Thank you Anthony!! We hope our video helps you making prints! :) Have you seen any of our newer videos? We're having a contest and encourage you to enter: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IPbS7K0Wmfw.html, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Qzyfgz0nl0Q.html, and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hXJYErB22VY.html. Hurry-entries are due soon: Nov. 30. This is a perfect time to try out something you've learned or enter something you've shot during the quarantine! Good luck!! -L
It's like a first grade teacher talking to you.. The moment the picture appears on the paper, and you see for the first time what it will look like. that moment is priceless. that's what I love the most about shooting film.
i used to shoot film back in the early 80s.. and moved to digital but i am now back to film! mostly 120.. i am so happy to have found your chanel! i thank you very much for your videos, they are simply great, clear and so insightful.
Thank you so much Franck!! I'm glad you find our videos so helpful!! Digital is great, but traditional photography is much more of an experience. Hope you get amazing results with film!! Thanks for watching :))
Very good video! I watched the whole series in a row. He is a great teacher, he reminds me of my community college professor in America, and I like your direction and editing! Now I want to practice film developing and printing again!
+O Yoko Thank you!!! You are very kind! :) Where did you go to school in America? The college he teaches at is very diverse-there are so many countries and cultures represented by the students who go there. So glad Professor Agar inspired you to get into developing and printing your own again! Best of luck to you! ビデオを見ていただきありがとうございます！
Clear, informative, and fun. There's something about the delicacy of the image from shot to print that makes using film so much more worthwhile than digital.
Thank you!! I'm glad you enjoyed it! It is amazing to see the print develop before your eyes, and to be able to have creative control in ways other than digitally!!
This whole series is great. Thanks for posting these. I'm looking to forward to watching more. After the "making a proof" video though, I was a little sad he didn't make the print of the cat in cage he talked about!
Nathan Johansen Thanks Nathan!!!! I know--I wanted to see the caged kitty too, but he changed his mind last minute. Perhaps in a future video... We recorded two new ones last week. One will be up soon--it is about fun things to do with photography. You are the first to know!! This one will be different than the rest--some parts will be in color (or maybe all? Not sure yet). Stay tuned!!!
I watched all three of these and I have to say I have a lot more respect for this process. I just bought b&w film for my camera and the guy I bought it from gave me a semi high price for developing and making prints but after watching this I fully understand why and don't mind the price. Great video by the way, very informative.
Thank you so much Vera!! Did you ever find the screenplay you were looking for? Did you know Johnny Depp is in an upcoming movie about Eugene Smith called "Minamata"? I'm looking forward to that one. Thanks for watching!! Good luck to you :)
As young folks shooting digital it is really interesting to know how they did it during the film days and greatly appreciate the power and ease we now have in digital photography. Its also inspiring in its own way knowing the passion that surrounded darkroom work and realising I ought to have that too today.
+Tonderayi Kanoz Thanks for watching, Tonderayi :)) It is interesting to compare the similarities and differences between the two styles of photography. Glad you enjoyed the video!!
You can tell Professor Agar that he has inspired me to build a darkroom after watching his vid's! I just wish I was in the area so I could take his course! I'm starting late in life (at 41), but found an enlarger from a local high school and I'm super excited to get started! Thanks so much for the vids!
escher2112 That is not late in life (especially when compared to some of us...). Awesome!! You are going to love having your own darkroom!! Glad you enjoyed the videos. Professor Agar has others he would like to do on more advanced B&W topics--stay tuned!!! :)
Just watched all the Agar videos and loved them. I'd love to see one on the Zone System of metering. Thanks for all the hard work pumping these awesome videos out.
Thank you thank you thank you!!! Zone System of metering is added to the list! Thanks for your kind words and suggestions! We're taking a little break but will be back soon! Now where did that list go.... :))
This guy is awesome. So much fun to watch and listen to. I wish I had taken the time to really appreciate the hands-on process of developing film and making prints back in my photography class in high school. I would love to be keeping busy in the darkroom these days. Suddenly, using a DSLR and lightroom/photoshop just seems less engaging/inspiring. Thank you for uploading these videos. It has been a fun nostalgia trip for me to watch these :)
Thank you Sean! I'm sure many of us went through classes in high school the same way! I had a photography class in 12th grade and have a bunch of silly photos from then that still look good. Then in college I took B&W Photography again--mainly because it was required. At that time, I thought all I liked was digital. But, I put a lot more thought into film photography, and end up with really great pictures that I might not have gotten with my DSLR. Both methods are nice for very different reasons. I'm glad you enjoyed the videos!!!
Thank you!! I'm glad that you found them helpful! I enjoy digital a lot, but I really learned how to "see" and take better photos when I took Professor Agar's class!! It was also really awesome to watch as the print developed as well as to do things the way "they used to." (lol) I was surprised to find out that even with film photography you can control how your photo looks in the end by varying different things while you process your film and print.
great videos.... before watching your videos I've never even thought about how films were developed back in the days, 2 days ago I bought a 35mm camera and after watching you videos I feel like I could develop it myself..... I hope to get the chance to do it cause I feel like it gives you a more intimate connection with the pictures you take, I feel like if you develop your films the final result it's you all the way rather than someone else doing it for you.... thanks for teaching us, really appreciated...
Awesome Luca!! Give it a try-you can do it!! You're right, there is a completely different feel and appreciation for film photography-for photos that you take, develop, and print yourself. It's truly a work of art, created from start to finish by you! The professor demonstrates different ways to develop film and several techniques you can try while printing your negatives on this channel. I hope you get a chance to try some of them!! Thank you for watching our videos! Good luck to you!! :))
Not sure if there is an enlarger specifically for that purpose, but you could turn your jpeg into a negative by inverting it in Photoshop and then printing it on transparency paper/film. Our enlargers can handle very large negatives--check what size the enlarger you want to use can handle and print your inverted photo that size. Good luck!!
Vanden King Professor Agar says, "Sorry if there is confusion! The longer you expose film the more dense it will get and produce a lighter print. The trick is to balance exposure and development between the subject's original contrast and what you want for a final print. For further information, see Ansel Adams' Zone System "The Negative." This book will keep you busy this winter (and next)!" Sincere apologies for the delay in answering your question!! I hope you are making beautiful prints!!
Thanks!! He is a great teacher!! You are the first to know (you and whoever reads this), two new photography-related videos in the very near future!! :)
Fantastic lecturer. A vanishing art that is lacking in this electronic age. The only problem is availability of materials. film-cameras. It does put the fun back in photography as a totally creative artform. Sourcing off the internet may cost a lot.
think it like this.. The paper is white so the more light you burn on to it the darker it gets. Although a black and white print should be exposed for at least 10 seconds so I would have suggested going down one more stop to f11 and doing another test at 16/18/20 seconds.
Itzholmes You were probably looking for digital information :) A dark room is... a very dark room (lol) used when making enlarged prints from negatives. Digital and film photography use different cameras and processes. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. Using film is rewarding, but sometimes more work. And of course you have to wait to see your photos....
Thank you sweetcandysmile !! Color processing uses different chemicals and equipment (and more expensive to get into). It's also very important to be accurate with temperatures and agitation control. Here is a great article on color printing, provided by +acp404 : photo.net/learn/darkroom/color-darkroom.
Nicely done. I know you cant cover it all, but it would be useful to point out picking the exposure the is correct for highlights (whites), then ising contrast to bring the rest of the print up to contrast.
From what I understand, it is a complicated process. Color processing uses different chemicals and equipment and is more expensive to get into. It is also extremely important to be accurate with temperatures and agitation control. Here is a great article on color printing, provided by acp404 : photo.net/learn/darkroom/color-darkroom
Am I thinking backwards on exposure? The way you point it out in your video, shows the image being darker at the longer exposures. I thought that the longer exposure would have more light absorption and hence produce a lighter proof?
Thank you for such a comprehensive and excellent series for a newbie like me! When focusing, is there a placeholder sheet of paper in the easel to keep the distance from the lens to the target paper consistent? Or is that not important considering depth of field is increased sufficiently by stopping down the lens after focusing?
Liked the series on development, proof sheets and printing. Miss the hours in the darkroom but the evolution of photography and equipment made it too hard and expensive to continue.
This is so amazing, I would love to be your student , I wish I had taken photography in high school when I had a chance. I started working at a portrait studio a couple years after graduation and really caught the bug. It's so interesting to see how things from film were carried over into the digital world (like the proof sheet) I never realized a film proof sheet was made just by laying negatives across photo paper. Also the "dodge" and "burn" tool of photo shop and what that really means in the print making process. I never thought of it like "burning this area with light" (making it brighter) or "this area is dodging the light" (making it darker) And wow you have to make so many prints just to get your one final image! Is there less expensive photo paper you use when making your test images and then higher quality photo paper you use for your finished print?
+babyjenks1784 Thank you so much!! Professor Agar often uses Arista RC or Ilford RC for the test strip and Ilford Fiber for prints. Buy a small 8x10 pack of each. Cut test strips and lay them adjacent to make a paper speed comparison. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching :)
Obrigado Nuno Benavente!! I mentioned this to Professor Agar. He is getting ready to do another video--it's between this and another frequently-requested topic. Stay tuned... :))
Michael Parker Barbara London and John Upton have great books on photography. Professor Agar recommends London and Upton's "A Short Course in Photography." Another excellent book he recommends (he calls it the "Holy Grail" of photography books) is Ansel Adams' "The Print." London and Upton's books might be a little more expensive (if new), Adams' book is $25 on Amazon. Enlarging hasn't changed much, so even an older book will have valuable information in it. Good luck to you!!
