West Coast of Canada on Large Format film.
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- Опубликовано: 1 ноя 2020
- A trip out to the west coast of Canada with my restored 1909 5x7 film camera and a pile of black and white film. I wonder old hiking trails and cedar forests with my old wooden camera and try and capture the beauty of the place like some of the old master landscape photographers. The west coast is magical for any photographer working with any type of camera gear.
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My back yard! Would love to buy you a coffee if/when you get back here.
Absolutely, if things get a better in the spring we are going back again for another week of exploration around there.
Wow you shot a lot of film but it was really worth it. You got some great captures and I could feel your sense of peace through how you edited the video.
Thanks, yes I have always used a lot of film, I figure you go through all the effort and no use holding back ;-) Thanks, it was wonderfully peaceful there.
Moody pictures, I like it.
Head and shoulders above the rest. Fantastic videos. Atb. (UK) 👍
Thank you very much for coming along and the kind words.
Interesting video showing the Master in work. I am impress with the 2 frames “panoramic” photos that matches perfectly on negatives and on computer… love to hear the how to!! Thanks..
Thanks, I need to get back there and do more work.
"A pile of black and white film" now that is just too funny as an excuse for going out to shoot large format film. I love.it.
just bought an 8x10 camera and this is the best inspiration I could ever find on YT. Amazing content and beautiful images.
Wonderful to hear. Thank you!!
Inspiring Todd, I think we’re all ready to get back out.
Thanks. That’s for sure.
Inspirational video with awesome pictures. I have been photographing for almost 50 years and about 1 year ago I started photographing analog again. The next step will definitely be a large format camera.
That's great news, let me know what I can do to help you out.
Great video, wonderful images, very inspiring. Thank you for sharing
Thank you Ian!
Love Tofino and the Peninsula.
Yes lovely place.
Awesome, awesome, awesome !
Thanks mate!!
Love your videos. So inspiring. Maybe I’ll take my 4x5 out tomorrow and shoot!
Yes! Do it.
Wonderful pictures! I love these old trees! Great!
They are very cool. Thanks.
beautiful process
Awesome! Looks like you hit Tofino...
Yes, it's a wonderful place.
Great images : I also use the 5x7 which is almost as easy to manage as a 4x5... again really great images
Thank you very much, love my 5x7.
Brilliant on so many levels! Thank you!
Great work and I dig the music selection 👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you!!
Beautiful Todd!
Stunning B & W images that spoke to me. Thanks.
very inspiring, awesome!
Still climbing through the terrain like a young man. Great video! Thank you again for the inspiration.
Nicely done, Todd. Would like to see more of the photos. Thanks.
Great video Todd which I found inspiring. You certainly came away with some beautiful images. Keep up the great work.
Thank you for taking us along😎
Outstanding video my man it's a treat to watch as it's like we're standing over your shoulder period as someone who also runs a photography RUclips channel I know the amount of time and effort it takes to shoot a video like this while you're already inundated with shooting the expedition. Much respect
Thank you so much!! Glad you enjoyed it and stopped by. More coming soon. I’ll check out your channel👍👍
Loved the video! Very creative body of work, put together beautifully tying it in with the peaceful music amongst the serene setting. The photos are stunning.
Really love your work. The best Large Format videos on RUclips for sure.
Well done Todd. It's time I get back to that area again!
Yes it's so great.
Rewatching this video a year later. Still as inspiring as it was when I first saw it. Hopefully my wife and I can travel to Canada in the not too distant future!
Thanks, we actually just rewatched it a week ago as well, only because we really miss that trip. It was a wonderful trip for us, we are headed back this spring! Will do another video.
That's great. Hope you enjoy the trip. I will be looking forward to the video!
Wonderful video Todd, thoroughly enjoyable. 👏👏
Another inspiring video, Todd!
So inspiring. Made my day. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you. Cheers.
Inspiring Todd. Thanks for the channel.
Many thanks!! Thanks for watching.
We done video and photo journey!
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Wonderful photos :)
Really amazing stuff yet again Todd. Love seeing images from the 501 for a change too!
Thanks, I am going to do a full episode on shooting with the blad, I love that camera as well.
Todd, your photos are absolutely magical. Thank you very much for sharing.
Many, many thanks for watching and the note, cheers!
Amazing trip and images!
Thanks, great place!
amazing!
No words
Thank you
You do this so well, Todd. I look forward to viewing your whole catalogue. ATB.
Thanks very much.
Great and inspiring!!
This was just marvelous Todd. Real commitment to carry around that outfit. Thanks so much for sharing this.
Thanks for watching.
Amazing
What you did and experienced in this video is a dream for me.
I have long wanted an adventure like yours, who knows if one day I will be able to fulfill my wish!
Anyway thanks for the wonderful explanations you give during the video.
I use the youtube automatic translator but I can understand quite well, thanks!
Absolutely outstanding photos.
Many thanks!
What a brilliant trip that must have been! Thanks for the wonderful (and very inspirational) video to show us, I thoroughly enjoyed watching it! 🙂
Thanks and yes, an amazing trip.
Todd, wow! I have admired your work since I bought the book Harvest. Your large format work is amazing! Thank you for starting this channel!
Wow that was a long time ago, thank you very much!!
This is a very nice video, Todd. Kudos to the videographer. Of course, your photography is outstanding and makes watching the video worthwhile. I love the west coast of Vancouver Island. Over the years (30+) I have photographed the Ucluelet/Tofino area with my 4x5 camera, sometimes with an 8x10 and more recently with a digital camera. It's truly a magical place to be and create art in whichever form that may be.
Thanks so much, I’ll tell my wife! ;-) and of course I have seen and respected your wonderful work from there as well. Many thanks. Cheers!
@@toddkorolphoto Thanks, Todd. I look forward to more of your videos.
Great video. They keep getting better and better, Todd.
Thanks, I am trying some new formats for deliver these out, stay tuned.
Thank you Todd for this video, I loved your photos! I have been feeling quite uninspired the past 8 months with photography and this video really gave me a boost of inspiration! Thanks!
So glad to hear that, yes it's been tough on us all, like you, can't wait for the end.
Great film!
Thank you.
Undoubtedly, the very best tutorial LF assignment I have yet seen.
You can the sense the amazing degree of liberation Todd is absorbing in this presentation, and we should all plan a good outdoor, stripped down, personal assignment like this.
Would love to see a tutorial in the Zone System, and LF neg developing.
Big Fan Tom.
Thank you, actually my next video is going to be on how I develop my negatives.
Todd - very good video. Very inspiring, peacefull and full of great images. Nice job !
Glad you liked it.
Really inspiring stuff 👍
Inspiring,magnific place and photography Todd, I wish you and your family a peaceful and happy Christmas. Stay safe and we hope for a new Year full of soft light, great and meditational photography!!!
Thank you, and to you!
Wow, what we all strive for in the large format experience. Thank you very much in sharing. PS Images were great, I sense a photo book coming soon.
Working on one right now. Thanks
Very well done, love the Diptych images
Thanks, they've gotten a great response.
Best video yet on the channel.
truly magical.....thank you for sharing these magnificent images. zen billings
Thanks. Such a great place!
I thoroughly enjoyed this video, thank you.
You put a lot of effort into getting out and boy was it worth.
A good photography video should inspire the viewer to pick up a camera and get out, you've certainly achieved that Todd, I have film in the fridge so I'm going to dust off my 4x5 Tachihara and get out there, thanks again.
Just watched the video for the second time. Amazing photography.
Thank you!!
great video, I also went to Vancouver Island (Victoria and Tofino) 2 weeks ago, first time going to the island after living in Canada for 20 years. Brought my Leica M3 but wished I brought my medium format camera
I watched this on the TV this morning. I had to comment and let you know what a great job you did of putting it together.
Many thanks.
That's one gorgeous camera. Wonderful images...
Thanks, I really love this thing, at 111 years old, it still works like it's brand new.
You are a gifted man Sir
You are very kind!
You are a master photographer, I always wanted to try large format and this video has given me the push.
You are very kind, thank you! Glad you are giving it a try.
Ah great images, great locations and talk of FP4 and D76, memories from a decade ago. This is a very welcome video as it was mental health for you and us. Not too sure about that trail through the mud but then Mr. Adams would not worry about a little mud. Glad that you can still shoot film and making the best of the moments of nature that were gifted to you.
Perfect, mud is always fun ;-)
Nice video! Thank you&
I just picked up a Hasselblad 500 C/M yesterday, and I'm so excited to visit my family on the west coast with it after seeing this video!
The Blads are great. 👍
Just subbed.
Loving the nature shots, getting more and more interested into this genre everyday.
Also, well done with the clips, the video feels quite immersive.
Cheers from Italy!
Thank you!! 🙏
Wow, what a wonderful video. Thoroughly enjoyable and informative. So glad the algorithm had this video pop up in my feed. Subscribing and hoping to see more pieces like this. Thank you .
More coming, thanks.
I live here in the Pacific Northwest on the coast of Wa. I have a bag of 120 film coming in for my Hasselblad and will be shooting it mostly because the weather here during winter isn’t very 4x5 friendly.
Yes that's for sure, if I was there I would probably shoot the majority of work on my hasselblad because of the weather. But I sure love it when I can take it out. Cheers
You have proven less is truly more. DAMN good video!
Thank you that’s very kind!!
Nice work
Thank you! ;-)
Great video! I wish Canada was open to US citizens this summer so I could head up!
Yes both ways.
Amazing images, I'd never guess the film was developed in d76, I guess something about the long exposures make it look very special, wonderful work and video, thanks for sharing and inspiring.
Yes D76 is an all around great film developer.
What a great place to shoot LF photos. Thanks.
It truly is, gets a little tricky in the rain.
Nice Video and images! Great location. Cheers from LA.
Thanks you, can't wait to get back to that great city.
Very inspiring. Time for a Big Sur trip!
Yes!! That was on the list for this year, we’ll have to see if things open up and we can get down there. That would be great!!
If you’re thinking of also going to Point Lobos do not go on a weekend. It’s wayyyy too crowded. I went last week and couldn’t drive in because the parking areas were all full. I would have had to park about a mile from the preserve and walk in. Next time I’ll go on a week day. 🤨
Nice video! Very informative, and calming. : )
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New sub, having to spend my time around home with my Linhof and hassy is quite distressing. Glad I can get inspiration from your vids.
Thanks. I hear ya!
Cool video and awesome location. I dunno about that muddy trail though haha.
5x7 rules!
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La première photo est juste magnifique. Belle vidéo. Thank you!
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Merci beaucoup et merci d'avoir regardé plus bientôt.
@@toddkorolphoto merci à vous. La barrière de la langue fait que je ne comprends pas tout dans les détails, mais je comprends quand même la direction que vous donner aux choses... Et c'est inspirant et instructif. Continuez. 👍
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magnifique. J'ai du mal avec le français, mais c'est la beauté de la photographie, se manifeste dans toutes les langues
@@toddkorolphoto yes 😁
Just discovered your channel. Wonderful content. I'm guessing this was Tofino?
Great stuff. Really enjoy your videos and process. Did a double-take when I saw the reciprocity app, because I use that one myself! Also, I shoot with a Blad myself, 500cm. I notice you had a prism finder on yours. Sounds like you're doing a full episode on that camera/process, but was curious which prism finder you use?
Thanks, I am working on the Blad video right this second, it will be out next. I use a PM45 prism, it works great.
Great. What changing tent?
PhotoFlex change room.
Great video! Can you do a video on zone system metering?
Working on a simplified one. Thanks
Would you mind sharing the coordinates of the locations?
Great shots. Can you provide some advise from the logistic point of view?
Sorry I don’t really have any coordinates, it was my first time there and I just roamed around a lot on the west coast of the island.
Love the video. A lot of good information, I really enjoyed it. At 3:56, 120mm film?!????!!?!??
Yes I shot just 5x7 on the large format and 120 on the Hasselblad.
@@toddkorolphoto I’m pulling your leg because you said 120 mm.
@@jstnhpkns Ya I was wondering who was going to catch on to that, knew I screwed up when I said that, too many things always going on at once ;-)
Which backpack did you manage to stuff both a Hassy and a large format camera in? I can't fit barely a medium format into my Peak Design.
I use a Deuter backpack it's a the Act Trail 30 litre.
what a landscape! just put in a guy with an axe and you have larry fink's Opening The Sky all over again.. ;) what made you choose bnw over color? i mean, that moss on velvia or portra 160...?
For sure, with colour it’s very easy to get distracted by all the lush green and the beauty. I didn’t want these to be pretty “stock” type photos. With b&w you see a bit more of the deign, the form a little easier for me to get the feeling of the forest out.
@@toddkorolphoto thanks for the feedback, todd. i can totally see your point.
I just found your channel.
Great stuff.
I have a question though...
Are you really using Dektol at 1:1 to develop your film?
I have used it before as a film developer, but it was punchy as hell at 1:13.
Just wondering.
Thanks. Yes I use Dektol 1 part water 1 part stock developer. Works great good development times.
@@toddkorolphoto Very cool. Thanks for answering.
I shoot a Toyo 5x7 and a Deardorff 8x10. Lately working in shooting paper, then reshooting the resulting neg as a positive in Digital Raw.
Veery good channel, my friend.
@@DonGiannatti I love paper negs, you can get some great results from them.
Dektol with film? Really? Isn't that a paper developer?
Your videos are well thought out, expertly produced and full of useful information. Your work is inspiring. However, I must point out that there’s no such thing as 120mm film.
Yes indeed just an old habit of how I call it. It’s actually just 120 film. It’s named after it being the 20th film produced by Kodak. The company wanted a common naming convention so when people asked for a film everyone knew what they were talking about, hence 120. Since the fist film on flanged spools started at 101, they kept that naming convention. I think the actual size of the film is 61mm. But when you say 120 film everyone knows what your talking about. Old habits die hard. :-)
A few questions, Todd, if you don't mind: how do you develop 5x7? Do you use trays or is there a tank somewhere? Also, why do you use f45 and above? Is there extra sharpness at that f stop? Larger DOF? Not sure what your reasoning was. I do a fair amount of 4x5 using Nikkor lenses add usually don't use such high f-stops and wondered why you would only use these values. TIA
I develop my film in Jobo expert tanks using constant agitation, I am actually doing a video right now of the process I use, it will be out in a week or so, stay tuned. I use F/45 and sometimes F/64 to get the most depth of field I can get, I want everything in the photograph is sharp, so on a big print the viewer can see every little detail.
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