An Ektachrome Christmas 6 

A bit early for christmas isn't it? Haha haha zing

That post-credit scene put a gigantic smile on my face

Thief or whoever brought back your film, that's extremely lucky holy cow, I'm glad it came back.

The best underrated yearly series by far.

Cool to hear you going full time with RU-vid! Excited to see what else you get up to. Also, thanks for the film addiction. Never been more broke or happy in my life.

I can't wait for your Spain video. Watched pretty much all of your peers videos and I am so excited. And yes, Ektachrome Christmas is a staple of the season now.

dude no way did they show up with the stolen goooooods. That is some real christmas magic, such a W. Still some kind souls out here in the streets of Burbank.

My heart dropped when I heard that the film had been stolen. It was nothing short of a Christmas miracle when the guy returned it.

That was a really good episode. Very human, with the tiredness and loss, but then the redemption at the end.

The relief on Jason's face as the film was returned was shared 50/50 with no dump December ending

that was a rollercoaster! and a belated christmas miracle!! ektachrome christmas every year!!!

Hey man, Just wanted to thank you for putting out those videos. Been watching for the last few years and honestly, as my attention span gets worse every year you're videos are somehow among those which I love to watch actively, just be taken along it and immerse in it. Thank you for taking us along and being authentic in the sense of just being a normal dude with normal challenges and a somewhat normal life and struggles and so forth. Somehow the Ektachrome Christmas has become a somewhat oddly familiar yearly ritual by now. Thanks for what you do Jason, it matters. And praise God for the film that reappeared. What a gift. Greetings from Germany

Monica loading in full light, she has been taught well

The songlist, in no particular order: 1. Anna von Hauswolff - The mysterious vanishing of Electra 2. Stereolab - French Disko 3. Bill Callahan - Drover 4. Fiddlehead - Queen of limerick 5. Aesop Rock - Supercell 6. Tears for fears - The working hour 7. Frank Sinatra - Strangers in the night You have a great taste in music!

Since you started this, Christmas really isn’t Christmas without Ektachrome. All our fav characters with new plot twists. Just great. Thanks.

The ending is amazing, though I half expected it to be an incredibly elaborate bit where Caleb had secretly stolen the film and we were gonna see him shyly return it.

Oh my goodness, I am SO HAPPY you got the Spain film back. My heart saaaaaank when you said it had been stolen. Commissioned work; I would've been in a straight jacket and heavily sedated!! I'm really looking forward to seeing the photos from Spain. Kudos again!

Thank you Mr. Days for sharing your life. It maybe boring to you (or busy as fudge) but it brings comfort and joy to us masses as we pet Baxter vicariously through your moving pixels. You are actually an encouragement to me as a lover of film photography who never makes pictures with the negatives or memory cards he fills. Time to lose my excuses and make some prints! Thanks again!

So great to know that the films are back!!!! That was an emotion rollercoaster

This was my main reason behind developing my own film. Porch pirates suck, sorry to hear that someone stole your package and caused the stress, but glad it made its way back to you in the end

Your pain over the theft of those rolls of film really came through but then a Christmas miracle! There really is a Santa Claus!

Was looking forward to this video … so happy you got those rolls back. I was stressing out for you 🥶

I am so happy we've got another one

That was the plot twist I was hoping for!!!!! 🎉

Happy to hear my favorite politician is continuing everyone's favorite film-related holiday series. Darn mail thieves trying to ruin Ektachrome Christmas.

Wow, I felt like crying for you there man. Glad you got that film back, that must have been a soul crushing experience.

Baxter attacking that doughnut was hysterically funny! Gave me an outburst of sudden laughter. Great content as always. I used to be one of those people with a projector back in the day. Started with Kodachrome 25 and 64. I was feeling so bad for you about your film loss. I always go in person to drop and retrieve, make it an adventure trip. The end where you got it back really was the high point of my day.

Discovered new favorite channel, with a bits of tasteful comedy and drama.

I’m happy to hear you’re doing YT as a full time job now. Your video quality is great and I can’t imagine how better it will be now with more time being invested into your craft 🙌🏼

So happy for another Ektachrome Christmas and very happy your film was returned - but I've got to think your building manager was in on it.

That's the happiest we've ever seen Jason! More apathetic than an early 2000s emo kid's discarded gym sock but still... that's way above average.

I am so glad that you got your film back! The stress from that had to be unbelievable. I think you should learn how to live life from Baxter.

Merry Ektachristmas! Stoked for the Spain video. Headed there in April to shoot a wedding, so it'll be fun seeing it through your lens first, and to give myself some unrealistic expectations for my shots!

‘What should I do with the old battery? That’s right; toss it in the Ocean!’ 😂

glad to see you on your feet. life's never easy. but happy that the work you do pays off. also congrats on improving your composition!

Man, I was really happy to know your film got back to you. It reminded me on a case when I lost my wallet it Stockholm. Next day police called me and asked me to come by and take my wallet, because someone brought it to the station... Such a relief. And such a nice feeling that there are good people around me

Finally another Ektachrome Christmas!

This is insane!! A lot going on here but your story telling keeps me follow along and I kinda felt your emotion or at least how you portrayed to us. The last bit was also put a spike on my emotion. Can't wait to see the photo from those rolls!!!

i cant believe its been 6 ektachröme christmases

FIGHT ME, YOU COWARD (love you, Jason)

Best Ektachrome Christmas yet. Baxter is a delight. Glad you recovered the film. Good luck for 2024.

You are the reason I got into analogue photography and your videos always inspire me to go out and shoot some more film. You're genuinely a blessing to this community.

why did i see the thumbnail for this and i *literally* screamed and cheered in my kitchen and clapped and laughed out loud. i’m soooooooo excited to watch this.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉THANK YOUUUUUU!!!!

Ektachrome white balance: take a picture with ektachrome in daylight of a gray/white card. Process & scan as usual. Get white balance off scan result. Apply to all other scans of ektachrome. No need to guestimate what color gel to use.

"Kids" is easily my favorite album by The Midnight, and I love that you love them too. Heres a question for you Jason - out of all the weird cameras you've ever used/owned, what was by far the most fun/crazy? Mine is the 35mm Star Wars Electrobinocs. They look stupid, but theyre stupid fun

I almost cried like a real man with that happy ending. Te quiero mucho Jason, you made my day.

Oh man I was so relieved to hear you got the film back in the end! Sounds like he was the guy who stole it... but even if that was the case, you've gotta be happy you got it back! 😅

Thank goodness you got your 7 rolls of film back! Really felt for you with that.

Nice that you got the film back. It's also why I ask for scans and get the film back just in case it gets lost/stolen/killed

Glad you were able to end your video in a high note. Always enjoy your Ektachrome Christmas installments and appreciate the vlog style. Looking forward to what 2024 has in store for Baxter, Monica, and you.

Ahhh, always good to see ektachrome christmas once again.

Happy you finally got the film's back. Maybe this will make you rethink develop your own film at home hahaha

Yay for RU-vid fulltime and yay for getting your film back! Take care of yourself Jason and have a great 2024 :)

So rad someone brought the film back. Thanks for posting.

FINALLY!!!! Had me worried for a second there thinking it was the end of the most average series(and also one of my favorite) on youtube! Thank you for this masterpiece

Glad to hear that your film turned up!

Can’t believe you’re now full-time Arby’s consumer, what a dream!

Thank you for another one! I do not understand why they leave parcels at your door in the US or UK. In Poland we have pick up points and pick up lockers which you choose when ordering if you know you won't be home but even if you don't the couriers do not just leave a package at the doors 😢 they take it back and try later/next day. Maybe get a PO box?

812 warming filter on E100 works great, you loose 2/3 of a stop but you still get that fresh warmness to the otherwise cold film 😊

This video had me ALMOST (but not quite) whimpering, it was a lot for an xmas vid

I was genuinely feeling down hearing about the stolen film and I am so happy to see you got it back, truly a Christmas miracle!

30 minutes, heck yes. Film an episode that speaks to how that majestic mo came to be.

For those people that live next to or in Cologne: Foto Lambertin offers Same-Day-Development for C41, very handy. Normally it will be not much longer, it’s always ready the next day.

Dude, so glad you brought this back for another year. Great work throughout and such an interesting note on the scanning as well…now I have to try it. 😅

i treated myself to a contax t2 over the holidays. your review was a deciding factor, your breakdown helped so much in making the decision of which point and shoot to cop. perfect timing to see a bunch of shots with it right as i start using it. cheers 🍻

Fun video! Glad you got your film back.

Best late Christmas present

Hi there, I'm from Andalucía. Ive been greatly and positively surprised to see my favourite film photographers going to Málaga for a commissioned job. Sad I didnt know what was going on to go and say a quick hi! Hope you had a great time in my region.

30min of unbelievable footage of baxter

Oh my word, I was about to cry that the video ended on a sad note. SO happy you got your film back bro!!

I started shooting film January 2023, and I've found this channel some weeks laters. It's been an year now and I realized that I've watched every single video lol. I was really happy with this ending, i can't even think the pain of losing so much important material

What a treat. Thank you Jason for this, my depression has been postponed another day

Jason is a real ass Bay Area cat, watching the fuckin KTVU plus yule log on Christmas morning, listening to Mac dre and shit 😹

It´s a Christmas Miracle! Or, whatever. Glad to hear you got your film back. Oh, and Christmas wouldn´t be the same without Ektachrome, so keep ém coming.

I was so relieved when you got your film back... Cannot imagine how you felt.

The only video I stay alive for, now I can leave this world in peace. Thank you, Baxter.

So glad the film showed up. That's why I never ever mail my film without at least getting it scanned.

I've never been so moderately excited he'll yeah

OMG I LOVE your lexus LS400!! Have you ever shot cars and/or would you consider filming a video of you shooting cars?

Video is kind of all over the place, but I'm happy it has a happy ending

please continue this series i look forward to it every christmas

I always do adjust my WB when scanning, that is the point doing it myself, as I remember it or it is logged when I use my DIY lightmeter built in Kiev60 TTL Prism, VEML7700 has WB read function, besides lux also.

this is now something that i need to watch every year.

Best video of the year, last year, you know what I mean. Great editing.

When I shot Ektachrome in the '70's I only knew it as slide film. It liked blues and greens and kodachrome was the go to for red, orange, and yellow. I didn't even know it could be print film. At $21.00 a roll.... I will not likely be shooting that film. I cannot believe how much you travel and take pictures. I could not do that kind of thing. Your shirt with the skull and knife... I made an earing once. Knife through the skull and the blade exited from under the cheek bone. Cracked me up to see your cool shirt! Really stinks that your prints were stolen. Then, really GREAT that your film came back. Who would have thought that guy would bring it back to you. Remember this little piece of good fortune some time in the future,

Dude I was so bummed about the stolen film, I can’t believe they returned it!!

Once again, great video. Glad to see you still have the ol LS400 too

Freaking miracle getting that film back man. Relief.

17:48 you already got my respect for putting on The Midnight and it only cost $5

Sorry to hear what happened to those seven rolls but so glad it got resolved in the end! I'm glad you didn't get defeated over it I feel like those kind of things happen often and you cant let them interfere with what your doing. Its interesting to see your experience with labs compared to here on the east coast. Lots of things are done in person but human error is still always at play and things still get lost. Love the video Jason, keep up the good work to the new year!

Note on being invited over to someone's house to see their vacation slides. As a kid in the 70s, it sucked. My dad would always find a way to weasel out of it. So my mom would pack up my brother and I and go over to someone's house who had more money than us. To see the great places they traveled to while we were stuck home all summer using the towns public pool for recreation. I dont think these were people my parents even liked. It was like being in a real life Steinfeld episode. You know, the one where Jerry complains about having to see the baby. The death of the home slide project is the greatest advancement for humanity since covered wagons.

Slides do look a lot better projected. That's my favorite part of getting my slides back from the lab. My projector uses a 300 watt halogen bulb that has a warm tone to it.

Congratulations on hitting the big time, getting called up to play with big boys. I saw you in Nick Carver's video he did in Spain.

During my 25 yr career in commercial photography mostly in studio under controlled conditions I used an insane amount of EPN in all formats and I found it to be spot on in terms of color rendition. I may have missed some things that you said but it would not necessarily be the film that would cause blue. Could be outdoors=5000k+, UV, or processing. Wouldn’t know if out of date emulsion would cause blue. Anything outdoors with EPN I used various warming filters probably 81A. I seem to remember Kodak came out with an Ektachrome that was warmer….Fugi had a good one too. Love your channel.

Damn. The emotional roller-coaster this video was.

Wow! The ending was fantastic!! All the best on your full time photo life.

Baxter eating a puppy doughnut! I’m glad that I’m not the only one who has delivery issues. Thanks for sharing

So great seeing and hanging with yall in San Clemente, i need to send that photo over to y’all!!!

Thanks for showing the ups and the downs, very cool episode. 2024 is gonna be everyone's year I can feel it in my plums!

this video is awesome ! love monica's blue hair !!