As a fellow RB-67 shooter I absolutely love this take on shooting color v black and white. I've had difficulties manipulating the black and white even with Efex. Thank you Peter very much for sharing this method.
You have such a great way of explaining how you manipulate light, color and tone. I get so much from your vids! Thank you! I hope to catch one of your workshops one day soon.
Peter love how you use the tools to create the look(s) you or the client wants. These days there is So much reliance on LR or PS presets to”create a look”! Cheers!!
That cat suit is giving RaRa the ability to be completely free with her body, unlike if she is wearing something that is barely covering her bits and she has to be mindful of that. It is amazing seeing her twist and gyrate and seeing how she can really pose when feeling completely unencumbered. Just amazing!
RaRa and Peter combo again is always a treat. I love listening to your thoughts as you work the lights and explain exactly why you make the lighting changes as you go, but I don't see how RaRa can not get bored listening to all the jargon you throw out to us the viewer. She sure doesn't show it since she always is the professional. Great job!
I am new to photography and I came across your channel , I love your work and the way you think! you think very similar to me! I am just learning studio lighting so am glad to come across your videos ! thanks for making them!
Rara is perfect! One more way to grow contrast but save a film grain: using unsharp mask tool with big pixel value, ~500 px and easy %%. And vice versa to grow grain: unsharp with small px ~0.9, and big %%. I'm sure you know it ;) I remember times when most using tool for taking a pictures in the studio is flashmeter ;) Not so easy to shoot with full control of light and shadows as on digital camera screen. Respect to this cam backs!
I dont use photoshop but use same approach, a corrected color layer of the image at the very bottom, a 'film' layer at top of stack (blend mode set to 'color') and in between any adjustment layers all of which can be masked and the relevant section of image correction 'painted' in. Have also found that a Channel Mixer layer set to 'grey' gives the best quick conversion to B&W. Truth is, to convert to B&W it is best to have a fully adjusted color image to work with. (love the shadows in this particular shoot)
Awesome pics as always. Thank you for the master class in using color to shape tones in black and white. I've always thought this since watching your videos but didn't know how to fully express it, now I have the words and a great example. Your influence on many of us is profound, Peter. I really have to make it to one of your workshops. Thanks again!
I too under exposed with slide film because we got ektachrome in the Air Force and the newspapers and never liked the lack of density in the blacks at 'correct' exposure. Usually only about 1/2 stop though. Great use of constant light. Great results with the drop shadow on the shadow. I exactly what was needed. I'm getting back to film myself,building a darkroom in basement. You NEVER have to apologize go me for your rain or storms. I absolutely LOVE hearing them!
A face to die for and before you start blushing I was talking about RaRa I was just reading the new German Grazia no. 3 - 18 January 2024 pdf and there is a 3 page special of Kate Moss in it with shots from the past. Quite nice. Thanks for sharing, very interesting video.
Excellent program, even for a "strictly film" shooter like me. I do chose my black and white films and developers based on the look I want. This had a wonderful use of shadows.
Thanks for that mini master class in image development. Now I'm going to have to play with some Porta images vs. FP4 that I have (shot same day & subjects)...
Many thanks for this new behind the scenes. @B: Many thanks for introducing, filming and closing this session. I wish you enjoy the new family member. @R: Many thanks for posing in this session; you are a dancer, you know it very well; moving like this you could have the world at your feet. @P: Many thanks for explaining the reason why you prefer color equipment, and the process you follow to go to BW. From my (simplistic) point of view, photographing in color is better because you can always go to BW, but not the other way around. I prefer R in color, BTW.
Very interesting about shooting color and converting to B&W. I never would have thought of that. I generally like the look I get from the B&W film stocks I shoot, but it's good to have another idea/tool to play with, too. And, bonus, you get a nice color image, too. It's the analog version of a digital camera's process. Thanks!
I’d love to see you do a shoot with Rotolights.. they a spectacular, powerful, portable lights! They are the wave of the future… continuous and strobe, built in colors! Please!! 😊 Hopefully Bec is reading this 😅!! Love your work and videos!
Thank you so much for the precious info! So as I understood it right, with Reversal you underexpose 1 stop and with Negative films you overexpose 1stop? Good luck Peter, Bec and RaRa!
An excellent video as usual. I also have a few Digital cameras and a few Leica M film and an M240. I have been contemplating buying a Monochrome M camera, but as yet I have not convinced myself that I need it. I don't do much street or low light photography off hand. A Leica Monochrome really shows its strength with very high iso settings , mainly due to its very high signal to noise ratio which results in lower high iso noise and improved dynamic range. I think for now the M240 and my D810 are more than adequate for my style of photography. In a studio and with controlled lighting a Monochrome camera is not as versatile as a normal digital.
My problem with the "monochrom" cameras is that my monitors display white using multiplle RGB pixels burning away brightly, but the monochrom cameras record each pixel as a light value. So then any representation of an image taken on a monochrom camera would require some sort of software adaptation. I have not seen this discussed. I have thought about how the Leica M10 monochorm sensor contains 40,89 MP or 7864 x 5200 of information, but my monitor really does not even provide 1920 x1080 of information, because I need three pixels to provide a black to gray ro white point, so my monitor provides 1920/3 by 1080/3 amount of information. So, I have wondered if to correctly enjoy a monochrom camera I would need a black and white only monitor. - Tim
@@Smoothblue90 That is a good point. Although I tend to print my photos. There is something about a physical print that can not be matched even by the best monitors.
Will you ever release a coffee table book highlighting your favourite photos taking throughout the years that also touches on how your inspired for the shots as well as mastering them?
Thanks for yet another great video, Peter, A couple of questions, (1) Why PS and not LR? (2) Have you tried the denoise function in LR? (I recovered some old night shots that were unusable because of the high ISO induced noise. So last night, I took a few pics of my wife on my A6300. I wanted to shoot at f/8 at 1/80th of a second in a darkish room so I used ISO 3200 & 4000. I was amazed at how well it worked.)
Nice work as always. I had a question. The crank up stand with boom. I was wondering if you had the spreader legs it sits on custom built. I did on mine. But I have a second one I mounted 3 45lb weight plates instead of sand bags and spreader legs. It keeps it under control with no tipping too even with an elinchrom 190 para on it at full extension.
Very cool stuff! Is that TMAX expired? I haven't used it but I don't get grain anything like that crunchy, and i mostly use 400 speed HP5+ on 6x4.5 (Bronica ETRSi)
Love watching you work - and transitioning more and more to constant light.... By the time you shoot with color film, scan, and process in PS, I honestly think just sticking to digital RAW capture and manipulating in post (curves/grain etc) to create the film 'look' is worth a thought/try!
Great edit info vid. Not expecting you to do it but would like to see someone dodge & burn in a chemical (no, not the 60's drugs) darkroom just to learn a bit.
@@PeterCoulsonPhotographer Ah! It looks similar to some rolling stands I've seen before but it seems to have a wider stance wich would be really nice for stability.
@@PeterCoulsonPhotographer I'll pay you for travel, then you pay her, just see where Patreon world is going on old man & just don't shoot all day with Bec ...
RaRa, cat suit, shadows, and Peter and Bec >>> LIFE IS GOOD !
As a fellow RB-67 shooter I absolutely love this take on shooting color v black and white. I've had difficulties manipulating the black and white even with Efex. Thank you Peter very much for sharing this method.
I just can't believe I've never thought of doing this..I'm still a noob. lol
Thanks heaps more videos on this coming soon
I love the look of the color film even before adding your black and white look. It looks so much better than the black and white example!
You have such a great way of explaining how you manipulate light, color and tone. I get so much from your vids! Thank you! I hope to catch one of your workshops one day soon.
Thank you so much!
Peter love how you use the tools to create the look(s) you or the client wants. These days there is So much reliance on LR or PS presets to”create a look”! Cheers!!
Absolutely! thank you
That cat suit is giving RaRa the ability to be completely free with her body, unlike if she is wearing something that is barely covering her bits and she has to be mindful of that. It is amazing seeing her twist and gyrate and seeing how she can really pose when feeling completely unencumbered. Just amazing!
Super interesting ! those 2 film photos were stunning, great work Peter & RaRa!
Many thanks!
RaRa and Peter combo again is always a treat. I love listening to your thoughts as you work the lights and explain exactly why you make the lighting changes as you go, but I don't see how RaRa can not get bored listening to all the jargon you throw out to us the viewer. She sure doesn't show it since she always is the professional. Great job!
RaRa is awesome and used to working with me :) thanks heaps
All types cameras LOVE RaRa! Peter + camera = ART! Thank you for video!
Thanks heaps
I know the film shoots are more difficult, but the results are just so good!
Would definitely like to see more.
More coming soon
I am new to photography and I came across your channel , I love your work and the way you think! you think very similar to me! I am just learning studio lighting so am glad to come across your videos ! thanks for making them!
Awesome! Thank you!
The photos are great. Also the details in the medium format shot are fine. Love it.
Thank you
Fantastic insight and thought provoking ideas for my next shoot! Cheers
Awesome thanks so much
Enjoyed the film section ,peace
love the lace patterns on the jump suit!🍀
Rara is perfect! One more way to grow contrast but save a film grain: using unsharp mask tool with big pixel value, ~500 px and easy %%. And vice versa to grow grain: unsharp with small px ~0.9, and big %%. I'm sure you know it ;)
I remember times when most using tool for taking a pictures in the studio is flashmeter ;) Not so easy to shoot with full control of light and shadows as on digital camera screen.
Respect to this cam backs!
I dont use photoshop but use same approach, a corrected color layer of the image at the very bottom, a 'film' layer at top of stack (blend mode set to 'color') and in between any adjustment layers all of which can be masked and the relevant section of image correction 'painted' in. Have also found that a Channel Mixer layer set to 'grey' gives the best quick conversion to B&W. Truth is, to convert to B&W it is best to have a fully adjusted color image to work with. (love the shadows in this particular shoot)
Thank you
Awesome pics as always. Thank you for the master class in using color to shape tones in black and white. I've always thought this since watching your videos but didn't know how to fully express it, now I have the words and a great example. Your influence on many of us is profound, Peter. I really have to make it to one of your workshops. Thanks again!
wow thanks so much
I too under exposed with slide film because we got ektachrome in the Air Force and the newspapers and never liked the lack of density in the blacks at 'correct' exposure. Usually only about 1/2 stop though.
Great use of constant light. Great results with the drop shadow on the shadow. I exactly what was needed.
I'm getting back to film myself,building a darkroom in basement.
You NEVER have to apologize go me for your rain or storms. I absolutely LOVE hearing them!
Thank you
Great to see you using the RB67 , fantastic camera.
Miss mine
Got to love Melbourne weather.
Yes love the Mamiya
Love the shadows. Great presentation.
Thank you so much!
Thanks so much ! Really appreciate your logic for shooting color film to get the Black and White image you want
Glad it was helpful George
A face to die for and before you start blushing I was talking about RaRa
I was just reading the new German Grazia no. 3 - 18 January 2024 pdf and there is a 3 page special of Kate Moss in it with shots from the past.
Quite nice.
Thanks for sharing, very interesting video.
Thanks
Excellent technical narration, as always. Does come second to RaRa though…
Thank you
Excellent program, even for a "strictly film" shooter like me. I do chose my black and white films and developers based on the look I want. This had a wonderful use of shadows.
Thank you
Conversion to B&W from color from my perspective certainly adds capability.
Yes it's my preferred way of working
Nice presentation, Always entertaining !
Thanks again!
I like the results ! Looks so cool !
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks for that mini master class in image development. Now I'm going to have to play with some Porta images vs. FP4 that I have (shot same day & subjects)...
Thanks
Would love to see more examples of you shooting film.
coming soon
this makes me want to shoot harmon's new color stock and i hate processing color.
Enjoyed the vid and enjoyed seeing a 6x7
Fantastic info, very clever. Thank you..
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks a lot 🤗 it‘s so inspiring to see how you get the final Image.
Greetings from Germany 😘
Thanks for watching!
Many thanks for this new behind the scenes.
@B: Many thanks for introducing, filming and closing this session. I wish you enjoy the new family member.
@R: Many thanks for posing in this session; you are a dancer, you know it very well; moving like this you could have the world at your feet.
@P: Many thanks for explaining the reason why you prefer color equipment, and the process you follow to go to BW. From my (simplistic) point of view, photographing in color is better because you can always go to BW, but not the other way around. I prefer R in color, BTW.
Thank you
Excellent video and extremely helpful. I was contemplating a Leica M Monochrome, now I am sure I don't need it.
Glad it was helpful, thanks
Very interesting about shooting color and converting to B&W. I never would have thought of that. I generally like the look I get from the B&W film stocks I shoot, but it's good to have another idea/tool to play with, too. And, bonus, you get a nice color image, too. It's the analog version of a digital camera's process. Thanks!
Thanks heaps glad you enjoyed it
Sign on Peter's wall: "Stop buying dumb sh1t". Yep!
I'm buying less dumb shit but still buying dumb shit 🤣
😀👍
Interesting video Peter and also as a bonus when shooting in colour the negative can still be developed to B&W in the darkroom
That would defeat the my reason to shoot in colour negative
I’d love to see you do a shoot with Rotolights.. they a spectacular, powerful, portable lights! They are the wave of the future… continuous and strobe, built in colors! Please!! 😊 Hopefully Bec is reading this 😅!! Love your work and videos!
ruclips.net/video/vKyGcMjWIoE/видео.html :)
Loved this post...
Thank you
Thank you so much for the precious info! So as I understood it right, with Reversal you underexpose 1 stop and with Negative films you overexpose 1stop? Good luck Peter, Bec and RaRa!
1 stop under with Digital and positive film and 1 stop over with negative film
❤
An excellent video as usual. I also have a few Digital cameras and a few Leica M film and an M240. I have been contemplating buying a Monochrome M camera, but as yet I have not convinced myself that I need it. I don't do much street or low light photography off hand. A Leica Monochrome really shows its strength with very high iso settings , mainly due to its very high signal to noise ratio which results in lower high iso noise and improved dynamic range. I think for now the M240 and my D810 are more than adequate for my style of photography. In a studio and with controlled lighting a Monochrome camera is not as versatile as a normal digital.
My problem with the "monochrom" cameras is that my monitors display white using multiplle RGB pixels burning away brightly, but the monochrom cameras record each pixel as a light value. So then any representation of an image taken on a monochrom camera would require some sort of software adaptation. I have not seen this discussed. I have thought about how the Leica M10 monochorm sensor contains 40,89 MP or 7864 x 5200 of information, but my monitor really does not even provide 1920 x1080 of information, because I need three pixels to provide a black to gray ro white point, so my monitor provides 1920/3 by 1080/3 amount of information. So, I have wondered if to correctly enjoy a monochrom camera I would need a black and white only monitor. - Tim
@@Smoothblue90 That is a good point. Although I tend to print my photos. There is something about a physical print that can not be matched even by the best monitors.
Linda.💐💐💐💐💐💐
Will you ever release a coffee table book highlighting your favourite photos taking throughout the years that also touches on how your inspired for the shots as well as mastering them?
Yes working on one now
@@PeterCoulsonPhotographer can’t wait to pre order it!
thankyou all for the lessons. it helps
Thanks for your support
I am a shadow type of man :D
Thanks for yet another great video, Peter, A couple of questions, (1) Why PS and not LR? (2) Have you tried the denoise function in LR? (I recovered some old night shots that were unusable because of the high ISO induced noise. So last night, I took a few pics of my wife on my A6300. I wanted to shoot at f/8 at 1/80th of a second in a darkish room so I used ISO 3200 & 4000. I was amazed at how well it worked.)
Sorry I think you got confused, I was adding grain not removing it. And I can't do an overlay of the grain I was adding in Lightroom
Nice work as always. I had a question. The crank up stand with boom. I was wondering if you had the spreader legs it sits on custom built. I did on mine. But I have a second one I mounted 3 45lb weight plates instead of sand bags and spreader legs. It keeps it under control with no tipping too even with an elinchrom 190 para on it at full extension.
Yes I built them
Very cool stuff! Is that TMAX expired? I haven't used it but I don't get grain anything like that crunchy, and i mostly use 400 speed HP5+ on 6x4.5 (Bronica ETRSi)
Thanks no TSA damaged
Love watching you work - and transitioning more and more to constant light.... By the time you shoot with color film, scan, and process in PS, I honestly think just sticking to digital RAW capture and manipulating in post (curves/grain etc) to create the film 'look' is worth a thought/try!
Thanks I have some more videos coming soon
Did you have a lab process the film? If so, did they process straight up or did they push or pull developer?
Yes had a lab process it and they did it straight up
Great edit info vid. Not expecting you to do it but would like to see someone dodge & burn in a chemical (no, not the 60's drugs) darkroom just to learn a bit.
Thank you
Amazing Master class
Glad you think so!
What is the stand you are using for the light?
I made it
@@PeterCoulsonPhotographer Ah! It looks similar to some rolling stands I've seen before but it seems to have a wider stance wich would be really nice for stability.
Yumm
why u r not shooting with Tess ?
I'm in Australia and Tess is in Italy
@@PeterCoulsonPhotographer I'll pay you for travel, then you pay her, just see where Patreon world is going on old man &
just don't shoot all day with Bec ...
@@PeterCoulsonPhotographer 😄 deleted... WOW
nothing has been deleted? @@vikrantrm4237
Just being pedantic ... description says "natural light"
Oops fixed
You might as well completely ditch film
more videos coming about that
Good thanks!
Why?
Peter, you can usually get better results with film kodak tmax 400, in my opinion there is a mistake somewhere in the process, best regards :)
I was wondering this. Tmax 400 is a very clean and sharp film, especially in 6x7. Different developer maybe?