BTS Video: Live Look at My Photoshoot Preparation
- Jesse Jacques
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min read
Updated: May 29
A few days ago, I was early morning preparing for the photoshoots I had scheduled for the day and recorded a "live look" at what that process looks like for me. So for this particular day, I was shooting in all black & white film and would use my Sinar 4x5 large format camera and my Mamiya RB67 pro SD medium format camera. I had to load all those 4x5 film holders with Ilford hp5 400. Each film holder holds two sheets of film, and you have to be in complete darkness when loading them, so for video purposes, I demonstrated what that process looks like in the light with a ruined piece of sheet film.
As you notice, when I grabbed the sheet of film, I emphasized the right corner with the notches. Those are notch codes that let you know the proper orientation of the film when in the dark; it also enables the photo labs to know what film stock was used because each large format film stock has a unique notch code for identification.
In clip two, I loaded my medium format film back with Ilford Delta 3200, a super grainy filmstock needed for the look I was going for with the photoshoot concept.
I was mounting a wide-angle 4x5 lens to a metal lensboard in clip three and ensured the shutter was working correctly.
It was a great, successful day; as you can see, film photography is a satisfying tactile experience/process that is fun and not robotic, NPC-like digital 😭 (I had to, forgive me 😆)
❤️🔥🌙🌊
