@@punkrachmaninoff the Beseler was the icon of enlargers. i had an Omega D-2 which was a beast. you can get them for about $250 on ebay. the beseler 23C is about the same.
so i am old, which means my first camera was a pocket camera with bellows. i learned to judge exposure by light before light meters were actually in the camera. my second camera was the yashicamat 124 when I was 15, which had a light meter that i rarely used. an incredibly sharp lens in that. then i went to 35mm in a Nikkormat ftn, graduating to a mamiya 645 then a 645 super. now i shoot with a hasselblad H4d-40 and a nikon D810. but every time i see your vlogs it takes me back to times when spending hours in the darkroom were creative and cathartic and peaceful, more so than the computer. i shoot film with a Nikon FA and love that almost as much as the H4D which is still my "take your time" camera if not on a paid assignment. so in a roundabout way, ive been digging your vlogs for a while now and like seeing someone so enthusiastic about film and the darkroom. thanks for all the work you put into what you are doing and sharing it with us. ...tom brooks (tombrooks419 on insta)
I’ve been going to the Cape with my family every summer since I was small. I was living abroad a few years ago and experienced periods of deep homesickness. I went to a Meyerowitz exhibition at C/O Berlin and broke down looking at his work from Cape Cod. I felt so close to my loved ones despite being an ocean apart!!! Thanks for highlighting his work, and well done!
Your Videos always take me away from my current place and Situation and thats just wonderful. The music, the Video parts and the pictures plus your soothing voice. Thanks man
I have a DSLR and I am so unsure and always have to check for shapness and exposure etc. I am so ashamed of that when I take a look at your pictures. With film, there is no double checking, it'a s hit or a miss. Your pictures are so beautiful and it really shows that you are a pro. Respect!
I’d recommend picking up a cheap 35mm camera and just have fun with it! It changes the way you shoot digital. Film isn’t about getting it perfect, it’s about the anticipation, forgetting what you shot and then getting your images from the lab. The photos look like instant memories.
my highschool is an art school and i spent all of freshman and sophomore year in the darkroom rolling my own film and developing and printing like this. I havent been back since (and i graduate in like 2 weeks) bc of covid but this video made me so nostalgic
5:03 thought the jug in the background was a half gallon of Hershey’s chocolate syrup for a sec lol. Thought you might have found a new secret ingredient for developing.
Joel is one of the most inspiring photographer I have come across; he's so passionate in what he does and his perspective on life and photography. Definitely one of my favorites, if not THE favorite.
The slowing down of the post production process with the darkroom really resonates with me, its been waaay too long since I've printed my own images. Thanks for sharing your process 🙏
If you're going to photograph the Cape IMO this is the best time of year when there are zero tourists and cheap Airbnb accommodations. P-town and the rest of the Lower Cape is where there's the best concentration of good photography opportunities. A few good ones in the Mid Cape like around route 6A, Hyannis Main St. and the Bass River area in South Yarmouth and finally Woods Hole for the Upper Cape. Sadly much of what made Cape Cod special is gone and it now looks much like the mainland but a few pockets of the past can still be found. Definitely worth the trip off-season but way too pricy on-season.
As a New Englander born and raised, everything you said is valid but Cape Cod has a certain magic to it in the summertime that just isnt there in the winter. Its less than an hours drive for me though, so the traffic and tourists dont really sink my day shooting.
@@beatsbyagiraffenamedchris4403 Day trips are definitely the way to go. Traffic can suck but Google Maps with traffic is a big help. Agreed that the Cape has a somewhat unique charm in the Summer that can't be found in other months but much of its original unique charm has been lost over the last 40 years and replaced with a mixture of faux "Old Cape Cod" and mainlanders' ideas of what the Cape use to be. It's almost become a parody of itself and reminds me a bit of Tokyo DisneySea's "American Waterfront / Cape Cod" section.
One thing I've missed the most about being in uni was the darkroom. Though we didn't have color process, the black and white process was wonderful and I feel that if I had access to a black and white darkroom today, I'd be shooting a hell of a lot more b/w (working in b/w digitally is nice, but it's just not as fun). I'm hoping to get the opportunity to work in a color darkroom someday soon, especially to see how my favorite images look in a truly analog process (even though you can get the same quality results in a digital process, again, it's not nearly as fun as the analog process!).
It’s different I’m glad that Willem showed us how it’s done. But you’re right, it does make me miss the darkroom sometimes at my local community college. Luckily I know a place that does have a darkroom around my area. Unfortunately with everything going on, I don’t even know if it will ever be opened
OHHHH Man!!!! at 1:00 minute in you already have that great shot opportunity ...next time back there i will try all over again ;) THX. Willem.................and then watched till the end and "Voilà"
Makes me really miss my days in the dark room. Lovely pictures as always. The last one of the water is my favourite along with the one where you can see the sun shining through the window. Amazing work as always.
Hey, I was probably out there with my camera. The Outer Cape has the best afternoon light in the winter. I am out there most winter weekends wandering about. If you ever go back I would be glad to show you around to some interesting spots. The Cottages in the Dunes are really neat and sort of famous. I see you found the Day's Cottages in North Truro. Glad you enjoyed your visit to my corner of the world.
I love all your videos! You’re my favorite TH-camr. You have this cadence and vibe and it’s always so chill. Your photos are always so inspiring and I hope you make another photo book soon!! Cheers from the PNW!!!
This was 1year ago but first time for me to watch. Love the images and the video. Please show more of your darkroom process if you are still doing this.
I like your work, but as someone who spends as much time as possible in the darkroom, this is by far my favorite video of yours I've seen. You've planted the seed of RA-4 in my mind, and sooner or later I just know I'm going to have to print in color now.
@@JamesSmith-jq1ik You’re not going to get COVID because you went outside. What if COVID doesn’t go away? Take the proper precautions and get out there and live.
And in all the years in shooting film that shooting digital tends to be cheating, and not as the fun in shooting film. Willem - Great Video, I remember when seeing his book as I got it for a birthday present in 1980 as the same time that Joel Meyerowitz has an exhibit in San Francisco in 1980 so we all went to the gallery, and after seeing the prints, and meeting the man I was blown away, his prints were sizes from 20x24 to 32x40" inch prints, and since the from 1980 that I continued to photograph with the film that he was using. In which that the Cape Light Series were shot on 8x10 on Fuji NPL which it was a Tungsten Balanced Film that he shot it at ISO 80, and without using a color correction filter. But still he shots were they were so Surrealist Photo Impressionist type style. Now I 64 as still take photos with my film cameras as for 35mm I either shoot Nikon (Old F), or a vintage Contax II as for medium format either my Bronica S2A or a very vintage 1933 Plaubel Makina 6x9. I do miss the Darkroom days when I had to GIVE UP my Darkroom as my landlady told me that I cannot use it due to Prop. 86 Clean Water Act in California, as now my formal darkroom is now my bedroom, and scanning room. As I kinda missed from standing up to do photos than sitting down, and scanning, and photoshopping as I have 2 film scanners on for 35mm, and the other for medium format. I am glad that more fim shooters are exploring more in film shooting. Again Great Video, Joel would be proud of you....
These are so nice Willem! Nice inspiration to get myself shoot some film on the Belgian coast. But, I'm pretty sure the North of France has much more to offer. Just need the green light from the government. Thanks for sharing this vid!
Miss having access to a colour darkroom. Made it SO easy to just jump in made a few prints. Also maybe get a piece of glass to flatten the negs when making contact sheets.
Gosh, those contact sheets are absolutely stunning. Ive always loved working in the black and white darkroom but I bet making your own color prints is just breathtaking. Keep killin it man.
supposed to be in NYC right now playing with darkroom (Uni). But, cuz of covid I am stuck here in China. Thank you Willem for giving a glimpse of what I am missing out
@Pete Melon Yeah I bet. Luckily enough for me, there's a really good lab here in Auckland NZ that's putting together a darkroom for colour and B&W printing so I can try it there first before buying gear etc. Do you scan these prints too? Curious about the colour from those compared to regular neg scans / barrel scans. Cheers, B
I love your videos man! Been watching for a while and finally found a film camera to get started. I’ve done digital photography for a few years now but excited to take this journey into film.
if you ever find yourself in province town again i highly recommend going to race point beach. it’s right on the end of the cape and it’s one of the most beautiful beaches i’ve ever been to. great sunset
I’ve just set up a b&w darkroom, from my experience.cutting up one sheet of paper and using test strips helps reduce the waste of paper so you can leave full sheets for those awesome prints, as paper is fairly expensive.:)
Watching Willem getting stoked over his own pictures he made in his own dark room is the kind of energy we need in 2021.
After watching your videos I wanna get into film photography again. Your photos are so aesthetic and it's really enjoyable to listen you.
samesies
Do it! Your wallet might regret it but you for sure won’t.
🙏🏻👏🏻
He really is a 1st class photographer
The dark room stuff is so crazy. I gotta pull up and see this in person 😭
ANYTIME!! Drive over here
@@WillemVerb you got any tutorials about that beseler...
@@punkrachmaninoff the Beseler was the icon of enlargers. i had an Omega D-2 which was a beast. you can get them for about $250 on ebay. the beseler 23C is about the same.
@@WillemVerb
Can you make a review video for the cinematic pictures and the colors for this movie.
" The Lady Of heaven" 2M views at trailer
portra boy blessing us again with the weekly uploads... u don’t know how much this means to us😩
portra boy LOL
Wherever Willem goes, golden hour follows.
so i am old, which means my first camera was a pocket camera with bellows. i learned to judge exposure by light before light meters were actually in the camera. my second camera was the yashicamat 124 when I was 15, which had a light meter that i rarely used. an incredibly sharp lens in that. then i went to 35mm in a Nikkormat ftn, graduating to a mamiya 645 then a 645 super. now i shoot with a hasselblad H4d-40 and a nikon D810. but every time i see your vlogs it takes me back to times when spending hours in the darkroom were creative and cathartic and peaceful, more so than the computer. i shoot film with a Nikon FA and love that almost as much as the H4D which is still my "take your time" camera if not on a paid assignment. so in a roundabout way, ive been digging your vlogs for a while now and like seeing someone so enthusiastic about film and the darkroom. thanks for all the work you put into what you are doing and sharing it with us. ...tom brooks (tombrooks419 on insta)
I’ve been going to the Cape with my family every summer since I was small. I was living abroad a few years ago and experienced periods of deep homesickness. I went to a Meyerowitz exhibition at C/O Berlin and broke down looking at his work from Cape Cod. I felt so close to my loved ones despite being an ocean apart!!! Thanks for highlighting his work, and well done!
The shot with the sun peaking through the window made me cry.
Your Videos always take me away from my current place and Situation and thats just wonderful. The music, the Video parts and the pictures plus your soothing voice. Thanks man
I have a DSLR and I am so unsure and always have to check for shapness and exposure etc. I am so ashamed of that when I take a look at your pictures. With film, there is no double checking, it'a s hit or a miss. Your pictures are so beautiful and it really shows that you are a pro. Respect!
I’d recommend picking up a cheap 35mm camera and just have fun with it! It changes the way you shoot digital. Film isn’t about getting it perfect, it’s about the anticipation, forgetting what you shot and then getting your images from the lab. The photos look like instant memories.
my highschool is an art school and i spent all of freshman and sophomore year in the darkroom rolling my own film and developing and printing like this. I havent been back since (and i graduate in like 2 weeks) bc of covid but this video made me so nostalgic
damnnnnn, now i need a home darkroom... These look amazing!
5:03 thought the jug in the background was a half gallon of Hershey’s chocolate syrup for a sec lol. Thought you might have found a new secret ingredient for developing.
The forbidden syrup
Lmao same
The dark room in the kitchen in Brooklyn is a mood
Joel is one of the most inspiring photographer I have come across; he's so passionate in what he does and his perspective on life and photography. Definitely one of my favorites, if not THE favorite.
Who's THE favorite?
Life looks better when depicted on film. Also life looks better on a spring afternoon.
Which means your photographs are heaven
love watching the fully analog workflow - more of this!
Wow i loved this!
Will, you should do a video on developing 120 film start to finish !
The slowing down of the post production process with the darkroom really resonates with me, its been waaay too long since I've printed my own images. Thanks for sharing your process 🙏
Thanks for watching!
The Mamiya 7 is truly one of the best cameras. I love mine, it‘s just so pure to use.
Dude that light on the first one of the two houses!🔥🔥🔥
If you're going to photograph the Cape IMO this is the best time of year when there are zero tourists and cheap Airbnb accommodations. P-town and the rest of the Lower Cape is where there's the best concentration of good photography opportunities. A few good ones in the Mid Cape like around route 6A, Hyannis Main St. and the Bass River area in South Yarmouth and finally Woods Hole for the Upper Cape. Sadly much of what made Cape Cod special is gone and it now looks much like the mainland but a few pockets of the past can still be found. Definitely worth the trip off-season but way too pricy on-season.
As a New Englander born and raised, everything you said is valid but Cape Cod has a certain magic to it in the summertime that just isnt there in the winter. Its less than an hours drive for me though, so the traffic and tourists dont really sink my day shooting.
@@beatsbyagiraffenamedchris4403 Day trips are definitely the way to go. Traffic can suck but Google Maps with traffic is a big help.
Agreed that the Cape has a somewhat unique charm in the Summer that can't be found in other months but much of its original unique charm has been lost over the last 40 years and replaced with a mixture of faux "Old Cape Cod" and mainlanders' ideas of what the Cape use to be. It's almost become a parody of itself and reminds me a bit of Tokyo DisneySea's "American Waterfront / Cape Cod" section.
Great video again Willem 😁 glad to see you’re making them again!
Had a blast shooting cape cod last summer, especially some of the light industrial stuff behind the scenes that enables those picturesque scenes
This video felt like going on a mini vacation to Cape Cod. Loved it ❤️
You get m so excited about photography man. I appreciate your videos
Had to rewatch this video right away! So good....
Bro I just wanna say thanks for making vids, you're why I bought a camera a few weeks ago and I've been having a blast.
i'm from the cape and shooting here in the winter is like no other. loved your pics, you did our little fake island justice!
Pretty much my dream ! This book is truly my top top top favorite just love his work 👏👏👏
Subarus and film photography is personally an identification
It's like stepping into Cape Light. Wow! Probably one of my most profound photo book experiences and easily one of my all-time favorites.
great video Willem, really nice images. Nice to see you doing the darkroom stuff, more please
i love your work so much Willem! your zine is one of my faves in my collection
Having Willem uploading at the Lunar New Year’s Eve is definitely a win! Greetings from China!
I haven't played around in a darkroom in almost 15 years (aka since high school) but this process just gave me such wonderful happy nostalgia 🥰
One thing I've missed the most about being in uni was the darkroom. Though we didn't have color process, the black and white process was wonderful and I feel that if I had access to a black and white darkroom today, I'd be shooting a hell of a lot more b/w (working in b/w digitally is nice, but it's just not as fun). I'm hoping to get the opportunity to work in a color darkroom someday soon, especially to see how my favorite images look in a truly analog process (even though you can get the same quality results in a digital process, again, it's not nearly as fun as the analog process!).
hey jeff smudde
@@slicedmittens :O
It’s different I’m glad that Willem showed us how it’s done. But you’re right, it does make me miss the darkroom sometimes at my local community college. Luckily I know a place that does have a darkroom around my area. Unfortunately with everything going on, I don’t even know if it will ever be opened
I couldnt agree more im feeling the same way rn :(
@Pete Melon Of course you can. But one has nothing to do with the other.
Loving the darkroom walk through stuff - especially showing the time variation on the initial print
The Cape in the winter is truly something else.
The new darkroom work is incredible man, love it!
This dude really hearts every comment? Dang....this dude legit
OHHHH Man!!!! at 1:00 minute in you already have that great shot opportunity ...next time back there i will try all over again ;) THX. Willem.................and then watched till the end and "Voilà"
You know I love the shore photos! Beautiful.
Makes me really miss my days in the dark room. Lovely pictures as always. The last one of the water is my favourite along with the one where you can see the sun shining through the window. Amazing work as always.
Your photography and work method is so good. Amazing
Some of your best photos yet!
Hey, I was probably out there with my camera. The Outer Cape has the best afternoon light in the winter. I am out there most winter weekends wandering about. If you ever go back I would be glad to show you around to some interesting spots. The Cottages in the Dunes are really neat and sort of famous. I see you found the Day's Cottages in North Truro. Glad you enjoyed your visit to my corner of the world.
Definitely can say the sunsets on the cape are really remarkable. Really makes me wanna take a day trip there.
I love all your videos! You’re my favorite TH-camr. You have this cadence and vibe and it’s always so chill. Your photos are always so inspiring and I hope you make another photo book soon!! Cheers from the PNW!!!
This was 1year ago but first time for me to watch. Love the images and the video. Please show more of your darkroom process if you are still doing this.
OMG Willem, this is soooo coool!!!!
as someone who lives on cape cod it’s so cool to see you take amazing pictures of a place i find mediocre just because i see it often
The beauty and skill of both your photos and the filming is incredible, you should be really proud, I enjoy your work so much.
Thank youuu ❤️
Great video! Cool to see the process through to the end
I like your work, but as someone who spends as much time as possible in the darkroom, this is by far my favorite video of yours I've seen. You've planted the seed of RA-4 in my mind, and sooner or later I just know I'm going to have to print in color now.
Man, i loved the videography, but the photo on paper are INCREDIBLE. The feeling of seeing our photos on paper is awesome. Nice work.
Great video. I hope someone took a photo of the view at 3:00 that would be awesome. You picked a great day to be on the Cape. Thank you for posting!!
Just bumped on your video and I must say I'm glad to see someone like you, gorgeuos prints.
Willem, you inspire me to shoot so much, once lockdowns are done I can't wait to get out properly
@Pete Melon I don't want covid so... I will pass on that one buddy
@@JamesSmith-jq1ik You’re not going to get COVID because you went outside. What if COVID doesn’t go away? Take the proper precautions and get out there and live.
@@KBRC81 You know nothing about my situation and how covid would affect me or my family. If you want to risk getting covid, you do that.
@@JamesSmith-jq1ik Fine. Stay inside. 🤷🏻♂️
Cape Cod is such an incredible book, very jealous of the weather you got!
Watching your process is so relaxing and makes me wanna enjoy the process of photography more! Love it!
Hey Willem!
Whatup juicyboi
And in all the years in shooting film that shooting digital tends to be cheating, and not as the fun in shooting film. Willem - Great Video, I remember when seeing his book as I got it for a birthday present in 1980 as the same time that Joel Meyerowitz has an exhibit in San Francisco in 1980 so we all went to the gallery, and after seeing the prints, and meeting the man I was blown away, his prints were sizes from 20x24 to 32x40" inch prints, and since the from 1980 that I continued to photograph with the film that he was using. In which that the Cape Light Series were shot on 8x10 on Fuji NPL which it was a Tungsten Balanced Film that he shot it at ISO 80, and without using a color correction filter. But still he shots were they were so Surrealist Photo Impressionist type style. Now I 64 as still take photos with my film cameras as for 35mm I either shoot Nikon (Old F), or a vintage Contax II as for medium format either my Bronica S2A or a very vintage 1933 Plaubel Makina 6x9. I do miss the Darkroom days when I had to GIVE UP my Darkroom as my landlady told me that I cannot use it due to Prop. 86 Clean Water Act in California, as now my formal darkroom is now my bedroom, and scanning room. As I kinda missed from standing up to do photos than sitting down, and scanning, and photoshopping as I have 2 film scanners on for 35mm, and the other for medium format. I am glad that more fim shooters are exploring more in film shooting. Again Great Video, Joel would be proud of you....
in the middle of editing i got the notification you posted and ive never had to fight off a feeling to wait and watch a video before
Those photis were beautiful Willem. I just started developing my own film and enjoy watching your printing process.
so cool man! would really like to watch more color darkroom stuff!!
stunning tones
Great work as always, Willem! So sorry to hear you’ll be leaving NY and the NE, though. Look forward to hearing about your next plans and adventures.
this is a fantastic one from start to finish. Awesome prints!
I’ve always avoided color printing but you sure make it look easy! Good stuff, as always.
These are so nice Willem! Nice inspiration to get myself shoot some film on the Belgian coast. But, I'm pretty sure the North of France has much more to offer. Just need the green light from the government. Thanks for sharing this vid!
I also love "Cape Light"
This was a stunning video, what wonderful images! Love that you have your own darkroom, can’t wait to make my own someday soon ❤️
the photo with the 3 trees in lowkey looks like a sick album cover :) love the composition of all the photos ❤️
Loving the dark room printing dude! It's great to see the whole process from beginning to end! Loving the Super 8 footage at the end too
you make me want to go make photos, thats dope. love your vids
Miss having access to a colour darkroom. Made it SO easy to just jump in made a few prints.
Also maybe get a piece of glass to flatten the negs when making contact sheets.
dang i missed this, love the darkroom aspects and that print was MINTY
Gosh, those contact sheets are absolutely stunning. Ive always loved working in the black and white darkroom but I bet making your own color prints is just breathtaking. Keep killin it man.
I’m currently working on my senior thesis project, shooting Cape Cod in it’s off season - I’m stoked to see this video!
Hi Willem, I like your vlogs. You do this very well!
The sky looks like a smiling face at 1:51 :)
Those are really beautiful stuffs, pal.
supposed to be in NYC right now playing with darkroom (Uni). But, cuz of covid I am stuck here in China. Thank you Willem for giving a glimpse of what I am missing out
Admiring the work this is crazy good
Watching this definitely inspires me to develop and print colour neg in darkroom!
@Pete Melon Yeah I bet. Luckily enough for me, there's a really good lab here in Auckland NZ that's putting together a darkroom for colour and B&W printing so I can try it there first before buying gear etc. Do you scan these prints too? Curious about the colour from those compared to regular neg scans / barrel scans.
Cheers,
B
Love the color contact sheets!
Left the East Coast departure hanging off a CLIFF.
This hair suits you more! Also thank you for the awesome video
These are amazing Willem, good job 👏🏼
these videos are just so satisfyingggggggggggg
I love your videos man! Been watching for a while and finally found a film camera to get started. I’ve done digital photography for a few years now but excited to take this journey into film.
That darkroom setup is crazy!
now I want to try enlarging some of my photos
all of these photos are absolutely delicious
I love the boat summer place
Oh boy I loved the images in this one. Unfortunately, not many cables but the one with the branches was insane.
if you ever find yourself in province town again i highly recommend going to race point beach. it’s right on the end of the cape and it’s one of the most beautiful beaches i’ve ever been to. great sunset
would love to see you put a roll of portra 160 through the mamiya
I’ve just set up a b&w darkroom, from my experience.cutting up one sheet of paper and using test strips helps reduce the waste of paper so you can leave full sheets for those awesome prints, as paper is fairly expensive.:)