Sometimes Film Photography Sucks!

[@BadFlashes]

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[@davidbelgrave1971]

Don't feel too bad. When my film photography goes wrong, I always think of how Robert Capa stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day armed only with a 35mm camera. He lived only to have is assistant accidently expose the rolls during development. Just six shots survived.

[@BadFlashes]

Oh wow … I didn’t know that and that breaks my heart.

[@Adrian-wd4rn]

@@BadFlashes Not only that, it was hurridly developed, hence why the shots look "blurry", perfection in an image means absolutely nothing, unless you're doing ansel adams style landscapes.

[@imjasonennis3624]

I'm pretty sure he fucked up and blamed the lab.

[@Adrian-wd4rn]

@@imjasonennis3624 You're sure? Like absolutely sure? "He fucked up"...Well, let's see you land on a beach with a hail of gunfire with nothing but a camera in your hand.

[@davidbelgrave1971]

@@Adrian-wd4rn So yeah, I'd did some reading on this since my first post and there's *some* evidence Capa might have lied and only taken the few shots he showed (i.e. unfairly blamed the lab). Whatever the truth, still a heroic effort for photojournalism.

[@JamieMPhoto]

It was a ton of fun to meet and chat! Also, I thought about the heat and got sunburn from the memory. I'd say your awesome rave shot made up for the painful lost shots beforehand.

[@BadFlashes]

hahaha thanks dude! It was so much fun getting to chat! Can't wait for the next one

[@JamieMPhoto]

@@BadFlashes Yes! Hopefully in less blistering sunlight, too. ha ha.

[@BadFlashes]

Ok I’ll be good with that!

[@donnst]

Kinda the video I needed today: I just got the dreaded "Nothing turned out on this roll, dude" from The Darkroom. :( But hey, that's just the way it goes sometimes. I won't give up.

[@augustc1712]

My teacher was showing me how to develop film and he forget to switch out the old chemicals. My whole roll came out blank. Im sending you my condolences

[@BadFlashes]

OH nooooo I'm sorry! But in a weird way I'm glad it helped! It sucks when it happens but it does I guesss

[@michaeldimmitt2188]

Ouch! I took my Mamiyaflex to York England for a friend to shoot with it and I mistakenly had the lens removal safety lock thingie unlocked which covers the taking lens with light-tight baffle so you can change its leaf shuttered lenses mid roll. That was sad wasting his Ilford roll.

[@joshuabenesh6848]

shot 3 rolls of hp5 over the course of October and I went to develop them and all of them got ruined somehow. Sometimes you slip up and fail and just really sucks but sometimes its about the experience and fun of shooting that matters the most.

[@BadFlashes]

Exactly!!!!! It really does happen to everyone! It sucks... but that's life 😝

[@linjicakonikon7666]

I really enjoy your videos. Great pacing, good music and good positive energy. Love road trips. Been doing that with film since '71.

[@BadFlashes]

Awesome, thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it.... I'm glad to be following in the same footsteps! I bet you had some wonderful times!

[@michaeldimmitt2188]

That was a hot video... like Kelvin hot! Keep ‘em comin’! Feed the algorithm! I do really enjoy what you do. I desire to learn to develop B&W at home and will be watching your videos till I puke. Then I’ll clean it up and then keep on learning. The realist of thanks!

[@BadFlashes]

This is the way! I'm so glad you enjoy!

[@hattree]

Being old is seeing the Eject at the end of your video and remembering a time when it it didn't display on the screen that it was ejecting.

[@BadFlashes]

Hahahahaha I love that …. I mean maybe not at that time. BUT gold still.

[@NathanB417]

It's the star wars poncho cowboy for me 👏😅

[@BadFlashes]

Haha love it!!! So glad

[@Dylanwade_]

Gallons of my favorite water Crystal Geyser, a Jamie Maldonado cameo, AND some beautiful Microsoft paint vibe desert art. 10/10 truly.

[@BadFlashes]

Hahaha oh thanks yo!!! Might glad it was the trifecta 🙌🏼

[@DiggingForFacts]

About 3 1/2 years back I had just bought my first film camera and since I was going to shoot the 1-year anniversary party of my brother and his wife on the vaunted D-word, I figured I'd bring it along to see how things turned out. We'll the film jammed and I had to tear it out of the camera and bin it. Film photography has basically been an uphill struggle not to waste more film since then. Still a fun struggle though.

[@BadFlashes]

Oh nooo that’s definitely a bummer! But I feel you on the uphill battle. I feel the same way sometimes as soon as you think you got everything down 100% something comes from the sidelines telling you …. Nope

[@michaelhall3718]

I really loved the comparison shot between the 4x5 and the M6! I agree, I liked the 4x5 better!

[@BadFlashes]

Nice! I’m glad you dig! :) I should do that more often.

[@ss-5813]

dude.. love that shirt (kodak supreme)

[@BadFlashes]

Thanks yo!!!!!!

[@DLivingston]

Can't wait to go to JTree myself someday. Also, I have a few rolls that I have been slacking on shooting because they're ecn2 films as well, impatient and darkroom lab makes it so easy but they don't dev that film so yeahhh. Also, what drone are you flying here? Oh and I like that shutter button topper, nice arrangement of colors. WOW, that shot is so sick. Like damn. Mad Max in black and white would be sick. I really need to go camping, which wont happen anytime soon with it being 40ish degrees out and only getting colder here in Missouri. I am enjoying this Black and White kick, as I told myself this winter, there is no reason to waste color film on the dead midwest. That 4x5 image is really interesting, the dof , wow. Pioneertown was interesting as I have no idea what it is. Have a good week my guy!

[@Ravaxr]

9:00 I spy with my little eye a Zenza Bronica ETRSi

[@BadFlashes]

Hahah there is definitely one there :)

[@jasonmiller.mp4]

you & Jason should start a podcast.. your personalities would go great together

[@BadFlashes]

.... We may or may not have talked extensively about one ..... I can say no more

[@gewglesux]

@@BadFlashes Agreed.

[@PaulWon]

those MS paint photos were fire

[@BadFlashes]

hahaha thanks.... By yours truly 🤣

[@bengiu]

sometimes, that's just how the cookie crumbles.

[@BadFlashes]

Indeed 😛

[@dankspangle]

Last time I went camping, my friends were kept awake all night by someone's music (there's always someone, even in the middle of nowhere). I slept in my van and didn't hear a thing. Bonus, they brought me coffee in bed in the morning cos they we're awake nice and early. So it worked out well for me, which is what matters, right?

[@BadFlashes]

Well that worked out really well for you! Haha I hope next time I get that star treatment 😆

[@CH-in7oo]

Anyone recognize the watch Jason's wearing @10:35 ? Looks pretty cool!

[@wishbon77]

Dude I dig your vibe. Rock on

[@BadFlashes]

Ya!!!! Might so glad stay tuned! Got some fun stuff :)

[@salvadorjimenez2115]

I like this video i usually fast forward videos but i like this content and watched it thru with no FF , thanks this videos my push to go do long exposure shots Now

[@BadFlashes]

Omg that’s the hugest honor!! :) And definitely it’s so much fun, go to town!!!!!

[@metalfingersfilm]

jeeeeez the clean ass Toyota... Yours or Jason's?

[@BadFlashes]

I wish it was mine. But it’s almost like mine. Soo… that’s not bad

[@dflf]

When I go camping Hell is at the top of my list too.

[@BadFlashes]

Haha 🔥

[@GrandTreasureBay]

This is almost as bad as when you toasted three cameras in the four week photo challenge. Cool to see the photos that turned out, as well as the Joshua trees. Love the channel. I'll be shooting some ilford hp5+ here in the near future. Cheers.

[@BadFlashes]

Hahaha that’s pretty true Thanks for the love!!! Have fun shooting.!!!

[@GrandTreasureBay]

@@BadFlashes will do!

[@Hagsmasher]

This is great, that rave pic is pretty rad. I live in Jtree and haven’t seen this flat before. Where the hell are you guys??

[@BadFlashes]

No way! It was apparently south of Joshua Tree in BLM land. It’s pretty cool And thanks!

[@justinconnaher8868]

Bravo! As long as it’s fun. That’s all that matters. 🙏

[@BadFlashes]

Ahhhh thanks!!!! It totally was!!!! :)

[@justinconnaher8868]

@@BadFlashes 💥 then you win 🥇 all day long! I could shoot and throw the rolls in the trash (almost). I just enjoy the process that much. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@BadFlashes]

I’m like almost there toooo haha Not quite though haha

[@justinconnaher8868]

@@BadFlashes I understand completely.

[@SteveKleinheider]

Good video!

[@BadFlashes]

Thanks ! 😊

[@refard5]

Something something about journey and not destination... still big bummer I lost 2 of my most important roles from my last trip

[@BadFlashes]

Right. Journey… right. Haha That’s a bummer :/ sorry yo

[@AeromaticXD]

Mistakes in film photography are a part of the fun! Unless you freeze your ass in the cold night for photos which end up being multiple exposures because you for some reason decide not to wind your film properly…. Ummmm, totally not speaking from experience… (I mean a couple photos came out alright…) Also is it a crime to admit I watch Jason’s videos first when you both upload??

[@BadFlashes]

… yeah that sucks for whoever did that for sure 😉 And I’ll just pretend I never read that part 🤣

[@tompoynton]

What’s the white t-shirt Jason is wearing with the blue japanese text?

[@BadFlashes]

🤷🏼🤷🏼🤷🏼 not sure 😳

[@CaptainPsychopath69]

The A in analog is actually Alcohol 👍 Drink the pain away... Sucks those shots got lost, but that's life

[@BadFlashes]

haha Oh yeah it is! You know what's up!

[@WhitmeisterG]

Bad boy bad flashes back to fuck up the film game! Today is a good day

[@BadFlashes]

haha I definitely Fucked something up 😝

[@WhitmeisterG]

@@BadFlashes those pancakes or Jason?

[@BadFlashes]

Just Jason lol

[@WhitmeisterG]

@@BadFlashes hey you've got to get that Xpan and the keys to the GrainSlut Lexus somehow…

[@BadFlashes]

Hahahaha how do you know I don’t already have them

[@AshtewanPhotoVideo]

you and thomas heaton have a similar theme this week.

[@BadFlashes]

we planned it! .... JK Ill have to check it out!

[@gewglesux]

AC in a 2nd gen 4 runner? Chit just got real yo... Needs me one of those Hats like Y'all got... be good for the Sun.

[@BadFlashes]

Hat is on Amazon! Like $14 lol GET ONE :)

[@gewglesux]

@@BadFlashes Thanks!! great stuff!! you 2 Film Fools just earned a sub!

[@BadFlashes]

Yaya!!!! It all helps 🥰

[@eccentricsmithy2746]

Meanwhile Jamie is over there shooting hot women, and you get stuck with Jason....lol

[@BadFlashes]

Jason is just as hot!!! 🥵😆

[@tempchannel3885]

You guys need to do each others portraits.

[@BadFlashes]

Yeah... totally!

[@AwesomeSH36]

I really did not catch the name of the guy you ran into. Who was that?

[@BadFlashes]

Jamie Maldonado ... he's a bossss! Check out his KZbin!

[@AwesomeSH36]

@@BadFlashes Thanks! I sure do!

[@kekmountain2882]

Dont wear those kind of hats in the desert way too hot

[@BadFlashes]

But it protects my fair skin 😝

[@bakasahara1213]

Oh yes another synced upload.

[@BadFlashes]

☺️😆🤣

[@marianoneselis2678]

what's up Caleb?

[@BadFlashes]

Sup!

[@marianoneselis2678]

@@BadFlashes Fine, watching your channel while working, where is the depressed Ryan gosling?

[@TheDomis4]

can you next time post a link for 1 month free beer? :> jk, love your vid as always :)

[@BadFlashes]

Deal! .... well I'll at least try to find a Sponsor for that!

[@TheDomis4]

@@BadFlashes they'll gonna get my credit card number in no time!

[@BadFlashes]

Haha

[@charlecongle]

Did y’all camp in the blm area south of the park?

[@BadFlashes]

yeah I believe that is where we were!

[@kekmountain2882]

The blm land south of the park looks way different, more rocky and vegetated. That coupled w the fact they "went into town" makes me think they were north if the park.

[@BadFlashes]

Oh maybe we were…. Jason was the driver … I just play shotgun

[@michaelharmon7162]

Rather boring

[@BadFlashes]

Well I’m sorry to hear that… I definitely have others that might tickle your fancy.