Film Photography Hot Takes
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hot take ironing your clothes is overrated
This man spitting facts tho
It is.
Cold take
So true! Unless you don’t use a desinfection during wash…
ironing shirt wont fix your bad composition
My hot take: the vast majority of those hot takes are a bunch of hot air.
Do what you want, the way you want, for whatever reason you want. If someone’s got an issue with that, screw ‘em. They’re far too wrapped up making judgements on everyone else’s work instead of focusing on their own work.
You do you.
Correct! Easier to make vacuous comments on the internet than make substantial strides in art.
THANK YOU. 100% agree, you do things because you want to, and you can do whatever you want. There's way too much heaviness in these judgmental takes, so your comment is fresh air, truly. Thanks again
Hot take: film photographers are cringe millenials
@@bekerashesI shoot film and I agree. Even people calling themselves ‘film photographers’ makes me cringe. You’re just a photographer, who shoots a particular format.
@@bekerashes Thank you for illustrating my point so well. ❤️
Temu Ryan Gosling back in the spicy saddle
😂
My favorite nihilistic photographer is back!
Caleb posted another video?
my shirt is off, your turn Jason.
Bruh…
Lomography did WONDERS for film photography- props to them. I remember using lots of their cameras in my late teens/early 20s. I wasn’t dropping cash on SLRs at that stage.
Jason's plain black background $50
Jason's microphone. $250
Jason's t shirt priceless
I miss the flaming Mountain Dew chugs!
we want more
All I'm hearing around 6:42 is "don't take chances, don't try to find a new camera that fits your workflow, or a new film stock that you may like the look and feel of... be stagnant, don't experiment, stick by every choice you ever make even if you wind up regretting it at some point." Don't make it your sole focus, but yes, gear and film CAN make a difference sometimes... it won't give you better photos, but it can give you a new set of parameters to work with. When I'm shooting with my Nikon F5 vs my Mamiya RB67 for instance, the vast differences in those cameras make me heavily consider different things... and the stock I'm shooting with, too. The differences in sensitivity, color science, and other things make me try to consider what would look the best or the most interesting to photograph. The bottom line is it's possible to appreciate the difference gear can make.
When I was in my late teens, early twenties (1972,73) I made the choice to shoot Kodachrome 25 and 64 because that is what publishers worked from (chrome films). I shot with Nikon cameras and learned right away that you had to REALLY know your light, your film and composition. Editors were strict bastards that didnt suffer fools lazy work. You learned how to fill your frame, how to tell a story in as few images as possible. "Subtle" was NOT tolerated. Photographers were men who drank drip coffee black with their bacon and eggs instead of Vanilla Lattes with a multigrain muffin. They bought BRICKS of Kodachrome because the best is worth it. If you live photography, all else takes the hit. I've shot thousands of rolls of Kodachrome (including Kodachrome 200 for a project in Transylvania) and love the images shot with that film. Now I shoot Velvia and Provia in my Linhof 617. Four shots per roll. I am not a rich man but I have my priorities right. Film and processing comes first after rent. Food is necessary but can be done cheaply if you need to stock more film. Digital is Disneyland...not for the serious.
Rant over.
I was about to rewatch your Nikon F2 video for the nth time.
That shirt be crinkled
I was told there would be hotcakes 🥞
As long as they aren't cooked by Lisa Douglas!
Really liked all the love that Portra 160 got here, truly the goat
I miss 160NC soooooo fucking much.
I am flying all the slide film off the shelves
What if we kissed under an ironing board?
wtf
Awww
Hot take #1: I like the warm tones of Kodak Gold as much as anyone, but cooler tones are seriously underrated and underrepresented
Hot take #2: Unless you are on the clock, photograph what you like and how you like. Nostalgia is personal and powerful. If gas stations, diners, and derelict buildings remind you of the family vacation to Disneyland when you took a side trip through Death Valley and all your crayons melted into a single mass when you stopped for lunch, then absolutely take pictures of them
Hot take #3: Unasked for criticism is rarely well-intentioned, and is almost never helpful. I should probably clarify this quite a bit. We'll see
Hot take #4: People will grow as photographers despite gatekeeping, not because of it
Hot take #5: On a basis of quality and utility per dollar, your best camera happens to be the one in the phone that you already own. Everything else is diminishing returns
Hot take #6: Medium format is best because finishing a roll of 36 is hard
Captain here : The "différent" issue you pointed out is related to the fact people sending you these messages are using French as their smartphones' default language. Thus, the autocorrect will change up "different" to "différent", simply because it considers "different" to be a mistake and "différent" to be the right spelling in French. Over.
C'est fort possible.
Le baguette. Oui.
Totalement ce que je me suis dit
Thank you! I was trying to tell him through my screen lol. He also glossed right over the French quotation marks!
it's auto-carrot.
Love the Aerochrome t-shirt
I usually shoot black and white with large format. I like it, plus it has the tremendous advantage that once I tell curious people, they lose interest and go away.
There's a reason I spent 40 years in IT.
My hot take is that Canon EF is the only lens mount you need in film photography.
Nobody is going to care to look at my photos when my Canon camera looks like a DSLR and it was only $40 though.
Does he think owning an iron is a hot take?
After it's plugged in, it is.
"Make work that is difficult." Preach.
Why shouldn't C41 be developed at home? Answers, man, answers!
im not 100% sure, but i think what they truly mean is that C41 film should be developed "properly" with proper Kodak chemicals and film-lab equipment. Most at-home C41 kits you see from CineStill and other places make the process easier but inherently do make the result less ideal than if it was done at a lab with separate chemical processes and regulated temperatures. For example "blix" isn't really the right way to bleach and fix. They are technically separate steps. Point being for the vast majority of people getting film developed at a lab will almost always result in superior negatives.
@@AFluffyMobius I've had my film developed professionally... I haven't seen any difference.
@@AFluffyMobius Maybe we shouldn't take our own pics, but leave them to professionals, eh? :)
@@AFluffyMobiusI went through a phase of developing color at home and I gotta agree. It’s also just not worth the hassle.
The process is designed to be done in a lab, with replenished chemicals at a high enough volume to keep the chemicals in a very narrow window with developer temperature tolerance of +/-0.25f.
Most people at home are using press kits they put 15 rolls through and mixed 6 months prior, measuring the temp with a crappy thermometer and deep frying their film.
Boomer-ish take here: Digital editing has ruined film photography. Everybody think they’re a good photographer now because they can just “fix it in post”.
6x6 is the best format, maybe that weird 35mm square format on diana mini too, square format is amazing, it feels like shooting album covers and it disposes most of the "composition rules" that ended up being a factory of average stock photos of an apple in a white background slightly dislocated to the side of the composition, when the frame is square you're able to do all kinds of bullshit without having to hear the mediocre photographer uncle inside your head talking about the magic golden ratio and rule of thirds
Definitely food for thought.
i feel since square format is much harder to shoot. most photographers are put off by it and therefore don't take the time to unlock its potential
It's definitely my favourite ratio for medium format. It's really fun to frame in.
You can "dispose of the composition rules" without switching to 6x6.
@@dafunkmonster sure, but in square format this is so perfectly natural
The very first depiction of reality being "altered" is by the photographer in what he of she decides to frame, or to leave out. A color rendition of film (or for forks sake, black and white) is only a small part. Nobody is unbiased, and we all see the reality we live in through the frame of our own experiences - and chose what to capture accordingly. Damn, that was some deep shit, especially for a friday evening. I've got no life...
Whoever said that about Fomapan 100 is correct.
Hot take, photography is just a hobby and is way more fun when you don’t look at Reddit
Kodachrome was also a 64iso film, todays film shooters seem to complain whenever a "new" film stock is sold and it's not 400 iso or above
4:3 aspect ratio breaks my brain, Jason.
thats my hot take - im f-ing up some random color/bw rolls of 35mm film with my LOMO LC-A or 90's point n'shoot every other couple of months and im kinda happy not to get into all portra this and leica that convo lol
Whoever said C41 shouldn’t be developed at home should send me all of their money so I can start sending my negatives to the lab again
my hot take is that you should bring back 16:9 videos
the wrinkly-ass shirt is so relatable.
Lomo made huge discount on their medium format films "to encourage people to shoot MF", and for that they have my etenral respect.
Also Jason, you know about the turquoise to aerochrome truck, right? Yeah it looks like shit most of the time, but maybe?..
I myself want to do more of the "master your camera and stop experimenting... Become a master with one" thing.... But, new toy syndrome does produce good stuff.
Like, Erney Bailey, Kurt Cobains guitar tech said he would write like five new songs each time he got a new guitar that he was giddy about.
Its the same with cameras, even if the 'ol nikon is mastered, sometimes a new plastic-fantastic makes me all playful, and I get a bunch of good new shots.
Diferent strokes or something, I guess.
I use it as a way to get out of a rut.
If I'm not feeling inspired or nothing I shoot is really "working" for me, I'll fuck around with some new or weird films, try a new format. It's good to kinda force reset your brain with new tools.
but the photo still represents that the thing you photographed actually happened.
came for baxtar, stayed for flamin hot mtn dew man.
Baxtar sounds like a type of german lens from the 70s: Zeiss-Baxtar 105mm f/5.6 M42 mount
That shirt has more wrinkles than the Grand Canyon has ridges.
Monotone monochrome man is a combination made in heaven to me 🥰
When will PT2 come?
Agreed! If you take a photo of a beautiful woman with makeup on... is the image altered? If that doesn't' make sense, it's the 4th of July and I've already had a few brews lol HAPPY 4TH!
Hot take. People care way too much about the camera and lens rather than the result. This leads people to spend way too much of their attention on the gear (and expecting the gear to make their photos better) rather than focusing the creative aspects of photography.
Bonus hot take- half the film photography IG accounts only post photos that are cliche (front or rear of an old car, half naked girl with window lighting, or photos of cameras). Originality is important in any art form, folks are just regurgitating images other people have created.
What if I really like looking at old cars, half-naked women, and cameras?
E6 is costly. C41 for the win, though also expensive....damn, guess we're screwed either way.
respooled ektachrome is still cheaper than shooting Portra and imo gives better colors and sharpness.
@@areallyrealisticguyd4333 where can i get some?
E6 is delicious.
@@dafunkmonster no doubt. Mine was expired so i sold it because it was unpredictable.
Hot take: photography sucks and I quit
Instax IS way better than modern Polaroid
my hot take on instant film, people don't put in the effort to actually learn the process for taking a good Polaroid and prefer the simple nature of instax. nothing wrong with that but photographers like JoepPolaroid, Nick Collingwood, and Ben from Inaninstant take incredible photos on Polaroid so it's silly to write it off as a "bad" film
@@areallyrealisticguyd4333 You can make good pictures if you work with Polaroid's limitations. But technically, it's an inferior product. Longer, more temperature sensitive development, poor color reproduction, weird yellowy looking whites, worse dynamic range, worse stability over time. Pretty much worse in every way except "looking weird".
Oh, and it also costs more to get the worse product.
Nobody beats the biz.
Hawk Tuah and there’s a hot take
the "c41 doesnt have a look" take is just flat out wrong though. while it's true the "color negative film look" people want is the result of portra scanned on a Noritsu or whatever, no film, c41 or otherwise, replicates reality on the film. anyone can demonstrate this by shooting a color chart on a slide film and just comparing the slide illuminated by a well corrected white LED versus the chart.
I think what they're addressing is that the factors that go into producing a given "look" involve far more than just the film stock's properties.
i mean, when expired film is miles cheaper than fresh film (that is tested and bulk rolled with examples from that bulk) its way better for economy
Thanks for Lomography 800 I ditched Portra 800.... :D bc is way cheap in Tokyo
6:45 I agree stick to one camera one format one film stock and stop trying new cameras and film stocks....period
but I wanna try Fuji 400....f
Aerochrome the Movie.
I find that if my film is iso 800 or higher the airport scanner is more likely to mess with it. Even on black and white.
I got in a rhythm with the skip ahead 10 seconds button and it was perfectly aligned with each hot take so I didn't have to watch all 11 minutes. It's the small things in life.
color negative is meant to be manipulated
A Leica doesn't make you a good photographer, the MD 262 forces you to be a good photographer...!
Eastcoastemulsion is right
Why does anyone want to replicate film with a digital camera anyway? Don`t buy a digital camera if you don`t like the look of digital, shoot film...!
my hot take nikon f3 is overrated (please spread the word to drop the price)
What's an F3 going for these days?just picked up an FA for $75.... i loves it.
Common sense is the best developer for photography and it's cheap if rarely used!!
I bailed on shooting the Fourth Fireworks here on some Fuji Superia 400. I should have gone. I decided just to shoot my own fireworks. Funny stuff, dawg. Abandoned buildings are overrated. Heh.
I don't iron my clothes either but jesus christ
Maybe he slept in that shirt for about 3 weeks?
20 years ago, Portra was costing me £2.50 a roll. Kodak Gold was £1 at discount stores. I miss those days. I do have some old Jessop film that expired in like 2007.
Super video! I do use more Digital than film. I could never afford film at my rate of exposures! I do use film, cause I have an overated Leica M3 that I've used for 57 years! My Nikon-f kit, 1970/71! That was my main pro 35mm camera and Nikkor lenses! Studio! Yup. Mamiyaflex C Twin lens models, needed lens interchageability. No Hasslelbloods as I never could focus them perfectly, even with Minolta Accumate screen. Also all the annual reqd services, Way too costly! Out of date film, a total waste of My Time! BravoJason!
Happy 4th of July
RE: AI making stuff look like film. Digital can replicate 99% of film right now and people are still using film. Why? Because the process effects the look as much as the medium. Also who doesn't love the click clak zip of a film camera?
How did I wander into film photography world? My hot take is that film is too much work for what, to me, is zero benefit. I can slow down and be deliberate without using film, but(as someone who shoots mostly wildlife) I just can't imagine using film. A single sequence of a bird coming in for a landing would be a whole roll of film.
Anyway, y'all have fun out there, shoot what you love and keep making cool stuff!
I like this video, it is big on my iPad.
I can't belive there is a film like Portra where you pay 50%only for the name...we go with film photography like brand clothes ...fu k it is f okin film ffs ....chem s hit
Sorry for the accents, French auto correct you know… ;) glad you found that underground fact usable ;) (won’t fix my kéyboard though)
Jason, you should post more of threads with the #PhotographersOfThreads tag
Can't anything about film prices 50 years ago but I know film is more way expensive than it was 10 years ago
2:54 maybe we should’ve drew the line 10 years ago… Are you scanning your film negative or are you using an enlarger and printing your negative. Is any digital manipulation cheating? Are you really being true to analog if you scan your negative then manipulated in Photoshop and Lightroom?
One day, skynet will take their AI images and make negative prints of them on celluloid with sprocket holes and everything
I Wish you could have had a chance to use Kodachrome. It was a Great film which to my mind was and is unmatched. Speed aside 😅
Yeah, and I will continue to complain about Portra’s price. Considering four years ago it was six dollars a roll if you bought it in a five pack or something.
Instagram is definitely dead. I barely post my photos there anymore, even the ones I really like. It's ok for me to take photos just for me, and share with those around me IRL.
As someone that shot Kodachrome into its last days (I still got rolls in the fridge new in box - hit me up, I'll sell!, yeah dude it was like $30-50 per roll
I can't remember. Was there a dude with a huge afro shouting about Velvia 50 back in the 80's and 90's?
Ryan Gosling never looked so good
Fujifilm dijital camera should come with the toggle thing from film camera..
You didn't read mine which was potentially the hottest take: Peter McKinnon is the Father of Film.
as someone who watches more youtube than actually takes pictures with a camera, I really enjoyed this video :) consider me a poser
The 64:25 aspect ratio makes me harder than fucking diamonds.
Hot take you shouldn't gate keep photography in any forms unless it directly hurts a group of people or indivuals
I've never heard such Salty, Crusty,Uncool,Jealousy filled comments in my life.
$20+ for Portra here in NY.. small shops though.
The guy who said medium format is overrated can't afford a medium format camera 💀
I don't remember writing half of these 'hot takes' - fuck, I am salty.
Photogrpahers who dont include my hot take in videos are bad
hot take: im too much of a prissy bitch when it comes to photography. need to uh. learn
yeah abandoned buildings are overrated. also gas stations, diners and motels
uhm… cinestill bwxx is criminally underrated!
Hot cake: anyone sponsored by square space is overrated
Hot take: You look like a cross of Doug Funnie and Ryan Gosling.
This video made me realize Jason and Joe List are brothers separated at birth.
I actually agree with your Kodachrome take. We'd probably want Kodachrome 64, and people are too scared now to shoot below 400 half the time. And I have to imagine it's about as or more unforgiving than E100. I would love it, but getting enough people to shoot it to justify bringing back that whole process ... we'd be better off hoping they could get a similar color profile in E6.
Day 5 of commenting on Jason's videos until he comments on my comedic youtube short skit where Joe Biden advocates for film photography reforms against a digital only Donald Trump.
Jezz some people need to chill out mate. You guys ok? We love you.