How to Shoot Film at Night (and in Snow)

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Today, we're going to learn how to shoot 35mm film at night and in the snow! A great advantage of 35mm cameras is access to faster glass to allow handheld photography at night. You can use your favorite portra 400 film stock or cinestill 800t for night photography.
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[@heyvandal]

Mamiya 645 system has a 1.9f 80mm lens.

[@nicksucio]

Hands down one of my favorite videos on film at night. love the analysis of each shot text below the image as well, and stellar shots!

[@DavidVives84]

Very interesting take. I work as a filmmaker, and it's crazy how much I learn from skilled photographers like you. I don’t see many videographers around me focusing on perfecting their understanding of their own gear-if something is underexposed, they just boost the camera ISO and move on. On the other hand, photographers have to work around the limitations of their gear, finding creative solutions that enhance both their skills and the unique look of their pictures. Liked and subscribed.

[@MasonMacQuarrie]

Night photography is a vibe for sure

[@whoschrischu]

kinda loving it

[@MasonMacQuarrie]

Luckily having a canon FD system makes it easy to get fast lenses

[@pauleallan]

Nice work, your photos are great!

[@erlan10]

This contrast is KILLER! Amazing work!

[@brianhinesley]

always good to remind people "BRFS" or breakfast :) backlight rain, front light snow hence flash for snow and street lights for rain also reminder that the over exsposing 1-2 stops should apply to film photography since it can handle highlight recovery better where as digital is better at shadow recovery and can be fine with half a stop boost.

[@whoschrischu]

just yapping.

[@JoshChun626]

that's my favorite part tho

[@MakersTeleMark]

@@JoshChun626 At least he is not pulling focus like he used to do when he started. That was almost as numb as this video.

[@Bruton-Photography]

No yap. No video. Gotta Yap.

[@jorsetti]

Beautiful work Chris! Loved the b&w and Cinestill800t 👍🏻

[@kool_thing]

As a beginner fascinated with night photography, thanks for this video. Also, RIP David Lynch.

[@pilotoespacial3000]

Brother your photography is fine art. Cant help but follow every step when the photographer explaining some shit just nails it like that.

[@bluenick4577]

Film always looks amazing...

[@studiomangordon2933]

great work .. love the insight and tips

[@tornado5783]

I want a leica m6 sooooooooo bad. I’ll get one eventually! I use my canon f1 for film at the moment

[@Sloot786]

The Olympus system has a 50mm f/1.4 lens that would be a good entry point for anyone interested in handheld night photography. That is a full stop brighter than f/2. Also, your scans look really good. Do you scan yourself or have a lab scan them?

[@bigbenmk4873]

Im very new to film photography still. Do you have a video how to meter properly in contrasting situations, like snow on a sunny day/beaches, or areas where there are bright skies but darker on the ground. Basically, how do I make sure I don’t meter for just one area but the whole scene.

[@Xisbrezatsgzormd]

6:30 how could get that results saying that you could overexpose it with 1/60 and 5.6? 😮 At such late time I think I have to use 1/30 and 1.7 to get any acceptable results otherwise it will be totally underexposed

[@medamasensei]

You said you don’t like to bring a tripod. Are you hand holding for all these shots even if they are slower than 1/60?

[@whoschrischu]

Yup I can handheld all those shots and up until 1/8 of a second :)

[@patrick_stewart]

leica's cloth shutters and their compact size let you handhold shots at really slow speeds

[@mynameisnotcory]

We put here handholding at 1/15 if you sniper stlyle hold your breath!

[@medamasensei]

@@whoschrischu Wow! Didn’t know that advantage to rangefinders. I’ll have to consider getting one now

[@medamasensei]

@@patrick_stewart interesting. Is this only a Leica trait or most rangefinders?

[@NikolasiSaafi]

Mamiya 645 80mm 1.9 + night = 💫

[@just_eirik]

Have you tried any of those cheap super fast lenses? Not sure there are others, but Mitakon has a 50mm f0.95 for Leica.

[@theartofveeee]

(film) night photography always scares me, since you don't see the finish shot until you develop the film...so after a couple of research and a bunch of trial and error, as soon as the sun is gone, I set my (handheld) camera to 1/30 (sometimes 1/60, depends on the scene), play with a f1.4 - 2.8 aperture and usually I run an ISO 200/400 film, and so far most of my (night) shot turned out ok.

[@rjbiii]

EOS plus a lens with IS

[@629fzq]

3:22 how is it possible that your light meter says this? where do you point your light meter to give you a 1/60 and f4?

[@xavslife]

Nicee vid! Do you have a favorite b&w 35mm film? I'm curious what you're using :)

[@whoschrischu]

Tri-X all day everyday

[@quintonmckimm]

Yaptastic.

[@BrettParsons-h1b]

mamiya 645 (pro or super) has an 80mm f1.9

[@zak.k]

I'm the guy with a tripod and ISO 25 film at night...🌆📷

[@whoschrischu]

what in the world are you doing with ISO 25 film

[@zak.k]

@whoschrischu Landscapes... it was expired superia 100 (RIP) from 2002 but it really didn't need overexposure.

[@mynameisnotcory]

@@whoschrischuiso 25 film rocks, go shoot some infrared sometime!

[@rf.photographs]

My Nikon F100 x Tamron 35mm f/1.8 "VC" for night work. I can drop that MF down to 1/15-1/8 for static shots. Lol

You have a radio voice

[@whoschrischu]

And a face for radio

[@alan_decker]

No way this is how I find out David Lynch died

[@MakersTeleMark]

Mamiya has a wonderful, and legendary, Sekor C 1.9. Might want to DYOR before posting. But, I guess that is why you count on the comments. Live and learn.

[@Centurytactics1]

@MakersTeleMark Well akshually 🤓 He missed one lens, that’s for a system that’s the weight of a newborn baby. His point still stands, medium format lenses are on average slower.

[@MakersTeleMark]

@@Centurytactics1 I pointed at one you dolt.