Portra 800: Expensive, but WORTH IT.
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- A photography road trip through the North Cascades region of Washington state with my Mamiya 645 Super medium format film camera.
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This man is the king of color-grading. Never seen something so beautiful from any other creator
Wow 🥹🥹🥹
I'm calling the police
What heavy on the orange and teal, cool if that’s your thing….
@@tooxtalivai0690 I'm calling the police
@@tooxtalivai0690 not at all how I graded this but that’s fine
its crazy how talented you and your wife are. thanks for the amazing content i look forward to watching your videos every time. thanks dylan and jill
Aww, thank you so much for that! We really appreciate the support and kind words. You're the best 🥹
Oh, my. Breathtaking scenery and captures.
Thank you, Rachel! Can’t wait for your guys’ visit 🫶
Great shots from both of you guys Love the content.
Much appreciated!
Dude the quality of these videos is so high it's insane! Loved this video!!
Gahhh, so encouraging to hear feedback like that! Makes all the work worth it 🫶
Having a set up like yours is the dream! That petrol station shot though - gorgeous.
Ah thank you so much!
The production quality of your videos are absolutely first class. So much fun to watch! Listening to your thought process behind the stills are a total bonus. Thanks for the quality content.
Wow, thank you! Happy to have ya tuned in 🫶
Fantastic video and stills as always... Looking forward to the next! Looks like a beautiful part of the world.
It really is! Thanks Phil, appreciate your support my friend 🫶
Another great video as usual it delivers awesome shots all round and a great area to capture by the looks.
Thanks for taking the time to watch! Happy to hear you enjoyed it. Definitely a beautiful area, highly recommend giving a visit when you can.
Man, I’m glad RUclips recommended your channel to me. You have my favorite color grading style that I’ve seen on the internet. I’m pretty new to color grading (& really suck at it at the moment) so it’s cool to see something to strive for.
Wow, thank you so much for the kind words, I am soooooo pumped to hear that! Appreciate you watching, lots more on the way. 👊
Maaannnnn another banger video with incredible photos! Love that you're open and even show the photos that are "bad", seriously can't wait for this book to see your work in person!!
Dude thank you! Cool to hear that feedback, I definitely don’t just nail every frame ever 🤣. Appreciate you!
This video style in a story-telling manner is just a very pleasant art. Every time I get an aesthetic enjoyment boost. And I love Washington State and haven't explored much of it, so I strongly appreciate looking at it through your eyes, especially at the moody shots (although it is hard to find something not moody in Washington, haha). Thank you for sharing.
Wow, thank you so much for the compliment. Can’t tell you how much I appreciate you taking the time to watch and give that feedback! Washington definitely has some beautiful scenery in just about every season. More from a different area of WA in the next one 🙏
@@DylanSpitz can't wait!
It’s a crime not to comment on your videos, Love your work. Watched every video of yours. Always amazing work!
Ah thank you so much! Thanks for watching them all, I’ve got more on the way 🫶
Very nice photos! The trip it self must have been so great! Thanks and keep them coming sir.
Such a fun little getaway. Thank you for the support!
This video is soooo well done down to the color grade to the score. Props to you man God bless
Really appreciate the kind words! Means so much - really happy you enjoyed it.
Thank you for posting. Great story and great photos. Thank you for posting all of them.
Glad you like them! Appreciate you taking the time to watch 🙏
Amazign video Dylan! So glad I came across this! Love the images and definitely want to visit sometime ❤
Awesome! Thank you so much. Happy you’ve found it as well 😊. And yessss, definitely have to see it at some point.
Fantastic watch. What a trip!
Glad you enjoyed it! More soon 🫶
everything about this video was so well done! loved it
Thank you so much!
This video, the color, the scenery everything just feels otherworldly!
Thank you! 🙏
Lovely video and scenery! Been a longtime lurker and you’re one of the reasons I decided to get a Fuji camera as my first :)
Oh that's so exciting! Thanks so much for the support. Hope you have fun out there 🙌
New subscriber here! I just wanted to drop a note saying I really enjoyed your style. You're a step above most of the other film crowd.
Wow, thank you so much. Means so much to hear that!
Was watching this on my tablet and had to throw it on the big screen, you got some absolutely stellar shots!
You’re the best! Appreciate you taking the time to watch it. Gotta get you out here sometime for a road trip 👀
Extraordinary video！It's just pleasant for both learning and admiring🥰
I’m glad you found it enjoyable! I appreciate that.
So good. I’ve had a roll of Gold 200 in my Mamiya Super for a couple of weeks, but have been too nervous to shoot “the right thing” that I haven’t shot anything. This is just what I needed to get out next week and finish a roll to start learning.
Love to hear that! Cool that you have the same camera, it’s such a fun little box haha. Gold 200 is a great stock, shot it in Arizona in another video a while back and I was pretty surprised how much I liked it. Happy shooting 🤘
That moment when the light hit the peaks! 🤩 Always a pleasure watching your adventures 🙌🏻
Such an adrenaline rush! Haha. Thanks so much for your kind words, my friend! Gotta link up one day 🤘
Great video, excellent images! Awesome to see all the shots, even though you didn’t think they were all good.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the feedback, really cool to hear that. Cheers!
Glad I came across this channel! Everything was perfect about this video.
So glad! Appreciate you watching, thanks for the support 🙏
That was fantastic and inspirational! I need to take that highway… next year.
You should go for it next year, for sure! One of the most insanely beautiful drives in the US. Thanks for the kind words, happy you enjoyed watching.
I have never really been a big fan of Landscape photography, but your video and photos have inspired me. Now I want to go out and try some landscape photography out here in Colorado.
Ah wow, that's pretty cool hear! Really appreciate the kind comment, hopefully you enjoy getting out there!
Awesome video! I loved the photos and the overall chill vibe, beautiful landscapes. Liked and subscribed🤝🏼
Thanks for the sub! Glad you enjoyed everything, hard to go wrong in that area 🤩
Wow, just wow! Stunning scenery and incredible images. ❤
That is so kind, thank you! It is truly a beautiful area, hard to go wrong 📸
This was a banger! Great work.
Ah thanks!
Stunning images. Really nicely put together video, too. I love the fact that you felt you had to buy some gas as you'd taken a couple of images 😂.
Thank you very much! Hahaha yeah, silly I suppose.
Beautiful shots, love the end of the roll ones! 🎞️
Thanks a lot! Those were so fun 🤩
You’re videos are killer! Educational, aesthetically pleasing and wonderfully articulated. New subscriber here. Thanks!
Really appreciate that! Thanks 🫶
Bro, the shots are to die for. Absolutely dripping with toneh. Pretty sure I’m gonna have to plan a drive through this part of the states sometime next year. Fall colors down here in Texas blow.
bahahaha dude, thank you! You should definitely get up there for Fall, it is soooo special.
Great shots! I live in the New Mexico high desert, so the landscape is much different and less green.
Appreciate it! Ah yeah, much different landscape down there.
Love the video!
Thank you!!
wow !! incredible work ! thank you for another great video, keep it up you two 😄
Thank you! We’re trying, really happy you enjoyed it 🫶
Incredible Dylan! Especially how clean your windshield is
Hahaha you know after that last video I had to scrub-a-dub that bad boy 🤣🤣
Great shots. I'm from Olympia originally. It seems like Diablo Lake always has killer fog and clouds surrounding it, haha.
Oh awesome! Haha, yeah I want to go back in the summer and do some hiking and see the mountains that were hiding from us. Thanks for watching 🤘
DUUUUUUDE. Bring that smoke once again friend! 😀
Woot wooooot 😂🫡
Great footage, I’ll have to watch this again on my TV. I see where you were going with the waterfall image, funny thing about composition I learned when I started to paint is that the details, such as the logs piling up at the base of the frame kind of redirect the composition. Ultimately I would paint a combination of the two images from a slightly, and impractical to photograph from angle-and it is that image, that as a photographer, I would fantasize about going back to shoot a higher vantage point. Finally accepting what I cannot change, because either image is beautiful. I love the red leaves… I wonder how much iron oxide red I have on hand.
Thank you for the kind words, it's cool to hear your perspective as a painter and how you think through a scene like that. Appreciate you sharing your insight!
Your reaction at 6:43 is so relatable
Haha! Glad you can relate. Feels like we wait an eternity sometimes for conditions like that, hard not to get excited 👊
You're selling any color grading LOGS? This is so beautiful, I'm speechless, this just fueled my passion for Photography again
Wow, thank you so much for the kind words, I really appreciate that! 🫶 I currently only have photo presets available on my website, but I am hoping to work on some video creation assets soon!
BRO I DID NOT EXPECT THAT OPENING TRACK BUT I LIKED IT
Haha yeah I must have been in a pretty hype mood writing that one 😂💥
Can you please make a video how to develop and scan film at home? What chemicals to use, how long to develop etc.
Just found your channel, and I love it. I’m still new to film photography and making videos around it, and this has inspired me. I’ve realized just how big of a difference color grading can make, and yours is amazing. Definitely going to work on it and try to put my spin on things like you have. Love the vid man, excited for new videos!
Ah that’s so nice of you, really happy you’re enjoying it! Yesss all about having a taste that’s truly your own 🤘
dude this is so rad. what kind of music stuff are you working on in that studio?
Thanks man! These days I really only have time to write shorter pieces. I make all the music for the intro montages of my videos 🫣
so sick, dude!! need that color grading videoooooo
Ayyyy thanks man! Hahaha I know I know, early stages still 👀
Incredible video and photos. I definitely got to step my game up if you're out here in Washington creating content of this level!
Just subscribed and excited to see what you capture next!
Haha thank you! New video drops tomorrow 👀👀👀
Amazing video and photos man. really liked it!
do you have any separate video about your developing process? im also into film and I'm thinking about starting developing my own rolls too.
amazing content again, keep it up 💪
Hey thanks so much! I don’t, but I could maybe do that at some point. I’ll throw it in the hat, haha. Developing is super fun and not difficult once you do it a few times, I’d highly recommended it!
@@DylanSpitz Will be waiting for that video! I'm new to film photography as well and would want to save $$$ on the developing and digitizing.😁
Dylan, colors are outstanding! What you think about Fuji film simulation? Maybe custom recipes? Maybe some of your favorites?
Hey, thank you! I actually just shoot raw when I use digital cameras. I know the simulations are popular and fun for a lot of people, they just don't really mesh well with my workflow.
@@DylanSpitz are you postprocess your digital footage? video? cause your film portra 800 looks exactly same as video... It's just reminds me something like Kodak Vision3 250-500D, or maybe Cinestill 800T, or in my tiny universe Classic Chrome, edited Fuji ;-)
@BadlonMondo ah thanks! Yeah I do, everything is shot in Log and graded in resolve
This takes me back home. 🍻
Appreciate you watching, Travis! You came up in conversation on this trip - we went further west in the next few videos coming up. Beautiful over there.
@@DylanSpitz oh damn, can't wait to see!
WILD. love the video. thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching! Appreciate you. 👊
Your videos are always great.
Thank you so much 🥹
insanely underrated channel
Really kind of you, thanks so much 🤘
Great shots; looked like a sick trip. No strap on the camera is crazy though 😓 did you have to use a tripod for the gas station shots? if not, any chance you remember the lowest shutter speed you shot at?
Thanks! It was a fun one for sure. I shot them handheld at 1/60. Risky business haha
Grate colour grading! do your own luts I would love to have one! Thanks for sharing the process
Thanks so much! I don’t, but I might be working on something 👀
Absolutely beautiful content and production, I would love to see the post production process of achieving such grading and quality, please consider making a rough video about it we would appreciate!
Thanks!
Makes me miss living in WA.
A beautiful little slice of the world up there.
New fan from Brazil!!!
Appreciate you!
Gorgeous video man.
Thanks a ton!
lovely video brother
Ahh man, thanks for coming through so early! Really appreciate you 🫶
That gas station picture was solid.
Appreciate it!
3 days late, but I'm about to unblinkingly watch the shit out of this!! You have a way with visuals man.
You’re the best, dude! Hope you enjoyed it! 🤘
@@DylanSpitz thoroughly enjoyed! Every video gets me one step closer to dusting off the passport. Washington’s tourism board better be giving you some kickbacks 💰 💰 💰
So happy to hear that, man. If you ever visit make sure you let me know so we can link up! I used to work with some tourism boards back in the Midwest, maybe it’s time to reach out to the new home state 😅🫶
gorgeous photos
Appreciate that 🫶
Keep it up Dylan inspiring us to get out there and shoot! About to finish my first roll on the ae1! Literally have no idea what I'm doing hardly lol. Appreciate the video and tips in these masterpieces. Saving up for an A7Cii!
Haha, that’s awesome! Thanks, Brock. Don’t worry, we all felt like that our first 5-10 rolls. Means a lot that you enjoy these videos, I appreciate you and the support!
Fascinating video (and photos!) so if I understand you correctly, you scan the film with a digital camera and macro lens, import that negative into Lightroom and edit it the way you want from there? That’s pretty cool. Do you ever send in your film to be processed or do you do it all yourself?
Yep! I do it all myself, developing is honestly pretty easy, saves money and you avoid the wait 👍
@@DylanSpitzI ask this in the most respectful way…what do you like about film cameras versus digital if you still scan the film digitally at the end? I would love to know your opinion. I know a lot of others share your love of film cameras. Is it all in the shooting process or is there a specific look that you like? Thanks for your time!
The process is undeniably more fun and intentional for me. Going all day without looking at a screen is refreshing for the soul sometimes. The results can be cool and interesting as well, but I definitely do it for the process.
@@DylanSpitz thanks for the detailed explanation…I would like to try it myself and this channel (yourself) makes a great case for it!
Wonderful video, beautiful colors! I was curious: are you using an anamorphic lens at all or is the letterbox-style format implemented in post-production?
Thank you! I shoot with the markers on in camera so I can frame everything in that aspect ratio, then add the letterbox in post to match it.
so no anamorphic (yet?) lol
Top tier material⚡
Ah thank you so much!
You should definitely try Fuji c200 pushed to 3200, really recommend it as a cheaper alternative.
I've tried portra 400, 800, Natura 1600. Natura's grain. are. quite big, portra and c200 are much smoottther. if you want predictibility go for portra, if want a cheeaper versiion try Fuji c200
Never thought to try that - thanks for the idea!
Your videos are amazing
Thank you so much 😀
Thank you youtube for this recommendation 👌
Appreciate you watching!
First shot of gas station is incredible
Really appreciate that, thank you!
That gas station is awsome.
Such a scene 💥
Great photos as always! I'm curious, how do you like that skier box for scanning, looking at switching my scanning setup as i find I get a lot of light leaks and flares out of my negative supply gear.
I actually really like it. Before this, I tried using a Kaiser light table because everyone recommended it and I had weird grid patterned and uneven light. The skier box has been a joy.
Beautiful stuff, new sub!! yay yay!!
Hey thank you! Happy to hear that 🤘
Nice work 👏 You likely answered this in other videos but I'm relatively new to the channel, do you normally photograph using Autofocus or manual focus? 🤔
All of my film cameras are fully manual, so no autofocus there. For digital images I usually am using single point AF, unless I'm tracking a moving subject (I'll use AF-C for that). 👍
@@DylanSpitz Nice! Thanks for the reply, I have a few vintage lenses I'd like to use for photography but wasn't sure how reasonable it was to use manual focus (for video I manually pull focus but for some reason I wasn't sure with photography lol I figure it depends on if it's street, architecture, or an event etc 😄
Hey Dylan, You said you set your IS0 to 400 for the portra 800. Did you let the lab know you pulled the film? or did you just let them develop it at box speed (800)? Turned out great!
Thanks! I actually develop and scan everything at home! But no, I wouldn’t tell the lab anything. The purpose of rating it at 400 for me is to purposely overexpose by about 1 stop. To me that’s when the portra films really perform their best and have cleaner shadows.
Great video and great content! You shot 800 @ 400, correct? Did you process for ISO 400?
Thank you! That’s correct, however, I just process at box speed. The point of me shooting at 400 is so everything is overexposed by a stop. Hope that makes sense!
@@DylanSpitz Gotcha. No pulling. Thanks!
New sub from me - lovely, ethereal, aesthetics from you all the way through this video! I do have to buck the trend though and ask what camera bag is in this and which North Face jacket it is you're wearing? I love orange and black combos!!
Thank you so much! I appreciate you subscribing. The bag is one I’ve had for years from lowepro, there’s actually a link to it in the description of my latest video that came out yesterday. The north face jacket is a rain shell that I snagged at REI!
@DylanSpitz thanks so much for replying. I think I may have found the jacket but it's taken half of the internet/reddit to help me! Is it the North Face Venture?
Looks like it!
great quality! Thanks for sharing. Maybe a really stupid question but i have no experience with shooting film. Are those film shots edited afterwards after converting the negative? or is that the result after processing the film only? Keep up the nice vids :)
Hey, thank you! Not a stupid question at all, I had the same confusion when I was first starting out. All the negatives are scanned and dialed in with controls similar to what's found on traditional lab scanners, such as color balance, contrast, brightness, exposure, saturation, etc. as I convert them in the software. Basically, by doing it yourself, you're able to make those decisions rather than a lab technician doing what they feel is best. You can of course then edit them past that however much you'd like after making a .tiff copy in Lightroom if you wish. I find I pretty much never use anything past the negative lab pro controls while converting - it kind of gives me a creative boundary to work within which I enjoy. Hope that makes sense!
do you have any color grading tutorials? this is amazing
Hey, thank you so much! I do not right now...but you never know what's in the pipeline. 👀
You mentioned over exposing by a stop at the start. Do usually prefer to expose Portra 800 at box speed?
I always rate it at 400! I find that generally gives me the best results.
@DylanSpitz cheers mate! I've been a photographer for 20 years but haven't touched film since highschool. Absolutely loving it.
I've been eating portra a stop over but occasionally it seems to go too far over. In camera metre might be playing tricks or metering for the shadows too much
Nice video
Thanks!
Music from the 4:30 mark?
Everything after the intro montage is from Epidemic Sound. At this point though I couldn’t tell you the name or artist, you’d have the same shot at finding it as I would 😅
@@DylanSpitz The Sum of All Things - Gavin Luke
Как красиво! Молодцы ребята! 🎉
Thank you!
Great video! I subscribed
Appreciate you!
Hi Dylan!
Do you use Spot or average measuring most of the time?
Did you use any blue filter on the last shot of the gas station?
Hey there! Usually spot, metering for shadow detail. Nope, no filters!
cool video!!😊
Thanks! 😊
Beautiful. When I shoot on Portra 800 lighting comes out red😭
Thanks! Oh no, that sounds odd?
editing tutorial when?!
I was wondering where you were until now
Mystery solved, haha!
Great job on the video, only critique would be to move away from the lofi soundtrack. I'm seeing it used on almost every video on photography!
Thanks for watching. I do what I can, I write the intro song for all my videos myself even. The reason people (myself included) use a lot from that genre is because it’s one of the few that mesh well with speaking over it for extended periods of time. That or folk acoustic and that genre isn’t for me.
I did enjoy the intro song. Well done! Totally understandable about the loft music bed good for talking. @@DylanSpitz
What’s considered a good but not too expensive price for film stocks?
I think that’s pretty subjective, really. I’m not THAT unhappy with current prices, given the principles of supply and demand and economics. The way I look at it - shooting film is absolutely an unnecessary expense. And as with all unnecessary or entertainment-based expenses, you justify the price up to your own limits. Do I want it to keep going up? No, lol.
@@DylanSpitz ok cool thanks! Just wondering also are there any film cameras around that are no more than $200 in new condition?
Is the benefit of developing the film yourself a cost saving measure? just fun? Maybe both?
A bit of both for sure. One of the biggest reasons I do it is to save the annoying 2 week wait time between shooting something and getting the scans back. Often times I'll get home from a trip and develop and scan the images the next day.
@@DylanSpitz Got it!
I've spent quite a bit of time in the areas you've captured and you've done such a wonderful job capturing each one.
You've actually inspired me to try to pick up a Fuji x100vi as a first camera (emphasis on try). Seems like such a great compact camera for an active lifestyle.
quality video!
Ah thank you!
what's that blinking device at the right side of the frame? 4:18 for example.
That is my modular synthesizer! (Analog sound design/music creation tool)