Pushing Kodak Gold to ISO 6400 | Night Photography

[@Jelocity]

That Shell sign was absolutely unreal, especially with the reflection in the puddle. Loved all of the shots! 👌

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thank you buddy!

[@theundefinedphotographer]

These night shots are gorgeous! I always love your slow, meditative videography. It's really impressive to see how well Gold performs being pushed that much.

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

I really appreciate it :)

[@grain_eyed_photography]

Oh my gosh, that lighted shell sign, I haven’t seen it for ages 😂❤!! Negative space is intriguing. It really draws you in the image.

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thank you so much! :)

[@danielscheerer3032]

Excellent. And great to see a Boston photog representing! Means seeing familiar places on film at night and love seeing your twist to composition and light. Cheers!

[@GAPiTFPV]

These videos deserve a larger audience. Sincere, thoughtful and beautifully edited (not to mention the great work). I wish I’d discovered them earlier.

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

I appreciate that bud! Im glad you are here now :)

[@pauld2216]

give the algorithm some time, it should happen.

[@i60s]

the pink color shift is super sick

[@OmgitsAntonio]

looking at the photo at 6:50, i really like it! i know you said you did not like it, but man its a gorgeous shot.

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thank you!

[@rickhauser9698]

A fantastic ❤🎉🎉❤ job on this video and photos Robbie. Thank you for sharing your great work

[@NunoAlmeidaPhotography]

I wasn’t expecting Gold to perform that well at such high ISO, but these night shots look amazing! Well done man 🤙🏼

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thanks! I definitely wasn't expecting it either

[@thatfellarosto]

In my own experimentation, Gold is crazy good for pushing, even pushing it to 800 it doesn't look like pushed film. Its insane

[@tylerhuttosmith]

Dang just saw this on Instagram! Quick turnaround. This just reminds me that Ive got to shoot some post rain night stuff too it looks incredible. Especially pushed that far. Keep up the great work and experimentation!

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Yessir! Light rain and neon lights are a great combo

[@sowie9626]

Love it my friend that shell signs look awesome 👏

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Ive shot it a bunch in the past but never at night and in the rain. Definitely the right time

[@micesanzio]

Love seeing another Boston/MA based photographer! Amazing shots and some inspiration for some shots for me this summer

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Get after it, Mike! Thanks for hanging for a bit

[@katebr1737]

Loved this, your videos deserve way more views! Wonderful images, waiting 20 minutes for the billboard image was well worth it.

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

haha thank you so much, Kate!!

[@jorsetti]

Cool stuff! Beautiful images and inspiring!

[@Justin7IME]

some of the most interesting and inspiring pictures a have seen in a while. great content here. keep up the good work!

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thank you so much!

[@stringercorrales6627]

I liked the last clip where you pulled off the film look at 60fps. Nobody tries doing that & I’ve wondered how news footage would look emulated as film.

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

haha thank you!

[@GS-vb3zn]

The images, the video itself… stellar, just stellar, man.

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thank you so much!

[@mariohirotoshi]

this video is stunning!

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thank you :)

[@adamkleiner7295]

I shot a festival pushing gold 2 stops and absolutely loved it, only a slight grain increase but damnnnnn those colours afterwards felt a lot like positive film. think gold 800 will be my new go to - not sure if i'd go as far as 5 stops but those shots look great!

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thats awesome! I wouldn't recommend 5 stop pushes but its good to know if in some extreme situations that its plausible.

[@unstablelights]

Great results. Especially the sign!!!!!

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thanks Fabian!

[@dogga6313]

This was sick bro! Very inspiring

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thank you!

[@MattWeddis]

Great shots and another great video. Waiting for the right shot is a good thing. I waited for a long time for my last portrait and am happy I did.

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Patience is key! Thanks for hanging, Matt

[@MacnTeensVisuals]

That Shell sign is pretty epic looking, lovely shots Robbie and this was put together very nicely too man. 👌

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thank you so much!

[@chrisloomis1489]

Very good Robbie , thanks

[@ziorxkomtuper]

Loved every one of those shots!

[@simon.revill]

Great results, pushing Kodak Gold that far really worked well.

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

I was surprised by how well they turned out

[@yohann2768]

amazing shots !

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thank you :)

[@TorirM]

Great vibes captured in these images, keep up the good work Robbie!

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thanks :)

[@thetekkween3082]

When you’re like OMG that looks like that Shell gas station next to Microcenter Off Memorial….and then you see the microcenter sign peek out….LOLZ! When you know you know!

[@GreatJobStudio]

Gorgeous work.

[@gusatvoschiavon]

fire

[@kylekrulikowski2588]

beautiful photos

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thanks, Kyle!

[@foggymossstudio]

Awesome work!

[@volkom91]

Wonderful images!

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thank you!

[@frederick382ify]

CRAZY🤯, i’ll try in my Canon FTB ✨ what a great shoots

[@danieljimenez1989]

The FTB is an awesome camera. Enjoy!

[@jishnuchakraborty2019]

Im new to film cameras. How do i push the iso of the kodak gold 200 in my electro 35 gtn?

[@ReddBaronRacer]

What about reciprocity failure...how did you expose it exactly?

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Honestly, dont even remember it was so long ago

[@goeftberg]

Nice photos, really dreamy, what was your setting : aperture and shutter speed for kind of looking? Thx

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thanks! I honestly don't remember the exact details but when I shoot night scenes, I usually aim for a large depth of field and small apertures which will extend shutter speed times. It all depends but in this video with the added speed, I was dealing with speeds around 1/4th and slower.

[@goeftberg]

@@RobbieMaynardCreates means f/1.8 or f/2.8 ?

[@goeftberg]

Speed between 1/4 and 1 sec ? Thx

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

@@goeftberg more like f11 or f16.

[@goeftberg]

@@RobbieMaynardCreates Thx

[@DominikNal]

Wow, gold 200 really surprised me at this iso

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Right!?

[@mewgumi_]

im a little late here but i do have a question, for example, if i pushed my 400iso film to 800iso, would i just follow the light meter readings for 800iso then? or would i need to do anything differently?

[@PrebleStreetRecords]

That’s correct. You’ll also have to develop the film for a longer time. Many labs have the option to push C-41 film. I use Boutique Film Lab in Nashville to do so. So if you’re shooting Gold 200 and pushing +2 stops, you’d set your light meter to 800 and then tell the lab to push the film.

[@Boxspeedx2]

Looooooved the video! Beautiful shots. Do you compensate for the push in the development or develop it normally?

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thanks! No, I pushed it.

[@anamorphicalan]

what are your thoughts about pushing expired Kodak gold 200 year 2002 to 6400?

[@PrebleStreetRecords]

For color film, every decade makes it lose a stop or two of sensitivity. So Gold from 2002 is maybe 50 or 25 ISO, so pushing it even further to 6400 would be seven or eight stop push, and you would probably get nothing on the negatives.

[@sambrumley_productions]

How much time did the Kodak Gold at ISO 6400 spend in the developer?

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

I honestly forgot but I would assume 6 minutes judging by the push

[@fadlann]

Is it possible to do these kind of shot without a tripod? And do you have reccomendation for the shutterspeed and apt setting if I didn’t use a tripod

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Definitely use a tripod. Speeds vary so I cant really give you an idea

[@klickanalog]

Very very nice ! Your video inspired me to go shooting some Kodak Gold again ! Pushing color Negativ film 5 Stops : how about Dev. Times ? How did you do it ?

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

That's awesome! I developed for 6 minutes at 102 degrees farenheight. Hope that helps!

[@mattmaberry]

You mentioned you push processed these but you didn't really say how. Are you altering the temperature, development time, or both? Also, you didn't mention how you exposed the images. Are you underexposing 5 stops and them pushing 5 stops? If so it's hard to believe you'd get anything usable. How exactly did you shoot these?

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Its been years since I made this but typically when you push film, you increase the times and not the temperature. I would assume I developed at 6 minutes at 102 degrees. As for the shooting, I rated my ISO on my meter for 6400 so I didn't over or underexpose any singular shot but the entire roll. Because its 5 stops under the recommended ISO of 200, it can be assumed that I underexposed. Also, I'm not Peter McKinnon so I'm not teaching you how to do something. I'm just taking you along while I shoot so please don't look at this or any of my videos as a tutorial because lord knows I make mistakes lol

[@anuk1311]

the shell in the pond looks like 2HELL

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

YES! That appealed to me as well

[@davidlowcher]

the only acceptable bit of red sox footage on the internet

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

haha you're not kidding

[@ricardoyan7657]

kodak gold 200?

[@Franklinruiz561]

How much time do you add to the original time when developing if you want to push it one stop or two?

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

30 seconds for every stop you underexpose

[@VariTimo]

How were these scanned?

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Epson V850. Aim for a flat picture in scanning, no sharpness added, no added saturation, etc. It makes it easier to edit in post.

[@Xisbrezatsgzormd]

At which ISO did you expose the photos?

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Are you fucking with me? lol

[@ldstirling]

So you were shooting 120 Kodak Gold 200 film in 6x9 format. Do you think you would ever bother underexposing and pushing Gold 200 if you were shooting 35mm film? To me that seems like it would just be all grain after scanning, if pushed that much. Additionally, could you share any info on how you did the physical development of the film, pushed 5 stops? I've used standard C-41 kits before and pushed film 2 stops, basically extending the dev time by about 50% from the standard 3m30s dev time. I have also developed a few C-41 rolls pushed by 3 stops, but I did this using a hybrid technique. I started by doing a 10 minute stand develop of the color film in 1:100 Rodinal at 68 degrees F. Then I rinsed several times and brought the temp up to 102 degrees F, and did a 1-stop push using my C-41 chems (extending dev time by 25-30% from standard), followed by Blix and Stabilizer as normal. I was pushing Lomo 800 to 3200 BTW, and I was pretty happy with results. I think you results are overall very nice and I'd love to learn more about how you did it. Thank you.

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thanks! I was thinking about talking about the development process but I liked keeping it about the adventure. As for the development, I kept it simple since I have never pushed so far. I developed at 102°/ 6:00 minutes even - Blix for 6:30 minutes and no stabe. Photoflo after a post wash. I always thoroughly rinsed before every step. Gotta make that chemistry last ;)

[@Noah-lj2sg]

Wow

[@paulspink2701]

WOW.. just seen this and subscribed…! Great post! And GREAT looking shots. 👌🏼 How long did you leave the developer for? I think I read once that you add 30 seconds for every additional stop(?) Would that make these 6 mins and 15 seconds?? Would love to try and do this too.

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thanks! Yeah, I developed for 6 minutes at 102 degrees farenheight

[@paulspink2701]

@@RobbieMaynardCreates thank you! 🙏🏼

[@Pierorocks]

this is why i love film man, even pushed to 1600 it still looks gorgeous, and that grain just gives it texture. unlike digital camera noise that just looks gross, imo

[@bobbleczar]

Sorry, but pushing 5 stops is just dumb.

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Thanks for the sweet comment :)