These photos are absolutely stunning. I know they may not have been what you wanted to get but I hope you know you have such an amazing eye for capturing things in film. Thank you for sharing 💕
I definitely appreciate the experimentation you tried out. It may not have turned out how you liked but it brought great joy to watch you try and show us both your good and not-so-good pictures.
Hi Sam, I liked your explanation with regards to pushing film, makes sense to me :) One thing about the light you were using, being the carpark lamps, they are most likely sodium vapor lamps which are probably the worst lights that can be used for photography, as it's missing a big chunk of good visible light spectrum. And with film, I don't think the light spectrum of sodium vapor lamps are are very receptive to excite the chemicals in your roll of film. Keep up your great work of experimenting with film !
Ahhhhh!! Good to know!! I was wondering if the lamp seems more yellow than normal tungsten light… sodium vapor lamps..that’s very interesting~ I’ll look into it more. Thank you for the feedback 🤓
Not all films are pushable. I think you would have liked the pushed Portra 400 better than the Gold. Grain is unavoidable when pushing film which maybe why B/W looks better when pushed than color as we expect grain in B/W more than color. Loved your explanation, I think it was spot on and very understandable
Another great video. I really liked your explanation of the grass and the seeds. Now that you have tried pushing, try also pulling the film! Since the negatives don't respond linearly to light you'll lift the shadows without hurting the highlights too much. In my experience, this renders creamier and more pastel-like colors, but it also depends on the scanning technique. Give it a try and make a video about it! And BTW; the reason why many like to push BW films might be because we used to develop it ourselves and thus had more control over the whole process. BW films also respond differently to light, I don't know. I remember pushing 800 ISO film way up to 108.000, lol, and the grain was insane. It looked like paint made of pebbles. :)
Me taking notes RIGHT NOW!! thank you for your feedback and input~ I will for sure try pulling, I read some articles online where people often talk about pushing and pulling together, I do planing on trying pulling for another video... and PAINTING like grainny 10800 ISO... emmmm.. I'm also very interested in that as well!!! Thank you for all the ideas~
@@itscapturedbysam I think I should have the scan somewhere. I will post it on Flickr when I find it (you can find me there). BTW: please check out my comment under the Hasselblad video. Keep up and best wishes again!
💜 Great video Sam! Even as quite an experienced photographer I’ve never pushed film, so your explanation (and experimentation on our behalf!!) was really helpful. Don’t be so hard on yourself - I really liked those night shots 😊 The colour was always going to be tricky, but I think the contrast works well to pick out your model against the background. There are still some nice highlights in the background, and even the warm tones work with the model’s skin. The model has a lovely, serene look too. The experience will allow you to fine-tune settings next time, but to my eye pretty pleasing results!
Thank you! I was “disappointed” because the results just came out not “as expected” but that’s good, now I know what to expect next time if I ever need to push film again~ I’m glad this could be helpful to you too ☺️
Yeah, most film responds to white/blue light more than warm/orange light. It will be on the specs sheet. So the metering will be off for those stairwell shots (unless it’s a tungsten film).
oh you really have my 蕊思拜！大胆的尝试～～比喻也很有趣～～love it！！说起来，夏天的时候在universal也是用gold200拍过一次夜景，到处都是neon light的表现还是有点意外的好，虽然那是卷135的。但是我用了一个简易的小支架和快门线。so，respect again～～😂！
thank you for the video, Sam. all your desciption are made sense :D from my experience, different film brands develop different color shift, also difference in (extreme) saturation increase.. I've tried fujifilm (increase in blue & green) and also positive films.. perhaps you can make another trial using another brands and types too in next videos..? or maybe cross processing? :D😊
I think most of the color shifting is coming from the film being a daylight film while you're using it at night with lights. That tends to give you the warm tone you're getting. Regardless, I always enjoy your videos and this was no exception. The way you film it and comment on it is relaxing.. hehe. It's nice to see that Gold 200 is somewhat pushable. From my own experiences, the 'consumer' films never really push that well. Pro films do a much better job.
@@itscapturedbysam Portra 400 is great. You can rate it at different ISOs on the same roll, develop it normally without a push and all the photos will still be useable.. It's like some kinda witchcraft. 😅
Yes, when you shoot a 200 film but set it at 400ISO, you tell the lab to PUSH 1 STOP, if you set it at 800, that’s PUSH 2 STOPS, and so on… you can write on my film roll +1 / +2… that means push stops…
Your color in tungsten light looks "more yellow" because you almost have zero light in 2 different layers of film. In tungsten light you need to pull color film to scan it properly in the lab. Great video, good luck!
I don't think there's a color shift, only the color temperature of those street lights is usually between 800 to maximum 2500 K, unless we are talking about LED lights, and that's too much to handle even for a colour negative film. You can correct that by using blue filter, but in doing that you might loose a stop or two of light, what throws the whole notion of handheld shooting out of the window. And BTW, you can do some crazy pushings with black & white film, under condition that you pick film and developer very carefully...
When I say color shift I mean by the amount of magenta tone in the photo look odd… that might cause by underexpose. I’m looking forward to try push black and white films, sound fun!!
8:19 You mentioned that the colour turned out murky and that you didn't like it. That's Kodak Gold/Kodak Ultramax, It is a consumer-grade film that, like Kodak Plus 200, has a propensity for becoming muddy and grainy. You should use Kodak Portra 160 or 400 if you want something more refined. 15:42 In addition, why are you attempting to illuminate the dark areas when there is no light? Black is black, and it cannot be made brighter, as you stated previously in the video. It only makes sense that her face is bright because it is lit by the light next to her.
I understand, the purpose of this test is to see how Kodak Gold works in extrame situation, the muddy and grainy look is expected. Regarding the dark background, I'm not attempting to illuminate the dark, I think it really comes down the light ratio between the highlight and the shadow. It's black because the highlight is too bright, the contrast is too big. You see light in the background in the BTS footage, it just dose not translate the same.
These photos are absolutely stunning. I know they may not have been what you wanted to get but I hope you know you have such an amazing eye for capturing things in film. Thank you for sharing 💕
I definitely appreciate the experimentation you tried out. It may not have turned out how you liked but it brought great joy to watch you try and show us both your good and not-so-good pictures.
Thank you for watching 🤓
It’s cool to share mistakes. It really helps demystify film photography and help people along.
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The heavy contrast is great! I'm a big fan of the shots!
I actually really enjoy the pushed 2 stops shots
the shot at 16:38 is amazing
Hi Sam, I liked your explanation with regards to pushing film, makes sense to me :)
One thing about the light you were using, being the carpark lamps, they are most likely sodium vapor lamps which are probably the worst lights that can be used for photography, as it's missing a big chunk of good visible light spectrum. And with film, I don't think the light spectrum of sodium vapor lamps are are very receptive to excite the chemicals in your roll of film.
Keep up your great work of experimenting with film !
Ahhhhh!! Good to know!! I was wondering if the lamp seems more yellow than normal tungsten light… sodium vapor lamps..that’s very interesting~ I’ll look into it more. Thank you for the feedback 🤓
Not all films are pushable. I think you would have liked the pushed Portra 400 better than the Gold. Grain is unavoidable when pushing film which maybe why B/W looks better when pushed than color as we expect grain in B/W more than color. Loved your explanation, I think it was spot on and very understandable
I’m definitely gonna try push Portra 400 some time, and try BW film too.. so many things to try hahahah 🤓
Very informative! You answered a lot of my questions about exposure regardless of pushing. Thanks for the demo. I'll subscribe.
Suuuuch a good metaphor of grass to explain pushing and highlights, midtones and shadows!
Glad it made sense 😸
Another great video. I really liked your explanation of the grass and the seeds. Now that you have tried pushing, try also pulling the film! Since the negatives don't respond linearly to light you'll lift the shadows without hurting the highlights too much. In my experience, this renders creamier and more pastel-like colors, but it also depends on the scanning technique. Give it a try and make a video about it!
And BTW; the reason why many like to push BW films might be because we used to develop it ourselves and thus had more control over the whole process. BW films also respond differently to light, I don't know. I remember pushing 800 ISO film way up to 108.000, lol, and the grain was insane. It looked like paint made of pebbles. :)
Me taking notes RIGHT NOW!! thank you for your feedback and input~ I will for sure try pulling, I read some articles online where people often talk about pushing and pulling together, I do planing on trying pulling for another video... and PAINTING like grainny 10800 ISO... emmmm.. I'm also very interested in that as well!!! Thank you for all the ideas~
@@itscapturedbysam I think I should have the scan somewhere. I will post it on Flickr when I find it (you can find me there). BTW: please check out my comment under the Hasselblad video. Keep up and best wishes again!
@Marjan Krebelj sorry I didn’t not find you comment on the hassleblad video ~
Charming exposition, thankyou.
You actually did a good job shooting Kodak gold on an overcast day… gold usually shine on a sunny day but I like how contrast resulted in your images!
Thanks for the video 😀 i actually liked the 2 stop push a whole lot! Your photos turned out so beautiful!!! ❤
😊 thank you!!
Loved every bit of this! Production value 1000000
Thank you 😊
💜 Great video Sam! Even as quite an experienced photographer I’ve never pushed film, so your explanation (and experimentation on our behalf!!) was really helpful. Don’t be so hard on yourself - I really liked those night shots 😊 The colour was always going to be tricky, but I think the contrast works well to pick out your model against the background. There are still some nice highlights in the background, and even the warm tones work with the model’s skin. The model has a lovely, serene look too. The experience will allow you to fine-tune settings next time, but to my eye pretty pleasing results!
Thank you! I was “disappointed” because the results just came out not “as expected” but that’s good, now I know what to expect next time if I ever need to push film again~ I’m glad this could be helpful to you too ☺️
Very good video Sam!
I now understand what pushing film is. Thanks Sam!
Thank you for watching 😊
That actually makes a lot of sense, I'm laughing pretty hard at midnight lol. You're awesome. great shots and great info!
Thank you. Glad the video made some good laugh 😂
I actually quite like the results on the third film! Really have the vintage look haha, could be very useful for 港风
Yes!! Vintage 港风哈哈哈哈 now you said it, it does look vintage~ should have style the model more 港风～ 😂
Yeah, most film responds to white/blue light more than warm/orange light. It will be on the specs sheet. So the metering will be off for those stairwell shots (unless it’s a tungsten film).
Emmmm… I’ll look into it~
Nice job Sam.
Thank you Rez ☺️
push to 800 at shoot at daytime
oh you really have my 蕊思拜！大胆的尝试～～比喻也很有趣～～love it！！说起来，夏天的时候在universal也是用gold200拍过一次夜景，到处都是neon light的表现还是有点意外的好，虽然那是卷135的。但是我用了一个简易的小支架和快门线。so，respect again～～😂！
现在已经很难买到35的gold200了，之后有机会想要对比35和120的gold200～
god, I am learning so much from your video! :D love your content
thank you 🥰
Fantastic video I love it
thank you~
We back at it
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Always wanted a way to explain your seeds concept to "non-photographers". It's so poetic and reasoned at the same time.
I’m glad it make sense 😂
thank you for the video, Sam. all your desciption are made sense :D
from my experience, different film brands develop different color shift, also difference in (extreme) saturation increase.. I've tried fujifilm (increase in blue & green) and also positive films.. perhaps you can make another trial using another brands and types too in next videos..? or maybe cross processing? :D😊
There are so many different things to try that’s why film photography is so fun 🤩
I loved all of them
Thank you ☺️
I think most of the color shifting is coming from the film being a daylight film while you're using it at night with lights. That tends to give you the warm tone you're getting.
Regardless, I always enjoy your videos and this was no exception. The way you film it and comment on it is relaxing.. hehe.
It's nice to see that Gold 200 is somewhat pushable. From my own experiences, the 'consumer' films never really push that well. Pro films do a much better job.
Definitely gonna try push Potra sometime and see how much better it would be… thank you for watching 🤓
@@itscapturedbysam Portra 400 is great. You can rate it at different ISOs on the same roll, develop it normally without a push and all the photos will still be useable.. It's like some kinda witchcraft. 😅
I love youuu thank you for making videos and being you
Thank you ☺️
Hi Sam 看你的视频感觉好亲切啊，我还蛮喜欢后面 几张 800ios的照片的 比较忧郁的感觉, love your videos keep it up🎉
Thank you for watching~ 🎄and Merry Christmas
@Captured by Sam happy holidays
等等啊！这么说的话，高ISO的胶卷的迫冲潜力要比低ISO的胶卷要大（虽然没什么意义。。）因为高感光度胶卷还能对低照度区域有感光，迫冲的时候显影的可能性更大。
也有有道理哇 看来要迫一个3200的黑白卷试验一下哈哈哈哈哈
我自己永远也冲洗不出这么干净的image，太喜欢你拍的照片了❤
啊 谢谢你的喜欢 不要说什么自己不行呀 你可以的 加油！！👏🏻
kodak gold 200 还有一个玩法：push 2 stops， shoot at iso 650 indoor or cloudy day. kodak gold 需要很多light. 还有，相对push Cinestill800T，个人觉得push lomo800 更flexible, 相片也比较便宜。
Noted!! 我还没有试过lomo800，有机会（买得到的话）买来试试看！！
@@itscapturedbysam lomo800 真的可以试试！lomo400 就略过吧... portra 400 is better :)
I like the shots you have after 16:26 🙂
I have a question. When you forced a film for example 200, you set your camera iso in 400 and also in the lab ask for the forcing? Thanks
Yes, when you shoot a 200 film but set it at 400ISO, you tell the lab to PUSH 1 STOP, if you set it at 800, that’s PUSH 2 STOPS, and so on… you can write on my film roll +1 / +2… that means push stops…
Your color in tungsten light looks "more yellow" because you almost have zero light in 2 different layers of film. In tungsten light you need to pull color film to scan it properly in the lab. Great video, good luck!
I scan it all my films myself, maybe the lab would scan it differently~
I don't think there's a color shift, only the color temperature of those street lights is usually between 800 to maximum 2500 K, unless we are talking about LED lights, and that's too much to handle even for a colour negative film. You can correct that by using blue filter, but in doing that you might loose a stop or two of light, what throws the whole notion of handheld shooting out of the window.
And BTW, you can do some crazy pushings with black & white film, under condition that you pick film and developer very carefully...
When I say color shift I mean by the amount of magenta tone in the photo look odd… that might cause by underexpose. I’m looking forward to try push black and white films, sound fun!!
@@itscapturedbysam Yes, over or under exposure can make dramatic colour shift...
I think your explanation wasn't bad at all! Totally understood it :D
Thank you 😊
这期的模特就是读书时候的班花吧。💓 好喜欢这期的氛围。原谅我不会说英文。
没事我会说中文哈哈哈哈
好喜欢你的成片风格呀@@itscapturedbysam
8:58 where did you get that handy "Do Not X-Ray" bag??
It’s gift by a friend and he said it’s not for sale 😂
@@itscapturedbysam All good, looks awesome!
Sam老师好久没发街头摄影了 还会做那类型的片子吗！
(老师可不敢当） 会… 正在做的这个视频就有街拍的部分… 但是最近工作生活节奏有点乱 还不确定什么时候会发🥹
I wish I saw this video before I finished my first roll of portra 800 pushed two stops LOL
How did it turn out?
Low contrast, underexposed 😂
很棒的拍摄！ 保持下去🤚
谢谢！！
Don’t push me cause I’m close to the edge…I’m just tryin not to lose my reds.
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For Science!!!! Lol!!! 😁
📷🎞🧪✍🏻👩🏻🔬🔮🤞Yes, Science!!
i dunno i actually liked the photos lol
Thank you ☺️
8:19 You mentioned that the colour turned out murky and that you didn't like it. That's Kodak Gold/Kodak Ultramax, It is a consumer-grade film that, like Kodak Plus 200, has a propensity for becoming muddy and grainy. You should use Kodak Portra 160 or 400 if you want something more refined. 15:42 In addition, why are you attempting to illuminate the dark areas when there is no light? Black is black, and it cannot be made brighter, as you stated previously in the video. It only makes sense that her face is bright because it is lit by the light next to her.
I understand, the purpose of this test is to see how Kodak Gold works in extrame situation, the muddy and grainy look is expected. Regarding the dark background, I'm not attempting to illuminate the dark, I think it really comes down the light ratio between the highlight and the shadow. It's black because the highlight is too bright, the contrast is too big. You see light in the background in the BTS footage, it just dose not translate the same.