 What's up motherfuckers today. I shoot some film in the California Bay Area aka my homeland Today's episode is sponsored by Squarespace Well, I'm back on my usual bulls you already know the drill my photography amigo Caleb And I went up north to visit some family and friends, but believe me We really only had one goal in mind to shoot some downright filthy film photography So I packed my saddle full of cameras and film padded my little corn dog Baxter on the head and headed due north I I brought with me my glorious Mamiya 7 and a fresh-faced newcomer the Fuji TX1 Which I had to sell my prized Harambe shaped cheeto to afford it's a pricier camera because the TX1 is Specialized and discontinued which is so unlike Fuji to do its hustle blood brother is known as the X-Pan And it's special because well as Sage the Gemini once said about the X-Pan its panoramic The TX1 is virtually the same camera as the X-Pan sands the name and color it shoots panoramic photos And by panoramic I mean the good shit not the crop it shoots about double the width of a standard 35 millimeter frame This trip would be my first full outing with this camera aside from like a test roll that I shot So to say I was excited is an understatement We reached our first stop along the coast and met up with our film photography homie Andrew But enough about Andrew it was time to blast through some portrait 400 like Shrek blast through swamp farts This is a pretty cool location because of the unique rock formations and the orange tan rocks against the blue sea But I think I was just starting to warm up here I've noticed that in the past the first roll of a photography road trip is never the best of the bunch If you're wondering what gear Caleb brought along you can check out his video about the very same trip or I can Just tell you he brought his Fuji GW 693 his Pentax 6 7 and his game face Yet his game face on because he had just gotten his Pentax 6 7 back from repairs like the day before we left As the Sun started to go down the three of us cruised up along the coastline to a shipwreck where I shot some 8 by 10 large Format sheet film in fact you might have seen the video that I made about it And if you didn't you're dead to me Here are the two sheets of film I exposed And of course I had to get some Mamiya 7 shots while the light was that perfect shade of piss golden Anyway, we headed back to town where we promptly checked into our hotel room We got ready to go out on the town and make Pismo Beach regret ever letting us walk its streets Just kidding. We quietly grabbed some clam chatter and stayed out of the way I really dig this shot taken with a one-quarter Promised it makes the house seem kind of eerie like it's alive or something I finished off the roll of portrait 400 and loaded up some Cinestill 800t Because if you're a film photographer at night and you're not shooting Cinestill 800t people will start staring I was pretty hesitant about showing the shot because I think it sucks But hopefully you can learn a lesson from my mistakes I don't know what I was high on but it must have been pretty damn good if I thought that the car in the foreground here was a good idea Eventually we made our way out to the pier as some seafog was rolling in and I won't lie to you A lot of these shots are steaming hot garbage. My dog Baxter leaves prettier images on the neighbor's lawn every morning However from the dumpster fires emerged a Phoenix. I took this shot and straight up. It's one of my favorites from this trip I'm not gonna pretend like I didn't shoot it three times to get it absolutely perfect, but whatever I'm not gonna show the alternates because it's my channel and I can do whatever the fuck I want The next morning it was time for us to continue on our journey But more importantly it was time to load up the TX1 to the tip just the tip. I used Ektar 100 No further comment After Dutch ovening the entire hotel room we headed up the road to a quaint seaside town called Morrow Bay Morrow Bay was quite the site for Caleb and I to behold and hold each other We did the TX1 and I that is I really like this shot I think it's a very lucky case of layering with the foreground being the seagull the midground being the guy pissed off at The seagull in the background being this nice harbor. That's wrong. Actually Batman is the hero we need This shot has no business being as nice as it is I think it's quite ordinary, but the lighting really brings it home It made me finally understand what Edward Hopper meant when he said all he wanted to do was paint sunlight on the side of a house In case you forgot I still simp pretty hard for Edward Hopper This shot of Caleb is also pretty cool. We were just walking along and the backdrop caught my eye I think the panoramic format can actually work quite well for portraits in some cases So anyway, we still had a long drive ahead of us up to the yay area So we hit the road through central, California We decided it was definitely a good time to stop when the trap remix of cotton I Joe came on the radio So it was Mamiya 7 time and we hit the trail down to this beach where clothing was optional I actually had to CGI our clothes back on so that I could still adhere to the YouTube guidelines I thought these photos weren't too great if I'm being honest I think they probably would have been better served on black and white Next up I violently slapped some FPP wolf man into the Mamiya 7 This film was relatively new at the time. Well new old. It's not a new original stock It's actually just a duplication of FPP's Cine 16 film regardless of whatever hole it crawled out of I think that the rendering and contrast on these shots is actually pretty solid Just up the road of it was a lighthouse that we had to stop at I know you can't smell a video, but someone did some real work in those bathrooms before we got there I mean I can't help but think that someone was pushing their hardest trying to vanquish a huge Inner demon if you catch my drift and must have just died in the process Mamiya I threw in some Cat Labs 80 which is described to have sort of a panatomic X kind of vibe so vibe check it I did I love this shot if there was one thing I could change though It'd be having the flock of birds on the other side of the lighthouse to bounce the image out a bit more I mean all I had to do was wait like two seconds. They were flying that direction anyway I guess my impatient ass isn't cut out for this crap You got me f***ed up if you don't think that this shot is kind of smooth Eventually we made our way to my mom's place in beautiful wine country Well, actually just outside of it where on hot days it mostly just smells like cow shit, but it was home for me The next morning we awoke from our inebriated slumber to get out and shoot after a quick prayer to the analog gods for a solid harvest We headed out We stopped at the shipwreck along the coast and shot more of my 8x10 video here, you know the one you didn't watch Here's the sheet that I exposed Caleb also took the time to shoot some large format 4x5 because I guess 35 millimeter is baby sh** to him now Surprise surprise I also had brought up a roll of Kodak air chrome that was pre-loaded into my Canon AE1 But you might have seen the video already and if you haven't you're not allowed to come to my funeral and trust me You'll want to be there. It'll be a good time Here's some of the best air chrome images that I shot that morning fun fact We actually went into this abandoned farmhouse and got attacked by a bat Literally a bat just flew at us Let's see is it up there still Can't tell if the floor is gonna break We stopped at one last spot afterwards for a battle of the rangefinders Caleb would be wielding his Fuji GW690 and I'd be wielding my usual bad posture and Compendium of George of the jungle facts that no one really gives a sh** about I think putting in ektar 100 was kind of a bad idea. This area wasn't particularly colorful In my opinion, I think black and white would have been better suited I'm learning that I really need to start finding a reason to shoot a scene in color Otherwise just go monochrome black and white really is starting to seem like it never disappoints Back at the house. I loaded up the tx1. This particular role of film was about to see some sh** If you're wondering what town this is because you'd like to visit it yourself Here's a little clue in this town. They erected a statue honoring local hero cap and crunch I really dig these shots as well I think the x-pan lens is truly one of a kind and it renders space Amazingly it's safe to say that the addiction has begun The next day we slept in took it easy and browsed ebay for film cameras knowing full well that we didn't have the stones to pull the trigger Eventually we left the house grabbed some lunch and turned down for grapes at a local winery Of course, I'm not drunk if I don't take mirror bathroom selfies while everyone else has fun without me Yearning for more cinematic panoramas. We headed out to the coast once again We got down to the shore as the sunset was lighting up the horizon and I took this shot Which I think is one of my best ever I'm starting to realize why they call this camera the sex pan. It just oozes raw sexuality Okay, maybe no one calls it that and I'm reading too much into it But I think that the panoramic format works really well for landscape shots because the horizontal frame kind of emphasizes the horizon line But anyway, speaking of raw sexuality, here's a picture of Caleb The whole time I was shooting I remember thinking I really hope that these shots turn out because after all with film you never really know But it'd be a shame if all this incredible light went to waste Which is frankly my second biggest fear in life right behind getting attacked while in the toilet That night we loaded up our cameras and shot some medium format out on the town. Caleb was just as excited as always I was using the usual one quarter promised and cinestill 800t This is by far the best shot that I took all night. So it's all downhill from here folks I think night photography is actually a pretty good time most nights Something about getting the meter reading just right and composing high contrast scenes is just fun But it's more fun if you're a bad boy who doesn't play by society's rules We found a cool neon sign that just screamed cinestill 800t and high electricity bill The light from the sign also gave my chest hair a chance to glimmer softly in the fluorescent beams The next day the fun was over and we needed to head back down to la Where Caleb would board a flight and go to Morocco for half an eternity But I wasn't bitter about it In fact, I treated him to one of my favorite chinese food restaurants in the area Or the tables are sparkly clean and the people are always glad to see uh I wrapped up what was left of the portrait 400 in the tx1 here Before we move on to this video's post mortem I'd like to thank today's sponsor squarespace Do you need a spot to host all of your work that's accessible on the go? 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So anyway, that's about it for this one folks I think a lot of the work that I shot for this trip is actually not half bad But realistically, I think the x-pan format is the main reason It's just such a distinct look and frankly There's probably a pretty good reason that hollywood uses a similar format for a lot of its output I think this is probably my favorite photo from the trip. I mean come on I don't think i'll take a photo half this good ever again I'm looking forward to more tx1 crap moving forward and hopefully you are too I'm loving every second of this excellent camera and I wish real life was shown in this aspect ratio Although in that alternate universe, they probably have an x-pan that shoots standard 3-2 format and people pay top dogecoin to buy it So I guess that's that if I could leave you some parting words it would be Grab life by the crunchberries