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Took my first photo class 40 years ago as an undergrad. I got hooked on the magic of developing and printing black and white. Looking at the negatives while they're wet and seeing the print emerge in the developer still hasn't lost it's magic to this day.  Though I've been at it for a long time, I'm still learning. Your YouTube channel has taught me a lot. Cheers!

Back in the day when I was young, about 100 years ago, when there was no internet, and virtually everything had to be gleaned from magazines. Those magazines used to encourage folks to buy, shoot and try as many films as possible. Those same magazines used to derive a lot of their advertising revenue from film manufacturers. Even today you see Youtubers telling folks to shoot as many colors and flavours of film as they can lay hands on. Thanks for giving good and better advice.

Well, well, … still the same rules as 45 years ago and they are as golden as they were.
Always good light! 👍🏼

These photos are really great. Excellent and very instructional video.

Great tips.

Love this! Used to take a light meter w me, along w a sm digital camera, a notebook and a pen. Would take meter readings and make remarks about weather as well. Then go back and go over shots and choose about 2 or 3. Keep in mind- digital was not as prominent then as it is now. Developing own film saves money and allows you creative control of your image better. There are stores that have darkrooms available to rent to expose and print film. Seek them out.

Damn Good!! This is the only YT clip every beginning B&W film-photographer should look at to get started!! Even I, film developer for over 40 years, watched the whole clip! Clear yet simple, with just enough peripheral information, not too long and not too short!! Nice!

Thank you for the tips. I shot film as a teenager up into my 30's (mostly B&W), but it was all a lot of trial and error. Coming back to film now, I'm back to square one in a lot of ways.

I never developed my own before, but would like to. Your explanations of how to get the results I want was invaluable! THANK YOU!

Thank you very much! I’m really looking forward to this series. I’ve already learned a lot from you—great stuff.

I’ve had a darkroom for a little over a year now and have been experimenting with a lot of joy and patience—it’s really fun. I work with 35mm and 6x6, and I’m currently exploring 6x9 and 4x5.

I'm foreign, and your vid gave me many tips. Just wanna say thank you!

This was awesome! So cool to see you playing with the video editing and style! Love the intro, very exciting and the new setups look awesome. Very engaging! Just so fun... The chicken 😂

Extremely valuable tips Matthew.

I've developed a bit over 100 rolls now and this is the first time I'm hearing the big tip in the beginning, holy moly. I certainly have a good direction to take for the next 100 rolls!

Doesn't matter if I print or scan, I think "expose for the darkest part of the image where you still want detail" is a very good rule of thumb. Especially for B&W

Thanks for this info, very helpful advice. I haven't developed my own film yet but giving it some consideration.

Superb advice ❤

good simpke and sensible tips...

Nice informative video! My work flow is a little different, at least for travel photography, I usually shoot in color. I then choose which looks better for each picture, either color or converted black and white (once they're digitized in high resolution). I adjust the saturation and contrast in post based on my local print lab's machine calibration (a reprint or two and I can dial it in for the rest). I'm self taught and have had my share of mess ups for sure but it's all part of the learning curve. When I'm doing street photography, I usually shoot just black and white film (TMax or Delta). Back 50 years ago when I WAS developing and printing my own work (and losing brain cells from the chemicals), grain was the enemy and sharp, sharp, sharp was my end goal. Fast forward to today and I have also embraced Pictorialism styles and a more cinematic/dreamy look. I like shooting with adapted projection lenses, soft focus lenses, and a 115 year old Brownie box camera. I added a yellow filter to the box camera to make up for the low contrast, uncoated, single element lens. My work has hung in museums and gallery shows most likely, because it's a little different.

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