The Best Of My Monochrome Photography - The Finale
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- Опубликовано: 22 янв 2024
- In this Final episode in the series Paul shows the last of his favourite black and white photography from 2023.
Showing Street Photography, Portrait Photography and Fine art Photography shot with the Leica Q2 Monochrom, Leica M6, and Fuji XH2.
Film used - Kodak Tri X 
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Please do more of these videos…. Thanks for what you do!
Thanks for watching
Really like your work.
Thank you very much!
Very nice Photos!
Thanks so much
Great stuff
Truly enjoyed your recent work...very inspiring
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Really enjoyed that !!
Thanks so much! So glad you liked it
Awesome. Love hearing the stories behind quality images like these.
Thanks so much!!! I appreciate it
Loved this. Just found your channel. Keep going!!
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Amazing ❤
Thanks so much
More please! Thank you for sharing all your wonderful images, and the thoughts/stories behind them!
You are the reason the Q2M goes out with me everyday!
Thanks so much for your positivity
This week I found your channel, as I was looking about the Q2M. And I love it!! Amazing photos, stories and tips! I’d definitely pick up the q2m now!
Thanks so much! So glad you enjoy the channel!! The Q2M is my most used camera and I love it!
Simon is a star of Southside of Glasgow. Nice one
He’s awesome!! Thanks for watching the video
Your portraits are just plum magical Thank you.
Thanks mate!!! I really appreciate it
Fantastic work!
Thanks so much!!! I really appreciate your kind comment
There is a lot of magic going on here. All very fresh.
Thanks so much!! I really appreciate you watching and being so ok d with your comments
Hi Paul , as many people here are saying the problem you are experiencing is reticulation. The Ilford equivalent to Kodak D-76 is ID-11.
I always used ID11 with no problems at all.
I will keep those in mind! Testing rodinal first!
Hi Paul , Tri X when it is good is very very good, but when it is bad it is wicked. Reticulation and grain the size of golf balls are easily achieved. I always have used D 76 with the stock solution diluted 1..1 . It lowers grain and contrast , and stops your blacks blocking up . Contrast can be added in the darkroom or lightroom but I like the look as it is. The other issue is that the temperature through development needs to be a strict 20 C and a water bath is really the best option. Hope this helps. Regards, Jake E.
Thanks so much for your advice!!! That Cinestill stuff just becomes a pain as soon as you try to push tri x
The classic combination is Tri-X and D-76 developer. It was the standard combination at newspapers in the US for at least 60 years.
I will definitely give this a try
👌👍🔝💯📸 Lovely set of photos Paul!
Make me smile and joyfull!
Yes,please - keep on doing this kind of videos ❤
Thanks so much!! I will maybe do a video like this once a month. I think some people may be getting bored of them
Brilliant photos Paul, keep them coming just love seeing them.
Thanks so much!
Also enjoyed how you look for interesting backgrounds with patches of light and wait for the right moment when subject enters the frame...very cool..keep showing your work and the stories behind them!
Thanks so much!! I’m so pleased you enjoyed this one
Hi Paul, Great day in Glasgow street photography workshop. Learnt so much and just a brilliant day of photographic opportunities. Your 2023 Finale is superb, 35mm film pictures to die for!! Keep on showing them year on year. If you get a great combination of developer/fixer please let us all know. More power to your cameras.....
Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it!!!
Dear Paul, I love the best of serie very much! In this episode, there are two images, which hit me. At minute 13, the fellows in the tube, and near the end, when she lights his cigarette, oh man, that's both outstanding! And nice to hear, you made a portrait with the Fuji, because it shows, that the camera doesn't matter. It's the person behind. Best wishes and regards, Dirk
Thanks mate!!! Yeah the camera really doesn’t matter these days!
Love it all. I would really enjoy seeing an episode that is dedicated to your wedding photography. I did that for 7 years and loved the hundreds of candid moments in every event. It’s so much work, but wow, what a day full of opportunity.
Thanks so much!! I’d love to do a video on my wedding photography. I think a lot of people switch off as soon as I mention wedding
@@paulreidphotography -lol, probably true. But I felt that if you can successfully photograph weddings, you can photograph anything. It has virtually every genre, all packed into one very hectic, very long day.
@@donjagoe I totally agree!!! Some of my best portraits have been taken at weddings!!
I like these kind of videos, please do more like this!
Thanks mate!! Always good to hear from you!!
Please keep up the series. Nice work, as always.
Thanks so much for watching
I haven't developed a roll of film since the mid 70's, but I've put a few thousand feet of Tri-X through the mill (used to roll my own). My go-to developer was D-76 and I always was careful about the temperature, keeping the tanks in a water bath during development. Never had a problem with grain, in fact I sometimes TRIED to increase the grain, but was only moderately successful by pushing the ASA to 1600 or more. P.S. Really enjoy your channel.
When I shot B&W film in the 1970s, I used D-76 or HC-110 dilution B w/o incident. Well, there was the one time I forgot to measure the developer temperature and got very interesting grain.
Th ask so much for your input and for your kind words
Hi Paul, this is a very good idea presenting your best pics. I did enjoy It very much! We always learn a lot with you. Hope one day participating to one of your workshop...
Thanks so much for watching and thanks for your encouragement
Keep em coming Paul. Always enjoy looking at your images.
Agreed, I'd like to see more!
Thanks so much! I really appreciate it
always some excellent images paul, thanks for sharing . zen billings in canada
Thanks so much!! Always good to hear from you
Love it! Love your narrative and the stories behind
Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate your kind comments so much
Great video and photos, Paul! I've always preferred D76 as a developer for Tri-X film.
I will give that a try!
Wonderful stuff ! Thanks 😊
You get my vote. Really good, more would be nice, thanks.
Thanks so much
I suspect you are getting retriculation probably caused by differential temperatures between the developer, the stop bath, fix or wash. I have been photographing for more than 50 years; over that time one developer stood out; PMK Pyro. It is a staining developer with very fine grain and high acuteness. My favorite version was Wemberly’s WD2D liquid. Wear gloves and use the liquid version as pyro is toxic. Take a few sacrificial rolls to dial in time, temperature and agitation and ISO; you will be rewarded with great total range in both harsh and soft light.
Thanks so much for your advice! I’ve got a lot to learn
Talk to Peter Carlson at Blue Moon Camera in Portland, OR about b&w developing. He may be one of the best film processors on the US West Coast.
Thanks for the advice!! I will look him up
Beautiiful work Paul!!!
Thanks so much
Fantastic work. Cant wait to meet you at a workshop!
Thanks so much!! I look forward to that too
Hi Paul, I don't think you can go far wrong with using D76 for developing B&W photographs it works great with all B&W including Tri X then you can use any stop and fix.
I’m trying rodinal first! Then I will see what D76 is like too! Thanks for your recommendation
Great presentation Paul! When it comes to b&w film development at home, I use various caffenol recipes depending on the film and asa value.
Thanks so watching!
For Tri-X Kodak HC 110 still is a great developer! Kodak HC-110B (1+31) for 7 min.
I may give that a go! I’m living the rodinal and stand development process
@@paulreidphotography I use 1:100 Rodinal stand for decades and love it 😄
It is called grain reticulation Paul. I have suffered it twice in nearly 45 years of film photography. It happens if there is a sudden temp drop of the chemicals, particularly the developer. With the quality of your photography, I'd go with one of the tried and tested ones. I have not used TriX since the mid 80s, and it was always in 120, TPX 320, or in 4X5 and HC110 Dilution B was superb with those films. I am not sure about 135 though. I am using Atomal49 with HP5 plus and Rollei RPX 400 but it gives a much flatter contrast than you'd get with TriX and D76 for example. I think a bit of experimentation may be required.
Thanks so just h for your advice!!!
I've always thought that the patterning you get on the grain when developing is due to problems with consistency of temperature. The word you may have been searching for is reticulation.
Yeah it’s definitely that! I just can’t seem to push film with that Cinestill stuff
Hey Paul - I much enjoyed (as an Edinburgh Street Snapper myself) looking at your pictures but I'm sitting here wondering what app you used to narrate and video them?
For the narration I use a mic pretty close to the mouth and just some standard voice recording free software called audacity
In my experience over 50 years ago, Tri-X was best developed in Kodak D-76👍. Have no idea if it’s still available?
I will give this a try for sure
@@paulreidphotography Good luck!🤞 If I recall correctly I also used Agfa Rodinal as the fine grain developer for Kodak Panatomic-X (ASA/ISO 32) with good results👍.
I’m new to developing. I really enjoyed the simplicity of the Cinestill product but can see the rougher edges for sure. For me as a beginner developing it was fine but definitely not what I would want for serious pics.
Hi there, it seems totally fine at native iso. It’s only when I push the film and have to increase temperature that I run into problems. Thanks so much for your comment
Paul : I like your 28mm Q2 Leica , your blessed man the lovely girl the camera's and all ... Mm nice. I am Older , single and shoot the film , right now I am enjoying Rollei TLR and the M3 and M A , yes .. single so not a wife or girl ....to decide my spending , or encourage. I think TRL shooters are a different lot , different focus and function. Portraiture I love , your portraits are wonderful. Well ... Off on my Solo way ... Your young , enjoy having Love.
Thanks so much for watching my videos! I am indeed blessed! May fortune favour you too
Kodak D-76
Will give it a try
X-tol
Rodinol. Forget about the rest.
Does this make the film very grainy? Less grainy? Or neither
Very nice Paul! Always hated darkroom work back in the day. Back after 50 years and I so much enjoy B&W photography but digital. If ever on sale or used may get the new Pentax monochrome. @wb2pics
Thanks for watching the video. Yeah I’ve never used that Pentax! I’d love a go with one