Comments on: Mr. White (Sorry Another Hasselblad Post)

By: Bert Stephani

Bert Stephani — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:49:39 +0000

@Alvaro: I guess I have a lot of testing to do before I settle on my favorites

@Geoff: Looking forward to play around with pushing film and other processing tricks.

By: @geoff waugh

@geoff waugh — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:05:56 +0000

Tri-X was the numero uno film for us older press snappers! Better than T Max IMO and great pushed to 3200ASA for shooting ice hockey and football under floodlights. I don’t miss it but I do really miss Agfa Scala B+W transparency film. Now that would look great through a ‘blad. It’s ironic that guys like NIK etc make filters that imitate film – like stepping backwards. Plus you don’t have to ‘shop neg rebates on afterwards. I am digital shooter but if I want an image to look like film I shoot film. Bingo!

By: Alvaro

Alvaro — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:00:48 +0000

Nice Bert! Looking forward for your results on different films exploration. Although I’m already settled, mostly Portra400VC, TMAX 400 and Provia100F, will be good to see what would be your choice.

By: Bert Stephani

Bert Stephani — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:12:02 +0000

Thx Dchino

By: DChino

DChino — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:24:12 +0000

Hello Bert I just discovered your stuff by accident today thanks to a video on strobist….awesome stuff, and great helpful information, thank you.

By: Bert Stephani

Bert Stephani — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:21:08 +0000

@Vic: Thx, I’m also looking forward to do another shoot with the Hassy

@Vincent: I was even born too late for the kind of music I like, I guess I should have been a hippie But then again, the film stuff still exists, so it’s never too late to learn

By: vincent de vries

vincent de vries — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:17:49 +0000

Hi Bert, really think you started photography too late (or not early enough) The Tri-X was considered the workhorse. I been trying different developers but HC-110 suits best I think. I just love the bit of ‘muddy’ caracter of this film and the great thing about it is you can really abuse this film with pushing and pulling. You can pretty much control the grain in the development stage. E.G. setting the iso at 200 and pull it one stop with slow movements in the tank (damn can´t believe I still remember this after so many years of shootinh digital , supose good stuff dies hard)

I used to shoot kodak plusX pro (125 asa) for portraiture in the studio. Beautiful contrast and fine grain. For over a decade of shooting film I tried a lot in B/W from fuji neopan, to agfa, to ilford but ended up with kodak and HC110 dev. You end up really knowing those films
Color I used fuji velvia for landscapes setting it at 80 asa and provia (400 asa) I found that Fuji was always very rich in color, but of course thats my humble opinion

So cool to read and see your experiments!!

Gelukkig nieuwjaar alvast

Vincent

By: Victor Bezrukov

Victor Bezrukov — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:36:52 +0000

Hi Bert !
I love this session especial cos Hassel in your hands !! )
great spontaneous idea and results..
my favs here is the 3 – wow ! amazing pose and framing so right !
and 4-th one really what you say – a lots from Tarantino’s movie !
can’t wait the next session
Happy Holidays
Vic

By: Bert Stephani

Bert Stephani — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:15:25 +0000

Thx all

@Bertrand: There’s a bit of a nostalgic part but that’s a very small part of why I love shooting the Hasselblad so much. It’s more about getting better results by slowing down and the unique look of film.

@Alexandra: Thx, do you shoot film too?

@Jan: Thx for the AlienSkin tip, that will save me some time. I also think that a hybrid workflow is still viable.

@Wilhelm: Those are my favorite shots too. And the vignetting is definitely a bit too much (although it looks way better. I’m looking forward to do some home developing and try other films.

@Jasper: Thx and good luck with your Mamiya

By: Jasper Van Tilburgh

Jasper Van Tilburgh — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:29:10 +0000

Really like the results Bert. Simplicity can be so pure and beautiful.
I think the last one and the one before (but without vignet) are my favorites.
Keep going,

Merry X-Mass to you too.