Thank you for this video. I have boxes of mine and my parents negatives, as well as all of my grandparents negatives (which includes my great grandparents negatives). We are now going through my grandparents things and I am tasked with sorting through the pictures and distributing them. I will have to go through all of the negatives and decide which ones to keep. I do have a small slide/negative converter that I bought so that will help. Thanks again for all the tips.
Interesting concept. I only shoot family and friends (and only a few per day/occasion) so I can't imagine doing the hole punching thing but I do use a similar ring binder system for negatives. They aren't chronological yet but they will be once I'm up to date. I found a box of negatives from my childhood that I'm still putting in sleeves! Once that's done I'll make the folder chronological :)
I bet that set of old childhood negatives was awesome to find! Yeah, I don't give the chop to family shots, or images I've taken with models. I can't seem to bring myself to hole punch an image with a person in it... like it's some weird voodoo curse or something haha.
I've been revising my film negatives recently trying to sort out a way of properly sorting them out. Do I scan them all and cull once I can see them properly on screen? Do I keep the scans once I've processed the selected photos? How should I file away the negatives? What really resonated with me in your video is your distinction between family photos and the rest (landscapes etc). That's helped me figure out in my head that I should be more ruthless with everything except the family photos. Thanks!
I'm glad it was helpful! It's worth noting (at least for me) it's always way easier to be more ruthless with culling the longer I wait after initially taking the image.
That's a great idea! I'd imagine this allows you to note things a little bit easier. I tend to write on the plastic sleeves sometimes if I need to make notes.
@@filmismorefun Yes, on the plastic sleeves I only write the date and the subject/project. All other notes, as selected/discarded frames, crops, etc., on the contact sheet. In fact, you can write all the information you need, but I usually write less things than I would need...
You never know how you thoughts on a frame will change over time, a much better method is to put red dot stickers on your favourite frames of a roll (on the sleeve, not on the film itself). Do not destroy your film.
Make a contact sheet via scan, print on a laser printer- select the frames check mark or dots whatever- destroying negatives is just silly- that is your archive
Hopefully your negative pile does not get so big you avoid them haha! I did that for a while because the organizing seemed overwhelming I had so many to do.
best intro 😂😂 im basically doin the same but digitally, so i scan every negative i have and keep it as .tiff on my laptop and only the ones i like i turn into "positives" and edit them 👍
Haha thanks! The intro I'm working on now for a video on an HP5 disposable camera I think will be even better. Your process sounds like a digital version of hole-punching haha.
If your'e not the photo editor of a newspaper forget the punch. Get the binder and the plastic pages. You can also add a notes page. They'll be there in sixty years when your kids and grand-kids scan them again and are wowed. Don't just leave negatives around in accumulating envelopes. It is impossible to find what you want and they're a mess.
It would be better if you make contact print for your negatives and make punches on the prints instead of the negatives. Prints are also easier for preview.
I would only ever punch a negative if it was absolutely irretrievable, like it's literally a fully-black or fully-blank frame. The things is, even a blurry image may one day be correctible with artificial intelligence. They are already using AI to up-convert standard definition video to high definition, and it is quite stunning. It literally looks like it was originally filmed in HD. But if you've punched a hole you have lost that data for good. It could be someone's head at that scale, and even AI is probably not going to construct that out of nothing, certainly not in whatever exact situation it was in.
Well, initially my thought was that I needed to make a final decision and the hole punch helped with that. But over the last few years I've become more lenient during the decision making process. Instead of punching holes in the negatives I don't want to keep I just cut them off and discard them. However, I now wait months after developing and review them several times to make sure I'm okay with that decision.
No, because the store that made your CD copies only made them at 2 mp. They didn't take too much care on tweaking exposure, color or contrast. Even if you don't have a scanner now you may get one later. If you get a real special photograph do you want only a consumer 2mp copy?
Well, I guess then I'm out of luck then haha. 😂 But I think that helps with part of the pressure to make a decision. If I think I might want it in the future it wouldn't get the punch.
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This is utterly horrendous. Never, under any circumstances, destroy a frame of a negative. There is literally no justification for it.
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@@filmismorefun they are correct though.......
Thank you for this video. I have boxes of mine and my parents negatives, as well as all of my grandparents negatives (which includes my great grandparents negatives). We are now going through my grandparents things and I am tasked with sorting through the pictures and distributing them. I will have to go through all of the negatives and decide which ones to keep. I do have a small slide/negative converter that I bought so that will help. Thanks again for all the tips.
I'm glad it was helpful. I bet you'll come across a bunch of interesting memories!
Interesting concept. I only shoot family and friends (and only a few per day/occasion) so I can't imagine doing the hole punching thing but I do use a similar ring binder system for negatives. They aren't chronological yet but they will be once I'm up to date. I found a box of negatives from my childhood that I'm still putting in sleeves! Once that's done I'll make the folder chronological :)
I bet that set of old childhood negatives was awesome to find! Yeah, I don't give the chop to family shots, or images I've taken with models. I can't seem to bring myself to hole punch an image with a person in it... like it's some weird voodoo curse or something haha.
I've been revising my film negatives recently trying to sort out a way of properly sorting them out. Do I scan them all and cull once I can see them properly on screen? Do I keep the scans once I've processed the selected photos? How should I file away the negatives? What really resonated with me in your video is your distinction between family photos and the rest (landscapes etc). That's helped me figure out in my head that I should be more ruthless with everything except the family photos. Thanks!
I'm glad it was helpful! It's worth noting (at least for me) it's always way easier to be more ruthless with culling the longer I wait after initially taking the image.
I store my negatives with a contact sheet. I make all of the marks I need on the contact sheet.
That's a great idea! I'd imagine this allows you to note things a little bit easier. I tend to write on the plastic sleeves sometimes if I need to make notes.
@@filmismorefun Yes, on the plastic sleeves I only write the date and the subject/project. All other notes, as selected/discarded frames, crops, etc., on the contact sheet. In fact, you can write all the information you need, but I usually write less things than I would need...
You never know how you thoughts on a frame will change over time, a much better method is to put red dot stickers on your favourite frames of a roll (on the sleeve, not on the film itself). Do not destroy your film.
That's a great idea about the red dot sticker. 🙂
Make a contact sheet via scan, print on a laser printer- select the frames check mark or dots whatever- destroying negatives is just silly- that is your archive
Hello. I'm a (re)starter in film cameras but the negatives begin to grows. I'll think about it too.
Hopefully your negative pile does not get so big you avoid them haha! I did that for a while because the organizing seemed overwhelming I had so many to do.
best intro 😂😂 im basically doin the same but digitally, so i scan every negative i have and keep it as .tiff on my laptop and only the ones i like i turn into "positives" and edit them 👍
Haha thanks! The intro I'm working on now for a video on an HP5 disposable camera I think will be even better. Your process sounds like a digital version of hole-punching haha.
Cool idea, will think about it
Awesome 😁
If your'e not the photo editor of a newspaper forget the punch. Get the binder and the plastic pages. You can also add a notes page. They'll be there in sixty years when your kids and grand-kids scan them again and are wowed. Don't just leave negatives around in accumulating envelopes. It is impossible to find what you want and they're a mess.
Yep, that's where they're all at, in a binder with archival pages. That's after they sit in envelopes for a few months though haha.
It would be better if you make contact print for your negatives and make punches on the prints instead of the negatives. Prints are also easier for preview.
I would only ever punch a negative if it was absolutely irretrievable, like it's literally a fully-black or fully-blank frame. The things is, even a blurry image may one day be correctible with artificial intelligence. They are already using AI to up-convert standard definition video to high definition, and it is quite stunning. It literally looks like it was originally filmed in HD. But if you've punched a hole you have lost that data for good. It could be someone's head at that scale, and even AI is probably not going to construct that out of nothing, certainly not in whatever exact situation it was in.
Well, initially my thought was that I needed to make a final decision and the hole punch helped with that. But over the last few years I've become more lenient during the decision making process. Instead of punching holes in the negatives I don't want to keep I just cut them off and discard them. However, I now wait months after developing and review them several times to make sure I'm okay with that decision.
I don't much about film but I'm pretty sure punching wholes in film is destructive.
Oh it's destructive for sure. It leaves the negative pretty useless with a giant hole in it. 🙂
I,keep my negatives in fact there not going anywhere !!
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I'm crying seeing this.. why, but why? :( don't do this.. even if that's your worst photo... they have a soul... :)
That HAD a soul. Mwuahahahaha
Is it even better to just use CD copies?
No, because the store that made your CD copies only made them at 2 mp. They didn't take too much care on tweaking exposure, color or contrast. Even if you don't have a scanner now you may get one later. If you get a real special photograph do you want only a consumer 2mp copy?
Great point.
lol what if you change your mind?
Well, I guess then I'm out of luck then haha. 😂 But I think that helps with part of the pressure to make a decision. If I think I might want it in the future it wouldn't get the punch.
@@filmismorefun i get that, but i guess you still physically have the negative
@@dabzvapelord true.
Dumbest idea ever with the hole punch
Ok.