 Today's episode is sponsored by Squarespace Well, good morning Actually, nothing's good about it. I'm sick and losing my voice again. Anyway enough side plot as I'm sure you're aware There are a lot of cool lens filters out there and also warm ones Lately I've really been exploring this dark low contrast hyper red scale look and I wanted to take it to the next level My main inspiration is definitely that radiated Vegas scene in Blade Runner 2049 After watching the behind-the-scenes of that movie. I found out that they used a lot of reference from a dust storm that occurred in Australia in 2009 and yeah, while I do like the look of these shots that I know filter raw dog on red scale There was still one glaring issue. They still did not have that atmospheric Haze texture so I started looking into ways to recreate it artificially and in my deep web research I found the Tiffin smoke filter the smoke filter comes in several variations of density Whereas the usual higher number means a stronger effect. I decided to go with a three on this one, which is pretty dense I wanted something that would strongly display the effect overall before we hit the field I just wanted to officially say Tiffin has nothing to do with this video I purchased this filter completely independently with my own money That I stole from Monica's purse With the filter in hand and on board the camera I was finally off to the races I Started off at this car wash that I've driven by a couple times to throw eggs at the washed cars And it always looked kind of cool at night I made the executive decision to shoot handheld that evening for some reason that I can't possibly put into words But maybe premier can That was a 130th Red scale is a variable ISO film. They say you can shoot it anywhere between 50 to 200 ISO But honestly, I don't know what Lomo is smoking saying that you can shoot this film stock at 200 These were taken at a hundred and sixty ISO and they're underexposed out the ass and then back around All righty Either way you can kind of see the smoke filter in action like on this shot where it creates this haze emanating from the light source in the center 115th again I like this shot a lot I think it effectively captured the mood that I'm after it's dark and hazy and frankly It looks like somewhere you'd get murdered cut up into pieces and randomly spread out over a seven mile area Which is kind of aesthetic as fuck lately as in I just started with this photo I've been shooting with this technique where you place the significant light source in the background and let the pieces fall where they may silhouette the objects in the foreground Obviously, I don't have control over the lighting and the overall scene here So it's really more of something that I'm just conscious of and looking out for when I go shoot Does this look like a lighthouse? Cool This shot had a lot of potential and so did this one, but sadly there just wasn't enough light Don't worry. I do get my act together later on and do use a tripod This shot is good You don't really see the effect of the smoke filter too much, but regardless it definitely looks haunted So how does this heavy diffusion filter differ from something like a promissed or glimmer glass? I think really the big difference is that the smoke filter maintains actual scene sharpness a lot better than the other two It also spreads out the glow quite a bit more on bright hot spots in my experience Promists are more localized around the hot spot Whereas the smoke filter kind of creates an ambient haze of like a burning building nearby or something Of course, nothing's gonna be the real thing But most locations won't actually allow you to burn them down just to create a little Ambient mood in your photo. Trust me. I've tried Anyway, with basic baby bitch hour over I finally decided to use a tripod so that I wouldn't be capturing everything Wide open at 1 15th of a second like it was my first day ever using a camera Oop accidentally tripped the shutter. Good job, Jason My first stop with the tripod was this automotive shop where I definitely underexposed again I mean at this point it's just a pattern of incompetence, right? All right, taking a picture of a Dunkin Donuts. I feel like I should be getting paid for this Let's take this before the car shows up Nice Focus is good exposure is good f4 one-half Oh, I don't know if you can see this They just Turn these lights off Anyway at classic pastry is where some really went down cool The shot is nice. It looks really isolated against the nighttime backdrop But doubling down from there. I moved the camera around and shot this which may be the best of the roll I maybe would have preferred to back up a little bit But I also didn't want to get hit by a car and have my obituary read something like died semi tragically in front of his favorite place a pastry store It's also a good showcase for the smoke filter a nice haze is washed over both of these shots In this case, it kind of eases off the bright parts and creates a grad into the darkness, which is damn near poetic This shot of the library is nice overall But it may be a strong case as to how the smoke filter can be a bit distracting in some situations I turn these overhead lights into blobs of glow that just shoot your eyeballs straight to them Instead of whatever I was trying to photograph here, which I couldn't even tell you what it is now that I'm looking at it Here's a little pro tip Don't carry around two tripods and film yourself all night. It hurts your arms Here's another pro tip Wear your airpods because it's kind of a universal sign for people that not f*** with you I mean they still will because it's la but Yeah, that'll be a good one hopefully The smoke filter on this shot in particular doesn't really look too much like fog or mist But more like someone just did a crazy burnout in their old ass honda and there's some leftover exhaust in the intersection So if that's the vibe you're going for in your work, then congrats. Here you go There's a single car sitting down there at the end of this, uh Road that's under construction That was that for the roll which definitely ended on a high note A lot of these shots look very noir, which is cool of the 36 exposure roll of lomo red scale I got about 24 keepers and at least one portfolio shot. I might change that later though. A lot of these shots are kind of cool Do you have a deep love or passion for something that you do in life? 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Well, I think it's a solid emulation I don't think any filter on the planet can actually Effectively reproduce the look of mist or fog because ultimately what creates that look is the compound effect You get as you go further away from camera in scene depth It separates the layers in your image quite well and no filter can actually render that for you You need the real thing you need real fog But if you can't afford real fog this smoke filter certainly gets you about halfway there And maybe just maybe that filter might for a split second trick the viewer into thinking It's doing exactly what you intended it to do I think Abraham Lincoln said it best when he said that there is truly a time and place for the tiffin smoke 3 filter