Over Exposing Portra 160

In this video I will be walking through the ruins of Bombay Beach while testing the effects of over exposing film, specifically Porta 160, with my trusty Leica M6.
I have personally never tried to over expose film because I'm naturally a digital photographer and when over exposing digital images you tend to blow out the sky and subjects. Film is much different and reacts very well to over exposing. A lot of times when you over expose film you will bring out more colors and might even cause the image to be more contrasty.
I thoroughly enjoyed testing this out and will definitely continue to over expose Portra and any other film stock.
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[@brystrasser]

Stumbled upon your Leica M6 video and I was super surprised that this is a new channel! Love this video too. Keep up the good work man, looking forward to the next one!

[@isaiahfilm9414]

Thanks man, so glad you like the videos!

[@elmachomen]

That´s one of the perks of film over digital, it has way more latitude (dynamic range) and that´s why, specially with negative film people tend to overexpose, to retain more detail in the shadows since you know that it´s not gonna have any problems with the highlights. Great video, keep up the good work!

[@isaiahfilm9414]

Thank you! I had a blast trying it out and I’m so pumped about the results!

[@BrandonEckroth]

Heck yeah. All about those punchy, overexposed colors.

[@isaiahfilm9414]

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[@theharveydean]

I almost never shoot box speed man! I personally think Portra has the nicest tones when overexposed a couple of stops, even more so on medium format. You can overexpose like 4-5 stops on medium format and still retain a lot of detail. The latitude is insane.

[@isaiahfilm9414]

Absolutely crazy! Love that you can do that with film and so excited to continue to do it!

[@joshuakoblin7215]

So do you pull ur film or just develop normally?

[@theharveydean]

@@joshuakoblin7215 just develop normally man!

[@eladbari]

Whaddya mean +4 +5 overexposure? This one here was overexpsed by +2 and in many shots- skintones were blown out white, man.
I think there's a chance you might live in a pretty overcast location, where there's no harsh sun. That's why you can overexpose so much. I don't think +4 +5 is really possible for others.

[@theharveydean]

@@eladbari obviously conditions are a huge factor, but it is possible. Medium format has a much wider exposure latitude than 35mm. Kyle McDougall has a great video on this. Highly recommend checking it out.! ruclips.net/video/T3OIzjhu9eo/видео.html

[@authenticas........]

To over expose just set the iso to a lower Number is this correct? You had 160 Gil
But iso 50
Great pictures man Looked to look
I’m still learning to shot on my Canon A1 35mm

[@Heasiana]

Amazing 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼... Really a great job. ♥️

[@isaiahfilm9414]

Thank you!

[@plestj]

Model: My eyes are really burning!
Photographer: Sometimes that happens.
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[@Glazehikes]

Thanks so much. Love this video. Great shots. Peace

[@plestj]

Like your channel of film photography! Just joking around on my last comment. You stayed focused through the shoot! Yes Portra is a great film stock. 👍

[@kriseric1]

thank you, this was informative. The best results seemed to be when you and the subject were in severe sunshine.

[@MrPellegrini]

Very nice videos! I'm also about to experience the leica and film world... Hope to see more content soon! Keep on going!! :-)

[@isaiahfilm9414]

Thank you, glad you like the video and hope you have a wonderful leica experience!

[@themoonboat1325]

Nice video! What brand did you use to mount your phone on your camera? It looks very stable, thanks!

[@mikefreelandphoto]

I loved the results! I’m assuming you didn’t pull the film while developing? Curious because I’m about to shoot a friend on 6x7 with Portra 160 and I’m nervous about over exposing. I’ve always shot box speed but looking to try something different.

[@jsshayes1]

Don't pull it... over expose it by 4 stops. It can handle it no problem.

[@BillybobP]

❤️

[@MattJungJinChoi]

Nice vid dude. Were you rating it at iso 50 & also exposing for the shadows? I had done this and quite a few shots turned out wayy overexposed lol

[@isaiahfilm9414]

Thank you! I was mostly exposing for whatever was in the center of the frame so not always exposing for shadows. That being said, I didn’t have any shots that ended up being over exposed but maybe I would’ve experienced that if I was exposing for shadows

[@MattJungJinChoi]

Isaiah Film cheers!

[@Beats4us]

Question ... did you have to tell your developer to plus or negative anything or did you just do a regular at 160 for example when I shoot hp5 at 1600 I tell the developer to develop it at that .... being that your ISO is at 50 do you tell them when they develop that ?

[@nls-io]

If the goal is to overexpose like he did, the lab should use the box speed to develop it. They usually do a bit of autocorrection with the scan though.

[@AyindeHowell]

yeah bro where did you get the iPhone attachment

[@ferdamusonthebeatz7891]

So when it comes to developing the film ...is this pulling film ?

[@querenbossone]

why i cant find your instagram

[@isaiahfilm9414]

@isaiahphoto

[@muazsuhaimi5392]

Bad photo . Keep it up man