I Opened a Store in Los Angeles! + Film Lab Tour

In this video I'm giving a tour of Last Good Film Lab and the store that I recently opened in Los Angeles.
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I started watching your videos since you uploaded your film developing tutorial. Congratulations, this is awesome!

[@WillemVerb]

Thank you ! 😁😁

[@DannerPlace]

Long time B&W guy here, to this day. I just love seeing what you guys are doing. The film experience is where it's at. Best of luck...

[@SeanJorgensen]

love to see all the comments and support within the film community. being from Vegas I wish we had a bigger community of film photographers,labs and ideas.

[@HeapsMad]

Anemoia - feeling nostalgic to a time or place that one has not experienced before

[@Gideon-s5y]

that's amazing!! good luck with the store

[@ioegreer]

so sick!!

[@notjinx99]

joe we need new uploads from you :/

[@ArchiesLens]

awesome! I just dropped off film there last week. solid film lab, the person that took in my film was so nice. I'll definitely be returning.

[@RyanCuan]

FRONTIER!! MY backpack along with the cube are arriving today. Willem thank you for sharing your art and I can't wait to use the bag on my Yosemite trip!

[@Teun]

super cool video. I love how passionate Vix is!

[@BooyaJoe]

Looks like a great spot! I usually go to another lab closer to my house, but will swing by in a a couple of weeks to drop off a few rolls to test out their services. Thanks for the video!

[@ram07ish]

It's always cool to see the result of the things you're cooking up behind the scenes. Congrats and best of luck!

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

Good luck with the store!

[@WillemVerb]

Thank you Nico!

[@maxwellwellmax878]

Nico si habres tu propia Tienda en Bilbo voy!!!. 😎

[@gw5976]

Amazing! Congratulations! Good luck!

[@phvrvohxo]

willem you’re so cool man, biggest fan from jamaica been watching you for years, so happy for you

[@HollisLopez26]

really epic stuff. I've tuned in here and there over the years when i first bought my AE1. Happy to see this!

[@kevinscotton]

“The last good long weekend” would be so fun as another t shirt design / chest badge

[@RumoHasIt]

This is SO COOL to see! I bought the backpack and shoulder bag this weekend before even seeing this, so its so so cool to see this video pop up soon after! Congrats on your hard work, and wishing you much success!

[@nathancolaco5083]

Congratulations!!

[@MichaelYoungKim]

It was nice meeting you there!

[@hunkofplastic]

Amazing!!! 🤩Congratulations Willem! 📷🎞

[@thetravelogues]

Willem makin moves 😍 really cool to see someone pursuing passion like this

[@norbertsteinkamp9380]

Willem has a pop up store on Flemish Lane - that's a nice fit! I wish you success and many enthusiastic customers!🤞

[@joshuacotto]

been following you since nyc days... congrats to a new level!

[@germansaez]

Nice to see the lab is even bigger now. Good luck with the store,

[@miguelgomes6849]

Congrats, good luck with the store

[@vanraz]

What camera is the digicam footage shot with? Love that wide angle distortion.

[@ToyStoryNBarneyFan]

Cool video! I would like to mention that the only new film scanners (not the cheap ones with the screens on them like the Kodak Scanza) you could find today are ones made by Plustek and Pacific Image. They might not match the quality of Noritsu and Frontier but they’re the closest you can get today to scanners like those. Regardless, it’s refreshing to see new film labs opening up in modern day

[@cknopik]

Best lab in LA! This is a perfect collab

[@agffth]

Around 2002 I worked in a 1 hour photo lab in a big box store. We had Fuji machines but probably newer than the ones in this video. There was an auto enhance button that was used when making corrections. But when we were slow I would manually make the corrections. The lab became the go-to for everyone in town. I really wish I would have kept doing that work as a side gig.

[@childishgamboni9724]

I've been watching you since pre-pandemic with your film tutorials. And now that I live here in LA, I will surely visit your shop. I'm happy for you and hope for your continued success!

[@RoritaChen]

Congrats 🎉 you’re such a motivation

[@kevinscotton]

Also, congratulations on the pop-up!! Everything about this is so cool. The long weekend camera wrap has been essential with my kit since I bought it.

[@jonathanvdk55]

"I opened a pop-up shop", not "I opened a store". Very, very different concepts.

[@tylerdavis44]

I was at the opening and it was so sick! Everyone should go check it out!! Congrats Willem and Vixx 🙌🏾

[@WillemVerb]

Thank you for coming out Tyler!

[@smiththewright]

Yo! This is incredible. Great work Wilhem 🙏

[@jaimeduncan6167]

Fantastic, good look with the endeavor.

[@johanmarimoutoujlo]

Oh very nice!! I’m French photographer and I’ll visit your popup shop in August ! I like your contents! Very good job 👏🏽

[@JohnGetonTop]

Thats amazing, congratulations! I hope to be able to visit your store on day! it looks gorgeous. Greetings from Greece!

[@bucknerfilm]

anything is possible. way to put in the hard work

[@MrJL2]

This is so dope to see! Congrats dude👏🏽

[@0.sit.0]

remember seeing you post about the pop up and was super proud of you oatmeal boi, also please make long weekend hoodies a thing

[@shrubrocketeer]

All the very best in your endeavours my friend.

[@izmeqfenner8130]

you have come a loooooong way my dude, congrats to this! Hugeeeeee achievement right here, congrats! And your content always inspires me a lot.

[@andremanfrinigarcia6628]

Congrats man!

[@Mitolism]

Congrats man! this is awesome news!

[@julian_sp]

As someone who works in a film lab, its crazy how 90% of film that comes through are from disposables. Organizing/sorting peoples film is also the worst.

[@danny_liao]

Willem! Jack of all trades! Very nice.

[@CarlRavancho]

Congrats man!!

[@mudcud]

Good job man that's really cool. Your videos are very informative

[@adamellis9382]

I've watched your videos forever man, so inspiring. Glad to see you get what you deserve

[@angelinagaleana850]

Love to see it!! Congrats(:

[@murrefras]

Congratulations to the Store :) you are a huge inspiration for me, and a reason why i now have started too shoot film :) currently using my grandfathers old Chinon CE4s

[@DavidSk2683]

Amazing video man! The quality of your videos is always amazing and so fun to watch!

[@chris_jorge]

Like this dudes energy. Best luck to y’all and the business!!!

[@AvengedSpade]

Damn 4 years ago you launched Long Weekend?! Looks great, Willem.

[@devonrumpel]

So so rad!!!

[@limaantho]

congrats Willem ! really nice pop up space and collection

[@savorybagel]

Huge wins for Long Weekend (and you of course)

[@PhilKnall]

Man those walls and shelves look great! Good going. Love my bag!

[@ViaOjo]

Love it!!! Wish you the very best 😃!!!

[@Nan0LJ]

Awesome Willem, this gives me an excuse to come to LA!! Hopefully run into you one day at the shop 🤝🤝

[@jimmyjames3173]

The experience of film overarches photography. It’s a different animal. Nobody waits for anything nowadays. Tom Petty said it best, “the waiting is the hardest part…” (And best)

[@dennonon-hu8932]

Last good film lab. Home of invisible Sara 😂… anyways. Very proud of you willem

[@henryninde]

this is awesome. could have a shirt say 'last good long weekend' too.

[@JackalopeMK5CNY]

I work across the street from Kodak tower in Rochester NY. Elsewhere in town, the Eastman museum tour is worth the trip in the spring and fall. Can you imagine taking a photo and pony express'ing it across country then back before you got a pic in your hands?

[@ItsYourDistraction]

Looks great!

[@george_edward_]

Been following Vix for years and was pumped to learn you guys have linked up!

[@slothsarecool]

Awesome, congrats to you both! It's really nice to see younger ambitious people doing this sort of thing, makes me want to start a lab 😅

[@declandebarra]

Love the scans from LGFL

[@criemer2586]

I loved the conversation about the different scanners! If I'm ever in LA I'll def come by c:

[@adventuresofjandk]

That is awesome man

[@diego_dwm]

Can’t wait to visit !

[@notfinnja]

Bruh you've come so far in a few years, idol

[@TaehaTypes]

This is so cool!! May I come visit 👉👈

[@danielkophoto]

If you bring a couple of keyboards to those scanner stations

[@itshendo6475]

Dope, congratulations!

[@Edgy01]

Congratulations for getting up and running! I keep a traditional wet darkroom on my home with both a Leitz Focomat V35 and an IC enlarger. I just mostly develop B/W films. For computer digitization I start by scanning my 120 and 35mm stuff with my Nikon Super Coolscan 8000 ED. Host computer is a Mac with two very large screens. I use both Photo Shop and Lightroom. I mostly shoot Fuji Velvia in my Hasselblads and have Color Services in Santa Barbara send the stuff out for processing in LA.

[@mattbray_studio]

Your film world domination continues...

Qué genial!!! Te sigo desde hace años!

[@ntandomalindi8969]

Very cool set up

[@renz1000]

I'll put this lab on my LA tour must visit list.Definetely a great place for photography enthusiastics!

[@rileyrussill]

great to see Long Weekend in a brick and mortar now! Congrats to you both in the collab 🎉

[@revaaron]

New Hampshire in the house. Woot. Live Free Or Die.

[@btrdangerdan2010]

I'll definitely check it out sometime!

[@Dreshootsfilm]

Congrats 🍾

[@pushingfilm]

Damn, this place looks cool! Great to see independent labs thriving.

[@jonathanborruso9018]

vix is so goated its crazy

[@maximilianogasconrodas9009]

Dude, this is awesome

[@splatmunki]

Amazing video, congrats on the pop-up!

[@johnalcantara6892]

damn back when doing film tutorial videos, to walking my neighborhood of coney island on the broadwalk, to starting Long Weekend to having a pop up store!!! Manz is undefeated!!!

[@colinconstance5435]

spent a couple of years in London around 2002ish....hoping to make it as a photographer...ended up working in various labs...Kodak Express in Camden, Snappy Snaps...and Photobox....working away on these machines. Great times :)

[@Maurtinez]

Love lgfl vixxion and jmp!!!

[@DanielAVphotomassacre]

Fire!!!

[@evanschneiderman6206]

S/O Vix!!! I’ve been been following his come up since 2017ish. Dude is A1 knowledgeable. Proud of him .

[@cal3blipa]

Neato space!

[@bobsykes]

Yes! The patented Willem plywood furniture designs! Maybe your next new business? lol

[@NessRhyme]

HELL YEAH

[@KillerTacos54]

Amazing!

[@domblis]

lol been dropping off rolls here and there at last good but never really understood the difference between noritsu or frontier (shooting for fun) but I loved the explanation of the machines in this video and seeing the behind the scenes. The back of house is just as aesthetic as the front

[@michaelgonzalezvisuals]

been going to lgfl since like summer of 2020 haven’t gone to any other lab since!

[@t.mischol8236]

Legend❤