 Today's episode is sponsored by Squarespace When I was a teenager I remember the excitement of Silly putty quite fondly both playing with and eating it after a lot of experimentation I found out that the fart putty was the tastiest But how could I possibly learn that information without trying it first when I think I'm trying to say in sort of a roundabout Kind of approach is that I think my spirit of experimentation still lives on to this day and with that What's more experimental than pushing film to its limits like portrait 800? You've probably heard of it or maybe you've blocked it from your short and long-term memory because you've done extensive Hypnotherapy or just a ton of fun drugs in an effort to just forget that crazy-ass price Porty 8 is the fastest film stock in the famous portrait line and is considered a premium film stock for Professionals it's very common in a wedding photography Just like stress and anxiety it's easy to figure out why wedding and engagement photographers like this film stock warm pastel tones Not too much grain and it performs well in low-light. What more can you really ask for I? Mean I guess you can ask Kodak not to discontinue it There is kind of some additional buzz online about how Porty 8 is actually based off of a vision to Cine film stock which kind of makes sense actually 800 ISO is actually a very fast ISO for film photography in the modern era Back in the day photographers were lucky to have a plethora of fast color-negative film options like conica srg 3200 and Fuji natura 1600 but in today's age can we still get back to 1600 ISO color-negative film portrait? 100 is a very good candidate for this test because of its relative flat profile and good low light sensitivity But what about its ability to push process effectively? Well, I decided to put it to the test and I grabbed one of my slowest cameras the x-pan and found some evening light tissue By pushing portrait 800 one stop We're effectively under exposing it one stop which means we need to set the light meter to 1600 in this case telling the camera's light meter that it has more sensitive film in it than it actually does So you're lying to it which may create some trust issues between you and your camera down the line But you don't have time to worry about that right now Anyway, so there I was at the golden shower gate Memorial Bridge I think with my x-pan hovering somewhere around 5.6 or f8 and 1 1 25th to 1 500th most of the time and that's kind of the reason some people will push film if the meter were telling me 1 15th of a second I not only would tell it to f**k right off But I would also strongly consider pushing the roll that I had in the camera one stop effectively changing that 1 15th of a second to 1 30th which might alleviate some potential camera shake that might happen from the slow shutter speed There's gonna be a barge here in a second Coming through cargo ship saying right next to some toilets. I hope nobody's in there Hear me talking to myself. Here we go right about there This shot is severely underexposed as all film that gets pushed traditionally is it's only one It's sent to a development that chemically your shots get cooked longer which bumps the overall density of your negative But if your negative isn't working with a reasonable amount of information Then it can't actually amplify anything. That's not there It's kind of like steroids in that way and yeah, just like steroids my plums instantly shrink when I saw these shots I'd say this shot is damn near unusable and a lot of the follow-up shots were also kind of lumps of ass as well There are potentially a number of variables at work here Huge lighting difference the photographer sucks and the meter could have been fooled or potentially even just low on battery But overall I would just say if you do decide to push 48 one stop You got to be comfortable with the fact that some of your shots might kind of turn out like this as it clearly did for me 22 it's unnecessary Anyway with God clearly ripping some fat vape clouds over the Marin headlands I took this shot with this pole here awfully close to violently piercing my ass if I fell backwards The shot actually works quite well in my opinion Perhaps the more even subdued lighting is where the method might work best the colors are pretty vibrant and nothing is demonically underexposed because I was Simulating 1600 ISO in the cameras meter it allowed me to use a higher f-stop like f-16 for example or so to get the sign here and Infinity in focus together in the same shot while still probably hovering around 1 60th of a second I have actually shot portrait 800 push one stop before and that's what gave me the idea for this video Most of the shots were taken inside of a dark abandoned building and they pretty much turned out fine Some were even good by some people's low standards But there also wasn't a ton of contrast in the light is mostly reflected interior light I mean I pretty much have to shoot it don't want to lose too many details in the highlights here, but Definitely still need shadow info and since we're pushing it A sailboat crossing here in a sec Wait for the right moment And This shot is an interesting one not because it's actually interesting It's just that it looks like lomo metropolis. So do whatever you want with that info. It's weird There is kind of a color cast actually either goes like very blue turquoise or like sometimes Inflamed red in the shadows. I don't think pushing color film is generally a good idea for that exact reason But with modern-day technology anything can be fixed in post so repeat after me the mantra of any Overworked VFX artist we can just fix it in post bro all good Okay. Oh, there's something in my ass. This is the shot right here The only problem is I have eight shots left. I guess I take it it's calling to me, right? All right, get out This is how this is really a suffering for your art right here After taking a dump in the butt can I headed down to the marina to see what's good with all those Marine things or whatever is in a marina. I don't know fish probably. Oh Yeah, there it is. That's the shot. Oh, it's beautiful For once I was right about something I like this one the colors are bang on It's got good separation of layers and the bridge support here is framed pretty nicely There aren't any terrible color shifts and the shadows don't fall off into oblivion I do wonder if 48 is actually a true 500 ISO film based off the Vision 2 cine formula We can just kind of get away with shooting it at 800 because it's film and it's kind of meant to look like shit sometimes But it does bring up a good question with shooting this film stock at 1000 ISO instead of 1600 and then push processing it one stop be an improvement if my results are anything to go by then Yeah, I'd say probably so Here's basically the same shot twice because I'm a total photography hack And I'll never make it in this robust and ever-changing industry I'm only singling this one out because the lighting later on in the evening was significantly more global and Even overall in this one and the shot looks significantly better because of it lastly Grain you're definitely gonna see it like this shot. Let's zoom in on the only halfway decent part of this image and yeah Grainier than grain Everyone grainier than the diuretic bird seat that my mom puts in her bird feeder so that they take huge dumps on her neighbor's car Push processing increases the overall contrast of your image quite significantly. 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You can start a free trial today at Squarespace comm slash grainy days And if you use the code grainy days at checkout you can get 10% off your first purchase. I gotta stop this time lapse There's a seal right there. Holy crap So does pushing portrait 800 to 1600 work? I'd say so Kind of these shots aren't terrible Actually, that's kind of a lie. These shots are pretty bad I don't really know what to make of it to be honest with you There isn't really too much of like an uncontrollable color cast and personally I don't really don't mind the grain too much the stock retains its warm and gooey tones And it doesn't really stray away too much from the portrait look just now with some contrast and lots of fuzzy ass grain If you're gonna do this process, I'd say probably maybe just shoot at a thousand or at least be conscious and Protect for the shadows, which may kind of defeat the purpose of this whole thing. Anyway, so I don't know in the end Do whatever you want literally no one cares except like your mom probably pushing film doesn't Magically suck in more light. So just be prepared for some of your shots to not really work out except now on a film Stock that's basically twice as expensive as other film stocks. I don't know if I'll do this process again Honestly, I think it was worth the experiment and you know overall it might help you make a more informed decision down the line Anyway, as per usual, that's all for this one. See you and help other f***ers