Relaxing film photography in a charming French town (Vouvant)

[@jonvincentmusic]

Turns out I needed to watch a relaxing video about shooting analog photos on a vintage SLR in a picturesque French village in winter. And I didn’t even know. Beautiful.

[@natepicker436]

Even the name of the village is charming...tres charmant Vouvant! And agreed....nice shot at the end!

[@caw25sha]

A very picturesque village. Everything looks so much better in the sunshine, even if it's cold and midwinter. My new year's resolution is to go out and take some photos on every sunny day in January. (If there are any 😃)

[@elsvanopstal]

Hehe I hope you’ll get lots of sunshine! 😄

[@elguapo5620]

I love old villages and towns; they have such a cozy, comforting vibe and a beautiful closeness to nature. Great photos and thanks for sharing :)

[@elsvanopstal]

Yes they are great. You can feel they have a soul. 🙂 Thanks for commenting!

[@TomNorthenscold]

Such a gorgeous village. Thanks for taking us all along. Your photos are lovely.

[@elsvanopstal]

Thank you! Very nice village indeed. 🙂

[@MarcoRoepers]

Indeed a relaxing video about shooting pictures on film in a beautiful French town unknown to me

[@elsvanopstal]

I didn’t know about it either before going there 🤷🏻‍♀️😀.

[@user-ve3gh5xg9q]

You forgot about Elz😱

[@mattisulanto]

Thanks for sharing. Gorgeous light and nice photos. The first photo of the dog was fantastic and really well represents the element of surprise with film. Something almost impossible to have with digital.

[@elsvanopstal]

True! I was so happy to see the dog walk into the frame 😁

[@russellsprout2223]

Very calm and tranquill video - and what a beautiful location. Lovely photos as well. Atb

[@elsvanopstal]

Thank you! 😊

[@MJohnson-qp9he]

Great video Els. I really love watching your videos, you have such a good eye for photograhy. ❤

[@elsvanopstal]

Aww thank you! It’s so tricky trying to do video and photo at the same time 😅

[@richardpoland4074]

In the hustle and bustle in todays world I found this video very relaxing and wishing I lived in the French countryside. Loved the photos and hope to make it their sometime to photograph and explore the City.

[@elsvanopstal]

Thank you! 😊

[@WaltherLigtvoet]

What a perfect little village... Would love to see it for myself someday (and taking pictures there... ;-) ). Dank je voor deze video Els.

[@elsvanopstal]

Ja toch een aanrader als je in deze buurt bent! Bedankt om te kijken/ commenten! 🙂

[@andrewwilkin1923]

Hi Els, lovely photos. Those Praktica cameras are so underrated.

[@elsvanopstal]

Thanks! And yes they are 😃

[@markandrewhoran]

What a lovely video! A welcome change from the mostly obnoxious photography channels out there. Your photos are beautiful - like little watercolor paintings. I love the natural decay that a lot of the buildings have in these small French villages - still pretty but showing it's age somewhat. Adds a lot of character to the photos. Subscribed!

[@elsvanopstal]

Such kind words, thank you very much! 😊

[@garyives1218]

I've only shot about 8 rolls 35mm with the Pentax Spotmatic I bought about 8 months ago, including a couple B/W. 3 rolls were Gold 200, which were the cheapest of all the film at $10 a roll. I like it. I see nothing to fault at it's price. Unless you want to exaggerate a certain tone or add "graininess", it's a really nice faithful stock IMHO :)

[@elsvanopstal]

Yeah I like it too! It’s curtently my go to color stock in 35mm. It’s a bit annoying to scan in medium format as it curls a lot but otherwise I have no complaints 🙂.

[@hz7984]

Wederom heerlijk 😊

[@elsvanopstal]

Dankjewel! 😁

[@user-ve3gh5xg9q]

Happy new year 2025 Elz🍾🎇🎆🧨

[@elsvanopstal]

Happy 2025 to you too! 😊

[@charleyfolkes]

Thank you for a very nice picturesque trip! Were you intentionally testing or experimenting with DOF?

[@elsvanopstal]

Always! 😄

[@charleyfolkes]

@@elsvanopstal I see, every new camera, every new lens . . !

[@BarwickGreen]

A wonderful video and sound track but some of the subtitles where not there long enough for me to read them.

[@elsvanopstal]

Yes I was a bit worried about that, thanks for the input, will try to do better next time!

[@bedardpelchat]

Nothing forbids us to build nice places like this in North American if we want to.