Recent film photos I like...

In today's video I want to show you some recent 35mm film photos I like. These were shot some time between April and July. Seeing as their making was not documented and I haven't shown them yet I decided it'd be nice to pick my favourites and present them in a video :)
Music used in this video:
- Beauty All Around Us Instrumental Version - Steven Beddall
- Bell Instrumental Version - Straight White Teeth
- Best Kind Of Love Instrumental Version - Steven Beddall
- Broken Leg - Straight White Teeth
- Cuts So Deep Instrumental Version - Steven Beddall
- Fuzzy Dreams Instrumental Version - Steven Beddall
- Healing - Fair Game
- Movie Instrumental Version - Sero
- Sunday Best Instrumental Version - Steven Beddall
- Sunlight Drift Instrumental Version - Steven Beddall
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Links to my Gear (USA)
My main video camera and digital photography camera
- Sony A7iii - amzn.to/3hsc7T2
The two lenses for the camera:
- Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 - amzn.to/2FPHMjs
- Samyang 14mm f/2.8 - amzn.to/3j1YOsI
My secondary digital camera for casual photography:
- Lumix GX80 - amzn.to/2FTwZF3
The two lenses I use with it:
- Panasonic 14-140mm f/3.5-5.6 - amzn.to/2EmtQwK
- Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 - amzn.to/2CS6EWF
Other gear I use to make my videos:
- GoPro Hero8 - amzn.to/31mZPWl
- Microphone - amzn.to/3j5hCre
- Softbox Lights - amzn.to/3l9JSL6
- Camera Rain Protector - amzn.to/3lekWSD
- Camera bag - amzn.to/2QhjFw7
- SD-Cards - amzn.to/2Yuam02
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- Hard-Drives - amzn.to/2ExSZUU
- Mouse (yes, someone asked this) - amzn.to/34s3mES
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My main video camera and digital photography camera
- Sony A7iii - amzn.to/2NRSQgn
The two lenses for the camera:
- Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 - amzn.to/2PZ6mBn
- Samyang 14mm f/2.8 - amzn.to/2PZ6SiN
My secondary digital camera for casual photography:
- Lumix GX80 - amzn.to/2WSkOg2
The two lenses I use with it:
- Panasonic 14-140mm f/3.5-5.6 - amzn.to/2X1mxj5
- Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 - amzn.to/2Cmx3Ij
Other gear I use to make my videos:
- GoPro Hero8 - amzn.to/2YISU8v
- Microphone - amzn.to/2NTPdWZ
- Softbox Lights - amzn.to/36MZ3Tt
- Camera Rain Protector - amzn.to/2FKPyuJ
- Camera bag - amzn.to/2Ys84P2
- SD-Cards - amzn.to/2EmmObx
- Micro SD-Card (for GoPro) - amzn.to/2Qi50AD
- Hard-Drives - amzn.to/3hn5wJB
- Mouse (yes, someone asked this) - amzn.to/2QhRexX
(all links are Amazon-Affiliate links)
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[@juliette-4339]

Your videos are always so well made and they inspire me so much. Sending you much love from France. ❣️

[@teocrawford]

Aww thank you so much, happy to read this! Merci beaucoup mon ami🙏🏼

[@erikli9694]

Love the photo of your parent's house. It's not the kind of picture that a guest would take, and also not the kind of photo that someone would take to show off their home. It is messy in the best kind of way and it's the kind of photo that, to me, speaks of a desire to hold onto a piece of an everyday life and cherish it. The act of observing here feels intimate and loving and lovely. Thanks for sharing all the photos and the stories behind them!

[@teocrawford]

Ahh you put it very well! That's exactly the appeal - the intimacy and this feeling of holding onto something everyday and authentic. Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing your thoughts! :)

[@ehname1]

Absolutely loved the black and white photos

[@nele5150]

I always love it when you just show us your photos and tell us the story and your thoughts behind it. I really enjoyed this video, you should show us your favorites like this every couple months

[@teocrawford]

Aww great! Thanks for telling me, because I'm always kind of unsure about these videos, but I actually really like them too :D

[@Kevins_Camera]

Been waiting for you to upload man. Something about your videos just makes me feel content. I hope you're always here to upload. Have a good Sunday my guy.

[@teocrawford]

Aww thank you, glad to know these can make you feel this way! :)) You too!... or well, have a good Friday+Weekend now I guess :D

[@_nttai]

Hey, thank you for the paper background when showing photos. It's 10 times better when watching at night. But maybe you can balance the lighting when you are talking versus when showing photos a bit more.

[@timothyisidro4215]

Props to you for also being honest about what you don't like about some photos. Your BTS videos changed my workflow and made me to slow things right down. I ended up enjoying the process even more.

[@teocrawford]

Of course! I think that is super important in our growing process to recognise the lesser good aspects to avoid them in the future. Aww so happy to read that, thank you! :))

[@jimdawson8370]

Awesome Video as always Teo, I really enjoy your work

[@teocrawford]

Aww thanks! :))

[@Havenotats]

My man, you killed it again Teo ✌🏼 This is a nice concept for a video & well executed.

[@teocrawford]

Aww thanks Tats! :)

[@Soare05]

This video is very cool! I really enjoy seeing your perspective on things, the way that you see photography or anything related to art in other videos. I also particularly like your photography sessions with different film stocks! Saw one about Tmax today also, and was wondering if you could also make one about the Fomapan black and white films available? It has a really cool way of exposing highlights, and I'm curious how you would use that in some photos. Also, I think making a video about the way/certain photos express different things if they are in color or black and white, maybe you could do a photography session with two cameras, and make the same shots in b&w and color, comparing them. I'm so glad I know this channel and I'm always happy when I see something new from you!

[@teocrawford]

Aww thank you for the kind words and the suggestions! I like the idea of exploring the differences of B&W vs colour in more depth! :)

[@daaknait]

It's interesting to hear the story behind your photos. Thanks for sharing!

[@teocrawford]

Ahh glad you enjoy listening to them, thank you! :)

[@ChrisHunt4497]

I love the photo of your parents’ house. It is so interesting.

[@teocrawford]

Ahhh you do? Right, I love all the details you get a peek of🤗

[@jhuba6477]

I've been to the location of the last photo a few times myself. It's a great spot and at the other end of the tunnel you can even get to an underground railyard with some older trains :)

[@korinaviado3333]

Such great photos and process 😊

[@teocrawford]

Aww thank you! :))

[@user-hornyforadventure]

If i tell my favourites of all the photos you took, this comment will be filled with timestamps..great work bro..

[@teocrawford]

Haha alright, thanks mate!🤗🤗

[@Selrisitai]

I believe you wanted to say a "crescent" or "wedge" shape.

[@Selrisitai]

I wish you'd show just one photograph at a time so that each one can be shown bigger for longer. It's like my attempts to really look at and enjoy the photographs are being frustrated by the way you've decided to do the video.

[@schukaslulz1923]

I like the symmetrical photo of Jan standing in high grass. I think it has something Wes Anderson like

[@teocrawford]

Haha cool, thank you! :))

[@janreisecker8194]

niceeee!🙌🤩

[@teocrawford]

Yoo thanks Jan!🙏🏼

[@hndiw]

You noticed it too that photo people don't like pics with people, they go berserk for landscapes or macro of a flower only. Can't understand this either, wherever I post i get 2x or 3x more likes on some random landscape than for an interesting portrait.

[@JayGrapherTh]

i wonder with the 1st photo that maybe its not your style to bring the camera lower to the ground to "cut" the sky away without needing to tilt the camera down what are your thoughts on that option? friend in a rain coat a distance away holding an object screams the movie "IT" reference for some reason, with a change of color and an umbrella instead of balloon, like small changes but i felt that connection, like a homage or parody. 3rd image really speaks out to what you described perfectly i kinda liked the image with the water drops on the car window plus the trees - added that the car window framed going bottom left up towards top right while the trees is going opposite directions going top left down bottom right, thought those lines add to the over composition maybe? with the guy with the news paper it feels the story was more about the empty space in front of him - who would take that space base on the signs - and thats also showing the differences in how the city/public transportation is different to other places.

[@teocrawford]

Ahh yeah, the thing is I rarely get so low, because I don't like the look so much of the camera being close to the ground. Ahh didn't see that hahah but totally makes sense now when you point it out :D Ohhh that's a very interesting way to look at the photo (the empty space being the story) - I like that! Thanks for sharing your thoughts! :)

[@mike.photo2228]

Hi again Teo. What makes you think that a film photo “today” is so much different than a digital one? From the moment that the film is going to be scanned, to end up in LR, the final images are not real film images anymore. The least you can say is that they are hybrid ones, hybrids that are more digital (or maybe 100% digital) than analogue. The fact that they are produced on an existing media (the film) and not in a sequence of bits in a hard drive (something that many say it greatly differentiates analogue from digital) changes nothing from the moment of their conversion to a bit’s file. From the moment a film is scanned it is no more a film, but a digital “thing” which can be manipulated in a million of ways. Especially if it is printed, something that will be done digitally (and a real photo is the printed photo). This manipulation is something that we were not able to do in the totally unforgiving film times (maybe some professionals with the recourses of those times could do something on this, but they were an insignificant minority). And this is true especially with slide images. I started photography in the mid 70’s and as I was advancing I ended up working almost exclusively with Provia, Velvia and a bit of Astia (all Fuji films). A slide shot at that time was a slide shot out of the camera, period, that could not be changed in any way. Even small mistakes were not forgiven. A perfect image was not the rule, even for the most skilled of us, but the exception. Today I can scan my old slides and do whatever I want with them. Bring them to the point that they were shot to be. But they are not my old slides anymore. They are digital copies of them, composed of tiny small squares called pixels. I also struggled a lot with B&W (and I really miss my darkroom and the smell of the chemicals back then) using mostly Ilford films and papers. There, in B&W, a minimal manipulation was possible, but nothing compared with today’s vast capabilities. So, what is the meaning of going back? If you tell me that it is pure nostalgia I will believe you. But if you tell me that it is something more than that I won’t. It would be very interesting if you could do a video on this topic.

[@weshamilton4114]

Everyone asks what gear you use but what about that shirt haha it’s fire!

[@teocrawford]

Hahah no idea, it's quite a while ago that I got it :D Glad you like it hehe

[@DennisTrovato]

Can you make a video leading us through your film negative digitization process?

[@teocrawford]

Yes! I've got it in the plans! :)

[@RobbyJHope]

To be honest, I don't feel that photo as much as you do. I'm sure you have a stronger connection to it because the subject is your friend. I actually skipped forward in the video and was surprised at how long you were speaking about them for. No hate! I love that for you. I think as film photographers, we get pretty nostalgic at times. I love the forrest, fog, street shots Absolutely wonderful. I'm a big fan of your moody shots.

[@teocrawford]

Ahhh thanks for sharing your thoughts! I see, I see - well we all have different aspects we appreciate in general, so I can understand that the photo wouldn't appeal to you and many others. I always find it interesting to compare my personal opinion to the most common opinion. Whether it's the same or quite different can be quite thought provoking. Thank you! :))

[@rollwithcarol1403]

what equipment do you use to scan your negatives?

[@teocrawford]

I use my digital camera, so a Sony A7iii paired with a macro lens (in my case a vintage 60mm f2.8 lens). And I need a Lighttable to illuminate my negatives from behind🙌🏼

[@Superbustr]

It would be cool to do a collab with you. I am based in Switzerland. I have been doing some photo projects recently. One of them has been shooting night locations from 12:00pm to 5:00am in the morning with my medium format (120) SLR... maybe not your cup of tea... I might be crazy but whatever. I am always getting people telling me off for taking photos, that, or interrupting me... so it's nice to go out and shoot without anyone on the streets at night.

[@teocrawford]

Ohh wow that sounds tough, but I totally get your point haha. I always look for locations with less people... although I've only encountered people telling me off a couple of times. Once I was photographing a house and this person stopped and got out the car to ask me out about my activity, because they thought I was preparing for a robbery LOL :,D Sure, hit me up if you happen to be in Austria some time! :)

[@bratspinat]

Welche Negativhüllen sind das? Ich bräuchte auch mal welche.

[@teocrawford]

Ich glaube die sind von Hama... aber ich würde sie nicht unbedingt empfehlen. Sie tun was sie sollen, aber der niedrige Preis ist schon merkbar. Und hinzu kommt, dass sie aus so einem plastischen Material sind, was meines Wissens nicht zwingend schlecht ist, aber auch nicht optimal. Es gibt solche Hüllen auch aus so einem speziellen Archivpapier, was eher zu empfehlen ist. Ich hab bei meiner Bestellung nicht realisiert, dass meine ein anderes Material haben. Jetzt hab ich's ja schon gekauft (100stk) also nutz ich sie halt :D

[@bratspinat]

@@teocrawford achso xD meinst bestimmt dieses Pergamentpapier