Timeless ideas for Black & White Photography: Capture It, Print It, enjoy it!

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In this video I take a different approach to my photography and walk around the streets looking
for close up compositions of objects that might possibly look nice printed and framed.
I'll be looking for Texture, Shapes, Shadows, Lines and anything else that could possibly look nice framed.
You’ll be surprised how much this kind of photography can open your creative flood gates.
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[@stephenscott2802]

One of your best videos Roger. I have witnessed your progress over the last couple of years and how your style has evolved. I have to say that it is impressive. Despite your modesty, you are now a master black and white photographer and printer!

[@saalikreynolds3064]

I really like the 'simple' shots. Proof that pictures are everywhere. Love your videos. Keep up the inspiration.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks :)

[@davidconnell3867]

You really have an excellent eye for creating these types of photographs.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks David.

[@RCAvhstape]

This kind of photography is good for practicing the fundamentals of photography, if nothing else. Having a subject you have no emotional connection to, maybe even boring, forces me to go back to basics in terms of composition, exposure, depth of field, etc., and also when printing it. I noticed that in the last couple of years I got addicted to high contrast, using yellow or red filters everywhere, so my last couple of rolls I shot with no filter and printed them all with a number 2 on the enlarger. I was pretty pleased at how they came out and it kind of brought me back from the edge of stupidity with the contrast thing. Also, funny how you yelled at the seagulls and yet one of them did you a favor by photobombing that overpass lol.

[@jamesdecross1035]

This kind of composition both baffles and amazes me - I wish I was better at it.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

All was in my mind James was showing something in a photo (object) that is recognisable without showing the whole thing, and then have it and its surroundings making shapes around the paper. Coming in from one side and going out the other. Using the aperture for more or less focus. As much as I could anyway. But the main focus is the object. Just look at other wise boring stuff and see if there is a different way of seeing it than the normal person walking by. You can do it.

[@thierryfontaine7210]

Hi Roger, and thanks for this wonderful video! I totally agree with you, I love shooting details too, it always produce nice photographs. Essential is in details, as I often say , and in all domains. As black and white photo is totally addictive for me, I need to go out to shoot even when weather is bad, but in this case landscapes or large views are not attractive for me. But little things, things we never see because we have forgotten how to really watch, that is good! Moreover, I have learned to watch again since I returned to film photography, eyes are always looking for a subject! It's a very good therapy, for a lot of things! Best regards from France, Thierry.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

My distraction is light! I've lost count the amount of times I've stared at someone (example, in a waiting room and they are near a window) and how the light is falling on their face! Not a good habit!

[@jdebultra]

Really nice production. I think similarly. I like using the Nikkor 180 for that. I have a hard time getting low. Yes, print more.

[@ianlainchbury]

Inspirational again as usual. Thanks Roger.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks Ian.

[@mascmedia_]

Thanks for the inspiration! I was just kicking back at home, dragging my feet for something to do, and ended up shooting a black and white roll whilst walking around for a couple of hours :)

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Best way. Just go for a walk and see whats about. I do have those days though and never walk out.

[@MarcoRoepers]

Great episode. Very inspiring. Love the dark room part

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks Marco! Glad you enjoyed the darkroom!

[@markglore7196]

YES!!! Just YES. Beautiful work. Love your videos.👍

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks Mark.

[@boetschge]

Print it, frame it, hang it ... and enjoy it :-) Best Message ever! Thank you!

[@nicknichols4249]

Enjoyable and inspirational, I shoot a lot of nature close ups/macro, now I have to try this method in town, thanks!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I went out for a day once photographing nature that was trying to take back. Such as ivy creeping up walls and stuff. The photographs wasn't very interesting but the observation was.

[@jhogan54321]

Excellent, thanks a lot for your motivational attitude which is truly infectuious

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks mate. :)

[@29jug11]

Thank you for the inspiration, motivation and encouragement……..

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

You are so welcome!

[@thenutter2003]

really like the photo of the wall art.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Yes. All I had to separate the wall was those bicycle rails but I can imagine a good wall for a portrait of sorts. I tried all sorts of angles there. Cheers.

[@scottplumer3668]

THIS is the video I've wanted from you for ages! You always have such great compositions, and I've always wondered how you find them. Thanks for this!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Scott.

[@TomNorthenscold]

I love this approach. Some of my favorite travel photos were made using this philosophy.

[@Dwarvenchef]

Working on my print inventory. Trying different sizes to see what I like and to show off pictures I’m proud of .

[@MaxTSanches]

Nice video. Sometimes it is hard to see the B&W when you look through the viewfinder in colour. One of techniques that I used in the 1980s was to use a colour filter. Red, Blue, Yellow filters gave a B&W view, and would give various changes to a colour shot changed to B&W. Something that I have found recently is printing on metal paper.

[@francoismassin8649]

I use a Wratten #90 filter (aka viewing filter) to quickly assess the landscape at hand

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I literally see shades of Grey everywhere when I'm shooting. Sometimes I watch films on TV (films I have watched a hundred times before) and turn the TV to black and white! I use filters for some scenes... Good tip. Cheers.

[@danem2215]

I have a tough time taking in the details. I noticed a lot of my pictures are of "the whole" and it usually makes for a weaker image. The grating at 2:16 is a great example - you filled the frame with it, whereas I'd end up shooting the entire window with some brick, as if for context. I'm learning to overcome that habit.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I guess I'm framing enough so you can see what the subject is without having it all in and filling the frame with its surroundings. And trying to make shapes Dane.

[@FredWilbury]

Thank you 🙏

[@kevinalane]

This is now my favorite of all the videos you have made so far. Thank you very much for making it!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks Kevin!

[@grisofuc]

Thanks!

[@liveinaweorg]

Great video and images. I shoot about a 15:1 ratio of B&W to colour film. I also programmed my Olympus EM1 MkII to have a B&W preset so when I look through the viewfinder, everything is monochrome. Raw is full colour but JPG is B&W. Helps train my eye for seeing B&W. I too make a calendar of some of my images and print and hang. Images come to life when you print them.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I usually have my DSLR's set to Monochrome JPG so the screen shows me BW instead of colour. Like you, I find it less to think about just seeing mono instead of colour.

[@ulhasarolkar]

Beautiful... inspiring

[@Rkolb2798]

Wasn’t the UK Black and white until about 1957 😂

[@robwharton8644]

I used to enjoy snooker in black and white 😂

[@veivoli]

@@robwharton8644 Ah, Whispering Ted Lowe. In the early days of colour TV (which was created to show off the new technology): "for those of you with black and white tellies the green is the one beside the pink." And I saw Winifred Atwell live in concert in the Palmerston North Opera House when I was quite young. What's the connection?

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Good ole Ted! Always got the viewers tense!

[@andrewgrillet5835]

That was when rationing ended and the clean air act came into force, but AFAICR it was B&W until about 1963 when we got Diazo dyes, hippy clothing and they started cleaning the buildings after years of burning coal.

[@H70334]

Thank you for this inspiring video!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks for watching.

[@derekgillan7314]

excellent

[@Pepsiphopia]

I have a small Canon Selphy printer just to get those snaps that I take out in the real world. Either analog or digital

[@stephensarinana-lampson9305]

Really wonderful video. A very fresh look on finding nuanced architectural details as subject matter. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks Stephen.

[@scottsinaz3000]

Great fun and great shots as usual Roger. Have you ever had any of your photos printed on canvas?

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Not for home but I have for clients in the past. To be honest I never did like canvas very much and I know people do. But I guess there are canvases and there are canvases £££

[@erichstocker8358]

A really great video with lots of great shots!!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks a lot Erich.

[@robhosailor]

I love your photos. I love to watch your darkroom sessions. ❤

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks Rob.

[@francoismassin8649]

Always inspiring Roger 👍

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks for watching. :)

[@nigi2323]

Very inspiring, Roger!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks for watching. :)

[@carbonejack]

I love your channel. Watch it all the time. You have such a good eye. Very inspirational. Makes me want to get out. And I like that you've listed the music.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@GettingOlderByTheDay71]

Those things on the pier are called cleats

[@giulianoventurini3709]

Sempre interessanti i tuoi video, grazie di esserci 📸📸

[@RCAvhstape]

Don't know if you've done one yet, but I'd like to see a video about your split grade printing technique. I've done it myself but I find it very time consuming with tons of test strips before I get good results.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I always start with a 2.5 grade filter and then decide if I need to use other filters from there. It can be time consuming. I use smaller strips for the areas on the print I want to get at such as sky areas. I'll try and show more next time.

[@toine1915]

Hi, Roger. This is for me a very inspiring video. Stunning job, man. Antoine (the Netherlands)

[@katharinemovertonphotographer]

Great video and nice photos love going out and experimenting when I get stuck to

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Hey Katharine! I watched your football match the other day! See you soon no doubt at a car show.

[@jeremymendoza4394]

Excellent video! I shoot a similar style as you in the urban and rural environment (light, shadow, texture, etc) but never print them. I'm considering that now seeing how your shots look in frame!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Even if it's just one from your shoot. You'll appreciate your photographs more Jeremy. Good luck 😊

[@anthonylovesey1137]

I quite like the two beer barrels photos.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Yes they make nice photos. Some films such as Adox Silvermax make those barrels really silvery with hard contrast!

[@GrandslamTim1]

love your content Roger, can I ask where you buy your mounts and frames please? keep up the good work

[@kdj.imagery4317]

At 5:27, I was more intrigued as to what that pink thing in the background was!

[@Mennozo]

Love that scene shift at 9:10!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Ha Ha, thanks.

[@lensman5762]

This is very good photography, no shit, I tell you. PS: I think that piece of metal to tie up a boat to is called a Cleat or Cleats.

[@veivoli]

@lensman5762 Yep. One is a cleat; two or more cleats.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Wow thanks Lensman ☺️. Thats kind. I won't remember that name though ha ha.

[@robertjureit2574]

Very nice. The boat dock thing,is called a Cleat.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thank you!

[@sindbadsailor7868]

That’s really great composition… i think you should write a book about the composition

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks for the compliment and inspiration!

[@nicholascorby1364]

Hi Roger, can you share with us the company that you friens uses to print the calendars? they look great.

[@tonycolclough3933]

Cracking Video Roger enjoyed every bit of it keep up the good work I also love FP4 dev it in DDX 👍

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers. DDX is a brilliant developer. Easy to use too!

[@stuartgraham5055]

Thank you so much for another great video, it is very much appreciated! Now, I hope that you don't mind me asking you these questions, but is it a Nikon FM3A with a Zeiss Milvus 35mm or 50mm that you are using in this video?

[@SammyandTex2]

you are a boss man

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Sammy.

[@Uwe_Ludolf]

Yeah i should frame some pictures too. I bought a whole collection for cheap when a photostore nearby quit. No idea if there is any difference in quality, but i guess so. Even got a passe partout cutter. Never used it and no idea how to. But else they would throw it away.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Probably videos and tutorials online for the cutter Uwe. They are tricky to master but once you get the hang of it, it becomes easy. I buy my mounts unless I want to cut an unusual size.

[@yakovkhalip9714]

nice video, thanks - very inspirational and interesting ! Viewing it I'm scanning my freshly developed b-w films ) Mostly Ilfrod - FP4+125. Ortho 80+ and some Kodak TRIX-400)

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Nice films! Love the Ortho!

[@yakovkhalip9714]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Thanks ! I like also good old Ilford PAN 400 - as it's cheap, but can give good results and can be pushed to 800 and 1600 iso!)

[@Edwin1947D]

I have watched most of your content and really enjoyed same. Having said that, I believe this particular episode is the best one I’ve seen from you. Really enjoyed the POV segment as well as darkroom portion. Quite nice detail shots - and you are correct- simple matting and framing behind glass really elevates the presentation.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks Edwin! I'm pleased you enjoyed it.

[@minisla]

Great video. If only I had space on my walls. Might do a book should solve my issues.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Definitely the book idea!

[@SloopJohnBee-vq6dw]

I was out on a photo walk yesterday and after a while I switched to shooting macro. Wasn’t much walking done after that as I was seeing compositions every few steps 🙄 Luckily I was shooting digital or I would have gone through a fair few films. 👍📸

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Pigeon steps Sloop! Try it with off camera flash if you have one and shoot with a small aperture f16 / 22 and see how much detail you get

[@donaaghoconnell]

Hi Roger have you ever used something to distort something in the background in the darkroom & if so what & how did you use it. Obviously if it was like a light or something that has no need being in focus. Thanks mate. love the show.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks for watching. I'm not sure what you mean. Email me if you want to.

[@donaaghoconnell]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss So lets say you have 3 telephone poles in a row & all you want is focus on the middle one. How would you distort the other 2 in the darkroom. What I am trying to say if it was photoshop you could just add a radial filter & decrease the clarity. You cant do that in a darkroom I find it very confusing. You cant dodge or burn the other poles is a focusing thing. Just make them out of focus like you shot at f/11 or f/16 Or blur a face in the background. Sorry if I'm wrecking your head. Thanks Roger.

[@user-ps7yy4ci5s]

What would you think of using a 85mm lens?

[@user-ve3gh5xg9q]

Hi Boss😊

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

🤝

[@Moujik6540]

Hi Thank you for your vidéo Could you tell me please Which kind of paper and which size do you use for printing your photos? Thank you

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

In this video I was using Kentmere VC Select Resin Gloss 10x8. I mostly use this brand or Ilford Deluxe. Always Resin. 10x8 , 16x12, 12x9.5 and 5x7 sizes.

[@odukar2315]

Simple photography isn't easy! It's hard work! :-) It's about old white men lying on the ground and talking to a camera.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

You forgot the balding bit 🫣

[@sputumtube]

Instead of 'pushing' the film, is it possible to get the extra contrast by using, say, a yellow or orange filter? The reason I ask is that I have to rely on a lab for my prints.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Depends what you're shooting. You will get a very slight contrast change with a yellow Filter which I think most people use but not much for what I was shooting. Orange a bit more and Red more so. But they make their own colour lighter such as a red filter will make a red post box look light grey. So not really convenient for more contrast for general photography. I usually use filters for scapes for sky and cloud separation. I'm not sure a lab will need to know if you used a filter. I don't think so.

[@sputumtube]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Thanks for responding bud. Much appreciated.

[@nathanmotes4152]

What camera and lenses were used? Sorry I didn’t catch that.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I was using a Nikon F3 and a 50mm Zeiss Milvus f1.4

[@theoldfilmbloke]

All Close-ups but that lens did not look like your 55mm f2.8 Micro-Nikkor -- what lens was it ?

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Zeiss Milvus 50mm f1.4 Pete.

[@analogdigitalphotomusic6098]

What B&W film do you normally shoot on?

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Off the channel Usually FP4, Delta 100 and now and again Kodak Tri-X. But I've settled with other brands over the years for terms.

[@GirdHerd]

I like Sun Out better.

[@russellharris5072]

I think that "boat mooring thing" may be called a tack iron...............................................Jack Sparrow does.................................

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers!