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I use K400 as my indoor/low light film and push it always to 3200. I develop it in XT3 (= XTol) 1:1 with "standrd" agitation (1st minute constant inversions, then 4 inversions every minute.

Love the contrast and grain, do you know what developer your lab used?

Have you tried exposing the film at box speed metered for the shadows then under developing by 50%? I would rather have detail in my shadows and control the contrast in the darkroom or scanning process than to have no details in the shadows.

Dude! You are the king of night time photography and I would happily be your apprentice. Also pushed Kentmere looks freakin great. You’re right about the contrast that really is the perfect amount I loved the images.

What tripod do you use?

I don't get it there's nothing spooky about those liminal photos.

Nice! Did you account for reciprocity?

Next time try to bring the big flash that you usually use with an dslr, and set it to S1, that way it will fire when the small flash on the camera fires and it will be much better😊

Love seeing your workflow and the results! Subbed. Great work man!

Oh my damn.

Hi, Alex. A nice video about an interesting subject. I started, almost 40 years ago, with photography. Well, it's a small format so not a square format. Now I photograph digitally and from today I will start with my "square format project". You show here that it is a nice format to work with. I have already watched several videos about the square format and want to start with it. I will also use various film simulations to get your feeling when taking a photo. I am disabled so what I always did in the "film era", developing and making prints myself, is not an option. But watching videos like this makes me a bit nostalgic for the time when I still had my darkroom. Good luck friend. Antoine. (Netherlands) PS: Yashica is an excellent camera. So "Poor Man's Rolleiflex" I don't agree.

I used this film stock 2 weeks ago and when I went to take the finished roll out it just unwound it self. If Lomography could just fix this small detail it would be one of my go to films stocks instead of me paying through the nose for Cinestil 800T

Brilliant photographs man! Subscribed right away. Looking forward to more 6x6 photographs :)

Hey great video! I’m based in Atlanta if you want to meet up and shoot sometime!

These types of videos are so much more inspiring than the ones filled with clickbait titles and archaic/generic advice, blessed be thy algo for bringing me here.

Cool video man!

Awesome video Alex! Lomo 800 is probably one of my favorite stocks, I've shot a good bit of it at night :) I think these turned out great! Best of luck with the cameras!

I use that same shit tripod with my heavy camera 😅

Damn you are the king at nighttime photography!! Nailing the exposures my dude 👌🏼

How tf I find you on reddit, then instagram and now youtube lmao. All the algorithms pointing me to you.

There’s something special about that overblown shot and the white box that becomes of the door and windows. I think it’s worth trying again intentionally, or maybe something I consider in my own work

24 seconds in and I want to go shoot night photography. What did you meter for in those shots?

Vision3 is the superior film

noticed that with the world switching to LED including street lights sometimes 250d just feels better and i find myself reaching for the 85b filter with 500t. Some good shots with you finding a good combo of light temps to play into the films natural balance though.

Have you shot Ektar at night? Obviously much longer exposure times but it’s absolutely glorious for night photography

You should go back and photograph the postoffice cars from 11:40 🙂

You cant underexpose when you push +5 every roll.

Love this my dude! I'm currently shooting a few rolls of Eterna 250D that I'm stoked for. Side note, way to be a man and bring out that UNIT Nikon F. Much love!

Hp5 can be rated as low as iso 50, and for night time photography, whatever film stock you’re using it’s a matter of practice and self judging of the light that will produce a good image. You cannot overexpose the highlights with 2 stops of overexposure with film neither, highlights can easily be dropped in post, but you cannot bring back shadow details if they are absent. When shooting film you always want to expose for the shadows, not the highlights. At night it’s a bit different of course because it’s the most contrasty it gets naturally, but the same principle applies I’m afraid. You still need to expose for the shadows, but develop for the highlights, and that’s why it’s actually common to rate a film lower so that the highlights aren’t as contrasty on the negative. Lower iso create flatter images and a flat image is easy to adjust, but a very contrasty one doesn’t have the same latitude for editing. Using a 35mm roll isn’t the best for understanding how night photography with film works because you’ve got to make so many exposures to fill a roll. The best way to practice is actually choosing one area, or about 3 very good compositions with something really interesting to photograph and do bracketing. That means taking multiple exposures of the same subject using different settings, and taking notes, that’s how you get your first great night shot, and know what works on paper, and from there practicing judging the light with the naked eye will simply make you a more decent photographer. Judging the light by the glance of the eye is everything and before you get to the night you already have to master the daylight.

Love this video. The photo at 7:09 is my personal fav. Dig it!

The colors from the 250D are 🔥

What an awesome video dude! Glad I came across it, I’ve been thinking about night time photography a lot lately and watching this really is pushing me in that direction.

Gotta get my hands on some of this mane! Great shots as always!

This color on this film is beautiful

Let's go! loved the images man! Keep up the good work, Love coming across other photographers getting into the RUclips game!

Ohhhh poor you! Yes always make sure that the rewind thing is turning after reloading ... This video perfectly captures the beauty of shooting on film. I recently started documenting my own analog adventures, and it’s amazing to see how you approach it.

Expose for the shadows and develop for the highlights - so target the shadows to around zone IV, and cut development by 20 percent to keep the highlights from blowing out - or look into developing with something like Diafine. Diafine lasts a good long time and is a compensating developer.

Great video! What tripod do you use?

Splendid, I find myself always doing longer exposures on a tripod at night but to the point of slight overexposure to get more shadow detail..when I used vision3 for the first time it was a game changer and i got deeper black shadows and more dramatic contrast much more easily than typical c41 like ektar. I still manage my exposure with what I want to see in the final image, but its fun to shoot film and see what comes of each roll, also, sweet nikon!

Just started binging your channel. Honestly, your compositions rock! Love the videos

Great shots brother, had to drop a sub, you're on track for big things I can feel it🍻

This video is so chill, I’m glad you where able to save that roll! I really liked the photo at 10:30

6:41 is too real. I was doing a night shoot on digital a few weeks ago, and I couldn't get any headlights when I wanted to have cars in one of my shots. I then went to shoot a parked car down the street. I wanted no cars this time, but I ended up getting headlights in my first two attempts. One of the exposures actually ended up looking really slick, though.

You said you wanted the 50mm but did you shoot with 24mm 28mm? I'm also curious about is on top of you camera, is it hotshoe light meter?

Beautiful images, and the film looks great 👍🏻 What lens were you using with the Nikon F?

Great images! How are you metering for these images? Do you meter shadows, highlights, somewhere in between?

cool stuff

Hello! I plan to buy the same scanner. Do you think it's worth it in 2024?

I love shooting night as well, don’t do black and white too often, as I love the shifts you get on color film. Andy’s is good stuff!

Interesting that you consider HP5 to be contrasty at box speed (although of course that depends in part on the developer). Although if the comparison is Kentmere 400, then, I suppose HP5 has some contrast. Great photography!