8x10 | My First Exposure

Some see weeds, others see wishes.
(Parody)
CAMERAS IN VIDEO:
Gibellini ACN810
Video recorded on Sony a7rii and a7iii.
Video shot by the master himself, Caleb Knueven.
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[@Jakob8]

This is the exact combination of film, depression and memes I look for in a video.

[@shikataiku4447]

I was going to comment something similar but realized this spoke exactly what I wanted to say. The memes are fire.

[@rodrigomonteromiguez6684]

Add squarespace to the mix and you got yourself a new personality 😂

[@maxxmckinney3777]

Couldn't have said it better myself!

[@echosierra1790]

This feels like a fever dream in the best way possible.

[@FramesPerSecond]

You must have the most peaceful fever dreams lol

[@bighairdrummerdude]

This video caused me to start meth because large format is too expensive

[@caleidoo]

Liar. You can have a set for less than 700€, a good set for less than a really good Pentax 67II set. It's not impossible.

[@vikmanphotography7984]

@@caleidoo it's the film that's expensive with expensive lenses also being hard to look past. As for affordable film though, you could always shoot B/W or even photographic paper if shooting landscapes.

[@NoviSavvy]

@@vikmanphotography7984 RA4 paper could be reversed as well and color corrected by filters. But it is not that beautiful as a transparent negative or a positive. Like an artificial woman. Compared to no woman at all

[@vikmanphotography7984]

@@NoviSavvy multigrade glossy paper, prefpash the paper to overcome the activation energy before you head out for the day (lowers contrast), and rate at ISO 5.

[@desotaku5202]

@@caleidoo but if you barely can afford a pentax and it makes sense to buy that first, you think twice about investing in lf

[@KyleMcDougall]

Without a doubt, the best thing I've ever watched.

[@xPhillMcDx]

Brother

[@alexanderscali8100]

why not 8 minutes and 10 seconds, seems like a missed opportunity

[@Adilboukind]

he needs to reupload it

[@spokzac12]

Honestly it probably was rendered at 8 minutes and 10 seconds. Ive had videos shortened from youtube compression. Idk how or why but its a thing

[@moonmusic2222]

A missed opportunity for sure

[@anthonymorton3074]

I believe this to be a missed chance

[@BenHorne]

Loved the Cameo! 😉Also, I can honestly say you very much encapsulated the experience of shooting 8x10 too. 👍

[@BryanBirks]

I like to think this is what the greats like Alec Soth and Joel Sternfeld think of when shooting 8x10.

[@user-ti9zc1xv2b]

Alec Soth, most overrated photographers of our time

[@AvanPatel]

@@user-ti9zc1xv2b to each their own. I love Alec's work.

[@BryanBirks]

B definitely not the most amazing images but I love his portraiture and I respect him for lugging around an 8x10 camera for years

[@antigen4]

No. No one feels like this. It’s the same as shooting other formats ...

[@Exo_Scout]

Slowly repeating to myself “I will not look at large format cameras on eBay, I will not look at large format cameras on KZbin, I will not”

[@clarhettcoalfield3616]

But I gotta man, I just gotta.......lol

[@iNerdier]

Do yourself a favour and start with 5x4

[@Exo_Scout]

moofy I’m just gonna stick with my good ole tlr and retain my ability to pay rent for a lil while longer lmao

[@iNerdier]

ExoScout honestly 5x4 isn’t that bad but everything for 10x8 is at least four times the price and four times as heavy.

[@18percentphotographer]

ExoScout, as someone who has just made the jump, all that is correct. I just made my second exposure with my 8x10, and looking at the negative....all that cost stuff went out the window, and I can’t wait to get out to shoot with it again. The view on the ground glass is worth the price alone for me. The only bad thing, it’s not like running out the door with a medium format or 35mm, gotta make sure you got everything packed away, it sucks getting some where, start setting up and discover you left x at home...

[@BadFlashes]

Booo.... I was there and I still got chills... and a semi...

[@danieldelira1417]

This makes my medium format into the LARGE format

[@uSeRTVMTA]

Bro shot this like a documentary YES man

[@TristanColgate]

The look in her eyes is the realisation that any idea of ever buying a house just got flushed down the drain.

[@BillyKeeney]

Amazing to find out that you’re not actually Walmart Ryan Gosling, but rather Costco Terrance Malick

[@AdmiralBosch19]

lmfao

[@RichardStroffolino]

Extract from my dissertation about this video: Jason's video journey into exploring the mysteries of large format photography reveals the fundamental irony that is the subtext of the genre. It seemingly inherently evokes a sense of mystical wonderment, capturing light in a way that is uncanny to our everyday sensibilities. Yet this spiritual journey undertaken by Jason must be mitigated through supremely physical means. The very thing that leads him on this spiritual sojourn is an increasing dependence on the crass materiality of the medium. This is seen in the moment of his spiritual escape, only to be dragged back to this mortal coil by the very thing that granted him release. This Cartesian duality feeds into the sense of the liminal unreality that hallmarks the video.

[@kylegallagher5649]

Sir, this a wendys.

[@quentinbraun3062]

Holy guacamoly this dude knows how to write

[@damage98]

You didn't mention toilet water...lost opportunity I'm afraid 😨

[@nelsonclub7722]

Such a mind can perhaps interact with a physical body, but it does not exist in the body, nor even in the same physical plane as the body especially when such a body is a camera body and physical plane is the focal plane!!!

[@callummoodley6311]

The monster glistening in the light was so beautiful it moved me to tears , nature is so amazing

[@injeolmi6]

That “click, black out” was brilliant. The whole video was brilliant.

[@wkhuai]

“wtf is he looking at” 😂😂

[@HouseofJello]

The final image actually made me say awww. Very funny, very sweet.

[@largeformatphotographypodc7040]

Finally, somebody makes a film about large format that gets to the emotional heart of the matter, bravo!

[@jorgeu111]

I appreciate the dedication it took to make this video. I was on the edge the whole time and stunned by the quality of the pic at the end. Thanks for doing this.

[@dakotapace2346]

Jason, you have a very, very dear spot in my heart.

[@MyNameIs_Dragon]

This is way moodier than i expected, i love it.

[@blaxton2]

Kudos to your ever-so-patient models. They had to suffer for your art. The results validate their misery. Great work!

[@justinkingery2489]

So silly and funny until that reveal of the photos at the end, then I was a bit overcome, I admit. Really beautiful portraits of your family.

[@georgeclements__]

"Kodak Colour Plus 200" 😂😂

[@MicaelWidell]

Beautiful. Awesome.

[@angelgrace1175]

I feel like this video/photos encapsulate your photography and life as a whole. The three loves of your life(including Caleb), Hopper-esque lighting, and the poop jokes! Its a masterpiece, bravo Sir! 👏👏👏😇

[@billpatterson1357]

Awesome video! Of course you realize a good chunk of the cost of that rig is the Arca Swiss geared head, assuming purchased new.

[@MaeFrolics]

Okay, I know this is a parody and I should post something sarcastic but I CRIED literal salt tears because from an outsiders perspective you have such a SUPPORTIVE partner whom allows you to photograph her and I know I'm supposed to recognize that I only see a small blip of your relationship but damn it hurts because I feel like my photography has been hard for past partners to see as my love language for them. I hope this gets lost amongst the witty comments but I just had to share. Thanks for creating the content you do.

[@loui.e0241]

i feel u man when u get someone who supports u it means the world

[@cowboyphoto]

This was beautiful, I laughed my a** off. Yours is by far my favourite photography channel, it's just a perfect mix of humor and film.

[@1hellofasailor]

Fun video. My parent's house is just up the street where I built my 4X5 view camera in my dad's machine shop (college days). That park is where my buddy Greg and I invented Frisbee golf back in 1972. We never got any credit for it though.

[@DanielSchneider77]

Reminded me of Apocalypse Now. The voiceover, the opening bedroom scene, the toilet water. Man, I loved Apocalypse Now.

[@eliatesti2188]

plot twist: He forgot the lens cap on!

[@albinlindstrom6008]

Bruh

[@abraxamovic]

But jokes aside, that won’t affect the film right? You can still reshoot it?

[@18percentphotographer]

Ibraheem Talha yep, just take the cap off (and I’d take the film holder out and double check your focus and composition), reload the holder and take your shot!

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

8x10 is awesome! Be careful it can hook you up fast.

[@grainydaysss]

its already got me

[@jonathankarstrom8195]

Your channel is pure gold! Please never change.

[@AnthonyDeLorenzo]

You are the hero we need in these dark times. Thank you fam.

[@mejvoj4248]

You said it man! Nobody fuck$ with LARGE format.

[@LucBetbeder]

All hail the Ben-Zilla! Music choice and voice is very appropriate Horne worship.

[@infernalcapricorn]

This is the best photography channel I have seen in a long time. I binged watch all your stuff and had to sub. Love it.

[@kevincamp2913]

Well done! There are few things more amazing than poring over an 8x10 negative.

[@nathandewey1801]

Literally every vid over the past like 3 weeks has been what I was looking into and I’m in love

[@davidellinsworth3299]

I've seen this video before, but it appeared in my feed again, so I watched again... and now I realise what a piece of videography and storytelling genius it is. Love your channel Jason

[@slavetotheshutter68]

Literal perfection in a video. 8x10 sounds like a dream

[@piketubeman]

People who aren't regular viewers are gonna be confused. Great video. PLEASE, continue making ultra confusing content. I want to be confused more.

[@chadolson5537]

Jason, I have to admit that I love your videos, but this is the only one I have watched twice. Good stuff brother!

[@kylegallagher5649]

So this is what it looks like when Jason takes his Ativan. A magical euphoria of large format film and Jason shitting himself.

[@SamsonArnettRoughley]

You make the only analogue photography videos that make me crease

[@goodgriefmedia4483]

It’s content like this that makes it one of my favorite KZbin channels, this is sick dude!

[@kobibr9362]

Oh wait.. Baxter looking far away in the wind Baxter staring into my soul That's it! Love it! Great exposure!

[@RodUSMC75]

That burning sensation is not the 8x10, it's the clap.

[@MDMiller60]

Ok, Jason. You perked my interest and raised some memories. First, I loved your video. You example the feelings of many 35mm, 2 1/4, and 6X7 shooters. I used them all, slowly progressing through the lot as you talked about. I was floored when I developed and printed my first 2 1/4 and 6X7 formats, the latter with which I was blown away only raising my engarger an inch to get an 8X10 that was super sharp. Another experience similar to your video, but not as the operator, was a part time job I got with a commercial photographer in my local town. He used 8 X10 view with color transparencies and had a contract with a large international clock company to photograph their watches, timepieces, dresser top and wall hanging clocks. Extreme detail was needed. He had carpenters create a bedroom, open at one side for his camera and studio lit to perfection. On the bed, dresser tops and walls, where a hundred ? clocks and timepieces, filling almost every square foot. Looking closely at the transparency and with a magnifier, I could see every number on every piece, tack sharp. I never forgot what I saw. But, since I was a mobile shooter, I fell back into 35mm, then DSLR APSC followed by full frame, and now agonizing over mirrorless. Thank you so much for resurfacing some wonderful memories.

[@tomfwatson]

The only way this would have been better is if all that build up was for an out of focus picture.

[@dimitristsarou7400]

Wow this was just magical! Thanks for this soul journey 🥲

[@headwerkn]

The look on Monica and Baxter’s faces says it all ;-)

[@JonFilmPhoto]

I honestly love this documentary and definitely want more of this ❤️

[@henrahmagix]

the "taking a mug out of a cupboard" slow-mo at 0:55 reminds me so much of Joel Haver 😂

[@LAR1945]

Takes me back to me old Deardorff Days. Sometimes w/ 8" x 10" Polaroid. At the bottom of a nickel or gold mine. Notes to the New Guy: #1. Best The Girl gets a night job before ya start processing your own B+W 8" x 10". #2. Brush-up on Ansel's 'Zone System'. #3. Yer gonna need an enlarger. I recommend Durst or Beseler. Probably an enlarging lens or two. And an easel that comes with a darkroom. Although with an 8" x 10" neg, just make a contact print. #4. Lotsa photographers who can afford 8" x 10" film holders, usually re-insert the dark slide after shooting. Some do forget😂 #5. To keep track of yer 1/2 dozen film holders while shooting, re-insert the dark slide w/ the Black Side OUT. The silver side out indicates un-shot 'frames'. I know ya know this. #6. I recommend the TOYA film holders @ $270 each (www.badgergraphic.com/opencart/index.php?route=product/product&path=176&product_id=1700). And Finally & coming in @ #7 - The Schneider Fine Art XXL 770mm/16.0 - $16,199. (www.badgergraphic.com/opencart/index.php?route=product/product&path=3_332&product_id=4266) 😖.Oh, and an robust assistant. Break a leg lad !

[@alexandergarrido8300]

First Exposure . . . Exciting!

[@JfhuTheJedi]

Night photography 8x10!!! Can’t wait to see what you’ll capture.

[@MrFiJy]

This is the best life documentary video ive ever seen! So beautiful and extravagant! Keep up with this Large onE!

[@lutemake3]

"Just like the faint gust of wind...." Thanks for that laugh...it's been a hard week, and I needed that (the laugh, not the log dump). Great work from two of my favorite creators.

[@chrisrmarxen]

This is like the film photographers version of a Baywatch episode. 8x10 in slowmo only. Ssssexxy.

[@azzalos]

Beautiful work Jason! I hope you like what you’re doing and get crazy successful with the channel.

[@aldenjames5611]

It’s all worth it for the 3D perspective shift outro

[@rasmuswestridge]

Absolutely amazing

[@PrairieDad]

I once had a Sinar 4x5 rail camera. Using it was like being on drugs. And seeing my shit pictures come back from the lab was like waking up with a hangover.

[@spyratekodaks7494]

The "lose yourself" rhymes were not expected!! Man, you're my idol!!

[@LenMetcalf]

Don’t forget to reverse the slide. Silver usually means unexposed and back means exposed. Not much of an issue if you load only one dark slide and shoot both instantly. But most rarely do that. Enjoy the dark side.

[@sdkgodeacs]

This will be fun. Looking forward to it!

[@pushingfilm]

This was a great watch while eating breakfast to start my day 😂

[@renepirolt]

I think I just watched the last 8x10 video that ever needs to be watched! 😂😂😂

[@andydreadsbmx]

Godzilla Horne really got me, lol.

[@heathbrowning34]

I have to say, this video was amazing. Very very well shot and put together. The music was on point too. Fantastic! Much love, from England

[@thebendu33]

You really are able to join photography and humour, and just that is an art form itself.

[@tomleiningerphoto]

Now you need to get a 44 inch printer so you can make some nice large prints. Also check out Greg Miller, lots of 8x10 work.

[@benjaminalejandropobleteam7651]

I think alan moore woul approve this as the best watchmen adaptation 😂

[@clarhettcoalfield3616]

Jason, hat off man. Very cool. Loved the photos, extra points for the story you strung into this.

[@samatkinsphotography]

All the feels...large format photography gets me every time

[@JamieMPhoto]

Awesome. I love shooting 8x10 ... I'm trying to hold off because I know I'll actually go broke buying that film.

[@deviningram6814]

By far the funniest video I believe you've made LOL 😆

[@elgaspar7201]

Love the Virgin Mary candles, I have a couple myself. Adds a classy touch.

[@707lurks]

this is it...the only film channel ill ever need

[@Timmie1000]

This is pure gold!

[@omisann22]

Most wholesome video in the world

[@michaelmiller7928]

Wow. How does this not have more views? I love this

[@marco.]

Bro, this video is a masterpiece.

[@tonypulido8127]

You can’t see me but know that I’m standing and clapping. Slowly of course. Well done.

[@chevy2die]

This video is absolutely perfect.

[@idamariapaavaliina]

Beautiful documentary.

[@arunkumar54321]

Favorite youtuber ever!!!!! ❤️

[@supaduperazn]

the monster in the coffee mug killed me

[@MrNorthshorepipe]

Absolutely brilliant

I can't imagine a world without your video.

[@richonguzman]

dude your videos are getting better and better , cheers

[@vikmanphotography7984]

You need to get your hands on a Kodak Aero 178mm f2.5 lens. You'll need to pair it with a camera with internal shutter though like a graphlex. If someone can loan him one, please do.

[@mavarajan]

God damn Crazy people ...... Hats off

[@aribetterlari]

This is str8 up perfection

[@TheKetchupPacket]

Ben "Ride-or-Die" Horne.... this was the best.

[@Thomasbrownphoto]

This should win an award.

[@_________4292]

Jason that was epic, and photo look magic