Yes, more please! I had seen many of the photographs in this video in one of your other videos. Hearing your comments about each photograph after I had thought about it added much more to my appreciation, thanks!
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...
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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 -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.
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.....
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
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.
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.
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 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👍.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
