Photography On Location: Fullerton

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Photographing majestic mountain scenes and exotic locations is cool and all, but you know what's really cool? Strip malls. Strip malls in Fullerton. Oh, and donut shops. Yeah, that's way cooler.
And that's why for this "Photography On Location" video I ventured out into my proverbial "own backyard" to capture some lovely old buildings and snapshots of daily life in Fullerton, California. You may see a junky donut shop or a janky thrift store, but I see potential, baby. Potential for some killer photos on 4x5 large format and 6x17 panoramic Kodak Portra 160 film.
This stuff is kind of like "architectural street photography". It's your classic tripod-mounted architectural photography with lens rises and film standard shifts but with a dash of the decisive moment. That makes it both fun and frustrating.
On this outing I put my Shen Hao HZX 45-IIa 4x5 view camera to work as well as my Shen Hao TFC 617-A. The images contained herein were made with my Nikkor 210mm f/5.6 and Rodenstock 115mm f/6.8 lenses. This equipment offered the aspect ratios and lens/film movements that I needed to bring these images to life. Then it only took 2 early mornings and 2 middays (with very specific weather conditions) to complete the package.
Thanks for watching!
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@@nickcarverphoto it's probably more than one, at least two !!

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[@Nightwatch1986]

You hit the nail on the head, Kenneth.

[@kosmosmarichuanovitsch9612]

You know your business is basically done and belongs to the history if Nick Carver shows up to take a picture of the building. Great video as always.

[@bluebaconjake405]

Or maybe its the beginning LOL

[@toomanyjstoomanyrs1705]

Nick, you're reading my mind. Let's record these glorious structures before they are gone, gone, gone. Really underappreciated blgds.

[@forresthaggertychannel4301]

New Mercedes at the laundry Matt makes perfect sense. It’s the owner who showed up to collect all the quarters. :))))

[@mnragnar]

I also love that Mercedes, Forrest Haggerty! A beat up old junker is what expect in the launder mat and liquor store parking lot. The Mercedes becomes the story in this composition. I think you're right-on-the-money, Forrest. All those poor locals bought that Mercedes, quarter-at-a-time! I hope Nick sees the same as we do and shares the same love of the real story here. Glenn

[@forresthaggertychannel4301]

@@mnragnar that could be the name of the composition, “A quarter at a time.” :))))

[@dvdpz89]

Yesss love these on location videos.

[@nickcarverphoto]

Thank you!

[@AlexArmitage]

Not seen: Nick running across the street to remove the cones for his 2nd shot.

[@PeteMP3]

And driving the delivery van out of shot, hitting the garbage bin in the process

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About to go sleeping - checking KZbin once again - nick carver on location Video - not going to sleep

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What's sleep ever done for anyone?

[@MrAndrewChung]

you are funny, witty, eloquent and obviously great.

[@dankspangle]

Ohhhh I felt the frustration waiting for the cars to align. Also, it's amazing how often you'll be set up for a shot then someone will wonder into the frame, stop, and start looking at their phone. Sometimes they look up, see you waiting behind your tripod, then go back to looking at their phone. I'm with you about cars too. The newer the car, the more it ruins a shot. ('New' starts at around 1990 for photo purposes.)

[@MichaelPeterDalsgaard]

The funny thing is, I am not really interested in doing film photography myself, but you tell such a great story on each of these on location videos that I keep coming back. I also like how you do a deep dive on the composition of each frame. Great stuff as always.

[@aliburdenblake]

Love your on location films! An the way you dissect them afterwards, superb. Thank you for sharing your passion and art with us x

[@nickcarverphoto]

Thanks for watching!

[@Fnzzy]

I always get a big smile on my face when I read "Photography On Location" in my inbox and I get ready to hear some sliding guitars.

[@nickcarverphoto]

Thank you for that 🙏🏼

[@Arthquel]

"I want to shoot this building straight on, perfectly centered in the composition, because...well..." -vaguely gestures to self-

[@LeePengellyPhotography]

New obsession with Nick Carver videos 🤲 Love the thought process behind the images and huge fan of the pano stuff

[@southernbiscuits1275]

I love how you find stories in the photos you take.

[@BryanDorr]

I love your photography of these small businesses holding onto time. Absolutely stunning photos, Nick.

[@enigmabletchley6936]

Great to see an 'on location' video again. Lots of interest and super captures. I thought for one moment you might go a bit 'Gregory Crewdson' on the photo opportunity when the car pulled up outside the thrift store with its light beams on the building and someone getting out. But you still crushed it with the final version. Terrific!

[@alexandermeisel4585]

Your videos are just a repeated flex of how good of a photographer you are. This is a compliment. Its crazy how much you know about photography and how much effort you put into one photo.

[@nickcarverphoto]

You are far too kind. I feel like I still have so much to learn.

[@alexandermeisel4585]

@@nickcarverphoto No man, its crazy. You know too much. Thats propably why you teach others lol. Anyway, these on location videos are my fav videos right now so i hope you never run out of liquor shops and laundromats to take pictures of!

[@WesKriesel]

I work a block from here! Which makes this the best and most surprising Nick Carver video ever.

[@DeeDeeLecter]

😱 ⬅️ my face when parking lot lights went off... U r so lucky 🤗🤗🤗🤗💕💕💕😍😍😍

[@2handsomeforlaw]

A 4x5! You never stop surprising! Keep up the stellar work! We love it 😊🍻

[@nickcarverphoto]

Thank you!

[@korysmouse3800]

What a nice mid-week surprise - new Nick Carver video.

[@davidkelsey2864]

This makes me think about how we even look at photos......how often we look at the big shot and miss all those intricate small details that make the photo tell a story. Thanks for the great photography lesson as well as a lesson on how to look at ours and others photos!

[@nickcarverphoto]

Thank you for the kind words and for watching

[@PianoBlackTrimRep.]

Monsiour Carver, you've done it again! Another excellent video. Please do more videos of perfectly framed shots of liquor stores.

[@nickcarverphoto]

I'll keep my eye out for another one worth photographing 👍🏼

[@MichaelWellman1955]

I love the first pic of the doughnut shop. I would go back and try to get it with neon light sign on with building lights that with a little less depth of filed would be perfect for me. I agree with you on the laundry mat/liquor store. That last one was gorgeous. Great video proving that patience and persistence is what you need to make great photos'

[@nickcarverphoto]

Thank you!

[@av8bvma513]

Interesting vibe on the 1st building, retail do nots, big windows, lotsa lights, but no door! "You can look..."

[@Joe.484]

I really love your dedication. Not only your videos are really well made, it really is motivating to go out and shoot with a big ass camera. Thanks mate.

[@jbide7178]

Always happy to see a new location video from you!

[@nickcarverphoto]

Thank you!

[@Elderien]

Nicks videos motivate and relax me at the same time.

[@neml5755]

Big fan of your work Nick. Inspirational.

[@nickcarverphoto]

Thank you!

[@PavelShatrov]

I live for these on location videos

[@GreenhornPhototaker]

Truly, i think on them often and how no idea how to capture that feeling in my own work

[@garygiles63]

Yes, bloomin loved this 1, thanks so much for sharing.

[@nickcarverphoto]

Thanks for watching!

[@Infragelb]

Looking over your shoulder as you develop a new composition is so calming and relaxing, few other youtube videos can aspire to match this. Thanks for your work on every video!

[@nickcarverphoto]

I really appreciate that. There are no shortage of photography channels, so that means a lot.

[@finkster321]

Very cool work Nick. Love the storyline and results!!

[@nickcarverphoto]

Thank you!

[@AwesomeCameras]

Another great video! You always make me want to break out the 4x5, keep em coming!!

[@frederickletterblair]

Totally agreed with the Mercedes thing. I like the two cars beside the donut shop happened to be from the 90s and a bit worn, fits the whole thing well.

[@maxwellwellmax878]

A former Winchells Donuts location, maybe they knew you were comming and changed it. havent been to Fullerton in a while, good times!.

[@souadchatta7997]

Love your patience and abnegation toward your artistic work. Thank you for sharing.

[@JTobiason]

OMG. THe bike with a bike photo at 23:02? That was my moment of the vid. We all have our styles and that'd be my photo.

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King of film photography youtube videos

[@thomasclark631]

Nice catch of the old pay phone with the phone book hanging below. An excellent artifact describing the neighborhood.

[@AeromaticXD]

That donut shop is gold

[@peter2712]

Right there at 2:38 the best example / explanation of view camera movements ever recorded. Thanks

[@davidpearce2981]

Super detail and patience nick, thank you for your videos

[@nickcarverphoto]

Thanks for watching.

[@juanpatricio9204]

Like a couple of others noticed, I loved the payphone! Thanks for this Nick...great stuff

[@nickcarverphoto]

Don't see those much anymore. Thanks!

[@HFIHYHAGD]

im a digital photographer, dont have the patience for film, though i do respect it. your videos are a solid reminder to slow down and think a little more on a broader spectrum when it comes to making images. digital or film, its a good thing to do.

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Always happy to know non-film shooters can still enjoy these videos. Thanks for watching.

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Once in a while some artists come-up with a fascinating and an immersive way of delivering their passion to the public. I have to confess that I quickly get sick of the reviewers and all the youtubers flashy patina they give to new products and trends coming out, 99% of big names out there... Give-or-take. From the camera positioning, the way you talk, how you pass the details that compose your rationale to the very honest transparent commenting... I don't know if you make it on purpose or just because it happens to be... but to me it has been a while since I've seen something like this on any channel. It happens sometimes to find content just like this, from the audiophile to the remote Japanese shoemaker, exquisit fine woodworker or the passionate blacksmith, but this time... Its an analog photographer. You don't only make photos, you give them a story, a meaning a soul...and finally pass that to this side... to us, The Viewers. One Big thank you Wish you all the best

[@shuaibvp]

You did take your sweet time. But you delivered. We missed you here

[@markharris7804]

Outstanding!

[@NandR]

Good to watch this the night before I go on my first long distance photo trip to Cascade Falls, GA. A7II and Bronica ETRS loaded and ready to go. I wonder what I will forget.

[@mikeparker3865]

Boy was I jones-ing for a Nick Carver video. Great timing Nick. Loved the dog in the basket. Also I laughed when you referred to the gumball machines as vending machines.

[@billyblaylock2565]

Great job Nick!

[@jamiebarrera6153]

Fantastic 🙂 I did quite like the floodlit store. different strokes for different folks 😁 Keep them coming I just can't get enough of your videos.

[@rogerapplegatephotography5500]

Nick - As always, very nice!

[@SuperCD93]

Wow I really love these videos. Thanks Nick!

[@simonbarnes7124]

You nailed it!!

[@nathantdunn]

Thomas Heaton sent me here. Excellent recommendation! Thoroughly enjoyed this video 👌

[@maxwellwellmax878]

colors came out really nice!!!

[@byebyebeano8616]

I love your videos and your photos. Great job! Thanx

[@elicary4478]

you have really inspired my photography. your attention to detail has pushed me to look for those small yet influential aspects of a scene and embody the essence. I can fully say i would not be where i am today without you. it really is the small things that have made a difference in my photograhy and i really hope i can encourage you with this comment despite being one of 76.4 thousand people to see it. i am aware of the amount of time it takes to make a video like this and i thank you for being the one that does. thank you.

[@BryHong]

I drove by and saw your tripod out there that morning and thought, "This is exactly the kind of shot Nick Carver would be out getting" haha. My church is around the corner and we always get donuts from this spot.

[@nickcarverphoto]

Small world!

[@bryanasmar7682]

Good job Nick another great shot.

[@paultaylor5513]

Awesome stuff.

[@andycapsphotos]

I love your story telling and photography

[@pedrodasilveira]

Great job!

[@richarddenise3886]

Love your style and work ! Thanks for the effort.

[@actionimagesphotography]

You must have been thrilled when they came and took the construction cones. The shots are great!

[@MatthewLungerhausen]

Thanks! This is awesome in terms of process and your subjects!

[@matthewabaca]

Made my night, thanks for posting Nick.

[@unityoc]

You're my favourite large format youtuber Nick, and that's saying a lot because there are plenty to choose from! Good to see the 4x5" getting some action again. Now if only you shot the same format I shoot (8x10)...

[@nickcarverphoto]

Thank you! And man 8x10...I'd love to work with that kind of resolution, but not that kind of expense. Haha

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A wet Miserable day in the UK Until! Nick carver to the rescue 👍😀 A wonderful Triple bill of Large format fun 👾 I too was drawn to the bicycle in the last of three Excellent images 👏

[@mwchestnut1]

Again, excellent video!

[@grahamjones2759]

Immense video. Really appreciate the time, the space, around your photographs.

[@MateoWieland]

Love your videos and your sense of humour! Keep it up!

[@nickcarverphoto]

Thank you!

[@bluewaternerd4381]

Oh man, this just made my night! Thanks Nick!

[@Bussmicke2305]

Perfect video to watch during my breakfast today Thank you

[@MrNamaikisaru]

Always a treat to see you’ve uploaded another video. Superb work as ever.

[@hampsteadquerig265]

A great video! I enjoyed very much! Thank you, Nick!

[@IsabelCurdes_photos]

Your location videos are definitely my favourites.

[@johnnyabsley]

These location videos are worth the wait! Always inspirational. Keep it up and look forward to the next one already!

[@CookedLight]

Blessed, congratulations.

[@paultaylorphotography9499]

Masterful just masterful.

[@67davejb]

Love your laidback story telling and inspiring photos 👍🏻👍🏻

[@mediamfilm]

Man, those perfectly timed moments within photography, even more so within film photography, truly are something special. I find the architecture you’re drawn to to be rather funny. I'm a huge fan of the Bauhaus inspire mid-century modern stuff with all the harsh 90º angles myself. I totally get the draw to certain building styles, but I think its funny that you're so inspired by something I see as 10/10 boring. I do appreciate you having me take a second to appreciate the things I never dream to decipher....stack bond masonry. I always get a kick out of your On Location videos. Always good knowledge learned when watching another photographer think and do.

[@manilamartin1001]

Wow. I miss my 4x5s. Thanks for this

[@paulmills9933]

I love these videos so much! Fabulous work and your delivery, as ever, is perfection.

[@oleachenbach7313]

Love your photography a huge inspiration for me

[@domtorque]

I look forward to your on location videos every month, it warms my heart dude. Thanks for the excellent content!

[@erichoar6802]

Thank you Nick for the great content! I loved how you broke down what made that final image special to you.

[@MNDBC]

Thanks so much for the video especially closed captioning! Great job there with Donut image.

[@Patsesson]

Yes!! Cool to see another fresh video again from the Boss! 😊😊

[@richdeering9580]

I love what can be done with a view camera. Good video, I enjoyed it.

[@Adam-pm1cy]

Yeah! A new vid - good stuff!

[@Amills50]

Just what I needed to make this crappy day better! Can't wait to get home and watch it

[@johnnycmoon]

Wow!! It’s so surreal seeing my neighborhood in your video!

[@otroargentinocamioneroenes5805]

Cool always enjoy!

[@timschaefer86]

Your ability to keep me captivated for 30 mins is incomparable. Thanks Nick!

[@GavinParsons]

I love the concept that modern day photographers are like archaeologists looking at life from the perspective of a future viewer.