How to Organize Your Film Negatives

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Welcome to the best episode of Bad Flashes yet! We set on a journey to Organize and store your film negatives. Learn the ropes on the high seas of organization both in the physical work and the digital realm ... aka the computer. I'll teach you how you can always go back and find out when and where you took a photo. Buckle up and let's have some fun!
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[@BadFlashes]

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[@jw48335]

Quick tip - use "Microsoft To Do" on your phone. Create a list called "Film". Each roll then can be a "Task" with all your notes. Label the roll with a 4 digit number and include that number in the task title, and in every scanned file name. Tah-Dah! You now have digital tracking for your film. I mark the task completed once my scans or done. When I file them, I include the 4 digit number which makes it super easy if I want to track back the scan -> negative.

[@da009999]

It's cute how Caleb and Jason release their videos at exactly the same time. Maybe they have an ironic saying they yell together right before publishing their videos? Like, "Flash buddies, ahoy! Upload & publish!"

[@justinconnaher8868]

That flat bed scanner “waiting” look 👀! Priceless 😆

[@BadFlashes]

Lol waiting for it’s inevitable demise

[@justinconnaher8868]

@@BadFlashes 😆

[@davidbelgrave1971]

The idea of organising 25 years of negatives and 17 years of digital photos causes a level of fear that forces me to ignore the problem for another decade or two.

[@BadFlashes]

hahahaha yeah .... I totally get that 🙂

[@thatdeafguyuk]

Just sorted all of mine and now working through the grandparents medium format stuff..... * tears hair out *

[@NickSmithPhoto]

This was probably the best ever video I will ever see in my life. After seeing this though, I thought I was organised with my negatives, how wrong was I. With regards to scanning options, I prefer the second, because the waiting gives me time to reflect on the poor choices I have made in my life.

[@BadFlashes]

Yessssss I’m glad it’s the best 🤩🤩🤩 And I leave the reflecting for the shower. I like some hot water on my bod … that way the tears get hidden …

[@sheelios]

WAIT YOU CAN RIGHT CLICK AND RENAME FILES LIKE THAT?!

[@BadFlashes]

BOOOM life hack! You are welcome 😉

[@TheMontanafew]

Organization!!!!!!! Woop woop 🙌

[@BadFlashes]

Organize yo life!!!!!

[@mollyanderson449]

This is actually exactly what I needed…thanks!!!

[@BadFlashes]

yes yes yes yes love to hear this!!!!! ☺️

[@SevgiMungan]

Gotta get them out of the shoebox now and get organized. Not the first video I watched on archiving negatives but the best one!

[@BadFlashes]

Awww I’m so glad. Yeah it’s a pain but necessary for sure. :)

[@boggydude5]

Love the video. Entertaining and informative. I've been putting off this job for way too long. Shooting film is more fun and organising isn't, but hey it would be nice to have all my negatives and scans nicely organised. Keep up the great videos!

[@BadFlashes]

awh yeah thanks yo! I know... shooting is dope ... and the rest is a pain but it's a yin and yang type of thing haha

[@boggydude5]

@@BadFlashes I agree, better to have negs organised than in a shoe box that your wife might mistake for junk and throw out in the bin. Try scanning negs that spent some time in a bin, no fun. As if Lomography went and held your negs ransom but you can't afford the ransom, so stuck with funky negs. Yeah, definitely worth organising them. Perfect for when the curators come to buy out your photography archive because you've just landed top billing in the Metropolitan Museum. Got to be ready for that day!

[@LucyLumen]

You made something that would otherwise be kind of pretty boring and made it fun and extremely watchable! Thank you 🙏🏻 your like the rare maths teacher that actually makes maths fun 🤩🤪👍🏻

[@BadFlashes]

Hahaha oh hells yeah! I’m a math teacher! I’ll take that title. 😂 Next on the syllabus… multiplying developing times! 🤓

[@FranciscoRodriguez-ug8gc]

Great Video. I pretty much name my Print file sleeves the same but I've started adding the lens too. "50mmCanon1.4".

[@BadFlashes]

Oh cooo lens would be some info!

[@jayjohnson3289]

I actually have a somewhat similar organizing scheme but I have another step where I have full metadata for any photo I take. I use and app called EXIF Notes (I think it's Android only) and a tool on PC called EXIF Tools that allows me to enter all of my shooting data on my phone whenever I take a photo and then when I finish the roll export it to my computer and use EXIF Tools to update all of my photos after I scan them to have the information. It's really useful especially when I have a photo not turn out I can see what my settings were and figure out the mistake I made. Love your channel by the way! You, Jason, and Karin Majoka are my favorite film KZbin channels!

[@BadFlashes]

I mean like .... DAMN I though I was crazy but you my friend ... are also crazy ... naw but really that is pretty awesome! That is pretty dope for sure! 🤩

[@jayjohnson3289]

@@BadFlashes lol thanks it is a little obsessive but I do like all of the info plus it geotags where I took the image which has been helpful on occasion.

[@grainynesh6232]

I have a similar approach, but I use CaptureOne tethered shooting to scan my film. That way I can scan them into the correct folder with the correct name right away. Also YYYY-MM-DD is the superior naming scheme in my opinion..

[@BadFlashes]

I know I know! that's all I've been getting this entire video hahaha maybe... just maybe someday .... SOMEDAY I'll think about changing 🤪

[@palaceoffinefarts]

Topo for ✨energy✨ This was really helpful! 🤘🏾

[@BadFlashes]

TOPO 4 LYFE! .... I'm really glad it was helpful! 🥰

[@VariTimo]

I too use blue handled scissors!!

[@BadFlashes]

🚀🚀🚀🙌🏼

[@alwaleeed]

As a librarian - and love photography this video is magic

[@BadFlashes]

hahaha so glad!

[@-shakir5152]

This will be useful once I get into analog photography. Ps: next trip with Jason when🙃

[@BadFlashes]

Nice!!! I’m so glad it was useful! :) And soon don’t you worry

[@-shakir5152]

@@BadFlashes Can't wait!

[@juliehasen7360]

Thank you for this. I've been trying to figure out a system and the rolls are piling up.

[@BadFlashes]

Awesome!! It’s sometimes hard to find a good system so I’m glad to help out in some way 😁

[@alfepalfe]

About needing scissors, for cutting the long film into strips I personally prefer a scalpel or sharp hobby knife. That way I feel like I can easier see where I am cutting and make small ajustments as I cut to make sure I stay away from the actual frame.

[@BadFlashes]

That’s not bad! I dig that 🔪

[@alfepalfe]

@@BadFlashes also since I do a bit of scale modeling I alredy had that stuff, otherwise I would probably never have thought to try it.

[@chrismclean4458]

In my filing Black and white negs have developer, dilution and times written on them and colour has the lab they were deved at

[@BadFlashes]

Solid. That’s a good idea tooo!

[@braixeninfection6312]

I organize in folders as well. But it goes under camera then location then I name the last folder as date scanned, number from developer, film type shot and wether or not it's been organized yet. If it was organized for the pictures into other folders I'll tack organized onto the end of the name. So my last folder would be named as follows for example.: 10-4-22 0601 Fuji Superia X-Tra 400 Organized Gives me a rough example of when I shot it as I develop it right away and allows me to look up the developer number under my negatives easier than just date. Probably not the best solution as I'm always thinking of how to do it better. But it works for me.

[@andrewd244]

I felt incredibly attacked by the shoebox gag

[@BadFlashes]

I guarantee it wasn’t just for you… it was for all the shoeboxes out there haha

[@samtenthije6692]

I'm thought I was maticulous by sorting all negatives from every month in chronoligical order, but this madlad sorts by the day, or hour even

[@BadFlashes]

well you know ... crazy thins can happen 🥳

[@Dahrenhorst]

Wenn you name your files according to date, you should change the format from mm-dd-yyyy to yyyy-mm-dd. With that, when you let the computer sort your files by their name, they are automatically also sorted chronically.

[@BadFlashes]

I definitely should but …. I don’t know nothing 😜😝

[@jezjoseph]

great vid ! I just started using 35-7BXW - and im saying its better cos some lomo or streetcandy I get I load it in subdued light and and up with 39 .5 shots !!! and these sleeves hold 7 lots of 6 (42 shots!!) also , it says load your film emulsion side down , any one know why this is ?

[@BadFlashes]

OK OK I'm checking that out! Thanks for the tip! and I don't know why film emulsion down... when you find out let me know! haha

[@alwaleeed]

I also add iso level (el value ) in case different from box speed

[@BadFlashes]

I feel that... I put it in the metadata ... I could have gone into that a bit more but kinda forgot haha

[@justinkingery2489]

Me too! Go us.

[@BadFlashes]

We all rule!!!!

[@TheDomis4]

i import my scans directly through the lightroom import and have it setup default. This way it gets ordered by import date automatically. But i'm not quite happy with that. How did you setup your lightroom catalogue to recognize the existing file system? Also do you do DNG conversion on it?

[@BadFlashes]

I’m not sure I completely understand what you’re trying to say. Are you wanting them to be organized by date and when you took them? And because they are raw files from the camera I don’t have to make DNG’s from them

[@venividdivici0]

7:08 David Lynch hahah

[@BadFlashes]

I’ll take that!!!!

[@N556ND]

Wow this video is timely. I’m sitting on my bed organizing my negatives.

[@BadFlashes]

Oh hells yeah!!! Hope it helped a thing or two

[@N556ND]

@@BadFlashes I'm stealing your file naming system!

[@BadFlashes]

Do it. I dare you! 😝

[@N556ND]

@@BadFlashes it’s already been done.

[@SachAlvarez]

waiting for the day skillshare get's sponsored by you

[@BadFlashes]

That day shall come 😋

[@olympus2OM]

I put my photos in a binder, write down a few things without knowing when i shoot the photo. I have only the date of bringing the film to the store. That's all. Well organized? Probably not. I think the negatives don't care. Why should I? Damn fuc...g film rolls.

[@BadFlashes]

well you know... I'll only judge you... 🤣 ... but who am I? you do you!!!!

[@zondervon]

I would format the date as year-month-day, 20210709.

[@BadFlashes]

yeah That is also a way to do it for sure!

[@zondervon]

@@BadFlashes strictly for sorting within a file system. I file my photos by location. So when I go back on a different date I can now easily refer to it by date. I definitely like how you edit the meta data by date and time. I also like how you add the camera to the filename.

[@BadFlashes]

Glad to help in some capacity ☺️

[@AshtewanPhotoVideo]

if we're supposed to be taking notes then why aren't we watching this ON skill share?

[@BadFlashes]

Well good thing you have a link of that 🤪

[@CaptainPsychopath69]

I don't even develop my film, that way I can't be disappointment 😉

[@BadFlashes]

Well good thing this is not just for developing... What do you do with them after you get them back from the lab??? Boom in comes this video 😆😉

[@CaptainPsychopath69]

@@BadFlashes yeah, real talk: this is some good advice, I need to organize

[@BadFlashes]

Haha thanks yo 🙃😆🔥

[@technol-bismol3778]

I just throw them in a bank vault so no one steals them😂

[@BadFlashes]

If only I had a bank vault !!!!! I probably would haha

[@technol-bismol3778]

@@BadFlashes it’s sad I’ve shot, developed, and cut all my film but I haven’t scanned or sleeved any of it and there’s probably 50 rolls in this room...I’ve got a lot of work to do😭

[@BadFlashes]

It’s all good. There is always time! You can do et!

[@technol-bismol3778]

@@BadFlashes I have no doubt honestly the most time consuming part of it all is I actually mount my own slides too so it really is a process but I love the results so I can’t really complain that much