How 35mm Film Is Processed At London’s BEST Film Lab

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  • Опубликовано: 14 янв 2025

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  • @derrenleepoole
    @derrenleepoole 10 месяцев назад +152

    Protect Richard at all costs. He’s a national treasure!

    • @paultaylorphotography9499
      @paultaylorphotography9499 10 месяцев назад +1

      The man’s a legend when I used to print my own photos the stop bath hated me stung Like a twat and hit right up my nose. These days I just dev negs and use water as a stop bath

    • @Nitidus
      @Nitidus 10 месяцев назад +1

      He's an international treasure, I would say.

    • @BaceKali
      @BaceKali 9 месяцев назад +1

      Exactly my thought.. Master of the craft and such a modest soul.

  • @richardtierney7724
    @richardtierney7724 10 месяцев назад +27

    When I left school I was very lucky to start in the local evening newspaper photography dept. Spend 3 years in the darkroom learning the "trade" then moved over to being a staff press photographer. The darkroom technician teaching me was an "old hand" commercial photographer, he was insisitant the print had to be commercial standard, even though it would end up in a low res final image after transfering onto a lead print plate for a lettrapres printing machine..... I was brought up on Rolliflex TLR 120's and then 35mm, using Kodak Tri X. Happy days. lots of memories. The skills I learned are now just as important now I use DSLR's and a computer. I use Silver Efex for my mono images. Love your videos Alan.

    • @alan_schaller
      @alan_schaller  10 месяцев назад +6

      Sounds like great training. I use Silver Efex too, really great tool when you know how. Thanks Richard

    • @johnyoung1606
      @johnyoung1606 10 месяцев назад +3

      68-1969 I had learned in My own darkroom !!!!! Then 1970 to a local newspaper,,, 70 1/2,, at the 5th largest newspaper in USA....... 99% of the time I could make on ONE PIECE of paper a Gallery Quality Print (75% of the photogs,,, the same)......... Anybody Could Do It !!!!!!!

    • @richardtierney7724
      @richardtierney7724 10 месяцев назад

      Wow you are really modest. :-) @@johnyoung1606

    • @Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle
      @Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle 10 месяцев назад +4

      Yes, I printed in a newspaper darkroom too at the start of my career. When you’re printing day in, day out you could judge the timing by eye and be spot on first time 99% of the time.

    • @johnyoung1606
      @johnyoung1606 10 месяцев назад

      @@Tom_RUclips_stole_my_handle I am sure that there a few of us left,, I was very young when I started (17yo)54 years ago) I was the first of a new Youngish crew,, The not so friendly Photogs were much older (late 40s - 70s) ,,, Most of My Youngish co-workers are gone or not doing much,, and who knows when the bad day will come for us... Good to hear from a kindred spirit :) :) :)

  • @xjr1618x
    @xjr1618x 10 месяцев назад +16

    Loved the video. Brings back memories from childhood. My dad had a commercial film lab for 30 plus years until he passed. I just happened to pick a different profession and the business passed with him. My daughter has one of his original Nikons and loves to shoot film. I started again to shoot film and developing some rolls at home. Glad film never died ❤

  • @wowflower
    @wowflower 10 месяцев назад +4

    This is my first Alan Schaller experience. QUITE NICE

  • @RossRadcliffe
    @RossRadcliffe 10 месяцев назад +24

    Richard is a legend.

  • @nicolasfilsdejean
    @nicolasfilsdejean 4 месяца назад +2

    Thumbs up for Richard; a proper artist he is!!!! Great video!!! Thanks for sharing and for your time. Love your work

  • @benthorne4148
    @benthorne4148 9 месяцев назад +1

    This is probably the best film I’ve watched in several years.
    I’ve learned more in 36 minutes than in 35+ years of messing around with photography.
    The team in that lab, their knowledge of the kit and the process, make every single penny of lab work worth it - I now feel better about my half frame prints costing a fortune at Harman Labs!
    Sympathetically and respectfully filmed, I could watch masters of their work all day.

  • @derrenleepoole
    @derrenleepoole 10 месяцев назад +6

    I could literally smell this video. Great work Alan, really enjoyed this episode.

  • @yoelgraciaalonso3276
    @yoelgraciaalonso3276 6 месяцев назад +4

    The way that Richard looks at the picture, reminds me the original value about Photography. What a pearl♥️

  • @jonwoodruffe5479
    @jonwoodruffe5479 10 месяцев назад +3

    It's a real pleasure to see the skill that goes into keeping film photography alive. I just never really thought about the creative input of the printers who are trying to interpret what the they photographer is going for. Thanks for the videos so far. I've honestly found them a real inspiration for getting more into street photography.

  • @hom296
    @hom296 10 месяцев назад +1

    My very first job at 19 was working at a film processing plant. I had to start work at 6:00am. I'd be in a little light proof room, and I'd spool the 35mm film into this huge Pako processor and the film would come out dry so the printers would come to work at 8:00 and print up the images. later in life I had a good darkroom and a very nice variable contrast enlarger. (a Saunders). This brings back some great memories!! Thank you for sharing! Joe

  • @shyamalganguly3598
    @shyamalganguly3598 10 месяцев назад +2

    Fifty years of experience in b&w printing Vs a few hours; I admire Allan's natural talent in photographic sense by having a commendable remark from the master printer that it was an "acceptable" first time print ever and only those who are in the same trade know what it exactly means an "acceptable" print of a photograph! Thanks for the priceless video Allan! ❤❤

  • @Abilio_Duarte
    @Abilio_Duarte 10 месяцев назад +9

    Fantastic video, I had no idea there were so many techniques behind printing negatives, much less that such an old scanner would be of such higher quality than a more current one. Thank you very much, without a doubt a good amount of information to retain!!

    • @alan_schaller
      @alan_schaller  10 месяцев назад +4

      Glad you enjoyed. Thanks 🙌🏼

  • @jasongold6751
    @jasongold6751 10 месяцев назад +3

    Discovery of Film! Seeing a print 'coming up' in developer, pure black magic! ! Romance of film! I was a Photojournalist, doing ALL my own processing. I edited my earlier reply. Go for it! I wrote different! I re-thought why I STILL shoot film. The blacks so easy! The look of film so different from Digital. Neither one the winner! Yet going on a shoot, no batteries reqd. a few rolls, 2 lenses, a tiny bag! Here in YT, the love of outdated technology, that still breathes! Your followers and subscribers will multiply! Bravo!

  • @gashead2
    @gashead2 10 месяцев назад +2

    I have developed and printed black and white over the years. Never very good at it but it was such a creative thing to do and watching the dodging and burning process done professionally was amazing. I hope the craft continues into the future. Must dig out the F3!

  • @NotAnotherChannel_Channel
    @NotAnotherChannel_Channel 10 месяцев назад +2

    Wow, that takes me back. You are spot on, Alan. Editing is half the fun of photography.

  • @AnotherBoring43yearold
    @AnotherBoring43yearold 10 месяцев назад +2

    Loved Richard! He’s absolute gold

  • @Sara-tp6zd
    @Sara-tp6zd 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for sharing a wonderful experience! You did very well on your first one!

  • @mfuller1093
    @mfuller1093 10 месяцев назад +3

    Great video, fascinating process and the dodging and burning sequence was great. More like this please Alan.

  • @RorMac_Photography
    @RorMac_Photography 10 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing to see “old” technology still being used today to create high quality images that can hold up against digital. Another quality episode from you & your great team Alan. Really enjoy you taking us along, showing us techniques & behind the scenes. Great depth to your channel.

  • @jeniharney9874
    @jeniharney9874 10 месяцев назад +4

    There's something extra special about making a darkroom print - time to get yourself a home darkroom lol! Mine is in my shed 😀

  • @tonedeaf_film
    @tonedeaf_film 10 месяцев назад +5

    This is crazy, I just subbed today and I exclusively shoot film and even looked up in your channel if you had any film videos. And bang you upload one!!!

    • @alan_schaller
      @alan_schaller  10 месяцев назад +1

      Haha good timing! Thanks for the sub 🙏🏼

  • @Ldsm11
    @Ldsm11 10 месяцев назад +6

    Enjoyed the video. Thanks for pointing out that film also requires a post process, people often forget editing has always been part of photography

    • @alan_schaller
      @alan_schaller  10 месяцев назад +1

      Cheers ☺️🙏🏼

    • @lensman5762
      @lensman5762 10 месяцев назад

      Editing in post has never been a problem but the norm. Weston did it, Adams did it, we all did it. Putting things there that were not there in the first place or spending hours photoshopping a file just to make something out of it is what is not acceptable. With a negative, you can never put things that were there not in the first place. Without editting there would be no photography.

  • @VirtualGuth
    @VirtualGuth 10 месяцев назад +2

    This was great. I would love to see you feature more film photography on your channel in the future - sharing more details about the things you've learned as it applies to your approach when using film. It's been decades since I last had access to a darkroom. The more videos that I watch like this, the more the temptation grows to setup up a small darkroom at home. When you wind up producing a quality print using the techniques shared here it is just so incredibly satisfying.

    • @jasongold6751
      @jasongold6751 10 месяцев назад

      Tempted, but I can't pull the trigger.

  • @nicolasguillenc
    @nicolasguillenc 9 месяцев назад

    Alan really created the best recent RUclips channel ever. Every video is so good.

  • @gaetanoficara6040
    @gaetanoficara6040 10 месяцев назад +5

    Thanks for all this information. When I was young I used to print at home too....A big hello from Italy Riccione( Rimini)

  • @andrewnoden9117
    @andrewnoden9117 10 месяцев назад +2

    Hi Alan, Andrew here in Ottawa Canada 🇨🇦 originally from the Uk😊. Thanks for creating and sharing this video, having grown up in the film era, moved to digital and now shoot film again plus still digital, this video presents the reality of the art of photography
    Thank you

  • @tundrusphoto4312
    @tundrusphoto4312 10 месяцев назад +4

    Hello, Alan: It's interesting to see your journey from digital to film. I learned photography with film and darkroom printing so I did the journey in the opposite direction. All the best on your photographic journey with film.

    • @alan_schaller
      @alan_schaller  10 месяцев назад +5

      Thank you. It’s film alongside digital I think. There’s a time for each ☺️🙏🏼

  • @alangrate5718
    @alangrate5718 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great video. This is the first time I've seen the process from start to print - great to have that perspective. Thanks, Alan!

  • @Oxbowphoto
    @Oxbowphoto 10 месяцев назад

    This video is brilliant, the printing section with Richard is fantastic!!

  • @briansilcox5720
    @briansilcox5720 10 месяцев назад +1

    Those of us fortunate to be in our 65+ yrs age , learned photography accomplishing these tasks in a bathroom or closet. Scanning film only recently (20 yrs ago) simplified the process. Still very viable. Glad you are enjoying the process. I think I paid 10k usd for my Imacon Flextight scanner in 2004. Drum scans would have been the ultimate at that date, way too expensive to own.

    • @mcgoo721
      @mcgoo721 4 месяца назад

      And it was all done on quaaludes too. Wild

  • @Ben-cx8de
    @Ben-cx8de 8 месяцев назад

    Absolutely loved every second of this. Great presentation all round and Richard is a gem, so understated but so cool.

  • @t4mor4
    @t4mor4 9 месяцев назад

    I've not developed my own B&W for many years and it was good to watch you go through the process. Its inspired me to revisit 35mm home developing.

  • @JohnBingham-x7p
    @JohnBingham-x7p 9 месяцев назад

    Brilliant. Thank you. Now I understand the meaning of dodging and burning for the first time. What a craft.

  • @emmanueltsI5
    @emmanueltsI5 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great to see all that Alan!
    Well done again and very happy to see you using film. Love that stuff (as long as they work..had few times issues with loading the film, dust, moon shaped errors, undeveloped patches and more during my 10 years homedarkroom “career”). But: film is gorgeous at the end 👍

  • @christophertaylor87
    @christophertaylor87 9 месяцев назад

    This is the best video I’ve seen on darkroom printing! Love the channel!

  • @LensForgotten
    @LensForgotten 10 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent. Love that you’re shooting film!

  • @OrcaT-j1y
    @OrcaT-j1y 4 месяца назад +1

    The BBC should commission a travel/photography series with you. Would love to see you travel to cities around the world, similar to the London, Paris and Berlin vlogs. i think it would be entertaining even for those that aren't necessarily into photography because of your humour (and most people can appreciate a good photo, even if they aren't a photographer).

  • @ΠαναγιωτηςΨαρρος
    @ΠαναγιωτηςΨαρρος 10 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you very very very much for sharing very big respect from Symi island 🏝️ Greece 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @NomadHUN86
    @NomadHUN86 10 месяцев назад

    I love your humor! Not only is your photography style unique, but this is as well.

  • @richardsimms251
    @richardsimms251 10 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent video. Thank you

  • @jamie.dop_
    @jamie.dop_ 10 месяцев назад

    Alan this is brilliant. I great insight into the entire process. Really enjoyed it and the team at Bayeux seem a bunch a legends!

  • @andresbarriga5305
    @andresbarriga5305 10 месяцев назад +1

    It's official. I'm in love with this channel.

  • @ashtonal.2634
    @ashtonal.2634 10 месяцев назад +2

    The printer mentioned about the print going brown if not thoroughly washed, I have a framed image of a Kathmandu street scene I printed from a trip in 1997, its going brown and I could not find out why. Now I know, Thanks to you both, ill have to try and reprint it I think my old enlarger is still in the attic. Great video

  • @rubbertips
    @rubbertips 9 месяцев назад

    Talent is truly remarkable. In all departments.

  • @dennisjones5579
    @dennisjones5579 9 месяцев назад

    Great video as always. Many flashbacks to the days when I did my own B&W film developing and printing (early 1980's).

  • @jasonblake5576
    @jasonblake5576 9 месяцев назад

    What a fabulous presentation!

  • @Aeolous1
    @Aeolous1 8 месяцев назад +1

    @10:56 Noritsu HS-1800 made in the 70's? lol

  • @Der_Marc
    @Der_Marc 10 месяцев назад

    Super interesting. Thank you for the 4 months of doing this and showing the process of this.

  • @carlgray6764
    @carlgray6764 10 месяцев назад

    great alan ... really enjoyed the whole process ... richard is an un sung hero ... .. .

  • @AndrewSanderson-UK
    @AndrewSanderson-UK 10 месяцев назад

    Nicely done, relaxed presentation and a bit of humour That shot is great too.

  • @tonypaulprince
    @tonypaulprince 10 месяцев назад +1

    How I learned. When I was 12 to 15 years old I had a completely manual Kodak film camera and then access to a darkroom so I could develop and print my own photos. A good way to learn about photography!

  • @gabeatv
    @gabeatv 10 месяцев назад

    Great video! Started shooting film about a month ago. It’s so much fun!

  • @paultaylorphotography9499
    @paultaylorphotography9499 10 месяцев назад

    Awesome episode outstanding craftsmen throughout especially Richard Printer top bloke. When I was around 13 my dad came home with a big box of tricks he took a photo of my sister and me he disappeared under the stairs emerging a while later with a shiny 10x8 black and white glossy print from that day to this, I’m now 59, photography is all I’ve ever wanted to do it’s my day job my hobby my RUclips content it’s my love and passion nothing comes close. Loved this episode cheers

  • @richardsimms251
    @richardsimms251 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great video.

  • @Arturborzecki
    @Arturborzecki 10 месяцев назад

    0:31 - just love the shirt info

  • @DPImageCapturing
    @DPImageCapturing 10 месяцев назад

    I have shot over 100 rolls of B&W film in the past year! I developed all of them at home with several different manufactures of developers & other chemicals. I shot film in the beginning in photo school here in the US. Last time I shot film was 10+ years ago and it is really cool to be back into it! I have over 60 refrigerator right now from a lot of manufactures! Love your videos, CHEERS!

  • @brianturbefield1858
    @brianturbefield1858 10 месяцев назад

    Great stuff ! Takes me back 60 plus years to my little darkroom under the stairs and home made enlarger with old camera lens ! The processing and printing was more than half the fun.I had a negative of clouds to use when the picture neg.was of clear sky. Straight out of camera ? We must not forget how things were so much more "hands on". Wish I still had my Leica 111A.Cheers from Chichester, U.K.

  • @davide.sva88
    @davide.sva88 10 месяцев назад

    The best video ever! Wow! Thanks Alan!

  • @sander5086
    @sander5086 10 месяцев назад

    This was an excellent video to watch, really enjoyed to see all the different processes. It's like going back in time 25 years, when film was the only option!!

  • @BenoitJauffrion
    @BenoitJauffrion 10 месяцев назад

    Comme chaque vidéo, un grand moment de photographie que vous nous partagez (et qui passe trop vite) ! Merci mille fois Alan :)
    about with my English (and Google ^^) : Like every video, a great moment of photography that you share with us (and which passes too quickly) ! Thanks a million Alan :)

  • @ronhipwell5543
    @ronhipwell5543 10 месяцев назад

    This was a treat! I haven’t worked in a wet darkroom since my college days in 1981 or so. Makes me want to find a community darkroom. Cheers Alan!

  • @1idw
    @1idw 10 месяцев назад

    That's really fantastic. Thanks for posting it.

  • @baxterbradford7063
    @baxterbradford7063 10 месяцев назад +1

    This was easily the best video so far. A lot of ground was covered in an easy to understand manner. Would appreciate the equivalent for digital process with pitfalls of printing. Also possibly hybrid process for silver/platinum prints from digital original. Though suppose Platinum might not suit many of your images.

  • @andreaisonline
    @andreaisonline 2 месяца назад

    Beautiful!

  • @gabvideo
    @gabvideo 10 месяцев назад

    Great video. Took me back to my first job in the late 60s working in a BW darkroom just off Oxford Circus. Can still smell the developer and fixer chemicals and I too never used tongs or gloves when processing prints. Incidentally the BW darkroom had painted white walls and ceilings and a walk through baffle which stop daylight entering. I loved every minute even though the money as an apprentice was not very much £5 PW.

  • @davidrathbone
    @davidrathbone 10 месяцев назад

    A quite acceptable video!! Great work, interesting to get an insight to the printing process

  • @SCULPTURAMA
    @SCULPTURAMA Месяц назад

    Lovely stuff!

  • @jasongold6751
    @jasongold6751 10 месяцев назад +1

    The image of young woman between two backs, has haunted me! Alan, you area minimalist! me too. Go for Analogue! Film is your friend! Look forward to many more images, non! Photographs! All the best!

  • @stevejjd
    @stevejjd 4 месяца назад +1

    Part of film photography is the friendships and relationships you can develop with professionals. You can learn from the masters about print, photography, and everything. Digital is more isolated.

  • @terencelaubach6565
    @terencelaubach6565 10 месяцев назад

    Great episode! Pros doing their work

  • @sunny16portraits
    @sunny16portraits 10 месяцев назад

    Cool stuff, started printing last year, one of the most enjoyable things about photography in my opinion :)

  • @rustyschackleford5800
    @rustyschackleford5800 6 месяцев назад

    Nice shots.

  • @chrisj7033
    @chrisj7033 2 месяца назад

    Awesome thanks Alan

  • @franciscodomenech1142
    @franciscodomenech1142 10 месяцев назад

    Un video muy interesante.Enhorabuena Alan. Un saludo desde España.

  • @JohannMolinari1
    @JohannMolinari1 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks Alan, great video! Sharing an idea for a future episode of yours: Fresson prints from atelier Fresson, it's very difficult to find good videos about this unique process

  • @jpm5205
    @jpm5205 10 месяцев назад

    Love Bayeux ❤. Simply The Best.

  • @a.nugrohoirianto1842
    @a.nugrohoirianto1842 10 месяцев назад

    Fantastic video, Alan...
    Thanks for sharing this video.
    🖤🤍

  • @philbraithwaite1316
    @philbraithwaite1316 10 месяцев назад +1

    I worked for 28 years in a more "industrial" Kodak lab. It was hard graft working nights to get the pics back to the shops the following morning with limited job satisfaction. The only bonus were the more ....intimate shots! In peak times it was a max of 50.000 films processed and printed in a matter of 10 hours. Wish I could have worked in a place like this.

  • @MrHammoco
    @MrHammoco 10 месяцев назад

    Fantastic episode! I can't believe I have been shooting film longer than Alan Schaller. Not expecting to outshine you any time soon though. Would love a 35 mm print to go with metropolis! 😃

  • @mccarthymccarthy1
    @mccarthymccarthy1 10 месяцев назад +1

    Fascinating video. Thanks

  • @hughhoneyman2130
    @hughhoneyman2130 10 месяцев назад

    Great job, Alan.

  • @WhoIsSerafin
    @WhoIsSerafin 10 месяцев назад

    Informative and fun. Thanks for making this episode

  • @pawel8365
    @pawel8365 9 месяцев назад

    Just discovered you, amazing photography and technique.

  • @jassin1
    @jassin1 10 месяцев назад

    Richard the magician ! A Pure Wizard ! we love him ! ..

  • @opticonor
    @opticonor 10 месяцев назад

    Booked in for its spa day 🤣 your videos are the best 🤙🏻

  • @gildho95
    @gildho95 10 месяцев назад

    Impressionnant. De véritables artistes.

  • @grab_media
    @grab_media 9 месяцев назад

    Amazing ! Thank you

  • @alanmoulsdale6172
    @alanmoulsdale6172 9 месяцев назад

    Great video. We need to keep film alive. I used to love darkroom printing but I fell for the convenience of digital. I would hate it to become a lost art.

  • @sjmyamamoto
    @sjmyamamoto 10 месяцев назад

    Good show, Alan!

  • @kb5ql
    @kb5ql 10 месяцев назад

    ASMR starts at 14:41. What a treat seeing a lab process end-to-end

  • @hoopsnbulls2207
    @hoopsnbulls2207 10 месяцев назад +2

    Do you have outtakes of Richard doing light finger puppets on the image....
    Such an interesting video. Thanks Alan.

  • @ChristineWilsonPhotography
    @ChristineWilsonPhotography 10 месяцев назад

    Thank you Alan fir showing traditional printing and , putting those that believe straight out of camera is the correct way to process a shot , it exacerbates me know end when i hear this, and im coming from years in the darkroom. Also at the end of the video how do you really view a print thats a significant factor in how a viwed shot is impacted. Now though happy with digital 😊

  • @mwales2112
    @mwales2112 10 месяцев назад

    Great video Alan... Thanks

  • @tizio54
    @tizio54 10 месяцев назад

    Extremely interesting video!
    But I'm wondering, with all this super high tech, the old basic DIY manual camera analogue experience (which I had when I was shooting, developing and printing myself in the 1970s) sort of gets lost.
    Also, at such high resolution (far out-resolving any camera lens) aren't you just magnifying the physical grain structure of the file, rather than the image itself? But maybe that's the objective?
    Having said that, I really enjoyed this tour of the Bayeux lab with its amazing machines. Excellent video!

  • @tomaszbrys1426
    @tomaszbrys1426 10 месяцев назад

    Great. We can take a look into the magic room !

  • @supraptosuryodiharjo4338
    @supraptosuryodiharjo4338 5 месяцев назад

    11:16 Noritsu still made the scanner, actually it came with the printer you've seen next to the front desk, Maybe it's Noritsu 37 series...i own one and it cost almopst 100k dollars new

  • @abianperezperez8475
    @abianperezperez8475 10 месяцев назад

    Hello Allan! I am a photographer from Canary Islands. Firstly, I want to tell you that I love your vídeos and your mood…congratulations!
    I would like to ask you a technical doubt.
    When you use the aperture priority, which metering mode you use?
    Thank you so much and bye!

  • @Santiago-dr6uo
    @Santiago-dr6uo 10 месяцев назад

    Could you make a video on how to meter light for film? I love your work

  • @bijupaul1972
    @bijupaul1972 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks Alan Schaller, grate video,
    I have a request too, could you please print both scanned images after doing necessary post process, also using a similar glossy finished paper on a good inkjet printer & compare the prints for us ?