First video of 2022. Holga and Bronica landscapes and Darkroom Printing.

[@poniatowski3547]

love my Bronica ETRS and ETRSI. You crack me up everytime there's cows in your videos!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

They are beautiful but scary too!

[@Sidchasingclassiccars]

Considering the price difference between the Holga and the Bronica the little plastic camera stands up quite well. The prints from the Holga also have a little more character and old school charm (IMHO). Another inspiring vlog, thanks. 👍

[@patrykjanota7519]

Holga is so cool, just feel like between pinhole and normal camera :)

[@Murgoh]

Happy new year! Yes, the weather. I'm in Finland and we have it either dark, cold or rainy/snowy for about 4 months a year. At least got to shoot some nice winter pictures in Christmas when there were a couple of sunny days. The temperature was some -15 C (in the midwinter, if it's sunny/clear it tends to be cold also) so after taking your gloves off you have to work fast to get the picture before your hands freeze. Still a couple of months to the spring but we're getting there. At least the days are now getting longer, though it's still dark from 5 pm to 8 am.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Similar light times here. The older I get the colder I get ha ha

[@captainbackflash]

A Holga a day, keeps the Guinness away!

[@gaztopswright252]

Great day out in the cold with some fab results

[@rashedalzaabi8219]

The Holga shots are actually quite amazing

[@IainHC1]

Awesome vid...... Awesome pics.......... Awesome prints too bud :-) Been looking forward to this one 🙂

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Iain. ☺️

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

Happy new year Roger!

[@jameslane3846]

Hey Nicos, I'll be in contact sometime soon about the new developer I manufacture as due to the success from using the UK as test, I'm going international soon and happy New Year!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Hey Nicos. And to you and your family also.

[@RomasJurelevicius]

This famous tree from first picture now is on my visiting place list :)

[@derekcarroll7524]

Great, feel at home with photography described in a South London accent :) great vid

[@shelliecarlson7015]

It's my wife, and I's 13th anniversary. We drove south 500 miles and I brought 3 cameras. My EOS 1N and EOS 3. As an afterthought, I grabbed my Bronica SQ. 5 rolls of 120 later, I've barely touched either of my Canons. Just thought it was a funny coincidence that, kinda, ties into your Bronica video. Great video as always. Thanks

[@stefaanverlinde9726]

Thanks Roger, and a blessed and happy New Year to you and your loved ones !

[@iainmc9859]

Cheers mate, inspired by yourself I looked out the window and thought 'Lets go for it, a quick trip to Loch Lomond'. Three quarters of an hour later I'd given up and was back home, cold, wet, frustrated by Sunday drivers, lost tourists and a big diversion due to a closed local bridge (that I keep forgetting about). Now sitting with porridge and a mug of hot tea ......... your having a laugh 😉

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Ha Ha Ha!! I've been there! (Not Loch Lomond, the situation)

[@marknicholson5293]

Nice explanation about how to use a spot meter!

[@brineb58]

I love that you have the tree!!! I have my garage, been chasing the light on it since 1994!!!

[@jhenline7813]

It’s just so good to be out with a camera whatever the weather. Admire your enthusiasm and enjoyed the video. You really are so expert at making them now. How about some waterproof trousers!? Happy, healthy and productive 2022 to you.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks! Waterproofs maybe a good idea to put in the car.

[@perelandrauk]

Fab video as always Roger, and your explanation of what the light meter is telling you was bob on, even my nine year old got his head round that.

[@williamschlenger1518]

I owned two Bronicas for wedding photography.Very good cameras.

[@WillGudgeon]

Happy New year Roger. I do love a bit of bad weather photography, I stay in on the sunny days 🤣 Great video 👍

[@joshhenderson9492]

Exactly how I feel, been nothing but 40C days all December here in Australia 😆

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Will. Happy new pinholes mate.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I couldn't cope with that Josh! Well, maybe a day or two.

[@erichstocker8358]

I love your attitude. I feel exactly as you do about just the love of shooting

[@chrisloomis1489]

Thank you ; your right about the weather. Just Go

[@RustyKnorr]

Holga looks SO much more interesting than the Bronica!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

A LOT cheaper too!

[@bracouda06]

Bonjour et vraiment merci pour cette vidéo, grâce a vous j apprend énormément de chose notamment dans la chambre noir, je vous envoie mes meilleurs Voeux pour cette nouvelle année olivier de Nice

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks for watching.

[@paultaylorphotography9499]

Fantastic vid Roger awesome results in those flat conditions I’m a long time Bronica user love it to bits never tried the holga but those shots look bloody good. Have a great 2022 mate

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Paul.

[@paultaylorphotography9499]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss all gds mate

[@angelusrufus7479]

Shoots from Holga looks great! There is some magic in those "not so perfect" photos.

[@simonkeslake2782]

Great video Roger. I'm in West Sussex and like you say the weather has been shite! Hardly been out myself with my M2 but going to get myself out today come rain or cloud! Thanks for the inspiration, keep up the great work!

[@philiptamburello5437]

Inspirational. Thanks.

[@de4edag]

Holga 4ever! My favorite video's are the Holga ones. I'm planning to use mine this year a LOT more and start making prints! Keep up the good work and happy new year! Greatings from the Netherlands

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks Yvonne. HNY

[@laurie_j_clark]

I'm in Poole so I'm tempted to fly over from Lymington and shoot some film of that tree.

[@TheSchnauzie]

Happy New Year Roger keep on shooting

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks Marcel. And you also.

[@jimgraves4197]

Happy New Year, Roger. Here's to many happy photo walks and video's. (raises glass)

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Many thanks Jim

[@FrankoFM2]

Great start to the new year! Watch out for the cow sh#t ! 🤣👍

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Slippery stuff! Happy new year!

[@devroombagchus7460]

The Holga can be great fun. I bought one when my gear in the car was stolen. The next holidays, my gear was stolen in the hotel room. I bought a Lubitel. Same price range, a bit less simple, but the sharpness and tonal range! A Holga viewer is not very accurate, so I used the “sports” holes of the Lubitel and did the cropping later.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Sad to hear that Robert.

[@michaelbell75]

Sucks about your gear being stolen. I just scored a Lubitel 166 1980 Olympic edition for super cheap off eBay yesterday. Don’t think they knew what they had based on pricing ha. Which Lubitel did you get?

[@dennisyandoli1669]

Thanks!

[@dennisyandoli1669]

Really enjoy your videos, particularly how you travel from decisions made in the field, as it were, back to the darkroom printing considerations. That what it like. Great stuff. If you come to London we’d love you to visit our community darkroom. All the best.

[@robhosailor]

Again, a very good presentation! It seems to me that Holga pictures are a contemporary continuation of the direction in photography called "pictorialism" - not the sharpness of the photo, but the atmosphere are the main advantage of the image, which is also a consequence of the optical imperfection of the lens used. I don't have a Holga camera so I find it in my photos taken with the old Box Tengor 54/2 from 1934 with the achromat lens and the Kodak No2 Folding Autographic Brownie (from 1924-1926) with a simple anastigmat lens, and with similar ones. Happy 2022!

[@davecarrera]

Wishing you a very Happy 2022 Roger and thank you for all the informative content.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Same to you Dave!

[@mauricioalchundiasegovia8355]

Happy New year Phil ¡¡¡

[@GutS7u6]

I found your channel a while ago when I was researching the Holga before I bought one. I am quite new to film photography and really enjoy your vids, so thanks for doing what you do. I love the IoW and recognise a fair few of the places as I have been there several times for holidays (I had an uncle with a house in Bembridge). I haven't got the film developed yet, but I got out on Boxing day to Folkstone and got some shots of the crazies going for a late morning fancy dress dip in the sea. It was on my most recent purchase... The Sprocket Rocket... I'm not set up for home developing yet so have to go via a lab, but am hoping for good results. I'm a hobbyist, so just getting out, rain or shine, is such a good feeling and so good for getting out of work mode and relaxing the mind. If you have made it this far, apologies for the long post, I just wanted to say thanks for this channel really, and I got a bit carried away (wifey is watching crap on tele).

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Stuart. I would highly recommend developing at home if you have space in the kitchen. It's easy to do and inexpensive once you get going. Email me if you want any advice on starting

[@GutS7u6]

Thanks. I aim to try developing soon, and have already set the wheels in motion for a darkroom, by suggesting to wifey that we 'get the loft insulated and boarded'.

[@odukar2315]

Roger, Happy New Year to you and your family ! Go out and shoot film! This will be my promise for 2022 ;-)

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

HNY Odu!

[@stephendeakin2714]

Wishing you a happy new year Roger.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

And you also. Cheers Stephen.

[@chrissybabyist]

You just described the weather over here in Maryland, USA. 😩 I did take my Holga 120N up by our local waterways. It was okay. Wasn’t rainy but dreary. Happy 2022!!! 🥳🥳

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Soon by spring! Happy New Year Christina!

[@chrissybabyist]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss can’t wait until spring! Exactly 77 days. Not that I’m counting or anything. 😂

[@sophietucker1255]

The weather in my neck of the woods was bright and sunny but the high temp for the day was -4 C. I don't do cold anymore. I'm 69+ yrs old and I just don't warm up like I did when I was younger.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I must admit. I think if it was that cold I may have stayed indoors!

[@rick-fstop-lewis]

Happy New Year Roger! Not sure why but I like the Holga shots over the Bronica.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Different aren't they! Cheers Rick.

[@Eclectachrome]

lovely images - have been thinking about the holga, seems so fun!

[@fgj4990]

Love your videos and seeing you considering the camera and the shots, particularly with the recent bad weather that has not helped to inspire us photographers. Keep up the good work mate!

[@MikeStAmand]

Happy New Year Roger to you and your family. I'm glad you got out and shot for some fun. That was exactly what I did today. I'm nearly finished restoring an old Beseler 23C and I am always happy to learn from you while you work in the darkroom.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks Mike. Hope the restoring goes well!

[@KimHojbergJensen]

Thanks, - you're right. It can be diifficult to get out n this weather, but when you first do, it is not bad at all. Happy New Year!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Kim.

[@pietjekarbonkel2710]

Happy New Year Roger . I don't complain about dark dull rainy wheather in the Netherlands , it is perfect for printing in my darkroom ! I have made more than 200 fiber prints from my Mamiya 645 Ilford Delta 100 films . I use only Delta 100 . No adventures that will make me very sorry in the darkroom . Keep it simple with one film and one fiber paper . Best regards Peter .

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I like that Peter. One camera, one film, one paper. You can really fine tune

[@pietjekarbonkel2710]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss I print with a Opemus 6 and Color 3 and EL Nikkor 1:5.6 80 mm . With the Color 3 I can fine tune the contrast in 0,25 grades . So grade 2 , 2,25 , 2,5 , 2,75 ect The Ilford Delta 100 is in 120 rolfilm a great film that is very easy to print with a good tonal scale on Fomabrom Variant 111 . But the 35mm film Delta 100 is because of the drak grey base very difficult to print . The 120 film Delta 100 has a clear base . The grey base of the 35mm fill in the shadows , so you get an uneven contrast .

[@JanneRanta]

Happy new year!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Happy new year Janne!

[@lewisdickens3293]

Hey Rog! - droned on too long? - don't be silly! - could watch your vids all day & night mate ;=) - you truly are an inspiration - please keep 'em coming fellah!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Lewis. Good to know. Sometimes I wonder

[@amosk24]

Great start to the year, and looking forward to seeing more!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Happy new year!

[@AndrewHenderson]

Love your enthusiasm Roger, have a great 2022 and look forward to more of your videos.

[@nafs53]

I was just thinking of you coming across a bench minutes before you did .. must be psychic! This is great incentive to get my film Canon AV-1 out and use it.. 👍

[@DJPixelList]

Happy New Year Roger! Have a good 'un.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers mate

[@andywalczak7659]

Happy new year Roger love the video I diddnt realise bwxx pushes well to 800 loved the shots you took on both the bronny and the holga

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Happy new year!

[@kenblair2538]

Happy New Year Roger, and to your family. Damn, now I have no reason, to head out tomorrow, with the wife and just shoot some film. Weather has been very overcast and rotten, but , I'm tired of waiting too. Thanks for all the inspiration, shooting film in 2021.. My old film cameras love you. KB. EDIT: What happen to the "Buy me film/coffee" link ? Found it. Film on the way >

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Got it. Thanks Ken. Kind.

[@257squadron]

Shot you last roll of kentmere on New Year’s Day at lake pier Poole during our lunch picnic! I kid you not. I’ll ping you some results asap. Negs look good. Just need to scan them. Happy new year everyone.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Awesome Neill 👏👏

[@carltanner9065]

Happy New Year, Roger!!! Great piccies, especially that one of the stick near the wooden wall. The rebate around the pic set it off nicely.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Carl.

[@SilntObsvr]

I lived in Seattle for twenty years. it's got a reputation for having a climate like southern England (i.e. gloomy, damp, and chill). I found I needed to always have a camera with me, for those moments when the sun peeked out, and if I could, carry two, one loaded with B&W and the other with color (because sometimes, color likes gloomy weather better than B&W). The thing with Seattle is it hardly ever rains really hard, it just drizzles for hours and hours. Now I'm in North Carolina, we get almost the same inches of rain in a year, but most of it in the form of genuine downpours -- inch an hour or harder. Here, I *really* don't want to go out and shoot in the rain -- but I keep up the habit of carrying a camera. Old mechanical cameras like the ones I prefer won't mind a few drops collected going from the house to the car.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thats the worst rain. Fine and drizzly all day!

[@SilntObsvr]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Well, yes and no. Not enough to keep you from popping outside to get a shot the way the torrential sort does -- but Seattle is where they first described Seasonal Affective Disorder, which is depression brought on by the gloomy climate...

[@markusklein6309]

Happy New Year, Roger! Greetings from Germany

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

And same to you Markus. Thanks.

[@JonnyEnglish-gu1cs]

Happy New Year Roger I can’t think of a better way to start the new year off with a quality video from SFLAB I got a Holga for Christmas and my beautiful ETRS is a present to myself so looking forward to to getting out with them and as you say shoot the crap out of them lol 😂 loving the Holga videos I hope I can do it justice

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Jonny. Enjoy the Holga and Happy New Year to you.

[@katharinemovertonphotographer]

Happy New year Roger and know what you mean about the weather

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Hey Katharine! Thanks for you nature vids! Happy New Year.

[@katharinemovertonphotographer]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Thank you

[@SergejKarssen]

Happy New Year Roger! I have not shot a single frame for 6 months! I got my Intrepid Enlarger that's been sitting in a box as well (I moved a couple of months ago, life happens, etc). Watching this video to start the new year is a good motivator to just go out and shoot and most of all enjoy :) Cheers!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Hey Sergej! Hope you find the spark again soon ☺️

[@lensman5762]

Happy new year mate.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Happy New Year Lensman. Thanks.

[@Resgerr]

Were the waterproof boots a Christmas prezzie from the Mrs😂

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

LOL. No a birthday pressie back in July from my Wife. Still didn't want to get them wet! Should have worn my trainers.

[@danem2215]

I admire your outlook of taking pleasure in the shooting, rather than just the shots. I take enjoyment from the process because my pictures are usually shit. Although with the ETRSi they're usually sharp quality shit. Any resolutions for the new year Roger? I've been thinking of setting one where I try to shoot at least one photograph a day instead of just wasting time.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

LOL. I've not thought about any yet. Maybe fix the car electric window thats stuck

[@aycuens]

I'm actually kind of the same. I'm not an exciting photographer, more of a dull but technically good photographer, so maybe 2 in 1000 is a cool one. So most of my produce is boring ramdon stuff but I have lots of fun on the whole process. The wander around, and visualising, looking thru the viewfinder and framing, taking the photo if I like what I see, and then work on the results. So definitely the whole process gives as much joy if not more than getting that amazing shoot. Definitely Roger's aptitute is an inspiration for us :)

[@ms37895]

Hi Roger! A happy new year to you! Thanks for your videos in 2021, looking forward to watching you again in the next months here! Always a pleasure and inspiration to me. I‘ve nearly finished my new darkroom in the attic, little kitchen furniture from ikea for my darkroom is already delivered and it all will be a lot more fun than down in the laundry room 🤷🏼‍♂️😀 Any hint on which wall colour I should choose? Go for black or go for white? I left the room without any window, so darkness will be there quite naturally. Cheers, Mario!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Well, I went for black and white walls Mario (and one side black and Orange). Only because you spend so much time under a red light it's nice to turn the lights on and see light walls. Many say black walls keep reflection down but it's been fine. Or maybe a light grey?

[@rick-fstop-lewis]

In college our darkroom was black ceiling with neutral grey walls. The walls in my bathroom darkroom are white and never had issues....I figure it really does not matter as long as your safe light is proper wavelength and not overly bright you should be fine. Besides, any light reflected from the safe light will be red light. I have my safe light hooked to my timer so when the exposure is made the safe light goes off but it seems that's not a problem leaving safe light on.

[@ms37895]

@@rick-fstop-lewis thank you rick, I will keep that in mind!

[@ms37895]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Thank you, maybe I‘ll go for some sort of greyscale, light gray with one contrasty dark grey wall or ceiling.

[@theoldfilmbloke]

you should have used yourself as 'Human Interest' and took delayed action shots but I bet the HOLGA does not have it -- not sure about the Bronica -- probably has with the built-in shutter .

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I have an attachment Pete for long exposures on the Holga. No timer.

[@frankysausage395]

Great shots. Are you using the same film in the Holga as in the Bronica?

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

No in the Bronica I used Delta 400 and in the Holga I used Cinestill BW (200). Both pushed to 800.

[@joedonohoe22]

It’s reached the point now where I only really go on KZbin in the hope you’ve uploaded another excellent video! Great stuff and Happy New Year! Have you ever tried Kodak HC110 developer? I’ve just switched from ID11 and it’s been interesting comparing the results.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Awesome, thank you! I have never tried that Joe. I know it is very good!

[@acmdv]

Got a lot of bugs flying around you on the beach, that usual for this time of year?

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

They were a pest! Maybe they were attracted to the seaweed brought in by recent high winds.

[@DM-ti1yk]

Roger - is your Holga the one with the plastic or glass lens ? thanks

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I believe it is plastic.

[@andrewpottinger7691]

Can you put a F mount on the 6x6 HOLGA because there is not enough lense for. The HOLGA

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I'm not sure Andrew. I think thats the point of the holga though. Simple

[@scottplumer3668]

Holga makes F (and other) mount lenses. I bought one for my Nikon. It gets a little confused, thinking it doesn't have a lens, but it still works.

[@thebendu33]

Where are you located?

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

South England Portsmouth

[@ulrikchristiansen]

You are shooting 1/25 with the Bronica. Whats lens are you using? And what is the lowest shutterspeed you would go in this regard? Thanks for this video!

[@danem2215]

I believe he meant 1/125. Bronica doesn't have a 1/25 speed; only 1/30 which is pushing it for handheld.

[@ulrikchristiansen]

@@danem2215 Yes, I believe you are right. But a "safe" handheld shutterspeed would depend on the lens focal length, I guess. If I am really careful, I can get by with 1/30 on my 80mm Mamiya C lens.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Did I say 1/25th? I was at 1/125th and 1/60th. At 1/60th I'd make sure I was as still as possible waiting for the mirror slap.

[@danem2215]

@@ulrikchristiansen I think the slowest I ever did handheld is 1/15 with mirror lockup. I find it easier to be steady with MF cameras since they're boxier and the weight is balanced in the body, not the lens

[@podhoncisty]

"He who dares, Rodney" shoots 3200 ISO Ilford Delta film at 1250 ISO on a rainy day and having fun 🙂 Happy new year 😉

[@CarmineTavernaPhotography]

Happy 1998 :)

[@spacemishkaphotography]

Stay away from the cows 🤣

[@rawalker666]

Its all your fault Rodger i keep buying cameras I've just ordered myself a Holga 120N to go with my Holga 135BC

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

You'll love it !

[@rawalker666]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss well got a load off foma 400 coming to shoot in it and a week off work in February for my birthday where I will be out most days so I'll be taking the Holga and probably my Nikon F3

[@IvanovMarius]

Your English is so English :) It's so hard for me to understand you sometimes.. Nice videos, keep going the good work!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thank you! 😃

[@IvanovMarius]

;)