The reason why your channel is so good is that you ENJOY the process and you have FUN! Loved a lot of your abstracts. I agree with you about the rubrics cube.
I just got so much inspiration from this video. I have a blank wall in my kitchen that I always struggled to figure out what should go there. This just may have answered that question. Gonna have a go with my light table when I get home. Thanks!
There’s no doubt, you have an exploratory eye and an inquisitive mind, The rule of photography is only show your best photos, until you’re famous! and people have started listening to you.
Very inspiring and motivating video. Just what I need. I am in a little photographic dip now. And this video gave me just the boost I needed. Thank you very much, my friend. Antoine (The Netherlands)
Theres some great shots there with such simple devices. Its definitely a mindset-thing, playing with light and reflection. Some of the prints seen in design shops could easily be equalled and bettered. Love it.
I can see that being very interesting for photography! With food dyes too in the oil. I used Oil and Water on a body portrait many years ago. Lightly rubbed castor oil into the body part and used a water spray for droplets. Looked pretty good too!
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss I actually found it easier to dye the water. I use mineral oil/baby oil then have bowls with colored water and use a syringe to drip it into the oil that will be in a glass container to shoot through. Works best when the oil is cold so the water doesn't sink fast. Ends up with suspended color drops, works really nice with a perfectly black background. So I usually do it in winter with spot lighting on just the subject
Very nice photography Rog. I read this short statement while watching a clip about the late Raymond Moore and I loved it, so I repeat it here, " its art's business to raise the ordinary to grace". I think there is more art in these photos of yours than all the so called self proclaimed ' fine art ' rubbish out on Y.T. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it Lensman. Thats a good saying! I watched a video on the late Brian Duffy. He paused in the interview and was staring down at the wall in front of him. He pointed to a plug socket and said "Look at that electric plug socket, doesn't it look interesting". along those lines anyway. That was his creative mind tuning in. I think it was a documentary called "The men that shot the 60's". th-cam.com/video/dHJtfc9HyY8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=5X4HG5SoqJwqItPf
@@lensman5762 Blocked! 😂 Usually I get Phil Collins. I don't mind, as long as it's not the older version of them 😂 Duffy burned a lot of negatives. Apparently it was Bailey that went past his house and saw the smoke and tried to stop him. Interesting story.
Looked good didn't they Tim! I will have to get one like I said on the wall on MF. I think a print like that would need to be big for impact. Look good in a games room!
Good inspiration there. My phone screen when I start up is of my Grarklein Soprino recorder( about 6 inches in length- its tiny, laying on some music score with my metronome standing. Then my main screen is of my beloved black bakelite vintage 50s telephone which my Uncle gave me ( he gave his daughter a 'Whitehall 1212 pyramid telephone").
I imagine they look good too! I had one of those phones when I was a kid. It was left in the attic when my Mum moved out 🥴 Had a pull out tray for numbers!
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Exactly!!! I bought for for a location fashion shoot - and because we live in England it rained and we headed to the studio instead where I used my GX680II - it has taken no less than 52 test shots - I'll stick it on ebay.... probably a good grand or so I would say
Gosh those screensavers in Windows 95 took me back. I'm definitely going to take inspiration from this video, and have a go at shooting some abstract indoor photography. If I may ask how did you meter for the lightbox so the bright white light did not dominate the exposure?
Thanks for reminding me Russ. I did actually mention it in the video but cut it out as I didn't want to go into metering etc! Basically I took a reading on my spot meter which would see the panel as middle grey and then in camera over exposed by 2 or 3 stops depending on the subject (3 stops if it was a darker subject). You do the same with your camera meter, so whatever the camera meter reads just over expose a couple of stops to get that panel white. Or high key!
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Thanks Roger, much appreciate the reply and the explanation of the metering. I must admit that I struggle with understanding metering and rely on the camera doing the work for me. I must invest in a decent light meter so I can practice and learn.
@@RussellEaling To be honest Russell you don't need a light meter if you are shooting random subjects on a roll. If your camera has a good meter inside it WILL do that for you. In which case I usually shoot Aperture Priority and let the camera work out the shutter speed for me. Unless the light is so low that I am going to hit slow shutter speeds then I will go full manual or use a tripod. I use my light meter if I am shooting medium or large format on a particular scene that I want to get a good negative for print. Or I may use it with 35mm cameras that don't have a meter. Hope this helps. But of course, a light meter is a good gadget to have and get used to.
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss the camera does have a working light meter so I shall go ahead and give it a go. Thanks for the advise, very much appreciated. Russell
I know the one Matthew. I've not seen the video but I imagine lights coming through a window frame mock up in a studio? Some creative people out there!
Have you ever tried a photogram? Basically you put some paper in the easel, arrange some objects on it, and then give it an exposure like printing a negative. Of course you just use an empty negative carrier. It's a fun way to kill an hour or two in the darkroom.
I'd add trying chemigrams, they're fun too. I have a box of otherwise junk MGIII paper I love to splash my waste fixer and dev on sometimes. I painted with them once and got a very nice effect of flower stalks.
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss I'm sorry that I forgot, but you are accumulating quite a catalog of videos. (I just looked and it's 438.) I hope that you'll forgive me if I don't remember every one. What's really impressive is that they are all interesting and useful. :) Edit: poor Englishing.
Probably not the place to ask this but I'm going to all the same. I've been developing 35 mm film for more years than I can remember . I recently developed a film and when I was looking at the negs I realised some of them still have what appears to be undeveloped emulsion in patches with the rest of the frame looking OK. I seem to remember this had happened before but some time back. As far as I could tell the film went onto the spiral fine, so any ideas?? I do carefully agitate at regular frequencies during the developing time.
@@northstar1950 yes you agitated for a few seconds every minute unless you're doing stand developement then it's different. Google it and you'll find out. Your negs are not getting covered fully with the developer
That is strange. I don't think I have ever seen that before. So you have dull and flat areas in certain parts of the neg. I can't think of anything that would cause that other than exhausted developer. Or fixer even! If you email me examples I can try and look into it more with you
The reason why your channel is so good is that you ENJOY the process and you have FUN! Loved a lot of your abstracts. I agree with you about the rubrics cube.
Thanks Erich! Appreciate the kind words.
@@erichstocker8358 yes. He is full pros
I just got so much inspiration from this video. I have a blank wall in my kitchen that I always struggled to figure out what should go there. This just may have answered that question. Gonna have a go with my light table when I get home. Thanks!
There’s no doubt, you have an exploratory eye and an inquisitive mind, The rule of photography is only show your best photos, until you’re famous! and people have started listening to you.
Thanks. Hope it shares ideas to anyone watching :)
Very inspiring and motivating video.
Just what I need.
I am in a little photographic dip now.
And this video gave me just the boost I needed.
Thank you very much, my friend.
Antoine (The Netherlands)
That was a great video about abstract photography Roger. Well presented mate!
Cheers mate. 👋🏻
Thanks Roger. Great ideas for the long canadian winter nights :)
Thanks Francois!
Great photos, Boss. You're so creative!
Thanks Amos.
Great inspiring video again!
Glad you enjoyed it Marco
oh the windows blue screen of death really like the pen photos.
Theres some great shots there with such simple devices. Its definitely a mindset-thing, playing with light and reflection. Some of the prints seen in design shops could easily be equalled and bettered. Love it.
Thanks Rob. Simple objects make for nice photos.
Love me a bit of abstract Roger. And a few inspirational ideas in this video so cheers man 👍📸
Cheers Sloop!
I love abstract, my favorite style is oil and water
I can see that being very interesting for photography! With food dyes too in the oil. I used Oil and Water on a body portrait many years ago. Lightly rubbed castor oil into the body part and used a water spray for droplets. Looked pretty good too!
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss I actually found it easier to dye the water. I use mineral oil/baby oil then have bowls with colored water and use a syringe to drip it into the oil that will be in a glass container to shoot through. Works best when the oil is cold so the water doesn't sink fast. Ends up with suspended color drops, works really nice with a perfectly black background. So I usually do it in winter with spot lighting on just the subject
@@Wisconsin.pikachu I may have a dabble with that! I went though a period of water photography in my garage many years ago! It was enjoyable.
Very nice photography Rog. I read this short statement while watching a clip about the late Raymond Moore and I loved it, so I repeat it here, " its art's business to raise the ordinary to grace". I think there is more art in these photos of yours than all the so called self proclaimed ' fine art ' rubbish out on Y.T. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it Lensman. Thats a good saying! I watched a video on the late Brian Duffy. He paused in the interview and was staring down at the wall in front of him. He pointed to a plug socket and said "Look at that electric plug socket, doesn't it look interesting". along those lines anyway. That was his creative mind tuning in. I think it was a documentary called "The men that shot the 60's". th-cam.com/video/dHJtfc9HyY8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=5X4HG5SoqJwqItPf
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Oh yes, Duffy. You don't look half like him mate😉.
@@lensman5762 Blocked! 😂 Usually I get Phil Collins. I don't mind, as long as it's not the older version of them 😂 Duffy burned a lot of negatives. Apparently it was Bailey that went past his house and saw the smoke and tried to stop him. Interesting story.
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss TBH, you are much better looking and don't burn negatives either.
Great photo ideas 🤩 Loved the results you got ❤ 👏
Thanks mate 👍
Those Rubik's cube shots are awesome!
Looked good didn't they Tim! I will have to get one like I said on the wall on MF. I think a print like that would need to be big for impact. Look good in a games room!
Love this video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
😄Как говорится, дело мастера боится, очень интересно!!! 📸👍
Спасибо!
I’ve been playing with chopsticks and liking the results. Great video and well worth the watch 😊
Chopsticks! That could be interesting. Cheers.
Always great Roger.
Thanks for watching Rick.
Good inspiration there. My phone screen when I start up is of my Grarklein Soprino recorder( about 6 inches in length- its tiny, laying on some music score with my metronome standing. Then my main screen is of my beloved black bakelite vintage 50s telephone which my Uncle gave me ( he gave his daughter a 'Whitehall 1212 pyramid telephone").
I imagine they look good too! I had one of those phones when I was a kid. It was left in the attic when my Mum moved out 🥴 Had a pull out tray for numbers!
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss mine unfortunately doesn't have the tray but it does have the old platted cord
Unas ideas fantásticas. Enhorabuena. Me ha encantado el vídeo.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Muchas gracias
I love this photograghy, makes me want to dust off the camera and enlarger give it a go. 👍
Give it a try Steve :)
nice work 🙂
Thank you! Cheers!
👍👍
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
You can get a black and white Rubic's cube. So with with some colour film with a normal one can work for an interesting composition.
I've never seen a BW cube. Side by side would look great!
You've just reminded me I have a Texas Leica lying about - I really should sell that thing
There are those that would love one and those that having one somewhere in the house 😂 Great cameras.
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Exactly!!! I bought for for a location fashion shoot - and because we live in England it rained and we headed to the studio instead where I used my GX680II - it has taken no less than 52 test shots - I'll stick it on ebay.... probably a good grand or so I would say
Gosh those screensavers in Windows 95 took me back. I'm definitely going to take inspiration from this video, and have a go at shooting some abstract indoor photography. If I may ask how did you meter for the lightbox so the bright white light did not dominate the exposure?
Thanks for reminding me Russ. I did actually mention it in the video but cut it out as I didn't want to go into metering etc! Basically I took a reading on my spot meter which would see the panel as middle grey and then in camera over exposed by 2 or 3 stops depending on the subject (3 stops if it was a darker subject). You do the same with your camera meter, so whatever the camera meter reads just over expose a couple of stops to get that panel white. Or high key!
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Thanks Roger, much appreciate the reply and the explanation of the metering. I must admit that I struggle with understanding metering and rely on the camera doing the work for me. I must invest in a decent light meter so I can practice and learn.
@@RussellEaling To be honest Russell you don't need a light meter if you are shooting random subjects on a roll. If your camera has a good meter inside it WILL do that for you. In which case I usually shoot Aperture Priority and let the camera work out the shutter speed for me. Unless the light is so low that I am going to hit slow shutter speeds then I will go full manual or use a tripod. I use my light meter if I am shooting medium or large format on a particular scene that I want to get a good negative for print. Or I may use it with 35mm cameras that don't have a meter. Hope this helps. But of course, a light meter is a good gadget to have and get used to.
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss the camera does have a working light meter so I shall go ahead and give it a go. Thanks for the advise, very much appreciated. Russell
The default Windows 10 wallpaper is a photo too. The artist is called GMUNK, he has a website and video showing how it was done :)
I know the one Matthew. I've not seen the video but I imagine lights coming through a window frame mock up in a studio? Some creative people out there!
haha Ask Jeeves!
My BO🇬🇧SS👌
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Have you ever tried a photogram? Basically you put some paper in the easel, arrange some objects on it, and then give it an exposure like printing a negative. Of course you just use an empty negative carrier.
It's a fun way to kill an hour or two in the darkroom.
I'd add trying chemigrams, they're fun too. I have a box of otherwise junk MGIII paper I love to splash my waste fixer and dev on sometimes. I painted with them once and got a very nice effect of flower stalks.
@@danem2215 I've never tried that myself, but I always thought that it looked interesting.
I have Mike with bits and bobs. A pair of scissors and thread if I remember
Thats gives surprisingly interesting results sometimes Dane!
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss I'm sorry that I forgot, but you are accumulating quite a catalog of videos. (I just looked and it's 438.) I hope that you'll forgive me if I don't remember every one.
What's really impressive is that they are all interesting and useful. :)
Edit: poor Englishing.
Probably not the place to ask this but I'm going to all the same. I've been developing 35 mm film for more years than I can remember . I recently developed a film and when I was looking at the negs I realised some of them still have what appears to be undeveloped emulsion in patches with the rest of the frame looking OK. I seem to remember this had happened before but some time back. As far as I could tell the film went onto the spiral fine, so any ideas?? I do carefully agitate at regular frequencies during the developing time.
@@northstar1950 yes you agitated for a few seconds every minute unless you're doing stand developement then it's different. Google it and you'll find out. Your negs are not getting covered fully with the developer
That is strange. I don't think I have ever seen that before. So you have dull and flat areas in certain parts of the neg. I can't think of anything that would cause that other than exhausted developer. Or fixer even! If you email me examples I can try and look into it more with you
It costs too much for me to be experimental. I wish I had the knack for abstraction and avant garde printing.
I used digital for much experiments Dane. I also used my phone for a wall paper photo :)