Film - Episode 3: "Basic" Shoot

Basic Shoot
This week Ryan, and Tanja, work with Tia to setup a basic editorial style shoot from start to finish; The trio scout an abandoned farm location for lighting, style hair and makeup, as well as create some awesome wardrobe. They will be working with Kat Miller and Ashley Southern, two amazing models, to create a very simple and "farm-fresh" look. With frizzy braids, and wardrobe reminiscent of Little House on the Prarie, and two gorgeous subjects- its a perfect culmination of factors.
With only one camera, one lens, and one roll of film, Ryan and Tanja show you that setting up an amazing shoot doesn't have to be a huge production. Just a great idea, and a bit of resourcefulness will go a long way.
Assistant Producer:
Nate Perks
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Tamara Kenyon-Messinger
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[@CarinaBethea]

This series changed our lives since it first aired. Since viewing it, we've started shooting more and more film til it has become like 90 percent of our workflow. We couldn't be happier

[@NIKONGUY1960]

Lost count how many times I've watched this series. Continues to amaze me and learn me!!

[@TheNatedogg56]

This series is seriously one of the most informative shows on KZbin. Please keep doing these as much as you can!

[@albertbrian1680]

I agree totally. Film photography and one lens. I own 4 film cameras and one aps-c sensor digital camera. I process my own film and print. I love working with available light and very basic lighting. I shoot in black and white only and use fixed focal lengths all the time. It sounds restricting but its actually liberating to use one camera and one lens. images are more meaningful, more thought out. I wish more people would shoot film again and start being photographers again. Digital cameras I use for vacation and certain assignments that require it. If i could, I would shoot film for everything.

[@JinLost01]

just started with 35mm film. weapon of choice: Nikon F3/HP and I gotta say, this show is awesome. so inspiring. hope you guys continue with this.

[@sammiebrown1890]

Amazing! Today, as an early Christmas present, my hubby gave me a Contax 645. It's my first film camera. Naturally, I've been absorbing as much info and inspiration as I can! Thanks guys!

[@gootyeriz]

You could even put tape on your lcd screen so don't get the instant feed back. It makes you work even harder.

[@ide2isti]

am i the only one who cry at 15:47 to 17:45 ? amazing photos! with all the feelings! great photographer, great model.

[@mrsgypsyd]

Aww, I love Katherine. She's the nicest. Lol. Neat show you lot have here.

[@essellar]

The camera is a Mamiya 645; the lens an 80mm f/2.8 (normal). The "matte box" is also known as a "compendium lens hood", and it's being used as a lens hood. He doesn't appear to be using filtration. Portra and Reala both give that low-saturation, realistic color rendition; Pro 400H would also be a possibility, but the depth of field and limited top shutter speed of the Mamiya point more towards a lower-speed film. (That's basically the choice you make with film: speed and contrast/saturation.)

[@gotcameras]

love film !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@helmisumarno]

"keep laughing, keep laughing, laugh laugh laugh!!!" then the photo results made me get goosebumps......

[@Darianka7565]

I love this show and specially this episode!!!!! I really wanna learn photography properly.

[@chronographie]

Awesome photos, folks! It`s amazing how simple you can keep it by just using a film camera.. It inspired me to try that even with my 16 Gig memory card - take 36 photos - and see what comes out. That´s it. Keep up that great work!

[@aftabnoujashchowdhury6880]

at last i found this episode after 366 days seriously , u all amazing

[@geobog1]

Inspirational and poetic. The frames you posted are encouragement to those of us still getting our act together :-)

[@ftwopointeight]

Thank you. But the camera he is using is a Contax 645, not a Mamiya 645. I have the Mamiya 645 (and an RB67, RZ67, Universal, and a Mamiya 7) and you can clearly see at @11:25 that the camera he is using is the Contax.

[@essellar]

You're right about the camera. I have no idea why it came out Mamiya when I typed it (other than that I owned RBs and RZs in the day). Residual resentment, maybe? Something Freudian, certainly.

[@leoma7802]

you guys so awesome. Love your personality.

[@badboy69tuning]

i have a question, does it make a big difference using a light meter? and what should be the lens range?

[@DavidKingsbury89]

+badboy69tuning light meter will help you nail the exposure every time, especially for portraits, where you can meter specifically for the subject's face. Use a lens between a 50 - 85mm focal length.

[@a3180044]

I try to limit my self to 24 to 30 frames every time i practice a shoot on my digital slr it just makes me work harder at learning and doing it right the first time .

[@ZachSouthend]

Tis the Sekonic L-308, although Ryan seems to have some funky case ha

[@evelasq1]

They should continue with this show since it talks about shooting with film. I am a film photographer and I like to shoot. I used to shoot fuji film but I shoot mainly kodak and ilford film.

[@cheymaeboulehna]

you two are so great!

[@mcgotes]

Thank you. This really inspired me to shoot some film again

[@dedyandrianto]

Ashley is so pretty.

[@trajtemberg]

Great piccers Ryan.

[@ftwopointeight]

I noticed Ryan didn't go into what equipment he was using and why. Why that film choice? Why the matte box? Why that lens? If youre going to make an informational and instructive video, you have to give parameters of which equipment you have chosen and why.

[@mamiyapress]

Thanks, I enjoyed that very much.

[@Catmandu22]

What's the name of the song in the beginning of the video, at about 3mins?

[@Eclipse711]

Can you please do a shoot in direct sun or around noon.

[@wukhouse]

thanks for uploading this now i wanna go out to thrift shops and choose somethings and just shoot shoot shoot...i have a question though what is that hood thing on Ryan's Contax 645???

[@ShastaLin]

You inspire me to use my film cameras more :-)

[@Joao18slbX]

brand of that Metering? plz

[@emomagica]

I love you Tanja!

[@Eclipse711]

Can you please do a show about editing your photos

[@pkilla617]

what 35mm do you use 1.4 or f2

[@Molaleni]

I want to meet you guys. You are just amazing people.

[@Joao18slbX]

Thanks :)

[@xdhatcherx]

I'm sorry, I don't consider this a basic shoot. Full make up, hair and wardrobe done by a professional stylist done under a popup tent situated next to a full blown RV that makes for a great place for models to get changed and not have to deal with the surrounding environment, a fairly amazing location that they don't say what kind of permission or hoops they had to jump through to book for this shoot (which is practically guaranteed they had to because that almost certainly isn't public land, if it was that entire area would be off limits), 2 professional models (or if not professional, semi-professional), crew members running around behind the scenes doing who knows what. Though I agree with the underlying idea that you don't need to complicate things to get pretty photos, this is not a good example of that idea. Many people could walk away with excellent photos from a setup like this.

[@rachelkarengreen99]

+xdhatcherx Basic doesn't mean super low budget that anyone with an iphone can do.

[@xchoferx]

De acuerdo, buen trabajo, pero no es un ejemplo de una "basicShoot".

[@gotcameras]

sweet :P

[@TheAcousticframe]

what kind of camera and lens setup did ryan use? really inspiring video by the way :)

[@Skyswinger]

Have you ever heard of "relax"?

[@rodneyNIKON]

3 people don't know the basics!!

[@fastenbulbous]

It's easy to take a portrait at f1.4 during the "magic hour" and make it look OK, but a really good photographer is hard to come by. Most of the stuff out there isn't that great.

[@TheShockwave44]

11:07 Don't... touch... the... model...

[@weboo15]

00:26 pretty

[@kauxkaux]

Tis has nothing to do with film :-( there seem to be really good make up tips though :-(

[@mikesmultimedia]

Sorry, but I found it completely disrespectful of the female photographer to have violated the rules of this entire video and to deceive her partner. He followed the assignment - where you not only violated the assignment, incorporated it into this video - to include photographs that violated the assignment - you should have been kicked off the set. That is all that rings true to me in this video at the end. Deception, distrust - that is what I see at the end of this video.

[@canturgan]

Incredibly irritating people, this film could be edited to 2 minutes to cut out the egos.