine camera with a Zeiss lens. The only downside to owning one of these fine cameras today is repair & maintenance. There are NO electronics in the body nor lens. Everything is gears & springs, and they do eventually break, or need adjustment after a while. Good repairmen are becoming more difficult to find, so be sure to find one in the UK or Europe who can service your camera/lens when the time comes. There's only one good repairman left in the US - David Odess. Hasselblad USA no longer services these cameras. Just as an FYI - there ARE numerous digital backs available for the 500 series bodies, just in case you ever wanted to shoot digitally with it. Hasselblad made a 16 mpix square back which I once owned (around 2008, I believe). It was awesome, and printed beautifully up to 24"x24" (which was a big as my printer would print). Today, Hasselblad offers a new 50 mpix digital back (not cheap) for the 500 series bodies. Although this back now shoots a horizontal rectangle, you'll still have about 39 mpix when cropping to square once you've captured the image. Downside to any of the digital backs for the 500 series cameras is that the sensor is much smaller than the 6x6 film back, meaning you will lose wide angle capability. I'm guessing here that you're using the 80mm lens. It would become a 120mm lens with a digital back. But a used CF 50mm or 60mm Zeiss Distagon would provide you with a close equivalent to your 80mm Planar.
True delight to watch and even more now that you are shooting film. I always struggle to see people taking digital photo then spending hours in Photoshop and Lightroom to make the image look sometimes nothing like it is in real life. But to now see your delight in shooting film as well fantastic!
Absolutely brilliant m8!! A true comment from you..... You thought you knew all there is to know about photography!!??? When I started shooting film I realised exactly how much I didn't;t know!! Analogue photography is like trying to explain space!!! It's an abyss of a subject!!!
For anyone who has never seen the 3-D like view through a Hasselblad viewfinder it's a sight to behold. It's magical and one of the best parts of using it for me.
Thank you, Thomas, for showing us your analog learning process. I think even if you have calculated the pictures well in advance, the tension is great when they are in front of you. Again and again
Thanks Thomas, I much enjoyed that and the Provia look a hit. I had an old 500C/L decades ago and ended up selling it after I got a full Bronica S2A kit with lenses for 1/3 of what I sold the 500 and two lenses for, and your film loading moment reminded me of why I called it a "Hassle-Blad", one of the reasons I ended up with using the Bronica for years. For casual photography fiddly magazines are ok, but back in the day when I had to reload often I preferred the Bronica as the mags were easier to load and 1/4th the cost so I had about 5. I also found the Nikkor lenses a notch above the Hasselblad lenses.
This low dynamic range is mostly because of the slide film. One needs to be really spot on when shooting such film. You can try color negative film, which is more forgiving but wont reach that saturation and smoothness of a slide film (if you nail the the exposure). Glad to see you experiment with film.
Nice video! Outstanding images as always. I could sense your stress near the end of the video and it was humble of you to not edit out your thoughts and reasoning beyond not completing the 120 roll. Thank goodness I do not have the "pressures of TH-cam" and my photography remains free of such bias. Film does allow you to expand your photography and the 501 is a perfect compliment. Shooting black and white and processing your own film and working in the darkroom is a magical experience that will soon be lost. Yes, a real darkroom is truly a different experience than Lightroom!. I do not enjoy spending time in front of computers as it is additional screen time of an already "screen-dependent world! Excellent of you to explore medium-format film. As always, very much enjoy your videos and great work you are doing.
Great minds seem to think alike Thomas! I have also recently brought out my Hasselblad 501CW, taken Nick's amazing course, gone out with a Sekonic (against Nick's suggestion) and started shooting a bit of color film. The last time I did that was 22 years ago and in 35mm. I say an unambiguous yes to a square format calendar! Now you just need to go out in the desert with Nick to shoot abandoned western architecture and cactus/rocks.
I'm really enjoying these film photographs. Just looking at these images I feel like you're in your element and enjoying yourself a lot more (creatively) than I have seen you for a long time.
I just love the mechanical sounds of a piece of precision kit, which reminds me of the time 50 years ago when I used to sell Mamiyas and Bronicas - never did sell a Hasselblad though.
Many years ago, I always wanted a Hassey 500c series camera. As I was young and didn’t have much money, the closest I got was a Mamiya TLR. These days, sometimes I shoot my Fuji XT1 in square format, B&W, with the LCD flipped for waist-level shooting, and a prime lens using manual focus. It gives just a little bit of the experience!
Square calendar would be sweet! I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these and your book! Starting my TH-cam channel this week! Thanks for your passion!
Also watch your channel Stephen. Great stuff. I am a nobody who has been shooting digital for just three years, and have just started shooting film also. Amazingly good fun!
That other beach 5 miles north is likely Blyth, I used to go fishing there with my uncle and there used to be a colliery there which is why it so industrial looking.
Great video Thomas. Not sure if you noticed, but in all four images the horizon was more or less central in the frame. Worked for me as it made the images quieter and more thoughtful.
I’m really enjoying your recent approach to minimalism. I think your photos lately look really great for that genre. Thanks Thomas. Looking forward to your next video.
I love the colours you get through the viewing focus screen on these top down cameras. The colours at 11:50 takes me bqck a bit! Thomas, you should look at the CVC50 by hasselblad. A 50MP CMOS MFD sensored digital back which will fit straight onto your 501! Regards Ewan
Nick Carver is superb. I watch all of his videos and he has helped me massively with my Hassy 500cm. Loving your videos as well mate. I'm a pro wedding photographer but shoot with my Hassy 500cm, Mamiya RB67 and Leica Typ109 as a hobby.
Nice to see you adding more film photography in your videos Thomas! Love your work, and Nicks, and have been following you both for long time. Always nice to the respect in the online community as well👍
Dear Thomas, I have been following you since the very beginning and till now never commented anything on your content. You became my hero, the one I am looking up to! I just love the way you are and definitely your work! You keep on inspiring me more and more in my photography! Just received your book today and oh my.... Fell in love with it right from the frist page on :) Next years calendar would be my 3rd one from you and I really started enjoying the square format, thanks to you! I always was hooked to 16:9 but you really tought me how to use other formats! Really would love to see a square format next year! I could keep on writing such a long text here to tell you how much I appreciate you and your content but to cut it short: PLEASE stay the way you are and do not stop with photography! I freakin´ love you (not in a gayish way :D) Best wishes to you and your wife from Germany and stay health, Marcel
I have been a regular watcher of your channel for awhile and have always enjoyed your work. However, as a film shooter myself, my interest and enjoyment has definitely grown. Long live film! Now that you are cutting your teeth on MF it won't be long until you dust off your LF camera. Those beautiful big negatives have a way of not only capturing amazing detail and depth but will capture your soul as well.
I like your new style of makeing videos... And i like that you are re-inventing yourself and just go with it and explore new things. Really enjoyed this video
The last image was my favorite. I think a square calendar would work. It would be different than most calendars. I saw that my autographed book is on its way. I can’t wait to review it. Thank you so much for putting the time and effort into creating the book! Now I will have a collection of your prints.
Nick Carver is the man, along with yourself, I've been following Nick for a while. Great video, nice to see someone learning the art of film photography.
Of course you can get a vehicle as a business expense. As long as you actually have use for it in your business, it shouldn’t be a problem! And, it’s you who define what you have use for in your business.
I discovered Nick Carver a while back when researching scanning techniques and have been enjoying his videos and excellent presentation and style since. I'm not a film fan and there's zero chance I'll ever go back to shooting film, but still enjoy the video's. Looks like a very fancy piece of kit the 501, but my bet is that it will end up on the shelf in a couple of years time, but in the meantime I hope it brings you fun and good videos for us.
Just love the square format Tom and remember fondly using a 'Blad 500cm back in the 1980's !! Unbelievably well made cameras. Something about the tactile/mechanical process that feels right to me
THanks Thomas, the images are quite calming. I particularly like the first 2 images. Film can be so daunting after digital, you must take your time, which is a good thing to do.
I'm so excited about your film work. I will definitely take out my Hasselblad for some MF shooting this summer. Speaking of metering, I find the habit of metering for an Ev value very convenient. Since the Hasselblad system has an Ev-scale on the aperture- / shutter speed ring, it’s very easy to translate to a f-stop and shutter speed on the camera. Let's say you meter the correct exposure to be Ev 9, you just dial in Ev 9 on the camera, Then you turn both aperture- and shutter ring (locked to each other with this button) to get the desired f-stop/speed combination.
I'm so with you on this journey Tom, I myself am re-visiting film with a Bronica SQ-Ai and am taking inspiration form your new found film stuff. Well done for shouting out Nick he's another inspiration.
Absolutely loved this yet again really enjoying the voice over and the music is beautiful. Those pictures are surreal.. your a true photographer mate 👏📸 and I love your honesty
Hi Tom, Agree with you on a Square Calendar ! Great Idea ; - ) Like the pic's, nothing like good ol' film ! Nick Carver is a Fantastic photographer, along the lines of Ben Horne ! Cheers, P.
I just came across this video and I learned and was inspired a lot in this 16mins that it had me subscribing. Awesome work, my friend. More power to you! :)
Thanks for linking Nick Carver's site, I am very interested in what his course is about, having said that though I was taught a very basic metering method years ago and it was always spot on every time, for instance grass when it is green is neutral grey, if you spot meter off that for an evenly lit subject you will have a perfect exposure.
My 6x7 Pentax and 4x5 cameras are 25 feet from me right now. If I can find some film online I'll be wading out into the Pacific myself. BTW, always exersise a leaf shutter, and always mirror lock up before the shot. Always, and thanks for the video.
Ahhhhh my home town! I could have given you a fantastic spot for a sunrise 😁 There’s some beautiful locations around the area for both a sunrise and a sunset. Great video Thomas
Thanks Thomas for this video! I’ve been exploring square format as well and it’s not easy to get minimalist in my framing ... need to train my eyes to see differently. Thanks for encouraging us with your 501cm videos! Bravo for some beautiful shots!
I really appreciate and relate to your using film right now, as that was the only thing available when I started learning photography. Photography in it's basic form is about composition and light, and when you have limited funds...the 12, 24, or even 36 shot limit made you really think about those 2 parts of photography even more. I often went a week or more taking a role of 12 exposure film because the cost of film and development. Crafting the photograph instead of relying on getting lucky (taking 100 digitial photos)...although luck had a lot to do with many of my first photographs as I was learning the basics, but it was still exciting to discover the 4 shots that looked great on that roll. Keep up the work, you are inspiring me to pick my film camera up and go shoot. Thanks Thomas Heaton!
Your "Not my best" is amazing. I love the last photo and it sucks I've nothing like it lol 😆 Great work again. Don't let the pressures of TH-cam lower your creativity or pressure you into just "getting something to us" we can wait.
Beautiful images and great video Thomas and I salute you for being brave enough to use film cameras. Love the second image and interested to see you put the horizon in the centre of the image. Cheers Keith
Thomas Heaton you’re the man. Can’t thank you enough for taking my course and recommending it here. I’m thrilled to see you using a Hasselblad, my friend. The film photography community can only benefit from your pursuit of film. Beautiful photos and great video as always.
You deserve every credit you get Nick.
James Bell - Landscape Photography Agree on that 100%!!
Now two of my favorite TH-camrs.are shooting film. Seems like I need to sell my xt20 📸 😂. Great video Al's usual of you both!👍
I shoot digital, but I have learnt so much from Nick's field and camera craft. One of the best photography channels out there.
there are three top photography channels in youtube for me, one is the hardcore (cold and snow) landscape photography of thomas, the other is the fantastic cityscape photography from nick wich is more what i love (maybe because i live in Berlin) ...and the reason why i try analog after 16 years again... but only medium format or lager. maybe i make a documentation of my first new steps in 2020...but in german ;) thanks both..
MORE FILM PHOTOGRAPHY PLEASE !!! Im now happily married to a hasselblad and you inspired me to go on the first date !
That last shot is my favorite of the set.. love the layers
The sky is just so much more interesting.
Absolutely!!!
Seeing how you find those beautiful, minimalistic compositions that most people would easily go by without even noticing them is such a big inspiration to me. You don't have to travel all around the world to take amazing photos, there are a ton of beautiful shots right around the corner waiting for you to take them. Thank you so much Thomas!
I love the fact that somebody as experienced as you can still be excited by something new in photography
Hi Thomas, very glad that you join the analog community. Welcome! Just one thing, you should always check the reciprocity failure before tacking a shot. I love your chanel. 👌
I’m a XT-3 shooter, but this is the 3rd time I’ve watched this video. The 501c/m is addictive. Pure music.
This is awesome Tom, really useful information. I'm looking into my own Hassy just now!!
Hassy is the best 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I recently added film back into my kit. Bought a Bronica SQB and have shot several rolls of both color and black an white.
Shooting film really makes me slow down my process, all for the good too. It's also much more engaging, the whole process from handling the film, shooting the image and I'm doing the developing too.
I feel much more "one with the process" of capturing an image.
My Hasselblad is a 500C was built in 1965. I have two lenses both Sonnar f4's a 150mm and a 180mm. I do need a better meter though. Love the square format and it has brought back some mystery and joy that has been missing lately. I rather liked the last image. It has a mod and feel to it that the others don't seem to have. I love mod by the way.
liked not only the drama of the last shot, but the sandy dark brown, that lovely roll of smooth dark blue gray surf, the impatient stormy sky - wow. Good video all.
The best thing about shooting with film is it forces you to be purposeful in your shooting. You can see it in action with your setup and resulting images! Awesome!
Thomas Heston is the David Attenborough of Photography videos, I could listen to his voice all day! Excellent video, I feel very lucky to live in the North East seeing this
Just such a relaxing 10 minutes or so. Love the photography but the peace in the process, the time taken. The whole process so enjoyable
I’ve watched you for a few years now and always enjoyed your videos Thomas. Now that you also shoot a Hasselblad I keep checking back for new videos. I shoot mostly with a 500 CM and the process changes everything. Well done mate!
As I said in your previous post with the 501CM, I was shooting with these Hasselblad film cameras long before you were born (1972 to be exact)!! It brings back fond memories watching you actually use this fine camera with a Zeiss lens. The only downside to owning one of these fine cameras today is repair & maintenance. There are NO electronics in the body nor lens. Everything is gears & springs, and they do eventually break, or need adjustment after a while. Good repairmen are becoming more difficult to find, so be sure to find one in the UK or Europe who can service your camera/lens when the time comes. There's only one good repairman left in the US - David Odess. Hasselblad USA no longer services these cameras.
Just as an FYI - there ARE numerous digital backs available for the 500 series bodies, just in case you ever wanted to shoot digitally with it. Hasselblad made a 16 mpix square back which I once owned (around 2008, I believe). It was awesome, and printed beautifully up to 24"x24" (which was a big as my printer would print).
Today, Hasselblad offers a new 50 mpix digital back (not cheap) for the 500 series bodies. Although this back now shoots a horizontal rectangle, you'll still have about 39 mpix when cropping to square once you've captured the image. Downside to any of the digital backs for the 500 series cameras is that the sensor is much smaller than the 6x6 film back, meaning you will lose wide angle capability. I'm guessing here that you're using the 80mm lens. It would become a 120mm lens with a digital back. But a used CF 50mm or 60mm Zeiss Distagon would provide you with a close equivalent to your 80mm Planar.
True delight to watch and even more now that you are shooting film. I always struggle to see people taking digital photo then spending hours in Photoshop and Lightroom to make the image look sometimes nothing like it is in real life. But to now see your delight in shooting film as well fantastic!
Absolutely brilliant m8!! A true comment from you..... You thought you knew all there is to know about photography!!??? When I started shooting film I realised exactly how much I didn't;t know!! Analogue photography is like trying to explain space!!! It's an abyss of a subject!!!
For anyone who has never seen the 3-D like view through a Hasselblad viewfinder it's a sight to behold. It's magical and one of the best parts of using it for me.
I couldn't agree more. It's like a hologram.
Thank you, Thomas, for showing us your analog learning process. I think even if you have calculated the pictures well in advance, the tension is great when they are in front of you. Again and again
Mirror lockup, weighing down the tripod and lens hood....brilliant
Yes for the square calendar. I really enjoy this series :)
Thanks Thomas, I much enjoyed that and the Provia look a hit. I had an old 500C/L decades ago and ended up selling it after I got a full Bronica S2A kit with lenses for 1/3 of what I sold the 500 and two lenses for, and your film loading moment reminded me of why I called it a "Hassle-Blad", one of the reasons I ended up with using the Bronica for years. For casual photography fiddly magazines are ok, but back in the day when I had to reload often I preferred the Bronica as the mags were easier to load and 1/4th the cost so I had about 5. I also found the Nikkor lenses a notch above the Hasselblad lenses.
This low dynamic range is mostly because of the slide film. One needs to be really spot on when shooting such film. You can try color negative film, which is more forgiving but wont reach that saturation and smoothness of a slide film (if you nail the the exposure). Glad to see you experiment with film.
It’s hip to be square ... again. Go for the square calendar! I especially liked your final shot. Good ole Provia brought back fond film memories.
Nice video! Outstanding images as always. I could sense your stress near the end of the video and it was humble of you to not edit out your thoughts and reasoning beyond not completing the 120 roll. Thank goodness I do not have the "pressures of TH-cam" and my photography remains free of such bias. Film does allow you to expand your photography and the 501 is a perfect compliment. Shooting black and white and processing your own film and working in the darkroom is a magical experience that will soon be lost. Yes, a real darkroom is truly a different experience than Lightroom!. I do not enjoy spending time in front of computers as it is additional screen time of an already "screen-dependent world! Excellent of you to explore medium-format film. As always, very much enjoy your videos and great work you are doing.
A square format calendar , yes please.
And as almost always, loved this episode.
Great minds seem to think alike Thomas! I have also recently brought out my Hasselblad 501CW, taken Nick's amazing course, gone out with a Sekonic (against Nick's suggestion) and started shooting a bit of color film. The last time I did that was 22 years ago and in 35mm. I say an unambiguous yes to a square format calendar! Now you just need to go out in the desert with Nick to shoot abandoned western architecture and cactus/rocks.
I'm really enjoying these film photographs. Just looking at these images I feel like you're in your element and enjoying yourself a lot more (creatively) than I have seen you for a long time.
@10:28 this honestly earned a genuine chuckle from me. Didn't quite expect that
I just love the mechanical sounds of a piece of precision kit, which reminds me of the time 50 years ago when I used to sell Mamiyas and Bronicas - never did sell a Hasselblad though.
Many years ago, I always wanted a Hassey 500c series camera. As I was young and didn’t have much money, the closest I got was a Mamiya TLR. These days, sometimes I shoot my Fuji XT1 in square format, B&W, with the LCD flipped for waist-level shooting, and a prime lens using manual focus. It gives just a little bit of the experience!
Keep pumping out Hasselblad content!!! So satisfying.
Square calendar would be sweet! I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these and your book! Starting my TH-cam channel this week! Thanks for your passion!
Your truly compositional skills are emerging with square format ... in the footsteps of Charlie Waite!
That last photo is by far my favorite of the batch. I love the simple layering.
Thanks Thomas. Another great video. You were the inspiration for me picking up my camera a year ago again and starting my own TH-cam channel. 😃
Great video and images Tom. I think a lot of film photographers and vloggers are happy to see you making a move into film photography.
Also watch your channel Stephen. Great stuff. I am a nobody who has been shooting digital for just three years, and have just started shooting film also. Amazingly good fun!
@@davidellinsworth22 thanks for tuning in. I hope your film photography is going well.
Brings back memories of shooting film. So much different than the digital we shoot today. Much more of a craft. Nice shots.
Dont feel pressured Tom. I come to see your vision and I'm good with waiting
That other beach 5 miles north is likely Blyth, I used to go fishing there with my uncle and there used to be a colliery there which is why it so industrial looking.
Great video Thomas. Not sure if you noticed, but in all four images the horizon was more or less central in the frame. Worked for me as it made the images quieter and more thoughtful.
I’m really enjoying your recent approach to minimalism. I think your photos lately look really great for that genre. Thanks Thomas. Looking forward to your next video.
I love the colours you get through the viewing focus screen on these top down cameras. The colours at 11:50 takes me bqck a bit! Thomas, you should look at the CVC50 by hasselblad. A 50MP CMOS MFD sensored digital back which will fit straight onto your 501! Regards Ewan
Nick Carver is superb. I watch all of his videos and he has helped me massively with my Hassy 500cm. Loving your videos as well mate. I'm a pro wedding photographer but shoot with my Hassy 500cm, Mamiya RB67 and Leica Typ109 as a hobby.
Very powerful & moving landscape moment love the simple but pure sea scape scene
I really like the music and the mood of this video. And my personal favourite is the fourth photo.
This video is so relaxing. Please keep up the series on film. Love it Thomas!
Nick Carver is the man. Follow both of you and great to hear you talk about him. So chuffed you're using film Thomas.
Beautiful images, that's what I like, and on film, even better!
Square format calendar? Yes, yes, yes, and I would add... Yes!!!
Nice to see you adding more film photography in your videos Thomas! Love your work, and Nicks, and have been following you both for long time. Always nice to the respect in the online community as well👍
I love it, Thomas! I‘m having great time seeing you, enjoying film photography!
Gotta love square medium format! Probably one of the most unique film formats you can shoot.
Medium formats all the way 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Dear Thomas, I have been following you since the very beginning and till now never commented anything on your content. You became my hero, the one I am looking up to! I just love the way you are and definitely your work! You keep on inspiring me more and more in my photography! Just received your book today and oh my.... Fell in love with it right from the frist page on :) Next years calendar would be my 3rd one from you and I really started enjoying the square format, thanks to you! I always was hooked to 16:9 but you really tought me how to use other formats! Really would love to see a square format next year! I could keep on writing such a long text here to tell you how much I appreciate you and your content but to cut it short: PLEASE stay the way you are and do not stop with photography! I freakin´ love you (not in a gayish way :D) Best wishes to you and your wife from Germany and stay health, Marcel
I love your last image. Thanks for sharing your thought process.
I have been a regular watcher of your channel for awhile and have always enjoyed your work. However, as a film shooter myself, my interest and enjoyment has definitely grown. Long live film! Now that you are cutting your teeth on MF it won't be long until you dust off your LF camera. Those beautiful big negatives have a way of not only capturing amazing detail and depth but will capture your soul as well.
Loving your square shots, Thomas!
I like your new style of makeing videos... And i like that you are re-inventing yourself and just go with it and explore new things. Really enjoyed this video
The last image was my favorite. I think a square calendar would work. It would be different than most calendars. I saw that my autographed book is on its way. I can’t wait to review it. Thank you so much for putting the time and effort into creating the book! Now I will have a collection of your prints.
Loving watching you learn your new camera. Loved the texture in the sand but the last one was my fave.
Nick Carver is the man, along with yourself, I've been following Nick for a while. Great video, nice to see someone learning the art of film photography.
I think its so funny that:
Digital: 200 exposures, 5 good pictures
35mm film: 36 exposures, 5 good pictures
120 film: ~10 exposures, 5 good pictures
4x5 film: 5 exposures, 5 good pictures
Because digital exposure doesn't cost money. Thats why digital camera turn human into clicker.
Too true ! Learn photography and train often, you’ll end up with 10 good ones whatever camera or film used.
Of course you can get a vehicle as a business expense. As long as you actually have use for it in your business, it shouldn’t be a problem! And, it’s you who define what you have use for in your business.
Nick carvers channel is amazing... You're are both amazing photographers and always an inspiration
Thomas - awesome work and so happy you are shooting film as well as digital. A square calendar - I'm in.
Peter
I sooo much enjoy this minimalistic shots
I discovered Nick Carver a while back when researching scanning techniques and have been enjoying his videos and excellent presentation and style since. I'm not a film fan and there's zero chance I'll ever go back to shooting film, but still enjoy the video's. Looks like a very fancy piece of kit the 501, but my bet is that it will end up on the shelf in a couple of years time, but in the meantime I hope it brings you fun and good videos for us.
Hello Thomas, Hasselblad, it suits you! Forget about 5D MKIV, haha! Nick Caver's metering method is perfect!
Love the colour of Provia
Just love the square format Tom and remember fondly using a 'Blad 500cm back in the 1980's !! Unbelievably well made cameras. Something about the tactile/mechanical process that feels right to me
Great video as always Thomas and love the 'Doom' style fps format - really helps us understand what you see in a composition!
Love the square format, so it's a big thumbs up for me for the next calendar.
THanks Thomas, the images are quite calming. I particularly like the first 2 images. Film can be so daunting after digital, you must take your time, which is a good thing to do.
Cambois beach is interesting, along with the industrial backdrop of Blyth.
Good video..
Nick Carver is a legend! A damn good photographer too.
I'm so excited about your film work. I will definitely take out my Hasselblad for some MF shooting this summer. Speaking of metering, I find the habit of metering for an Ev value very convenient. Since the Hasselblad system has an Ev-scale on the aperture- / shutter speed ring, it’s very easy to translate to a f-stop and shutter speed on the camera. Let's say you meter the correct exposure to be Ev 9, you just dial in Ev 9 on the camera, Then you turn both aperture- and shutter ring (locked to each other with this button) to get the desired f-stop/speed combination.
I love this narrative way of video.
Fell in love with squares! Never though i would take square images, now i love it because of you, thanks a lot!
I'm so with you on this journey Tom, I myself am re-visiting film with a Bronica SQ-Ai and am taking inspiration form your new found film stuff. Well done for shouting out Nick he's another inspiration.
Dang great video man! I absolutely loved the photo taken on the second beach you went to. I just adored the textures, and tones, great job Tom.
I love that you are doing film photography. It really appeals to me after watching this and Sean Tucker's film series.
Film is awesome 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Not shot film since the 90s as a kid, but just bought an eos rp and looking forward to setting up a 1x1 to see what happens! Thanks!
Thumbs up for nick carver reference. I love how you keep challenging yourself in the pursuit of photography Thomas. You're awesome, man
Absolutely loved this yet again really enjoying the voice over and the music is beautiful. Those pictures are surreal.. your a true photographer mate 👏📸 and I love your honesty
Hi Tom, Agree with you on a Square Calendar ! Great Idea ; - ) Like the pic's, nothing like good ol' film ! Nick Carver is a Fantastic photographer, along the lines of Ben Horne ! Cheers, P.
I like Nick Carver's videos even though I have no intention of getting (back) into film: he's just so enjoyable to listen to.
Thanks Thomas, I'm left a bit without words.... love the minimalist approach
wohoo finally another video with the hasselblad. 😍
I just came across this video and I learned and was inspired a lot in this 16mins that it had me subscribing. Awesome work, my friend. More power to you! :)
Thanks for linking Nick Carver's site, I am very interested in what his course is about, having said that though I was taught a very basic metering method years ago and it was always spot on every time, for instance grass when it is green is neutral grey, if you spot meter off that for an evenly lit subject you will have a perfect exposure.
My 6x7 Pentax and 4x5 cameras are 25 feet from me right now. If I can find some film online I'll be wading out into the Pacific myself. BTW, always exersise a leaf shutter, and always mirror lock up before the shot. Always, and thanks for the video.
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Nice. really like the minimalist shots towards St Marys.
I got my book yesterday. Totally awesome! Well done!!
Ahhhhh my home town! I could have given you a fantastic spot for a sunrise 😁 There’s some beautiful locations around the area for both a sunrise and a sunset. Great video Thomas
Thanks Thomas for this video! I’ve been exploring square format as well and it’s not easy to get minimalist in my framing ... need to train my eyes to see differently. Thanks for encouraging us with your 501cm videos! Bravo for some beautiful shots!
I really appreciate and relate to your using film right now, as that was the only thing available when I started learning photography. Photography in it's basic form is about composition and light, and when you have limited funds...the 12, 24, or even 36 shot limit made you really think about those 2 parts of photography even more. I often went a week or more taking a role of 12 exposure film because the cost of film and development. Crafting the photograph instead of relying on getting lucky (taking 100 digitial photos)...although luck had a lot to do with many of my first photographs as I was learning the basics, but it was still exciting to discover the 4 shots that looked great on that roll. Keep up the work, you are inspiring me to pick my film camera up and go shoot. Thanks Thomas Heaton!
I love your videos about film photography!!
The last image is definitely my favourite of the set!
Your "Not my best" is amazing. I love the last photo and it sucks I've nothing like it lol 😆 Great work again. Don't let the pressures of TH-cam lower your creativity or pressure you into just "getting something to us" we can wait.
Beautiful images and great video Thomas and I salute you for being brave enough to use film cameras. Love the second image and interested to see you put the horizon in the centre of the image. Cheers Keith