Last spring I did a workshop where one of the educators who shoots a lot of asian weddings explained to me that Fuji films emulsion is actually based around getting the skin tones correct for asian people and Kodak's is based around caucasian skin tones. The lab that scanned your film likely reduced the yellow and upped the magenta to get you a more accurate skin tone for your friend. Fuji film has extra cyan layer and magenta base, where as Kodak Portra films have a yellow base. I'm not implying that they can't both be used for any skin tone, I'm just saying that is what they were trying to acheive when the film emulsion was designed. If you think about the fact the Fuji film is made in Japan and Kodak in the US this makes complete sense. Personally I think you should reduce the yellow in the images a little bit it's a little too much IMHO. My wife found your youtube channel we like it! Keep up the good work!
I personally prefer warm tone when it comes to portraits, I tried Fuji film a couple of times now, and I think it looks nice in certain situations, weddings for example, a lot of wedding photographers like Fuji’s slightly green tone because often the time there are a lot grass, tress and plants in the frame… Fuji dose amazing job rendering green… anyways thank you for watching my videos :)
LOVE this video Sam! You did so well. I'd love to go to California. You captures some stunning images of the model. It's lots of fun! Thanks for sharing, as always!!
i think the yellows are so pretty! it's so interesting to see the comparison between the film and your sony camera, i like both in their own ways hehe i hope i can shoot portra 400 one day but it really is so hard to find rn lol
Thanks Sam! Lovely portraits! I don’t think the color of the Portra 400 film is really my preference, but I love the lighting, locations, and model direction you did. Thanks for taking us along for the shoot! And if you do dive deeper into the scanning process sometime, I would love to hear about it; so far I have had a lot of trouble getting good scans of my negatives on a flatbed at home.
I haven’t been getting very consistent results from my home scan, once I figure out a better work flow, I’ll be definitely make a video about scanning~ thank you watching as always ☺️
I see you said in the video that you use the cameras meter to get your exposure for these images. Which metering mode do you use? Spot, Evaluative or ceter weighted? I just bought this same camera and lens and think this would be a good starting point for me.
I most of the time use center weighted, sometimes I’ll use spot to check skin tone if the lighting is more complicated. I think the meter on this camera is pretty reliable, I’d start from center weight and see how they turn out, you can adjust from there :)
I have 2 rolls of very expired 35mm Portra 400 NC and 4 sheets of new Portra 400 4x5 in the darkroom lab right now. I shot the 35mm in Seattle streets in the rain last week. I walked 5miles that day and yes I was soaking wet. Which made for a long Ferry boat ride and three hour drive home. Going back next month in better weather. The 4x5 are on location Portraits. Can't wait to see them soon. Oh plus I shot one roll of Cinestill 800 in Seattle.
“Should or shouldn’t you edit film photos” is a bad question. Not many great photographers, if any, are great for capturing the “true” color in their works. Why? Because it doesn’t mean anything even if you do. Nothing is 100% true. The way colors show in a picture is determined by so many factors - type of film, scanner, temperature, security check x-rays, just to name a few. Any photographer who is not too ignorant to realize what’s going on in the creative process knows those who think they are being “honest” by not editing their film photos are either lazy amateurs mesmerized by the film look without post, or second handed poets deceived by their derivative film-era nostalgia.
I feel the same, digitizing process is editing already. It really comes down to how much control you want over your images~ and to what extent we consider “editing” is editing~
Digital too blue, pervades everything in the scene. Film cleaner and crisper. Thanks for the charming presentation.
Really great shots, colours as you presented are perfect
Last spring I did a workshop where one of the educators who shoots a lot of asian weddings explained to me that Fuji films emulsion is actually based around getting the skin tones correct for asian people and Kodak's is based around caucasian skin tones. The lab that scanned your film likely reduced the yellow and upped the magenta to get you a more accurate skin tone for your friend. Fuji film has extra cyan layer and magenta base, where as Kodak Portra films have a yellow base. I'm not implying that they can't both be used for any skin tone, I'm just saying that is what they were trying to acheive when the film emulsion was designed. If you think about the fact the Fuji film is made in Japan and Kodak in the US this makes complete sense. Personally I think you should reduce the yellow in the images a little bit it's a little too much IMHO. My wife found your youtube channel we like it! Keep up the good work!
I personally prefer warm tone when it comes to portraits, I tried Fuji film a couple of times now, and I think it looks nice in certain situations, weddings for example, a lot of wedding photographers like Fuji’s slightly green tone because often the time there are a lot grass, tress and plants in the frame… Fuji dose amazing job rendering green… anyways thank you for watching my videos :)
Lovely pictures.
Fabulous images! Your videos are fun to watch and so honest. Portra is a warm look, definetly holds up well in portaits (hmmm).
thank you Patrick ❤️
Your videos have been my fave so far! Love your personality and real take on everything. :)))
Thank you !!
Omg, I love this film!! I must try it, but it is so expensive… great photos, I love them.
Portra 400 is becoming one of my favorite film stock, it is so easy to work with, great latitude!! It is pretty expensive, but I’d say worth it!!
LOVE this video Sam!
You did so well. I'd love to go to California.
You captures some stunning images of the model. It's lots of fun!
Thanks for sharing, as always!!
Thank you for watching, as always!! ❤️
i think the yellows are so pretty! it's so interesting to see the comparison between the film and your sony camera, i like both in their own ways hehe i hope i can shoot portra 400 one day but it really is so hard to find rn lol
Omg the Portra 400 35mm is sold out everywhere!! I only have 3 rolls left, I’m gonna need to start my hunt for the film very soon!! 😫
First!!! Always love your videos!
Give you a 🌟 for being the 1st!! Keep collecting the stars 🌟 you will have a staring night 🌃. ( doesn’t make sense but just go with it LOL~ )
I like the yellow look, I always tweak the color on my scans….color correction sets then tone
This is a cute video Sam
Glad I came across your chanel!
Welcome and thank you for watching!! :)
Thanks Sam! Lovely portraits! I don’t think the color of the Portra 400 film is really my preference, but I love the lighting, locations, and model direction you did. Thanks for taking us along for the shoot!
And if you do dive deeper into the scanning process sometime, I would love to hear about it; so far I have had a lot of trouble getting good scans of my negatives on a flatbed at home.
I haven’t been getting very consistent results from my home scan, once I figure out a better work flow, I’ll be definitely make a video about scanning~ thank you watching as always ☺️
I see you said in the video that you use the cameras meter to get your exposure for these images. Which metering mode do you use? Spot, Evaluative or ceter weighted? I just bought this same camera and lens and think this would be a good starting point for me.
I most of the time use center weighted, sometimes I’ll use spot to check skin tone if the lighting is more complicated. I think the meter on this camera is pretty reliable, I’d start from center weight and see how they turn out, you can adjust from there :)
I enjoy your videos!
thank you :)
Portra is a wonderful film stock. Please make more videos with film :-D
Thank you for watching, I’ll happily do~
I have 2 rolls of very expired 35mm Portra 400 NC and 4 sheets of new Portra 400 4x5 in the darkroom lab right now. I shot the 35mm in Seattle streets in the rain last week. I walked 5miles that day and yes I was soaking wet. Which made for a long Ferry boat ride and three hour drive home. Going back next month in better weather. The 4x5 are on location Portraits. Can't wait to see them soon. Oh plus I shot one roll of Cinestill 800 in Seattle.
Wow that’s a lot!! Let me know if you like the Cinestill 800~
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yay! new videoooo
Hopefully I can keep it up new video every Saturday 💪🏻
That photo at 8:18 its amazing
前排支持！我感觉很多婚礼摄影师不知道是用fuji 400h还是portra 400 拍出来都比较泛白，估计是调教了白平衡和拉高了曝光
过爆一档的话，我flatbed扫出来饱和度确实比较低，我后期加了点饱和，不然也会白一点。我还蛮想试fuji的，可是现在停产了，要买也只能买到120了估计～
@@itscapturedbysam heyhey ebay我看到有一个6月份过期卖36块的！
@@jerrylee188 夸张呢！！
能做些中文视频么
我現在幾乎一定都會後製底片的數位檔，因為底片掃描機就像一部古老且白平衡、曝光值飄忽不定的老舊數位相機
有时同一张底片扫两次 结果都不一样呢 确实需要后期😅
“Should or shouldn’t you edit film photos” is a bad question. Not many great photographers, if any, are great for capturing the “true” color in their works. Why? Because it doesn’t mean anything even if you do. Nothing is 100% true. The way colors show in a picture is determined by so many factors - type of film, scanner, temperature, security check x-rays, just to name a few. Any photographer who is not too ignorant to realize what’s going on in the creative process knows those who think they are being “honest” by not editing their film photos are either lazy amateurs mesmerized by the film look without post, or second handed poets deceived by their derivative film-era nostalgia.
I feel the same, digitizing process is editing already. It really comes down to how much control you want over your images~ and to what extent we consider “editing” is editing~