large format! AWESOME! i think i like the natural light images best.
@bobpollack6894
2 жыл бұрын
Nothing like a 4x5 view camera, wish I still had my Omega! Nicely done.
@lensman5762
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, the quality just trumps everything else.
@jhenline7813
2 жыл бұрын
Good idea for the background Roger. My favourite was the second shot, with fill. Wow! Such detail on the large format!! Well done, you made it look easy.
@AMTunLimited
2 жыл бұрын
Ive been thinking about the triple exposure, and I think a reasonable solution would be to divide the time of your exposure by 3 (which is in between 1 and 2 stops). My line of thinking is that if you had left the light in the same spot and and exposed three times at 1/3 the speed, you'd essentially have the same picture.
@sano4kalife
2 жыл бұрын
Очень красиво получилось!!! Вы мне подали очень хорошую идею)))
@MattWeddis
2 жыл бұрын
Great tip for the backdrop. I’ve been experimenting with 4x5 multiple exposures as well. I’m getting mixed results but the ones that work are satisfying.
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
I get mixed results too Matt.
@rotfai45mm
2 жыл бұрын
6:47 This first one is for me the best . It is also with my photography . The first try is the best and the ones I start to think about what I could do more do not make it to a print in my darkroom ....... Greethings from the Netherlands Peter .
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
You're right. I find that also. The harder I think of something and try it doesn't come out as well as the first.
@RickMahoney2013
Жыл бұрын
Cool Mate
@garychatfield6709
2 жыл бұрын
Another great video.. You're keeping it fresh as always! 👍
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Gary
@visualismeditate
2 жыл бұрын
good stuff
@smitbar11
2 жыл бұрын
I was mad enough to develop a 120 film on Tuesday night, after the day of heat we all got! I ran my cold kitchen tap but couldn't get the water below 23*c. I used the massive development chart to alter the developing time and seem to have succeeded, all being well 🙂
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
Yes you can do Baz, just drop the time a bit. I'm not sure of the difference between a higher temp and slower dev. Probably no difference. Anyway. Same thing happened to me yesterday. I mixed half water from the tap which was 20 degree and then half XTOL which was on the side and it took me to 25 degree! I just put some ice poles in the soup to cool it down. Took a few minutes. Normally I'd check the dev temp and then bring the water to the right temp to balance but I forgot!
@edwardcrosby5034
2 жыл бұрын
The next stage could be painting with light, with an led torch. That way you can direct the light exactly where you want it, but It does take a bit of practice. All good fun.
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
Fun experiment Edward!
@Resgerr
2 жыл бұрын
I paint my own backgrounds when I want something different. It all started in college when I was recreating a Manet painting, I didn’t have a marble top so I did my own on a sheet of A1 cartridge paper and I also painted a brown background that you could see the brush strokes( the image was done in colour I think on 5x4 either a Sinar or Cambo monorail and I used tungsten constant lights
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
Genius! Not sure I could replicate marble! Probably come out looking like a mars bar.
@Resgerr
2 жыл бұрын
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss think I looked on line for some and picked the easiest to do😂- that’s the thing about marble it’s all different so you can just make it up as you go along. Mostly just patches of colour ( light and dark) then paint on squiggly lines in a very dark version of the colour you’ve used or black.
@eugenekutz7626
2 жыл бұрын
Definitely the one with the natural light and reflector. The image is calmed and balanced. The other one, with the video light… it feels like the beet is hanging in the air, I can’t “see” the weight of the photographed subject.
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
Definitely Eugene.
@lensman5762
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, Roger. Decades ago, I did the same to a piece of artist's canvas and made myself a bespoke background for shooting portraits. Your photographs are really nice. Did you say you had a Nikon 105mm W on that camera? Does that cover the 4X5?
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
Hey lensman! I use cheap roller blinds for my portraits. I set Tham up over two stands and across the top is a PVC plumbers pipe that has holes drilled in to fit on the stands. The blinds just slide onto the pipe. I have a white, black and deep blue one. I started to deface the deep blue one and ran out of spray! LOL.
@mamiyapress
2 жыл бұрын
Take a look at " The Plant Kingdom " by Charles Jones.
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
Cheers.
@josephasghar
2 жыл бұрын
Great background tip, and great idea to meter mid point. And useful app. Not every day I learn three useful things!
@MassiveBenny
2 жыл бұрын
Lovely - just a small thing but you could have tied the bunch with some old string instead of a nasty 'laccy band!
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
Rubber band was how they came. So I left it
@MassiveBenny
2 жыл бұрын
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss I'm sure it did...but imagine it with some old stringy lacey ribbon instead (sorry, newborn baby tog here - detail's everything lol!)
@GutS7u6
2 жыл бұрын
Do you remember a couple/few years ago some chap sold a photo of a potato for $1m...
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
Doesn't want a Beetroot as well does he? LOL (No, never heard that one, but I have seen some strange stuff being sold for silly money)
@milodermick2981
Жыл бұрын
WE Can made that in moyen format, type mamiya rb67 ?
@CarmineTavernaPhotography
2 жыл бұрын
Roger, I must say I love the window light best..cheers 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Carmine. Me too
@jdebultra
2 жыл бұрын
Holy resolution batman!
@gelalant8957
2 жыл бұрын
In the video you're saying you metered for a 2-second exposure, but it looks like you're shooting at 1/2 second exposures...
@Austinite333
2 жыл бұрын
I believe he made multiple exposures at 1/2 second to allow for lighting adjustments.
@gelalant8957
2 жыл бұрын
@@Austinite333 No, when he's shooting the single shots he meters for 2 seconds, and even says he's setting the shutter at 2 seconds as he's setting it to 1/2 second. For the multiple exposure shots he adjusts the f-stop to account for the change, not the shutter speed. You can hear that all of the shots are taken at the same shutter speed, 1/2 second.
@gelalant8957
2 жыл бұрын
By the way I only point this out as it may explain why some of the results were underexposed. I really love the DIY background and will definitely be trying this technique!
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
Yes I metered with the lumisphere pointing at the light and use the aperture to stop down on the second sheet. Resulting in under exposed negs. Total balls up.
@gelalant8957
2 жыл бұрын
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Hi Roger! Not to belabor the point, but I'm referring to the point at 5:00 in the video where you are saying that you're setting your shutter speed to 2 seconds, but are actually setting it to 1/2 second. I just point this out because I think your metering and adjustments for the bellows extension were done correctly, I just think there was a momentary thought that the "2" on the shutter speed dial was 2 seconds...we've all done that at some point my friend... 🙂
@Webpromotions
2 жыл бұрын
Not sure about the blackboard but I do remember being on the receiving end of the duster
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
Ouch!
@Enevan1968
2 жыл бұрын
You think you are going to print them with the Intrepid enlarger?
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
I will at some point. I have a few more vegetable ideas then I will have time in the darkroom with several negatives.
@f1remandg
2 жыл бұрын
Inspiration by the bucket load, really good almost pioneering in todays easy digital world, but wouldn’t say your finest results, highlighting the colour on the stalks I think would have taken it to a different level, or black grapes with that must or white fungus as they have, it’s a thought, but 10 out of ten for ingenuity and thinking outside the box. DG New Forest
@malcolmrendle6622
2 жыл бұрын
Great idea, I love DIY solutions that get around buying manufactured goods at rip off prices...... I use sheets of mount card only about £3 from "The Range" and you get a large panel I have found "Bottle Green" (actually an olive green) makes great plant backgrounds when shooting in the garden , and pure white works great for individual flowers indoors..... For a background like you wanted "charcoal" mount card would have done a similar job.
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
I use those too Malcolme. Great price! Usually white and black.
@jackyleecs
2 жыл бұрын
I love the texture of the images. At 4:05, does the ground glass of the intrepid comes with the square grid? Thanks.
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
Yes it came with a square grid which I think is also a protector
@brineb58
2 жыл бұрын
Nice job Rog!!! Love the fact you made your background!!!
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Brian. Was fun too!
@markashfordphotography7348
2 жыл бұрын
Great idea... I'm thinking of scaling this up for portraits... I'll probably C$%K it up thought 😄😄
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
You can't mess it up Mark. You just building until it looks right. Just spray white over it again and get back to work with the black if you mess up..... Have a few cans handy though
@markashfordphotography7348
2 жыл бұрын
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Cheers will do... I'll let you know how I get on .
@mikesmith-po8nd
2 жыл бұрын
Nice work as always. Just goes to show that if you don't have what you want, your mind can create it. Yes, when you are making multiple exposures, you divide the exposure by how many shots you are making. Three shots would get 1/3 of the total exposure each. Of course, you can vary that for artistic effect. The only thing that I would have done differently would have been to use a green filter to make the leaves stand out from the stalks, but that is purely personal preference.
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
I've never had luck with my Green Filter Mike... (Cokin). Many say about a green filter to lighten greens but mine darkens everything! Weird. Thanks for the exposure tip
@mikesmith-po8nd
2 жыл бұрын
I've found that the lighter (less tinted) filters work better. Especially one that is close to the color that you want to lighten. The really tinted ones do tend to have to effect that you mentioned. But keep in mind that this is just my opinion, I don't have any scientific proof. You might try some test shots with different filters and see which one that you like best. That might even make a good video. From what I gather from the comment section, a lot of your viewers are newbies. You're doing a good job of mentoring them. One final comment since this is turning into a wall of text: even though I've done this a long time, I do enjoy your videos, your work (subjects, framing, exposure, etc) is very similar to my own. Plus, you are just such a likable chap. Cheers!
@CalumetVideo
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Now I need to make a background. You did a great job on the photos. I bought my 4x5 last year and still learning how to use it more effectively. It’s a learning curve, getting the exposure right is so much different than using 35mm or medium format.
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
Yes it is. I'm still getting used to the movements!
@francoismassin8649
2 жыл бұрын
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss I compare starting in LF with learning a new langage
@dynax60
2 жыл бұрын
Every time you install a film holder, I see that the camera is wobbly, it is unstable. On the one hand, there is nothing to be afraid of at home, but in nature the wind can cause blurry shots. Is the problem in the head of the tripod or in the tripod itself? By the way, what kind of tripod and head do you use?
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I use a small plate, but it's not been a problem outside, yet I haven't been out in the wind. I do need to get a larger plate really. Most of the wobble you see is more than likely the heavy pile carpet the legs are on. Pretty spongy under the legs. I do have a Liber tripod for heavy video cameras but it's too heavy to carry about for photography. Cheers Ben
@garychatfield6709
2 жыл бұрын
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Alright Roger. I seem to remember the first time you used the 4x5 was on the hills shooting the windswept trees. It was really blowing then.
@ShootFilmLikeaBoss
2 жыл бұрын
@@garychatfield6709 Yes I did Gary. LOL, forgot about that! Alls well then
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