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Komentáře • 339

  • @sonofoneintheuniverse
    @sonofoneintheuniverse Před měsícem +37

    So refreshing - no gear review, just messing around with a plain old fashioned practical attitude ... and great results. 😊

  • @ruudkuiper5515
    @ruudkuiper5515 Před měsícem +42

    Martin, this video changes my look towards photography! You’ve made me realise that photography is not about fancy cameras and lenses it’s about creating beautiful artistic images which pleases the viewer eyes and soul! Thanks again Martin, this is for me the best channel on CZcams ❤ keep up your amazing work ❗️

  • @arjay9745
    @arjay9745 Před měsícem +87

    Possibly the best video I've ever seen on CZcams.

  • @DrFassi
    @DrFassi Před 3 dny +3

    I was lucky to win the auction. A fantastic photo! Thank you...

  • @andrewfrost8866
    @andrewfrost8866 Před 5 hodinami

    How absolutely fantastic!! And I was thinking ‘that looks like Pool Road’ just as you turned in the Cemetery. I lived in Otley for 33 years before moving away. Happy days.

  • @oguzhankocalioglu3180
    @oguzhankocalioglu3180 Před 2 dny +1

    That was an eye opener video Martin! Now i know a liitle better than before about principles of photography, thanks to you!

  • @emilecrowther7706
    @emilecrowther7706 Před měsícem +18

    You're the best. CZcams algorithm is pure magic at times.

  • @paulhancock7670
    @paulhancock7670 Před 2 dny +1

    Dammit that was SO enjoyable to watch.

  • @dustinbyerley7226
    @dustinbyerley7226 Před 19 dny +8

    Love your work. Makes me reminisce about being in the darkroom in my youth. Thank you.

  • @ziggggy53ify
    @ziggggy53ify Před 15 dny +5

    Absolutely wonderful explanation and process, yielding gorgeous results. Bravissimo!!
    I'm a fully retired Corporate photographer, with 31 years in that capacity. I personally own 4 large format film cameras, 3 of which are 4"x5" and 1 - 5" x 7". However it's mostly digital these days, mostly Canon and both D-SLRs and mirrorless, with both APS-C and FF systems.
    I have created pinholes and pinhole cameras. I prefer to temporarily mount the pinholes onto a digital camera first, to both grade the pinhole quality as well as to assess the effective aperture value. This process also helps determine shutter reciprocity error.

  • @ledesclos5321
    @ledesclos5321 Před měsícem +17

    Martin, you are the Wizard of old cameras and techniques. This is wonderful to see. Thank you.

  • @user-zg4cz7hr6c
    @user-zg4cz7hr6c Před 18 dny +6

    What a star you are Martin - total inspiration and antidote to photography snobs!!

  • @TheHeraldOfChange
    @TheHeraldOfChange Před 7 dny

    A very good source for boxes like this are "Smart Phone" Boxes. You should be able to ask a retailer/reseller if they have any spare or waste boxes, or if not, if they could keep a couple, "for your recycling/upcycling project."

  • @agneldominique352
    @agneldominique352 Před 14 dny +3

    Not only it is best but one of the most valuable videos I have seen recommended for all enthusiasts ❤❤

  • @g-r-a-e-m-e-
    @g-r-a-e-m-e- Před měsícem +10

    That was great, such a clear video, and at the end, a very nice image. But - the memorial itself is quite extraordinary, even by Victorian melodramatic standards. It is stunning and certainly worth photographing. I hope the poor soul buried there was much loved.

  • @djtommykeys
    @djtommykeys Před 13 dny +2

    Thank you Martin for a truly beautiful viewing experience.

  • @btko8020
    @btko8020 Před 3 hodinami

    Great video, thanks!

  • @rodwilliams1722
    @rodwilliams1722 Před 2 dny

    I heading out to painting studio at this moment because you're video has inspired me. I've been working on a piece and lost my muse. You got me motivated.

  • @mateouero
    @mateouero Před 23 dny +1

    I didn't even realize that the video was 30 minutes long. I'd love a series of these! The whole process was extremely interesting and insightful. Talent in its pure form.

  • @jamesprovenzano7021
    @jamesprovenzano7021 Před měsícem +9

    Great video and so timely given that this weekend is worldwide pinhole photography day!

  • @zzoerowan2076
    @zzoerowan2076 Před měsícem +5

    Spot on in every way.
    No detail omitted.
    Beautiful result.
    Thank you!

  • @cjphamstott
    @cjphamstott Před 4 dny

    Wonderful video, thanks Martin. pleasure of a walkthrough, especially to someone of my generation who hasn't had much exposure to the origins of photography. Simple and beautiful, as was your result. Thanks for sharing sir

  • @SiRedCat
    @SiRedCat Před 9 dny

    Wonderful Martin, absolutely lovely.

  • @KallanNishimoto
    @KallanNishimoto Před 10 hodinami

    Beautiful!

  • @jondr.8933
    @jondr.8933 Před měsícem +5

    Great instruction on making a pinhole camera.
    Looking forward to Sunday, worldwide pinhole day.

  • @stephenhenson8274
    @stephenhenson8274 Před měsícem +9

    Martin, that is one of the best video tutorial I have seen for a long time, kept me glude to the screen, keep up the good work. Mick...

  • @user-lh6qz7lu7b
    @user-lh6qz7lu7b Před měsícem +7

    Bro made better picture than i did using x100 this morning.. experience dont lie. Good job Martin. You are gold !

  • @danem2215
    @danem2215 Před měsícem +5

    I'm glad to see a fellow cemetery photographer - I always go when I don't want to be around people either. Beautiful work Martin!

  • @natew.455
    @natew.455 Před 11 dny

    That’s awesome! Beautiful quality!!!

  • @user-nl4rq7ul6h
    @user-nl4rq7ul6h Před 5 dny

    Made it in photography class in 6th grade. Awesome

  • @h.m.siesel7363
    @h.m.siesel7363 Před 15 dny +2

    Refreshing.

  • @matthewnobert2234
    @matthewnobert2234 Před 10 dny +1

    Fantastic video. Great tutorial on how to make a pinhole camera and what you can create with it. Great work.

  • @anzaeria
    @anzaeria Před 12 dny +1

    You really nailed that exposure.

  • @EdwardMartinsPhotography
    @EdwardMartinsPhotography Před měsícem +8

    Most photographers on youtube struggle to make decent images with more computing power than NASA went to the moon with. Martin takes rubbish from the waste bin and creates art.

  • @jsof2
    @jsof2 Před 10 dny

    First class video - thanks for posting.

  • @hazzacan1
    @hazzacan1 Před 13 dny

    Absolutely outstanding!!

  • @Charlie-lf8kl
    @Charlie-lf8kl Před 20 dny +1

    Definitely victorian ambiance to that resulted photo

  • @timothydalton8023
    @timothydalton8023 Před 25 dny +2

    Absolutely fun to watch! Pure photography in one of it’s simplest forms. Fascinating video

  • @johncordey2769
    @johncordey2769 Před 17 dny +1

    Thoroughly enjoyed this video...well explained...and a delight to watch...old school photography is fun.

  • @muharremaltintas
    @muharremaltintas Před 20 dny +1

    Hi Martin. You're a great man! Thank you for your educative video to show us that we can take photographs with very old fashioned way. And it's result is amazing.

  • @larryguile2653
    @larryguile2653 Před 17 dny +1

    Camera Obscura. Nicely done.

  • @josep6673
    @josep6673 Před 21 dnem +1

    I thought the two dead people you were stepping on wouldn't let the photograph appear, you were lucky. The excellent result. I follow you starting today from Barcelona, ​​Spain.

  • @TomNorthenscold
    @TomNorthenscold Před měsícem +2

    You got amazing results from your homemade pinhole camera.

  • @anderssvensson4554
    @anderssvensson4554 Před 3 dny

    Fascinating to learn about this. Thank you!

  • @leeny1871
    @leeny1871 Před 9 dny

    Very impressive! ❤

  • @kenl2861
    @kenl2861 Před 9 dny

    Awesome!! Great job!!

  • @Satyanand-kw2bz
    @Satyanand-kw2bz Před 8 dny

    Mesmerizing ❤

  • @TheMungo54
    @TheMungo54 Před 15 dny +1

    Brilliant!

  • @brianhawkins533
    @brianhawkins533 Před měsícem +2

    Absolutely wonderful ! Thank you so much. Thank you for the genuine presentation and passion, thank you for not bombarding us with non stop music.

  • @WattTheTech
    @WattTheTech Před 15 dny

    Wonderful video.. love how it worked out. well done

  • @JoanKentBible
    @JoanKentBible Před měsícem +1

    Martin, this is such a beautiful photo. Your method is fascinating and I can understand your anticipation in seeing the end result, knowing that you now have ample experience to guide the process to some extent. Even the weather was assisting you and the result is soft and graceful.

  • @46danz
    @46danz Před měsícem +1

    I'm shocked, absolutely stunning and completely unexpected. Ive been taking photos over 4o years from Italy.

  • @rvgeerligs
    @rvgeerligs Před měsícem +2

    Wow!, Just wow. I know the camera obscura, but I ve never seen it in practice like this. Amazing.

  • @shrippie-4214
    @shrippie-4214 Před 9 dny

    I might actually start making box cameras now

  • @tomfreemanorourke1519

    Excellent

  • @davidottman9501
    @davidottman9501 Před 17 dny

    Thank you Martin! Pinholes are so much fun. I'm not sure which part of the process is best - building a camera out of nothing, figuring out how to make it work, creating the image, or admiring it afterwards. Your image is wonderful, thanks for sharing that too!

  • @alz2829
    @alz2829 Před 8 dny

    great video, very interesting, never knew this could be done, cheers bud,

  • @JamesCormier
    @JamesCormier Před měsícem

    This is pure photography, as simple and elegant as it gets. Thank you Martin!

  • @gtm604
    @gtm604 Před 11 dny

    very cool. great video.

  • @geekgee
    @geekgee Před měsícem +2

    That is totally amazing! Thank you, Martin. 👍👍

  • @SailingInFaith
    @SailingInFaith Před 13 dny

    My dad loved his pin hole camera. Great video

  • @Donkichoff
    @Donkichoff Před 27 dny

    It brings back good memories, a few years ago with friends we were taking panoramic pinhole cameras with round iron cake boxes, we were having a blast, we were trying lots of things, it was magical ! thank you Mr Martin for making this known to young people who have not known the history of film photography !

  • @pierrelecaillou6966
    @pierrelecaillou6966 Před 16 dny

    Thanks for a fine video sir.

  • @charleschrich
    @charleschrich Před 28 dny

    Wonderful video 👏

  • @markplstk
    @markplstk Před 12 dny

    I did this for my photo class freshman year in college years ago. I loved the results. Thanks for the reminder.

  • @PqV72MT4
    @PqV72MT4 Před 10 dny

    Amazing!

  • @Onionbaron
    @Onionbaron Před měsícem +1

    How to create a black hole that make sense!
    Subd
    And metric to!!!
    Jee, so many flashbacks to my darkroom (sauna) 70-80s... I spent ridiculous amounts of money on gear, papers films, fluids, omg...
    To just finally accept that i was a totally disastrous photografer...
    But it was so much fun! The magic you could do in the darkroom.. Something completely different from what people think a photo is.
    Seeing photos from 1880s to 1930s can just blow your mind if you understand!
    I hope it will have renaissance!!!

  • @ryancarper595
    @ryancarper595 Před 9 dny

    Absolutely fantastic video - very very interesting. Subscribed to your channel...

  • @robertbosson5223
    @robertbosson5223 Před 13 dny

    Amazing stuff

  • @sosteve9113
    @sosteve9113 Před 29 dny

    I did this with with my dad,couple of decades ago.
    If only he could see how everything is changed in the world of photography.

  • @mccafferyfamily
    @mccafferyfamily Před 28 dny

    i love pinhole cameras I made many 5x7" ones and an 11x14" pinhole camera. Although I contact printed my paper negatives. my first few were very high contrast although I didnt try diluted developer I used different silver gelatin paper to reduce contrast

  • @FredAlert
    @FredAlert Před 21 dnem

    Beutiful picture, that little sun turned out great!

  • @carlkligerman1981
    @carlkligerman1981 Před 16 dny

    I love “alternative’ photography. I’ve got myself an ancient (well 70s era) Polaroid 35mm slide enlarger, and love lifting the emulsion off the plastic and putting it onto print making rag papers, you get this gorgeous, painterly colour that digital just can’t emulate. Making a pinhole was one of the first exercises we did when I took photography as an elective when I did fine arts. I know digital is useful, but for mine film is alchemy, magic. Thanks for sharing your knowledge mate, a great video!

  • @rewIndustry
    @rewIndustry Před 25 dny +1

    incredibly evocative, ethereal the right word, real depth - thank you.

  • @JOHNALOOPONE
    @JOHNALOOPONE Před 29 dny

    Martin and others interested in this idea. It makes me think about 3d immersive optics. Perhaps, we may need to find a way to use the eye as the Lense to send the image with whatever distortion and frame rate needed to give the brain the information it needs to see a 3d world. Thanks for the informative view.

  • @yorkieinnz4648
    @yorkieinnz4648 Před měsícem +1

    Awesome as always Martin.
    I think I'd take a few prepared sheets of paper along with my darkroom bag just in case I messed up or at least have a few different images to process when I got home.

    • @martinhensonphotography
      @martinhensonphotography  Před měsícem

      I was quite confident I would get something , however maybe I should have , thanks

  • @Ran_G
    @Ran_G Před měsícem

    thank you. this was fun and interesting

  • @Afro3461
    @Afro3461 Před 14 dny

    Brilliant! Really enjoyed watching this very enjoyable and informative video demonstration on how pin hole photography works! Your presentation was perfectly pitched and easy to follow and understand! Well done and thank you, I learned a lot about this fascinating topic!

  • @ttnyny
    @ttnyny Před měsícem

    Thank you for taking the time to go through this process and to share it with the world. I did this once as a child - probably in the late 1960s or early 1970s - and your presentation reminded me of that nearly forgotten event in my life.

  • @AlfredoDoricchiFotografi-nl8cd

    Bravo, Martin!! From Italy, Alfredo

  • @fazergazer
    @fazergazer Před měsícem

    Reminds me of a photo exhibition I saw in Washington DC years ago called “The Waking Dream” all about the history of photography. Top notch mate!

  • @worldofrandometry6912
    @worldofrandometry6912 Před měsícem +1

    That was very interesting with an amazing result. Well done.

  • @HeliTube
    @HeliTube Před měsícem +1

    Echoing what everyone else has said. This was a very enjoyable video. My first time watching you. Amazing tutorial. Cheers from Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

  • @helmerkappert5152
    @helmerkappert5152 Před 15 dny

    Nice!

  • @jackiechan8840
    @jackiechan8840 Před 21 dnem

    Great video fella

  • @andrewcroft2570
    @andrewcroft2570 Před měsícem +1

    What a truly amazing video, I've seen a guy on Instagram who has a modern plastic pinhole camera and he puts the developer into the camera after he's taken the picture. The box must obviously be watertight also, I've thought about buying one. I remember using a pinhole camera when I was young. I'm going to give that a go. I've just but my bid in.

  • @sonijam
    @sonijam Před měsícem

    Fantastic!

  • @deangawler9727
    @deangawler9727 Před 26 dny

    Top job. I did this nearly 40 years ago in high school, and I can promise you that our results were absolute rubbish compared to this! Well done.

  • @1967250s
    @1967250s Před měsícem

    Absolutely lovely. Many thanks!

  • @theNEWTful
    @theNEWTful Před 12 dny +1

    I used to do this when I was a kid, even built my own photographic enlarger from tin cans with a $12 lens…..magnifying glasses to condense the light.

  • @garryentropy
    @garryentropy Před měsícem

    NICE JOB

  • @donnadees1971
    @donnadees1971 Před měsícem

    Beautiful, kudos.

  • @smokest4k
    @smokest4k Před měsícem

    great work

  • @Big.E
    @Big.E Před měsícem

    Brilliant

  • @j.f.7509
    @j.f.7509 Před měsícem

    That was wonderful, thank you!

  • @sergeantcrow
    @sergeantcrow Před měsícem

    Brilliant ! 😀

  • @bflmpsvz870
    @bflmpsvz870 Před měsícem

    This is outstanding!

  • @andycraven2911
    @andycraven2911 Před měsícem

    Amazing, I really enjoyed watching your video, it brought back memories of the dark room I had a as a kid. I want to build a pinhole camera now! Thank you for the memories.

  • @rsimko
    @rsimko Před měsícem

    that was great fun to watch

  • @Adamgelston
    @Adamgelston Před měsícem

    What an entertaining watch. Good man, Martin!