For Everything Photographic (2023) - A Short Documentary

This film explores the philosophies, importance and preservation of film photography through the mind and experience of a man that dedicated his life to everything photographic.
Alex’s website- www.mrcad.co.uk/
Contact- [e-mail]

[@chrishall7915]

I've bought from Mr Cad - excellent

[@ulfjonsson2122]

Absolutely great video

[@abrooklyngirllinda]

what a beautiful film. kudos to the creator of this great story!!

[@jeremyfielding2333]

Thanks, a wonderful portrait. I will be visiting the shop in December.

[@davesouthwood1545]

what a special human! have to pay a visit!

[@meccanica3754]

Wonderful film mate

[@2dos154]

Thanks for this beautiful documentary 🙏🙏🙏. Really inspiring.

[@forgiveness_denied]

Good sir, live long! he's flexing pre Leica cameras, real OG!

[@Paul-Genge]

Hello Will, I have had the pleasure of knowing Alex for nearly 30 years. Across my time in the camera trade, and meeting him at various functions and "do's" - he is loved across our industry, a living legend. Thank you for producing this video and bringing it our screens. We cherish it as much as we all cherish Alex. Long live the King! 🎩😃

[@willrpfisher]

Thank you.That is great to hear, my crew and I had such a great time working on this project working with Mr Falk. Especially to encapsulated and share photographic history through his mind.

[@abundantYOUniverse]

That is fantastic thanks!

[@nicksucio]

This was beautiful and a great inspiration insight on taking better photos

[@mukthar_nazar]

Classic video... and it shot beautifully..

[@pmcbMadeInIreland]

Absolutely fantastic. What a great chap. 📸 👍 Thanks for making this docu and for sharing.

[@brauliomorrison]

A+

[@jenndobrev9703]

Take less pictures, but better pictures. 🥰❣️

[@ginakitsuse2796]

This was wonderful! Thank you for this documentary .

[@nalskipper7447]

"Take less pictures but better pictures." This principle can be applied on both film and digital. I'm sure this is one of the goals of every photographer. My minor issue is that not everyone has the capacity to waste precious film. And going digital will make it easier for beginners to learn what work for them and what doesn't. So in the end, it doesn't really matter if it's film or digital. What is important is the process and the journey we take to reach our desired result.

[@katashley1031]

Yes and no. Film teaches precision and discipline because of the limitations. And obviously it's just a vastly different experience and outcome.

[@davesouthwood1545]

i tend to agree, I shoot 1 click at a time on digital and I feel that if you grew up photographing with film you respect photography, but nothing compares to film.

[@steviem8466]

As long as one doesn't use AI to do it all. Beginners still need to explore and learn from mistakes. Image manipulation software should be avoided until one understands the basics of the exposure triangle and how to use it to take creative images in-camera.

[@momentarylapses5784]

Oh this guy is great. I just happen to meet him less than a month ago in London.

[@PYR0XIII]

As a part of the younger generation who has just stepped into the world of analog photography, I have to say that watching this short documentary has solidified my choice of sticking with analog even more. Now I know a perfect video to refer to my friends and family who continuously ask me “Why don’t you buy a digital camera instead?”.

[@francixzc0]

both analog and digital have their specific charms , pros and cons dont matter when youre making things immortal

[@PYR0XIII]

@@francixzc0 I couldn’t agree more! Making memories in any medium is always worth it.

[@katashley1031]

Sadly many who shoot digital are more editors than photographers. Shooting on film is a fantastic way to learn the craft.

[@MrShanePhoto]

He reminds me of many people of his generation i had the privilege of learning from now nearly 20 years ago. All of them have long retited and sold up their shops. Nice to see he's still at it. Lovely little film.

[@andydreadsbmx]

Alex has it right! This was great!

[@afitzsimons]

When in Victoria I never miss a chance to pop in and Alex always has time to chat, even when he's busy.

[@reneholbrugge7920]

Lovely man. Hope he stays in business for a long time to come. And this is so nicely filmed.

[@Mingonimuga]

know as a Kenyan I need to understand that shillings part cause it took me way back, thanks man.

[@RobertoDokone]

my local in London. Great shop and great people

[@jamesmoore9511]

Thank you - I've been into photography since I was a little kid - like 1955 with my Brownie Hawkeye. Now my favorite lenses include pre WWI TTH Cooke, Zeiss, and 1950's Wollensak process lenses on a large format camera (4x5, half plate and 5x7). Thanks for the talk on film rather than digital.

[@lawrencewood1572]

Going back 30 years untill fairly recently .Mr Cad has been a source that has helped supply so many photographic things to help my business run smoothly.Always good to see the friendly face of Alec Falk. Thanks for being there! Lawrence Wood.

[@borderlands6606]

Camera shops like this were an Aladdin's cave. The stock was useful, then irrelevant, then precious, as was the expertise. Good to see a place like Mr Cad still going, I remember his ads from way back.

[@keithtomalin3172]

Love it... Need to go back into London for another visit... I think we all learnt so much from Alex... I my case often the hard way! :-)

[@abcdef-qk6jf]

That was a beautiful short film. A beautiful person - with a superb knowledge. Like hearing an old friend being generous with his wisdom. What a gentleman. It was a privilege to listen and watch him tell.

[@Darkest_Soul_187]

Old man's got a point. That's why I recently started with film photography.

[@richardsimms251]

Fascinating video

[@christharpe4634]

Well done to all the people that took part in producing this short film. Such a beautiful thing. So much so, I’ll be visiting Mr. Cad sooner than you think! Mr Cad is clearly one of photography’s greats. Thank you!

[@sheelios]

this was absolutely lovely. thanks for sharing. i will need to stop by this shop whenever i go to London

[@RichardBurrows-j8r]

He helped my daughter get her first zoom lens the other week. He was amazing he spent time with her and made sure she was confident t and happy. Brilliant experience

[@unclassedmedia]

lovely.

[@dwilliam925]

im 18 now, and i got into film about 2 years ago. I was never really fond of photography but film changed that. there's just something about film that feels so much better than digital, and the passoniate, driven people in the film industry never cease to amaze me. awesome video :)

[@YTPAJ12]

Touching in so many ways more than art can describe.

[@1989Goodspeed]

Simply briliant video!

[@WaltThomas]

Well done, Will! Thanks. Really enjoyed your work.

[@davidlane2796]

This is a fabulous film, some really great insights from Alex, I've been to Mr. Cad it's an Aladdin's cave of everything photographic.

[@JohnPatrickWeiss]

Lovely.

[@722garage9]

Alex is an amazing human. Knew him when they were in Croydon. Hugely knowledgeable and friendly. Great film Will and lovely how you’ve captured Alex. Wonderful.

[@stapledtogether]

Beautiful

[@SFxAce]

Wise words from a gem of man who has experienced life and photography over many years.

[@ronvermeeren1347]

Lovely

[@john_murch]

Love his photography philosophy, love this guy!

[@Nanou197373]

What a wonderful sequence! I went to this shop a couple of times, never knowing all this about the man. I've just learned so much about him in these 5 minutes or so. I have so much respect for him, and long live his shop in London

[@desgardner7169]

Loved the documentary and listening to someone who knows about photography and the way things was and still are! to-days photographers have never had it so good.....Thank You.

[@klivekussler4496]

Hi Will......what an absolute pleasure to see and listen to Alex....he is right about every aspect of photography Digital and beloved Analog......I often say to my Grandchildren if you want to see the nearest thing to REAL MAGIC whatch film being developted and then being printed ( Developed ) and see from nothing the image like MAGIC appears before their very eyes.....How do you do that grandad.....I tell them it's MAGIC.....they are only young but it gets them interested.

[@judithbullard6676]

Wonderful! Such a lovely, well spoken man devoted to his craft.

[@the120ist]

Lovely, a well put together short doc! Alex Falk is a legend of the film photography community! Just the nicest man, and a champion of the art which we hold so dear. Great to watch, thank you for making it 👍

[@ChrisConner1]

Great doc! Love the topic, the cinematography, the editing and the story. Well done.

[@abundantYOUniverse]

This was just great, really great. Thanks!

[@boris.dupont]

How beautiful! Photography might disappear one of these days but this is what it's all about. Thank you very much for your dedication, passion and testimony. We may be the future but you're the memories and they can't take that away from you, can they?

[@davesouthwood1545]

it wont

[@robhowarth77]

Well said ! Problem with digital , is that in too many instances , it makes us lazy , removes the fun and curbs creativeness.

[@madskdz]

What a great little documentary. Can’t wait to see your feature 🔥🔥🔥

[@maxauberon2116]

This guy sold me so much expired large format film super cheap! stuff from the 90s still develops good (sometimes).

[@radioaktiv2531]

I'm a student and have been shooting film for a year and developing for 6 months, I can't imagine moving back to digital formats, analog photography has now become my biggest hobby. I never regarded myself as an artist, I never had a good hand for drawing or painting. That changed when I bought my first film camera. Now I can't get enough, I have 4 cameras and develop at least a roll a week. It's an addiction.

[@lihtan]

I've come back to shooting film again this year, I have noticed that it does help me slow down, and really think about my composition when I'm having to pay for every shot. I don't completely agree with the statement that shooting digital isn't real photography. For one thing, it can be used to train you on how to shoot manual without having to waste a lot of money on film and developing. Digital cameras also perform better than film for low light photography. Many wedding photographers will us a film camera for outdoor shots, but use a digital for the indoor ones. Digital photography has also helped improve the workflow of doing commercial work. You can make realtime adjustments in the studio, and not have to wait for film development to see the results.

[@katashley1031]

I guess it's a question of whether you want to create art or well lit pictures of hamburgers, lol. Limitations hone artistry.

[@Eli666Ms]

thank you, this is precious

[@PhilMakesThings]

I’ve bought a fair few things from Mr. CAD over the years, and it’s nice to know that there’s a genuinely interested and passionate person at the other end doing the work.

[@SUIHART]

Beautiful ^^

[@imperfectphotography578]

Hi Will, thanks. That is a lovely documentary, really interesting! I hope you can keep finding such interesting documentaries.

[@kstrohmeier]

More please.

[@87-BeforeCommonEra]

This is wonderful, thank you for this video. It's important to document places like this people like Mr. Falk, as so many have disappeared in recent years and are continuing to disappear. I hope the trend will be reversed as film photography continues its resurgence.

[@pokeandbeans]

This is wonderful, I have been a photographer for 40 plus years and I love to shoot film because like he said it sharpens your skills when you don't have unlimited access to your medium. I believe just like he said to wear the title of photographer you should have to shoot film for at least a year, you can't own a pipe wrench and call yourself a plumber and you should have some training and basic film skills to call yourself a photographer. I am sure I will get a lot of hate for this but I just don't care, I spent 3 years post secondary education to become a professional photographer and I worked as an assistant for just about 2 years, I earned the title and so should anyone else. Now before you get bent out of shape I don't think you need to go to school to be a photographer because there are a lot of untrained photographers out there who have produced amazing work, I just think that before you start presenting yourself as a pro you should have some basic skills that include some of the history of the medium, spray and pray is not a skill.

[@Janishadiary]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful & well made, visual poetry. I have always had a confusion or debating myself about Film V/S Digital, which media is better until this beautiful video. Thank you so much for clearing my thoughts. Lots of love from India

[@Cats_and_Film]

Really amazing work.

[@reinhartreuschel5499]

Dear Will, you are so right in total. Since I was seven, I've been 'a photographer' and still prefer analogue: Voigtländer Vitomatic II, Asahi Pentax Spotmatic, and some Nikons (F2, -mat ET, F801s) plus a Nikon D300 digicam, but all Nikons with the same set of manually focused F-lenses what means operating in the same way. It's not worth discussing technique but it's particularly worth communicating about the ideas leading to convincing images by chance or a ceative concept, by momentum, by humor, by the spirit of exstasy;-)) LG RR

[@kevlarnegative]

This is fantastic 😍

[@misteral1083]

Wonderful short interview/doc. The way you've put it all together, the pacing and the content, it's an effortless watch, very engaging. And while there are some points which Alex and I disagree on, there is more that we agree on! Lovely film, so glad this got recommended :)

[@keithhudson1248]

What a great film, I do like Alex's insight and thinking on today's photographers and tomorrow's photographers. I find myself agreeing with him far more now than I did when working for him thirty years ago.

[@dotz0cat]

In a way that is why I like to nuggeteer. The nuggets provide the limitations and the pains in the bum, while still being cheaper than film.

[@schwaar]

Wonderful work, Will. This is meaningful. Keep it up.

[@deanrobertnoble138]

Loved it. Really hope it gets out to the wider KZbin community of film photographers. Lovely to see a great business with a history, thriving and hopefully moving into a new period, flourishing with the rise of film. 📸

[@KenJohnson-y7j]

Alex Falk is great, he is such a positive character, full of enthusiasm for the photo trade. And his message has always been constant. What a guy!

[@oldmanmikey]

I want to meet this gentleman. I work at a camera store

[@timothyplatt6053]

Outstanding

[@colindcsta]

Wonderful

[@saullotzof]

Nice work Will! What glass did you shoot this with? A Helios?

[@willrpfisher]

my DOP used a fuji 35mm but the XT3 that it was shot on has a cropped sensor so it was more like 50mm

[@seangsithorng]

Listening to his voice reminds me of David Thorps

[@will6653]

👏👏

[@Manas4854]

Which lens have you used to shoot this?

[@willrpfisher]

my DOP used a 35mm fuji lens but with the apsc sensor on the XT3 it is more like a 50mm (shot in 4k)

[@BECCASIDDALL]

Hi Will, amazing documentary! What audio equipment did you use for Will's interview? It sounds great!

[@Arripa-777]

👍👍👍👍👍👍.................

[@JeneyM]

👍

[@mindyourownbusiness5589]

A interesting short documentary but I have to disagree with some of Alex's opinions. You CAN still be creative using a digital camera and with self discipline, you can set yourself targets to be more creative. For example, I have a small collection of lenses for my Olympus EM5ii some are auto focus and some are fully manual focus which straight away makes you slow down and take your time. I also have several other digital cameras with different sized sensors and differing mega pixels and I love taking out a different camera every now and then because each type of camera has it's own unique look in the final image. Using a different prime lens also makes you think about composition more and finally, going back to film these days is very expensive compared to digital, so digital is actually good for photography because it makes it more available for all

[@katashley1031]

Still not the same thing at all. Have you done much film photography?

[@mindyourownbusiness5589]

@@katashley1031 Back in the late 70's yes and I would not want to go back to it

[@yorukaadams940]

Best discord link ever

[@ashstubbings2603]

I agreed with everything this guy said apart from what he said about digital photography stopping us from being creative. THAT, I STRONGLY disagree with.

[@motosejid1876]

I cannot for the life of me figure out what camera that is that he uses at the start. Does anybody know?? 0:54

[@alirezazimi]

what is he say in 2:00 about postage?

[@whtchocla7e]

Lovely film. Though I don't quite agree with Mr. Alex on digital photography ;)

[@katashley1031]

Most digital photographers don't. But sadly most of them are also nite editors than photographers.

[@franchoveler5297]

a roll of 36. Reduce to the max.

[@senior_ranger]

Interesting, but he's completely wrong. Digital does NOT mean not creative. It means being creative in a nearly unlimited sense. And lest you think I'm a young upstart, I'm around his age and did all that same film work he talks about.

[@jeremyfielding2333]

Maybe but it's ridiculous that digital photographers take an image of something and then add several layers of make believe ending up with an image that looks nothing like what they saw. That's not photography, it's computing. The great Peter Lindbergh said 'There is nothing wrong with shooting digital, but Photoshop shouldn't have happened.'

[@senior_ranger]

@@jeremyfielding2333 As a lifelong photographer, I ask how you know what any photographer "saw" when the shutter was actuated. The computer is a tool, and I think it does more for me than the rudimentary tools that kept Ansel Adams trapped inside a darkroom instead of out making more images.

[@Elr2000]

​@@jeremyfielding2333If you think this way about photo editing using software I'm interested to know how you feel about the increasing role of ai in photography. I personally think that this is the point where the creativity in photography will truly die

[@borderlands6606]

@@jeremyfielding2333 Giving Photoshop to most photographers is like giving a child a loaded gun.

[@katashley1031]

Lol, you know very well that most digital photographers shoot incessantly and edit relentlessly. That's not photography. It's curating and editing. It's great that you find it equally creative to film and the potential is there but let's not pretend that that is what most are doing.

[@k0ba_]

This guy is shifty he tried to get me to trade a mint camera for a broken one