Please do more of these videos…. Thanks for what you do!

@paulreidphotography

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Great stuff

Awesome. Love hearing the stories behind quality images like these.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!!! I appreciate it

Really enjoyed that !!

@paulreidphotography

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! So glad you liked it

Very nice Photos!

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

Truly enjoyed your recent work...very inspiring

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks very much

Really like your work.

@paulreidphotography

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Loved this. Just found your channel. Keep going!!

@paulreidphotography

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

More please! Thank you for sharing all your wonderful images, and the thoughts/stories behind them! You are the reason the Q2M goes out with me everyday!

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for your positivity

Amazing ❤

@paulreidphotography

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

This week I found your channel, as I was looking about the Q2M. And I love it!! Amazing photos, stories and tips! I’d definitely pick up the q2m now!

@paulreidphotography

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! So glad you enjoy the channel!! The Q2M is my most used camera and I love it!

Your portraits are just plum magical Thank you.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!!! I really appreciate it

Fantastic work!

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!!! I really appreciate your kind comment

Wonderful stuff ! Thanks 😊

There is a lot of magic going on here. All very fresh.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!! I really appreciate you watching and being so ok d with your comments

Love it! Love your narrative and the stories behind

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate your kind comments so much

Hi Paul , Tri X when it is good is very very good, but when it is bad it is wicked. Reticulation and grain the size of golf balls are easily achieved. I always have used D 76 with the stock solution diluted 1..1 . It lowers grain and contrast , and stops your blacks blocking up . Contrast can be added in the darkroom or lightroom but I like the look as it is. The other issue is that the temperature through development needs to be a strict 20 C and a water bath is really the best option. Hope this helps. Regards, Jake E.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for your advice!!! That Cinestill stuff just becomes a pain as soon as you try to push tri x

👌👍🔝💯📸 Lovely set of photos Paul! Make me smile and joyfull! Yes,please - keep on doing this kind of videos ❤

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!! I will maybe do a video like this once a month. I think some people may be getting bored of them

Brilliant photos Paul, keep them coming just love seeing them.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Simon is a star of Southside of Glasgow. Nice one

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

He’s awesome!! Thanks for watching the video

I like these kind of videos, please do more like this!

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!! Always good to hear from you!!

Also enjoyed how you look for interesting backgrounds with patches of light and wait for the right moment when subject enters the frame...very cool..keep showing your work and the stories behind them!

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!! I’m so pleased you enjoyed this one

Please keep up the series. Nice work, as always.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching

You get my vote. Really good, more would be nice, thanks.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

Keep em coming Paul. Always enjoy looking at your images.

@jamesdeanphoto

6 ай бұрын

Agreed, I'd like to see more!

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it

Dear Paul, I love the best of serie very much! In this episode, there are two images, which hit me. At minute 13, the fellows in the tube, and near the end, when she lights his cigarette, oh man, that's both outstanding! And nice to hear, you made a portrait with the Fuji, because it shows, that the camera doesn't matter. It's the person behind. Best wishes and regards, Dirk

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!!! Yeah the camera really doesn’t matter these days!

Hi Paul , as many people here are saying the problem you are experiencing is reticulation. The Ilford equivalent to Kodak D-76 is ID-11.

@rogerwalton8160

6 ай бұрын

I always used ID11 with no problems at all.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

I will keep those in mind! Testing rodinal first!

always some excellent images paul, thanks for sharing . zen billings in canada

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!! Always good to hear from you

Fantastic work. Cant wait to meet you at a workshop!

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!! I look forward to that too

Hi Paul, Great day in Glasgow street photography workshop. Learnt so much and just a brilliant day of photographic opportunities. Your 2023 Finale is superb, 35mm film pictures to die for!! Keep on showing them year on year. If you get a great combination of developer/fixer please let us all know. More power to your cameras.....

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it!!!

Beautiiful work Paul!!!

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

Great presentation Paul! When it comes to b&w film development at home, I use various caffenol recipes depending on the film and asa value.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so watching!

Great video and photos, Paul! I've always preferred D76 as a developer for Tri-X film.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

I will give that a try!

The classic combination is Tri-X and D-76 developer. It was the standard combination at newspapers in the US for at least 60 years.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

I will definitely give this a try

Hi Paul, this is a very good idea presenting your best pics. I did enjoy It very much! We always learn a lot with you. Hope one day participating to one of your workshop...

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and thanks for your encouragement

Love it all. I would really enjoy seeing an episode that is dedicated to your wedding photography. I did that for 7 years and loved the hundreds of candid moments in every event. It’s so much work, but wow, what a day full of opportunity.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!! I’d love to do a video on my wedding photography. I think a lot of people switch off as soon as I mention wedding

@donjagoe

5 ай бұрын

@@paulreidphotography -lol, probably true. But I felt that if you can successfully photograph weddings, you can photograph anything. It has virtually every genre, all packed into one very hectic, very long day.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

@@donjagoe I totally agree!!! Some of my best portraits have been taken at weddings!!

I haven't developed a roll of film since the mid 70's, but I've put a few thousand feet of Tri-X through the mill (used to roll my own). My go-to developer was D-76 and I always was careful about the temperature, keeping the tanks in a water bath during development. Never had a problem with grain, in fact I sometimes TRIED to increase the grain, but was only moderately successful by pushing the ASA to 1600 or more. P.S. Really enjoy your channel.

@johnkasianowicz6536

6 ай бұрын

When I shot B&W film in the 1970s, I used D-76 or HC-110 dilution B w/o incident. Well, there was the one time I forgot to measure the developer temperature and got very interesting grain.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Th ask so much for your input and for your kind words

I suspect you are getting retriculation probably caused by differential temperatures between the developer, the stop bath, fix or wash. I have been photographing for more than 50 years; over that time one developer stood out; PMK Pyro. It is a staining developer with very fine grain and high acuteness. My favorite version was Wemberly’s WD2D liquid. Wear gloves and use the liquid version as pyro is toxic. Take a few sacrificial rolls to dial in time, temperature and agitation and ISO; you will be rewarded with great total range in both harsh and soft light.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for your advice! I’ve got a lot to learn

Hi Paul, I don't think you can go far wrong with using D76 for developing B&W photographs it works great with all B&W including Tri X then you can use any stop and fix.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

I’m trying rodinal first! Then I will see what D76 is like too! Thanks for your recommendation

It is called grain reticulation Paul. I have suffered it twice in nearly 45 years of film photography. It happens if there is a sudden temp drop of the chemicals, particularly the developer. With the quality of your photography, I'd go with one of the tried and tested ones. I have not used TriX since the mid 80s, and it was always in 120, TPX 320, or in 4X5 and HC110 Dilution B was superb with those films. I am not sure about 135 though. I am using Atomal49 with HP5 plus and Rollei RPX 400 but it gives a much flatter contrast than you'd get with TriX and D76 for example. I think a bit of experimentation may be required.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so just h for your advice!!!

Talk to Peter Carlson at Blue Moon Camera in Portland, OR about b&w developing. He may be one of the best film processors on the US West Coast.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the advice!! I will look him up

I’m new to developing. I really enjoyed the simplicity of the Cinestill product but can see the rougher edges for sure. For me as a beginner developing it was fine but definitely not what I would want for serious pics.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Hi there, it seems totally fine at native iso. It’s only when I push the film and have to increase temperature that I run into problems. Thanks so much for your comment

Hey Paul - I much enjoyed (as an Edinburgh Street Snapper myself) looking at your pictures but I'm sitting here wondering what app you used to narrate and video them?

@paulreidphotography

2 ай бұрын

For the narration I use a mic pretty close to the mouth and just some standard voice recording free software called audacity

I've always thought that the patterning you get on the grain when developing is due to problems with consistency of temperature. The word you may have been searching for is reticulation.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s definitely that! I just can’t seem to push film with that Cinestill stuff

For Tri-X Kodak HC 110 still is a great developer! Kodak HC-110B (1+31) for 7 min.

@paulreidphotography

4 ай бұрын

I may give that a go! I’m living the rodinal and stand development process

@ferv5470

4 ай бұрын

@@paulreidphotography I use 1:100 Rodinal stand for decades and love it 😄

In my experience over 50 years ago, Tri-X was best developed in Kodak D-76👍. Have no idea if it’s still available?

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

I will give this a try for sure

@paultracks2529

5 ай бұрын

@@paulreidphotography Good luck!🤞 If I recall correctly I also used Agfa Rodinal as the fine grain developer for Kodak Panatomic-X (ASA/ISO 32) with good results👍.

Paul : I like your 28mm Q2 Leica , your blessed man the lovely girl the camera's and all ... Mm nice. I am Older , single and shoot the film , right now I am enjoying Rollei TLR and the M3 and M A , yes .. single so not a wife or girl ....to decide my spending , or encourage. I think TRL shooters are a different lot , different focus and function. Portraiture I love , your portraits are wonderful. Well ... Off on my Solo way ... Your young , enjoy having Love.

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching my videos! I am indeed blessed! May fortune favour you too

Kodak D-76

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Will give it a try

X-tol

Rodinol. Forget about the rest.

@paulreidphotography

6 ай бұрын

Does this make the film very grainy? Less grainy? Or neither

Very nice Paul! Always hated darkroom work back in the day. Back after 50 years and I so much enjoy B&W photography but digital. If ever on sale or used may get the new Pentax monochrome. @wb2pics

@paulreidphotography

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the video. Yeah I’ve never used that Pentax! I’d love a go with one