In age of digital, this photographer went to Antarctica with 65 rolls of film

[@user-ij2gz3bn1h]

I feel like the biggest misconception is that digital vs. Film = new vs. Old. Film is not a thing of the past it’s just a different format

[@ichbrauchmehrkaffee5785]

I'd rather saythat digital vs Film does compare to new vs old. But the misconception is new vs old = better vs worse

[@snapbackhijab9801]

65 rolls of film and I think the video showed one photo..

[@mathewmccarthy9848]

your point?

[@snapbackhijab9801]

mathew mccarthy is pretty clear

As he said, you should slow down: www.michaelstricklandimages.com/antarctica-the-white-desert

[@MrMrWattz]

He might be under NDA’s and can’t showcase the images? Probably more worthwhile listening to what he has to say

[@greysuit17]

He showed 3. Man some people can’t count.

[@jacopoabbruscato9271]

Good choice. If you like shooting on film it's really hard to enjoy digital again. At least it's been like this for me.

[@siddharthamahavira4701]

Same here. I can't appreciate digital full frames anymore than a few shots. And by then, I'm already craving my Film camera.

[@jessestruyvelt7593]

Shot 5 years film only but then went back to digital. I get the shots I need, at least for black and white. Colour is unmatched, but the convenience of digital is far worth more than the colour you get from film. At least for me, I liked the film process more - don't get me wrong - but I do not have the time for it. Happy I went back to digital and have great features like eye autofocus available. Especially for my paid work.

[@ruok3351]

Shooting film is just a waste of time, especially If you know how to do film emulation with software. Its pretty easy.

[@jessestruyvelt7593]

@@ruok3351 Well, it certainly learned me a lot of things about photography and the past. (And chemicals etc). But now I feel like it's enough shooting digital only. With LUT's I can get pretty far with colour work. Look at all the movies these days. They have beautiful toned colours indeed.

[@julkesjanssen]

@@ruok3351 Yeah because it's only about the "film" look right? Don't be so stupid.

[@erwinmatias2544]

I am very impressed reading some great comments about this video it looks like there’re film hunger for photography. Twenty years has a pro-photographer in film cameras, 35mm and medium formats it was the good times. But when digital came the whole world change, and I quit, to me digital photography was like an alien from other world. It was too hi-tech for many of us by the time, something new, a mysterious and strange tool that is was going to take the photo market, a big change. I never bought one for me, but in my job I used one a Nikon DSLR. I had to study it and it was different. But with my fundamentals experience I went to Manuel mode, it was the way I used to work and I did a lot of work in my job and learning. Film can be old fashion but it makes a human be a creator photographer, that is my opinion.

[@HFIHYHAGD]

how do u go through 50-100 rolls and deem them “useless” lmfao

[@grooveunlocked]

it's most likely only 3 shots a roll, assuming it's a 6x17 camera. still a lot of shots to deem useless though, even if it is less than some might think

[@RogueNoble]

That's called having standards. It's also about knowing what actually makes a good photo.

[@justinransburg5560]

I think "useless" means "not the result I wanted" in this case.

[@MrBLAA]

Most “”digital photographers”” are way too reliant on auto exposure/focus/iso/etc... He said he had to figure out how to slow down and compose. Nahhhh, who would have thought 😏

[@lkomaromi6878]

@@MrBLAA Again, generalisation. I use DSLR on full manual only. Gives me full control over ISO, exposure, aperture and shutter speed. The only thing auto is my focus which I find very useful.

[@karlhudson8625]

Well done Michael. Enjoyed watching your video and I always enjoy seeing your photos too! Nice to see the Tango we set up and serviced for you included in the video! "5 foot tall behemoth" ....so true! Makes for some stunning files using Photomultiplier technology. Happy shooting and happy scanning!

[@jameslane3846]

Like you, I am landscape photographer brought up in the world of digital but discovered film and now have completely switched away from digital. Film is amazing and beautiful. It really has made me a better photographer as well. You are so right that digital cameras are making people stray away from what photography means. Bravo!

[@johnkelly-pd3vq]

What exactly does this mean, "stray away from what photography means"

[@jasonlee6227]

It's all a matter of progress. using digital is more convenient, easier and less expensive than having to purchase film all the time. It's straying from what photography meant to what it means now in the digital age.

[@tomjanowski8584]

I started off shooting film for 25 years. Then went to digital exclusively for 15 years and recently returned to film. Digital is fine but I realized, for me, the greatest benefit was ease and speed. I'd rather be in a darkroom for 8 hours than spend the same amount of time with a computer. Film slows you down. Film makes you think. Film makes you more deliberate. Not only did a switch back to film, I just bought a Rollei 35S for my re-entry to film. I didn't even bother to load a battery in the camera. I'm shooting sunny 16 with zone/guess focusing. Loving it and the results, I feel, are better than digital. Though people will say the equipment is secondary, I have to say, for myself, knowing I'm shooting film alters my entire mode of operation. With digital, I can go out and shoot 500 images in a day knowing a certain percentage will be good. With film the number of shots would be much less, but the percentage of good shots is much higher.

[@jasonlee6227]

Great if you have the space to create a dark room. If you live in a place where you can't have one then digital is the way to go. I wouldn't know how to develop my photos in a dark room anyway, and probably wouldn't push myself to do so. I prefer using less equipment and expense to take my photos, so digital is the way to go again.

[@georgeclinton6833]

Personally I have voluntarily learned photography with an analog camera. It taught me to think before shooting. To compose, to anticipate. Now I can use a digital camera with more pleasure.

[@brianrae1624]

looking at the comments here I have to ask myself why everyone always has to make it a debate over what is better, film or digital? They are just two different ways of approaching the craft pure and simple. In the interview he's right that shooting film makes you a better photographer wether it's digital or film that you use primarily film makes you stop and think about what you are doing because there is no instant gratification of looking at the LCD screen. With film you need to conceptualize the scene in your mind and then shoot because otherwise you are going to be burning a hole in your wallet. When you practice photography like this you will find yourself taking less digital images but having more quality results and guess what? that's going to save you countless hours sitting at your computer digging through thousands of images to find the few good ones that are buried on your SD card.

[@lifeonfilm7227]

Pretty great stuff. I spent several months in Asia with 80 rolls of black and white film in my backpack recently so I feel for your back :-)

[@julkesjanssen]

Good equipment doesn't make you a good photographer. This video is a great example of it.

[@chrisclare3579]

I get the idea, but he has like $8000 worth of equipment lol. Film =/= Bad equipment

[@julkesjanssen]

@@ThomasBrooke I mean that he is not a good photographer imo. His equipment is really good, but his work is not interesting and good

[@AlexA-cj5my]

@@ThomasBrooke you need to learn to read things correctly

[@brianrae1624]

link us to your work bud! lets see how the real photographers are doing it!

[@AlexScene]

Did he say 5-7 stops of latitude with transparency?! I want to know what slide film he is using because damn that is amazing!

[@sorenmeyer7347]

So you have 3 stops brighter than your exposure and 3 stops under. Sounds right to me. Color neg has more stops latitude

[@kingcletus1310]

No that's really bad, and it's with velvia. Some film does have a wide exposure latitude Porta is good for that.

[@jukpulfer]

@@kingcletus1310 velvia is a slide film tho, portra is color neg

[@kingcletus1310]

@@jukpulfer yeah I know. Provia and ektachrome both have better exposure latitude if you want to use a slide film

[@brianrae1624]

velvia is 5 stops and provia is 6-7 stops ... 7 stops is pushing it though.

[@RobinGuymer-Gizz]

Thanks for the great video Michael and for all the reasons you mentioned is why I'm taking only my Nikon's F4 & F3 & FE2 to Antarctica soon, with a stack of B&W film and some colour.

[@valdezapg]

very interesting. would be cool to see more videos with Michael Strickland somewhere.

[@gsqmedia]

Thanks for sharing!

[@laurastokes4777]

The art of framing timing lighting mindfully is a far distance from bullet spraying

[@marksummers5504]

Fifty to a hundred rolls useless? I would have a hard time not bringing more film, but you can certainly capture a lot with 2340 photographs.

[@benbowland]

I think you mean 300 photographs. He was shooting 120 6x17 which gives you 3 shots per roll.

[@marksummers5504]

@@benbowland No he did not say he was only shooting 6x17. He mentioned his Mamiya 7 and the Nikon as well as the panoramic. The images he shared were 6x7

[@imjusttoodissgusted5620]

My father-in-law went down there on a USN Icebreaker, he made some 8 mm film of penguins but I have not found it yet, when I do I will post them. my wife watched them as a child and loved them.

[@gui4j]

love this dude ... awesome interview ... going to hunt out his work ... the process of using a film camera is so much more rewarding ... remember its this journey not the destination that counts .. learning light is what its all about ...

[@BuzzLiteBeer]

I don't really buy "lack of panoramic" as an excuse to move to film. Most full frame digital sensors provide more than enough resolution and detail to justify shooting wide, then cropping. I shoot film because it's more enjoyable and the overall process is more interesting. Digital can become very sterile and boring (endless shooting, constantly chimping, tons of editting, no inherent character in the photos). That said, if I were shooting professionally, I really do not see a net advantage to shooting film; digital is more reliable, sharper, and inexpensive (in the long run).

[@freequest]

@tyvek05 He does state quite clearly that he went to film because his Pano shots were being mucked up by people or objects moving for him. So it is assumed that that is his reason for doing it.

[@adamstreetboyzz]

He never said it had anything to do with resolution . he said he didnt like the stitching process because if something moves during a long exposure it was hard stitch the blure. Also when he was having problems with the light changing to fast on him.

[@greenbrightly]

Yes, THANKYOU.

[@erwinmatias2544]

Very good video,digital photography still need to learn more from films, because is fundamental is where you are challenged to make a photograph. You become a photographic creator with your human senses and knowledge, don’t let a program digital camera take your place as a loving photographer. If you want to be a creator and love photography, film photography is the way. Today’s digital world is nice for quick work in many situations, I call it Quick Shots Syndrome. Digital camera is a all-in-one tool, is a very good instrument tool for today living, half still, half movie and more. Even a Iphone, a small device that do all-in-one in this digital world.

[@erwinmatias2544]

Bobby Brady why you are thinking that way? I am not saying that digital can’t make good photograph, of course with this kind of technology it depends how you get into it and learn more. It looks like I hurt your feelings, kool it, it wasn’t that. It was all about my experience in films photography and the change to digital, is a different world, that is my opinion, you see. If you were in my time 30 years ago, where digital cameras didn’t exist, film was the only thing around, I came from there as a professional photographer earn a lot of money as part time and work in a laboratory in Darkroom making beautiful enlargement and many things. In the 1980s and 1990s doing weddings and models photography. But today in digital it’s the same thing as a professional. But for me it was to start all over again and it was to expensive by the time when this new digital world show up. Sorry if I hurt you, it wasn’t my intention, maybe is because you are living in this digital world and it is your time to make great photos with your digital camera, maybe you want to go more deep on your work professionally. Are you a beginner? A amateur or a professional? Film cameras and roll films are been around 100 years and is timeless. But digital is still a baby maybe around 15 to 20 years, particularly is still young compare with films. Well Bobby I hope you ok, it was a peaceful conversation.

[@erwinmatias2544]

Bobby Brady not only to a better photographer is to be a creator in photography, a complete concept of photography in films, isn’t a misinformation. Is the fundamental basic to understand photography, is the principle way to start making photos is been for many years, you can’t change that. You misunderstood what I was saying about digital photography, is a great concept today and is getting better and expensive every time a new model come to see what’s new on it. To see how that photo is going to come. Digital is the creator not you, you just point and shoot to see a beautiful picture or make a video in same camera, that is why I call it a great tool for you and for me too. Mr Brady, what will happen if film doesn’t exist? Digital camera won’t exist, photography won’t exist and movies for our generation and next generations. If you don’t like films photography is up to you but to me film is timeless never wears out, it can last decades if is carefully stored, I don’t know about digital you can fine it out. Today there’s a interest for film camera and filmmaking, looking how it was made maybe there will be a came back to film generation, who knows. I hope you understand have a good day.

[@2252269]

Thank you, much appreciated.

[@kubectlgetpo]

Yes, I also love expense, pain and frustration.

[@EricWalker]

Expense, pain and frustration? You're describing humanity or what it means to be human. No....wait....that's my ex-wife.

[@ThatHoserCanadian]

Holy shit. This guy bought a drum scanner. That’s my wet dream

[@denisbelya3079]

level 99 film photographer

[@jasonchionh3794]

Do you put your film through the x-ray machines at the airport? How do you avoid it?

[@SammySantiagoIrizarry]

Great video and Advice at end!!!

[@LucisPictor]

Nice if he has found his way. Film can be great fun. But the reason he gives for shooting film has become obsolete. Use the 100MPix Fuji and crop to a panorama. Just need one shot and also works with moving objects.

[@Pentax67]

LucisPictor you are right . But film still superior. If I were him I would use digital GFX 100 Fujifilm AND medium format film. With 35mm I can scan it to 120Mp+ and above, so even GFX100 will not match it

[@whateverrandomnumber]

@@Pentax67 i doubt it. I have a Nikon Coolscan 8000 which scans at 4000dpi (6x6 films to around 73MP) and all I get is grain. There's no reason going beyond that - all you'll get is more grain anyway. But there's no alternative when you get into large format territory. The ultra shallow depth of field, the utterly sharp rendition from corner to corner, and the resolution you get is still untouchable for digital. The DOF matter will continue to be for quite some time.

[@thisis5123]

@@Pentax67 35mm scanned to 120MP will still not have anywhere near the detail of a 100 mp digital camera actually. Its still great though. and when i can I do panoramas with 35mm film. i dedicate a half roll or even a full roll of overlapping shots with a longer focal length and paint over it with multiple frames to capture the scene. This works with mostly static things or even moving things if you don't remove the second instance of the moving object in the second, third etc locations.

[@brianrae1624]

not really .. .a 4x5 negative can produce 250mpix images on a drum scan and an 8x10 can preside 700mpix images. the fuji digital cameras do look great though but still not the same as a film image. both serve a purpose

[@brianrae1624]

@@thisis5123 who is trying to scan 35mm film at 120mpix? your comparison is moot. no one scans 35mm at 120mpix you would just be scanning the film grain at that level.

[@samanimeguy23]

Digital photography made most of us lost...if i hand a 35mm camera for someone to take a picture...that person wouldn't know how 🤗🤗🤗

[@tallaganda83]

I absolutely am obsessed with film but only really medium format and above. For travel though I can't do it anymore wish I could but its just too much of a pain in the arse. In my local area though film is king, where I know the area have a 4wd and can take my time and zen out.

[@brianrae1624]

the Mamiya 6 or 7 is a good travel companion but expensive.

[@squashvids1032]

Too much gear talk and not very compelling results. People need to understand that cameras - analogue or digital - are just tools. Would you make a tv show about a writer who switched from using a typewriter to a laptop?

[@julkesjanssen]

Thats just not true, e6 film has very little margin. I agree on the second part of your comment

[@jimmyrivera9415]

this dude is totally geeking out.

[@stillshootingfilm]

I did exactly the same as I felt beeing in a rush of making images and not focusing on composition, mood, weather, situations, moments and most of it all I lost the fun in photography. So I needed to do some change. I can feel every word of Michael Strickland who is really creating some beautiful images. I am really surprised how much stuff he is carrying in his bag. Mine is pretty heave and I am only carrying a hasselblad + a mamiya 7II including the lenses and filters. :) I really like the cold weather as well as you can see here kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4q9m4Wvr79jsLs. I would have liked to see more of his images as they are really outstanding. Stay healthy guys.

[@DiviPhotos]

Great video nice job

[@nickfanzo]

Because film is amazing

[@dannylaureys1376]

I started out as a film photographer 57 years ago, then went to digital. Will I go back to film, heck no.

[@tomjanowski8584]

Started off shooting film for 25 years. Went all digital for 15 years. I recently went back to film.

[@aodhganmerrimac]

Interesting vid.Though I would disagree that digital is a good way to start. Start with the simplest manual film camera, learn the basics & the limitations. Learn how to turn those limitations into pluses then proceed from there. Film should force you to contemplate your shot rather than snapping away indiscriminately; which is to easy to do when one has a near unlimited capacity to store images.

[@nerwanisnoone1937]

Why is this video about a guy who shoots panorama's in the Antarctic, and yet there's seemingly no examples present in the footage..

[@arttafil6792]

Remember, HYPERFOCAL DISTANCING!!!

[@SachAlvarez]

out of all the medium formats there are, dude took a RANGE FINDER to antartica?

[@smokybear7511]

I would like to see some of your images.

[@EddoPanamenyo]

He's on Instagram and I'm not sure if in Flickr too. But I follow him on Instagram

[@skyreadersociety6183]

www.michaelstricklandimages.com/

[@MrCipoy]

When you shoot with slide, you don't wanna go back

[@RobbieHilton97]

Homie... first 100 rolls were completely unusable?

[@anthonydavis4829]

Good video. Film will rule and teach. Digital is what it is, not a teacher for sure.

[@sweatyboi5942]

I mean, films still very much alive so...

[@jmk868]

Good guy, but of course you take dozens of film rolls with you, when you're on an expedition.

[@jessestruyvelt7593]

Nice, but the photo's seem to have a magenta/blue-ish cast. Too bad for shooting film if you don't correct the colors well.

[@jasonlee6227]

With digital it's much easier to take better pictures. Also if you have a photo editing program you can adjust the colors and improve the looks of the image itself.

[@jayerjavec]

Film is dead. Any useful repro material is in scarce supply. Production is expensive. Advice however is true and meaningful regardless of format. Analog will always be the king. Rest is just a hipster trend.

[@disarmsox]

50-100 rolls of film wasted?

[@PatAcct]

this video and the speaker says many things but actually nothing.

[@kasonhaug2900]

thats a crap ton of money spent on developing

[@jasonlee6227]

Not to mention having to carry around that much film also and the cost of it. That's not my idea of having minimal photographic equipment. I don't care what anyone else says about digital photography. It's made things so much better and has increased the ability to make better photos, using less heavier cameras and more compact ones. Why go back to using the horse/buggy when you have an auto that can go faster and farther more conveniently?

[@CarlWicker]

I moved to film from digital because at the time you could get really good equipment and lenses at great prices. Sadly the hipsters have fucked film photography up.. can you all please go back to digital. Thanks!

[@jasonlee6227]

I will stay with digital myself. Digital technology is still improving and the cameras can only get better or more advanced. I don't if the same trend is going on with film cameras though.

[@AeromaticXD]

Film growing is good