Photographing a Corn & Wheat Field. With Darkroom Print Session.

[@RYANPARKPHOTOGRAPHY]

Enjoy the video mate! pinhole camera result is pretty lovely but close up shots are reallly lovely! Thanks for sharing!!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Ryan.

[@RYANPARKPHOTOGRAPHY]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss 😜

[@gaztopswright252]

Great day out in the wheat 🌾 keep up your great work

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Gaz

[@maxencelemoine4190]

i'm glad I bought my lerouge 66 pinhole thanks to your videos, lots of fun but i'm not comfortable with short exposure times (1 or 2s) with my clumsy hands, I need longer times

[@havenacoustics]

I have dabbled in pinhole photography with a Zero 2000 camera and I found an iPhone app Pinhole Assist to use for the exposure times. I don't know if there is an Android version. The Lerouge 66 camera is listed as an option as are most films. You use the phone as the light meter and the app gives you the exposure time for you camera and film choice with, where necessary, an allowance for reciprocity failure. Has worked well for me so far. Thanks for your efforts with the videos, i enjoy them and your enthusiasm.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Yes John I usually use a pinhole app for exposure times can't remember the name of it, probably Pinhole! Ha. My cheat sheet is usually good for 100 speeds as a sunny 16 equivalent. Onwards and upwards John. Cheers

[@CarmineTavernaPhotography]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE VIDEOS OF YOURS..THANKS FROM NEW YORK CITY 😍 ❤

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Carmine

[@fernandogomes3386]

In my experience, the spectral sensitivity of a particular film will influence the degree of effect black and white filters will have on the scene you're recording. The scene itself also plays a role. For example, I would expect that a red filter would render the contrast between a red barn and a crisp blue sky deeper in a scene than, say, a green cornfield. Comparing the spectral sensitivity of films you've exposed using filters may be an interesting study. Thanks for the great content!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I did wonder that Fernando. I don't think there is a spectrum chart for Orwo being a cine film. Or at least I've never found one. Thanks for the info.

[@TrashTheLens]

​@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Google's first result (at least for me) for "orwo un54 datasheet" returns a pdf titled "TECHNICAL INFORMATION ORWO Universal Negative Film UN 54" that contains a spectral sensitivity graph.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

@@TrashTheLens 😂 of course. Funny thing I've realised I already added that to my own spectral chart along with other films! Ha ha. I'll have to compare

[@TrashTheLens]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss The problem is we don't know spectral transmissivity graphs for the filters. While these are known for Kodak/Wratten filters, Cokin doesn't publish such data for theirs. And one colored filter is not like another of the same color. I've seen huge differences between on old "PZO" orange glass filter and a seemingly similar "orange" one from Cokin.

[@richardstollar4291]

Love the shots of the wheat shot from ground level - something I've wanted to do since I started shooting 4"x5" but discovered that they harvest the wheat very early here and it was all gone by time I went looking - next year ;)

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Always another time Richard. 👍

[@Resgerr]

You’ve just given me an idea to finish of my film on my half- frame Mercury ii camera. I’ll take some pictures of our lavender bushes in our back garden 😊👍🏻👏🏻

[@IainHC1]

Shooting 35mm for me takes a lifetime!! But shooting half frame............................................................ Thats a nightmare!! :-(

[@Resgerr]

@@IainHC1 but with using bulk roll film I can put shorter film in😉

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Good idea!

[@IainHC1]

@@Resgerr Very good idea :-)

[@tobiasx8312]

Keep up the good work! Always nice to see a video from you

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks for watching

[@mikeboudreaux2964]

I thought the results were pretty nice. The Chinon shots of the wheat look really great, and shows the versatility of the 50.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Mike

[@lloydstevens9127]

Great video, feels like classic SFLB. I've been struggling with very similar issues.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

The filters ?

[@cakesinthewild]

Great video, I've still not adventured into pinhole photography. Maybe one day I'll give it a go. Also I've just ordered some of that rinse aid, my latest shots had a few water marks on them.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

It works for me Cakey. Just a couple of drops.

[@cakesinthewild]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss brilliant thanks, it arrived this morning, so will give it a go tomorrow :D

[@257squadron]

Re neg stains. If you have a water butt, use some rain water filtered through a coffee paper filter in your final wash. Works a treat as there is no mineral content.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Don't have one. But it has been raining a lot!

[@257squadron]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss deving in the rain!

[@ajbrennan6456]

I use in camera metering for filters and have always had great noticeable results. I usually knock up 3 litres of wash aid leave it in a sealed tub and drop the spiral in actuating it for the first period then stand. It goes dark over time but it's perfectly usable as it's a surfactant. Stains on negs that are non water based, I use pec 12 neg cleaner. I managed to improve a medium format image of my grandad that was easily 80 years old with that. Great vlog Roger.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Andy. I use a spray of isopropyl 99% on a cloth and wipe the gloss side over if I get any residue. Works a treat

[@ajbrennan6456]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss I was reading about this when I was doing those negs of my Grandad a while back, as isopropyl has water in it, it can screw your negs ....but you say it hasn't effected any of yours? Mind you there was a hell of a lot of shit on those negs from poor storage on the part of me dear old girl, I didn't want to risk it 😉

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

@@ajbrennan6456 I believe 99% is fine. anything less has more water. Just don't drink it lol

[@rogers3252]

Hi Roger: Always enjoy your videos - the whole process - the photoshoot, composition, develop, and darkroom printing. I always come away with learning something, which is good. Now a question: have you considered - tried, two bath fixing? Ilford talks about two bath fixing in their rapid fixer technical sheet. Saying to fix for half the normal time in bath one and fix for the rest of the time in bath two. I read somewhere (can't remember the source now) that says you can reduce the fixing time substantially by timing how long film clears in the the first bath and use that time for the second bath. I recently used this method on JCH 400. I took a piece of leader and put in the bath one Ilford Rapid Fixer freshly made and it took 30 sec to clear. However, to be safe I used one minute in bath one and one minute in bath two. (normal time is 5 min in one bath fixing) What I am wondering about is the archival properties of film fixed in this way. Speaking of archival do you keep all your negatives or just selected ones - the rest in the trash?

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Hey Robert. I haven't heard of that. I guess you stick with what you know. I've not seen any deterioration in my negs that go back over 10 years. Talking of which I keep all my negs. Apart from maybe a test shoot where I feel I won't learn anything from that particular test in future or it was a complete fail. (Saves binder sleeves). Or maybe where I've been out testing a camera where unusually just shoot the same scenes. I'll Ditch those too. If I have few terrible photos from a 36 exposure and a few keepers i still keep the whole roll in a sleeve. Sometimes I've gone back to the terrible shots and made a print and thought "hmm, that wasn't so bad after all". Depends how you're thinking at the time. But no I don't generally ditch shots from a roll. You never know 🙂

[@luc17375]

I also experience sometimes some water stains on dry negs not on the emulsion side, only on the plastic base (frankly I don't even know if it's due to not proper washing or just some limestone residue). When it happens what I do is to use a clean microfiber cloth moistened with a few drops of alcohol and water and I gently swipe the residue from the plastic base, is important to never touch the emulsion side. Negs cleans up easily, dries instantly and no harm at all is done to them. I was encouraged to do that by a very experienced printer so I immagine it's nothing new.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I do the same. But instead of drops I put some isopropyl 99% in a small spray bottle and I spray my cloth once and then wipe the gloss side.

[@TrashTheLens]

Yeah that works well, but there are some people who consider any form of rubbing or touching the negative almost a sacrilege. :)

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

@@TrashTheLens You know that! I guess find a way to clean a neg and if it does no harm stick with it.

[@espenbjrkvold5119]

I need to get my hands on some of that Orwo-film. I’ll have to look for it when I’m going to Berlin in March. It looks like an incredible film really. 😊 Thank you for another video.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Silberra 54un is the same stuff. I'll send you a few rolls Espen when I get a new bulk

[@espenbjrkvold5119]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Oh that would be lovely. 😊 Looks like a good candidate for pulling really, with so deep contrasts.

[@steveh1273]

the pinhole always makes me want to put on my reading glasses, but to no avail.

[@harrystevens3885]

Could you imagine two old dears walking down a country lane and hearing a distant voice in a field saying "and now I will get the Vaseline and tissues out "..........You'd never hear that on the Archers would you Maude ? ..No Gladys no, it must be Roger out and about and rolling around again sigh!..:)

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Made me laugh Harry 😂

[@carbonejack]

Cool pinhole photos.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Jack

[@rolfduchene]

Hello roger i like your pinhole pictures very much. I mostly take photos with the Harman Titan 4x5 pinhole. I don't like the Acros that much, although many people praise this film to the sky. No matter what he likes to everyone. Greeting Rolf

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I'm not over keen on the Acros Rolf but in all fairness I've not given it much of a chance. I'd like to do 5x4 pinhole and contact print. 😊

[@rolfduchene]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss cool, I'm looking forward to your pictures. I am lucky that I have a 4x5 enlarger.

[@beckerse]

You have to be careful around rabbits. I once saw one rip a mans throat out. It took a hand grenade to kill the rabbit.

[@TrashTheLens]

HOLY sh*t! Did they count to three?

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Rabbits on steroids!

[@jameslane3846]

Monty Python

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

@@jameslane3846 welease wodger!

[@aantonic]

how long do you wash a film with running water? i cant get rid of some chemical stains on some frames

[@IainHC1]

Usually 10 minutes

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Usually 5 mins same temp as the initial Dev. I wonder if a drop of washing up liquid in a tank of water and sloosh that around the negs for a few mins and then wash normally would help after fixing ?

[@TrashTheLens]

I use a different technique. Instead of running water, I use 5 liters of tap water that has been standing still in a jug since my last dev session. I fill the tank with some of the water, do 5 inversion and dump the water. Repeating with 10, 15, 25, 30 inversions. Then for the final step I pour de-mineralized water with a few drops of wetting agent, stir a bit, but not too much so that it doesn't foam. Let it sit for a minute or two. For me the crucial part was the use of de-mineralized water for the final step as my tap water has got lots of calcium in it.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

@@TrashTheLens Interesting. Isn't that the Ilford way?

[@TrashTheLens]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Yes, it's based on the Ilford way. I do more rounds than they suggest, not because I've deemed them necessary, but simply because my jug is 5 litres so I have enough water for more cycles.

[@祐司菊地-p5p]

🌽 ＆ 🍞 from japanese fans.

[@AndersBjornTH]

Why do you tape over the name of a vintage camera?

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Err, which camera?

[@AndersBjornTH]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Sorry, my mistake. It looked like tape but, in fact, that’s the Chinon label, silver on a black background.