And just like that, strangers no more. Beautiful portraits, wonderful medium

@WillemVerb

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely ❤️

@sitinij

3 жыл бұрын

Is he adult (over 18 years) or child?

Burning money with fire is probably slower than photographing with 8x10 polaroids. 😂

@7evive

3 жыл бұрын

@Matthew you mad?

some of these 8x10s are like $5k each, what an honor to have your photo taken by such an amazing camera and photographer!

@NGC1433

3 жыл бұрын

$5k? So, like any good current camera? (I shoot with an Ikonta I got in a thrift store for $50 and an eos 60d btw)

@calebbrenden9257

3 жыл бұрын

this particular camera from intrepid is $600. But each polaroid exposure is about $16 each so the film is what would add up super quick lmao

@mike747436

3 жыл бұрын

@@calebbrenden9257 I think this is a Chamonix 8x10. They sell new for around $3500.

@MattWorth

3 жыл бұрын

@@NGC1433 Hahaha true, I suppose my point is more that it's cool to see an older style camera being used with glass that's still in great condition. The price of these camera usually refers to the condition they are kept in rather than the tech being insane.

@MattWorth

3 жыл бұрын

@@calebbrenden9257 That's always the case for film it seems.

Willem getting crazier everyday with shooting film

I find it quite funny how we think its weird that people didn't smile on photos back in the day, yet here we are, with most people not smiling

@xAudiolith

3 жыл бұрын

It really is quite funny when you think about it. Back then people didn't do it because they weren't used to the medium probably and wanted a serious representation of themselves that would last a long time. Now it's become very artsy to look as dead as possible. Not that I mind I actually really enjoy some of the more raw emotionless pictures but ey, whatever people feel comfortable with expressing themselves :)

@davidweston9115

2 жыл бұрын

Well the reasons are different. The reason we don't smile today is because we are all very afraid and angry. The corporations and gov'ts foster this attitude within us to make sure we will always remain good consumers and supplicants. Afraid of war, disease, etc, and needing a strong gov't and very strong corporations to keep us safe, and needing to consume expensive products daily to keep us happy. And most of all, keeping us thinking that we want it this way, that it is some dream come true to give all our time to the corporations (our job) and give all our money to the corporations (our living expenses) and to make sure we have no savings, no retirement, so the banks will get our homes back from us when we die (reverse mortgage takes place of pension). I am not angry about this, rather I feel a wonderful sense of achievement for the powers that be, for setting this up for themselves. They are modern robber barons, and I respect them immensely. Notice also that most photo subjects were dressed in kid's clothing and poorly groomed. No Don Drapers here. Cheers.

@ky1oser

2 жыл бұрын

😭 what you said does make sense, but one of the main reasons people didn’t smile in photos back then was because exposure times used to be a lot longer and so it was easier for them not to. i think why some people don’t smile now is because they either don’t like their smile, or they just want more of an emotionally raw photo of themselves in that moment

What a fun day! My mom *LOVED* the portrait, so thanks for making me look good!

@serjiotube

3 жыл бұрын

If you don't mind, what was the price for one portrait?

@AnthonyHVids

3 жыл бұрын

I was like “hold up, is that Jacob Carlson?” So I went to the comments 😂

@JacobCarlson

3 жыл бұрын

@@serjiotube It was $45 for one. If you love in or near NYC, make sure to follow Brooklyn Film Camera on Instagram. They do 8x10 portrait session a couple times a year!

@JacobCarlson

3 жыл бұрын

@@AnthonyHVids Hey!! It was me 😂 I was behind the camera for most of the day as well

@AnthonyHVids

3 жыл бұрын

@Jacob Carlson That’s really cool. It must have been interesting to see Willem taking the photos.

THE CHANNEL HAS GROWN GREAT TO SEE!!!!

that was sick to watch

5:00 that looks amazing

Randomly stumbled here, awesome videos bro keep up the good work

@L0nald

3 жыл бұрын

What’s up jack lo l

6:45 this picture is so heartwarming

@miracleyacht__1538

3 жыл бұрын

Best out of the bunch

@ruthw1995

3 жыл бұрын

best vibes for sure :)

These photos look awesome! Almost makes me wanna buy more film for my SX-70

I think this is some of the most lifelike, raw, and beautiful projects I've seen in a while. an inspiration for sure

yeah its big brain time: exposing a film to light absolutely without actually taking photos will create an eternal video that will start to replay only when it is pitch black the video is at infinity frames per second as it is always exposed that just makes it really epic

i've been falling in love with film photography lately and this channel has helped me so much. Thank you. you look so happy taking pictures and talking about cameras, keep doing what you love dud! Greetings from Puerto Rico!

I could have watched this for hours. Beautiful, meaningful, heartwarming...art.

love to see this - i mainly shoot polaroids, and it’s always been a dream of mine to use an 8x10! enjoyed the video ✨

That looks like such a cool event! Love how the portraits came out!

8x10 photos of strangers... Joel Meyerowitz has entered the channel!

So cool, man. Props to you for jumping into 8x10 like that with Polaroid film. After the first two came out blank I would have been shitting myself, haha!

Willem experimenting with this thing so we never have to. Really cool!

gotta thanks to Willem because really made me into this film photography

Such a cool concept. It's going to be really interesting to see the future of photography (or at least for the next couple of years). And the ways that social distancing/restrictions push creatives to come up with new ways to shoot both commercially & personally.

this video was incredible to watch and I smiled seeing every single person's photo. amazing job!!

Playin some chill Kool & The Gang in background. Love it!

Wow every single one of those portraits are so beautiful and detailed

I shoot Polaroid film sometimes and WOW when I saw the dimension of that film I thought: "THIS IS FUCKING INCREDIBLE!"

god i love them so much they’re beautiful

You should totally do another portrait day like this!! Sooo cool 👏🏼

Yaaay Kyyyle :) all the polaroids looked goorgeous!

No-smile portraits are the best. Love love love them. Great job.

That was really neat! It’s cool there are small companies keeping film for these old types of cameras there definitely is a cool look to them.

ahhh yess!! also so looking forward to that home darkroom/lab teaser you put on your story!

OMG!! So stunning !!! Thank you so much for this!!!

omg I was so nervous to sign up, but I'm so glad all the spots got booked up. Hopefully you'll do this another time down the road!

It’s more like looking through a window than a viewfinder 😍

Wow, Those turned out so well. Loved the portraits.

Absolutely amazing !

These are very powerful images. Amazing work!

been waiting for this

Beautiful portraits....so much balanced tone

Beautiful pictures!!! Enjoyed it a lot.

loving this new type of content willem!! can't wait to see the darkroom you put on instagram!

Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness was playin so loud 🔥 😎

It got that cool vintage look so warm. Great video.

so cooool!!! well done !

amazing portrait, everyone looks like a movie stars😍

Loved every minute 💘

OMG, I love it so much. Absolute awesome, clean and simple portraits. amazing place. I love your work and your videos. Thank you Willem. Have a nice Christmas Holiday. David from Czech Republic

This is the coolest video everrr wth

Love this ❤📸

I used to use a Toyo 8X10 for commercial work - hundreds of years ago - those bellows can sag a bit - just bout something under them and you can continue to use full movements - try swing and tilt for ultimate bokelicious SDOF portraits and make those F1,9 boys and girls weep with sadness

This was wonderful to see and the evolution of the Polaroid large format film as I was a young intern in the middle 1970s for three summers in the department of electrical engineering at MIT in dark edgerton's famous strobe lab, Polaroid scent of several cases of the new color film to try out doing the famous strobe recreation shots of freezing bullets water drops breaking a balloon the golf swing and so forth, as I remember it the entire color positive and negative matrix were in one enclosed unit .we used a similar 8x10-inch back, more simple Calumet field camera, and then cranked the exposed packet through this small machine waited , for a guesstimated period of time until we got it right and produced some very fine color prints . but the color was just one complete package not several devices that you combined, so kudos to you all this is a great project a very informative video and I enjoyed watching it and congratulations on the great results, and the learning experience

Beautiful! Just beautiful!

Such an awesome set up! Great work.

This is soo dope!

the results are allll amazing!

these photos are awesome!

These came out so gooood willem

I know how to eliminate nervous walking, shoot digital on dual card slots. But film shooters probably live for the scares. And 8x10 does look cool.

You deserved that opportunity 💖 Also, the portraits are amazing ✨

fav vid in a long time

Awesome, great images!👌

To have been one of those people >_< that would be so nice.

These look so good!

Wow this is so cool!

Wow! The photos are sooooooo good 👏

Lovely stuff!

🔥🔥🔥 format quality is unbelievable

6:55 Ahhh, I hear Summer Madness by Kool & The Gang! Nice detail in an already amazing video.

incredible .. loved this 💛✌️

amazinggg portraits

Ayyyyyyyyyte by ten❤️❤️

So dope, thanks for the content

These are amazing

Small tip about focal lengths on bellows cameras. You can only slightly compare focal lengths with 35mm or 120 film formats at infinity focus. When the bellows is extended the images crops as well and so can a wide angle lens be a telephoto lens (theoretically). However the higher the focal length the more compression you get. Also you need at least double the bellows extension of what focal length you are using to get 1:1 magnification. Great shots!!

Incredible!!!

what a treat it was for you, thx again

Looks like from the past that brings to life bro nice video

This was so cool!

Great job. Everything looked 👌🏻

this is so amazing wow

Amazing photos, Amazing video, And an Amazing experience. I imagine for everyone involved and also a great experience watching the video!

These photos are incredible dude!

Such a good vibe in this vid

So excited to start shooting polaroids! Got my SX-70 coming in the mail

Really enjoyed this window into 8x10 Polaroid. Thanks

Wow! Those pictures look awesome...! 😮

They came out very well 👌

Great video! You just gained a fan!

Photos like Polaroids and old instant photos are so wonderful to find in old scrap books. As great as old prints from negatives and positives are, there's something special about knowing that these pieces of film were in the camera at the time and shot by people I know. And now I've got the same SX-70 my father used to take pictures of his dad. I'd do the same but I'm not as fortunate as he was to still have my father around. Also I dropped it recently and it's broken right now :( but that's my fault.

Oh wow! thats amazing!

On point, as always

Wow those turn out stunningggg

Dope. Sooo good!

The last portrait is the best

This was infectious and great

amazing man

This is awesome

Now THIS, is cool!