The Best Of My Monochrome Photography - The Finale

[@swig46]

Yes, more please! I had seen many of the photographs in this video in one of your other videos. Hearing your comments about each photograph after I had thought about it added much more to my appreciation, thanks!

[@dandeakin945]

Awesome. Love hearing the stories behind quality images like these.

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much!!! I appreciate it

[@kwseah1]

More please! Thank you for sharing all your wonderful images, and the thoughts/stories behind them! You are the reason the Q2M goes out with me everyday!

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much for your positivity

[@darkroom8317]

Please do more of these videos…. Thanks for what you do!

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks for watching

[@peterjoseph3839]

👌👍🔝💯📸 Lovely set of photos Paul! Make me smile and joyfull! Yes,please - keep on doing this kind of videos ❤

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much!! I will maybe do a video like this once a month. I think some people may be getting bored of them

[@TRAINSUP1]

👉📷👍Yes more!

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much

[@Spearmanmark]

Your portraits are just plum magical Thank you.

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks mate!!! I really appreciate it

[@thegreatvanziniphotos5976]

There is a lot of magic going on here. All very fresh.

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much!! I really appreciate you watching and being so ok d with your comments

[@rodneyhutchinson1495]

Brilliant photos Paul, keep them coming just love seeing them.

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much!

[@silverfoils]

Keep em coming Paul. Always enjoy looking at your images.

[@jamesdeanphoto]

Agreed, I'd like to see more!

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it

[@frankmcentee1626]

Also enjoyed how you look for interesting backgrounds with patches of light and wait for the right moment when subject enters the frame...very cool..keep showing your work and the stories behind them!

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much!! I’m so pleased you enjoyed this one

[@jasongold6751]

Very nice Photos!

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much

[@Alejandro-nu4rk]

This week I found your channel, as I was looking about the Q2M. And I love it!! Amazing photos, stories and tips! I’d definitely pick up the q2m now!

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much! So glad you enjoy the channel!! The Q2M is my most used camera and I love it!

[@motobruce]

Really enjoyed that !!

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much! So glad you liked it

[@edwardpike1]

Really like your work.

[@paulreidphotography]

Thank you very much!

[@dt-classics]

Dear Paul, I love the best of serie very much! In this episode, there are two images, which hit me. At minute 13, the fellows in the tube, and near the end, when she lights his cigarette, oh man, that's both outstanding! And nice to hear, you made a portrait with the Fuji, because it shows, that the camera doesn't matter. It's the person behind. Best wishes and regards, Dirk

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks mate!!! Yeah the camera really doesn’t matter these days!

[@frankmcentee1626]

Truly enjoyed your recent work...very inspiring

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks very much

[@Yves-xe5jw]

Hi Paul, this is a very good idea presenting your best pics. I did enjoy It very much! We always learn a lot with you. Hope one day participating to one of your workshop...

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much for watching and thanks for your encouragement

[@p0ywave]

Love it! Love your narrative and the stories behind

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate your kind comments so much

[@johnkasianowicz6536]

Please keep up the series. Nice work, as always.

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much for watching

[@zenonbillings9008]

always some excellent images paul, thanks for sharing . zen billings in canada

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much!! Always good to hear from you

[@TomBrawn-e3i]

Hi Paul, Great day in Glasgow street photography workshop. Learnt so much and just a brilliant day of photographic opportunities. Your 2023 Finale is superb, 35mm film pictures to die for!! Keep on showing them year on year. If you get a great combination of developer/fixer please let us all know. More power to your cameras.....

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it!!!

[@ElevatedThreat]

Loved this. Just found your channel. Keep going!!

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much

[@clintwoosley9512]

Fantastic work. Cant wait to meet you at a workshop!

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much!! I look forward to that too

[@joseuribe430]

Great stuff

[@donjagoe]

Love it all. I would really enjoy seeing an episode that is dedicated to your wedding photography. I did that for 7 years and loved the hundreds of candid moments in every event. It’s so much work, but wow, what a day full of opportunity.

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much!! I’d love to do a video on my wedding photography. I think a lot of people switch off as soon as I mention wedding

[@donjagoe]

@@paulreidphotography -lol, probably true. But I felt that if you can successfully photograph weddings, you can photograph anything. It has virtually every genre, all packed into one very hectic, very long day.

[@paulreidphotography]

@@donjagoe I totally agree!!! Some of my best portraits have been taken at weddings!!

[@fredhannum4015]

Wonderful stuff ! Thanks 😊

[@daword2500]

You get my vote. Really good, more would be nice, thanks.

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much

[@andreaspretali]

I like these kind of videos, please do more like this!

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks mate!! Always good to hear from you!!

[@MrMestrebimba]

Beautiiful work Paul!!!

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much

[@bhavnapatel9788]

Amazing ❤

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much

[@Jake-g9l7i]

Hi Paul , Tri X when it is good is very very good, but when it is bad it is wicked. Reticulation and grain the size of golf balls are easily achieved. I always have used D 76 with the stock solution diluted 1..1 . It lowers grain and contrast , and stops your blacks blocking up . Contrast can be added in the darkroom or lightroom but I like the look as it is. The other issue is that the temperature through development needs to be a strict 20 C and a water bath is really the best option. Hope this helps. Regards, Jake E.

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much for your advice!!! That Cinestill stuff just becomes a pain as soon as you try to push tri x

[@user-ku4wr5jd3u]

Great video and photos, Paul! I've always preferred D76 as a developer for Tri-X film.

[@paulreidphotography]

I will give that a try!

[@thewatersedgechronicles3508]

Fantastic work!

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much!!! I really appreciate your kind comment

[@ChuckAbles]

Great presentation Paul! When it comes to b&w film development at home, I use various caffenol recipes depending on the film and asa value.

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so watching!

[@gnuhapi]

I haven't developed a roll of film since the mid 70's, but I've put a few thousand feet of Tri-X through the mill (used to roll my own). My go-to developer was D-76 and I always was careful about the temperature, keeping the tanks in a water bath during development. Never had a problem with grain, in fact I sometimes TRIED to increase the grain, but was only moderately successful by pushing the ASA to 1600 or more. P.S. Really enjoy your channel.

[@johnkasianowicz6536]

When I shot B&W film in the 1970s, I used D-76 or HC-110 dilution B w/o incident. Well, there was the one time I forgot to measure the developer temperature and got very interesting grain.

[@paulreidphotography]

Th ask so much for your input and for your kind words

[@johncolquhoun6416]

Simon is a star of Southside of Glasgow. Nice one

[@paulreidphotography]

He’s awesome!! Thanks for watching the video

[@clivevincent4969]

Hi Paul , as many people here are saying the problem you are experiencing is reticulation. The Ilford equivalent to Kodak D-76 is ID-11.

[@rogerwalton8160]

I always used ID11 with no problems at all.

[@paulreidphotography]

I will keep those in mind! Testing rodinal first!

[@donconrard533]

The classic combination is Tri-X and D-76 developer. It was the standard combination at newspapers in the US for at least 60 years.

[@paulreidphotography]

I will definitely give this a try

[@paultracks2529]

In my experience over 50 years ago, Tri-X was best developed in Kodak D-76👍. Have no idea if it’s still available?

[@paulreidphotography]

I will give this a try for sure

[@paultracks2529]

@@paulreidphotography Good luck!🤞 If I recall correctly I also used Agfa Rodinal as the fine grain developer for Kodak Panatomic-X (ASA/ISO 32) with good results👍.

[@lensman5762]

It is called grain reticulation Paul. I have suffered it twice in nearly 45 years of film photography. It happens if there is a sudden temp drop of the chemicals, particularly the developer. With the quality of your photography, I'd go with one of the tried and tested ones. I have not used TriX since the mid 80s, and it was always in 120, TPX 320, or in 4X5 and HC110 Dilution B was superb with those films. I am not sure about 135 though. I am using Atomal49 with HP5 plus and Rollei RPX 400 but it gives a much flatter contrast than you'd get with TriX and D76 for example. I think a bit of experimentation may be required.

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so just h for your advice!!!

[@ulcjmt]

Hey Paul - I much enjoyed (as an Edinburgh Street Snapper myself) looking at your pictures but I'm sitting here wondering what app you used to narrate and video them?

[@paulreidphotography]

For the narration I use a mic pretty close to the mouth and just some standard voice recording free software called audacity

[@andrewcroft2570]

Hi Paul, I don't think you can go far wrong with using D76 for developing B&W photographs it works great with all B&W including Tri X then you can use any stop and fix.

[@paulreidphotography]

I’m trying rodinal first! Then I will see what D76 is like too! Thanks for your recommendation

[@sprout995]

I myself like hc110 1+119 45min semi stand. I agitate right off the hop and then at 15 minutes and 30 minutes. I don't seem to get bromide drag. With the three agitations.

[@bensilverman3837]

I suspect you are getting retriculation probably caused by differential temperatures between the developer, the stop bath, fix or wash. I have been photographing for more than 50 years; over that time one developer stood out; PMK Pyro. It is a staining developer with very fine grain and high acuteness. My favorite version was Wemberly’s WD2D liquid. Wear gloves and use the liquid version as pyro is toxic. Take a few sacrificial rolls to dial in time, temperature and agitation and ISO; you will be rewarded with great total range in both harsh and soft light.

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much for your advice! I’ve got a lot to learn

[@ferv5470]

For Tri-X Kodak HC 110 still is a great developer! Kodak HC-110B (1+31) for 7 min.

[@paulreidphotography]

I may give that a go! I’m living the rodinal and stand development process

[@ferv5470]

@@paulreidphotography I use 1:100 Rodinal stand for decades and love it 😄

[@TheCooliodad]

Kodak D-76

[@paulreidphotography]

Will give it a try

[@daryljohnson9010]

Talk to Peter Carlson at Blue Moon Camera in Portland, OR about b&w developing. He may be one of the best film processors on the US West Coast.

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks for the advice!! I will look him up

[@clintwoosley9512]

I’m new to developing. I really enjoyed the simplicity of the Cinestill product but can see the rougher edges for sure. For me as a beginner developing it was fine but definitely not what I would want for serious pics.

[@paulreidphotography]

Hi there, it seems totally fine at native iso. It’s only when I push the film and have to increase temperature that I run into problems. Thanks so much for your comment

[@hubertcole1645]

Are you getting a signed releases and/or contact info to send them a digital file?

[@paulreidphotography]

Contact info and permission only. A release form is way too formal

[@joseuribe430]

X-tol

[@chrisloomis1489]

Paul : I like your 28mm Q2 Leica , your blessed man the lovely girl the camera's and all ... Mm nice. I am Older , single and shoot the film , right now I am enjoying Rollei TLR and the M3 and M A , yes .. single so not a wife or girl ....to decide my spending , or encourage. I think TRL shooters are a different lot , different focus and function. Portraiture I love , your portraits are wonderful. Well ... Off on my Solo way ... Your young , enjoy having Love.

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much for watching my videos! I am indeed blessed! May fortune favour you too

[@thomps91]

I've always thought that the patterning you get on the grain when developing is due to problems with consistency of temperature. The word you may have been searching for is reticulation.

[@paulreidphotography]

Yeah it’s definitely that! I just can’t seem to push film with that Cinestill stuff

[@jeremyfielding2333]

Rodinol. Forget about the rest.

[@paulreidphotography]

Does this make the film very grainy? Less grainy? Or neither

[@stephenmason5682]

Reticulation.

[@paulreidphotography]

Yeah thank goodness I never got that again after switching developer

[@mikes4408]

Very nice Paul! Always hated darkroom work back in the day. Back after 50 years and I so much enjoy B&W photography but digital. If ever on sale or used may get the new Pentax monochrome. @wb2pics

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks for watching the video. Yeah I’ve never used that Pentax! I’d love a go with one