Watching Willem getting stoked over his own pictures he made in his own dark room is the kind of energy we need in 2021.

The dark room stuff is so crazy. I gotta pull up and see this in person 😭

After watching your videos I wanna get into film photography again. Your photos are so aesthetic and it's really enjoyable to listen you.

portra boy blessing us again with the weekly uploads... u don’t know how much this means to us😩

5:03 thought the jug in the background was a half gallon of Hershey’s chocolate syrup for a sec lol. Thought you might have found a new secret ingredient for developing.

I’ve been going to the Cape with my family every summer since I was small. I was living abroad a few years ago and experienced periods of deep homesickness. I went to a Meyerowitz exhibition at C/O Berlin and broke down looking at his work from Cape Cod. I felt so close to my loved ones despite being an ocean apart!!! Thanks for highlighting his work, and well done!

so i am old, which means my first camera was a pocket camera with bellows. i learned to judge exposure by light before light meters were actually in the camera. my second camera was the yashicamat 124 when I was 15, which had a light meter that i rarely used. an incredibly sharp lens in that. then i went to 35mm in a Nikkormat ftn, graduating to a mamiya 645 then a 645 super. now i shoot with a hasselblad H4d-40 and a nikon D810. but every time i see your vlogs it takes me back to times when spending hours in the darkroom were creative and cathartic and peaceful, more so than the computer. i shoot film with a Nikon FA and love that almost as much as the H4D which is still my "take your time" camera if not on a paid assignment. so in a roundabout way, ive been digging your vlogs for a while now and like seeing someone so enthusiastic about film and the darkroom. thanks for all the work you put into what you are doing and sharing it with us. ...tom brooks (tombrooks419 on insta)

Your Videos always take me away from my current place and Situation and thats just wonderful. The music, the Video parts and the pictures plus your soothing voice. Thanks man

Wherever Willem goes, golden hour follows.

The shot with the sun peaking through the window made me cry.

Hey Willem!

damnnnnn, now i need a home darkroom... These look amazing!

Left the East Coast departure hanging off a CLIFF.

The dark room in the kitchen in Brooklyn is a mood

my highschool is an art school and i spent all of freshman and sophomore year in the darkroom rolling my own film and developing and printing like this. I havent been back since (and i graduate in like 2 weeks) bc of covid but this video made me so nostalgic

love watching the fully analog workflow - more of this!

If you're going to photograph the Cape IMO this is the best time of year when there are zero tourists and cheap Airbnb accommodations. P-town and the rest of the Lower Cape is where there's the best concentration of good photography opportunities. A few good ones in the Mid Cape like around route 6A, Hyannis Main St. and the Bass River area in South Yarmouth and finally Woods Hole for the Upper Cape. Sadly much of what made Cape Cod special is gone and it now looks much like the mainland but a few pockets of the past can still be found. Definitely worth the trip off-season but way too pricy on-season.

The Mamiya 7 is truly one of the best cameras. I love mine, it‘s just so pure to use.

Will, you should do a video on developing 120 film start to finish !

The slowing down of the post production process with the darkroom really resonates with me, its been waaay too long since I've printed my own images. Thanks for sharing your process 🙏

I have a DSLR and I am so unsure and always have to check for shapness and exposure etc. I am so ashamed of that when I take a look at your pictures. With film, there is no double checking, it'a s hit or a miss. Your pictures are so beautiful and it really shows that you are a pro. Respect!

This dude really hearts every comment? Dang....this dude legit

P-Town is great fun, and very picturesque. I used to live on the Cape and visited P-Town often just because there was so much to see and do, and it made a fun trip. There was an Italian restaurant called Montano’s in Truro just before you got to P-Town, always made a point to stop there on the way. If you ever get back to the Cape, check out Scusset Beach and Monamoy Island, amongst plenty of other places. Falmouth is a neat town too.

Life looks better when depicted on film. Also life looks better on a spring afternoon. Which means your photographs are heaven

One thing I've missed the most about being in uni was the darkroom. Though we didn't have color process, the black and white process was wonderful and I feel that if I had access to a black and white darkroom today, I'd be shooting a hell of a lot more b/w (working in b/w digitally is nice, but it's just not as fun). I'm hoping to get the opportunity to work in a color darkroom someday soon, especially to see how my favorite images look in a truly analog process (even though you can get the same quality results in a digital process, again, it's not nearly as fun as the analog process!).

Dude that light on the first one of the two houses!🔥🔥🔥

Subarus and film photography is personally an identification

You get m so excited about photography man. I appreciate your videos

Definitely can say the sunsets on the cape are really remarkable. Really makes me wanna take a day trip there.

07:14 me when one of my film shots is not out of focus

Joel is one of the most inspiring photographer I have come across; he's so passionate in what he does and his perspective on life and photography. Definitely one of my favorites, if not THE favorite.

Great video again Willem 😁 glad to see you’re making them again!

Had to rewatch this video right away! So good....

Watching your process is so relaxing and makes me wanna enjoy the process of photography more! Love it!

Having Willem uploading at the Lunar New Year’s Eve is definitely a win! Greetings from China!

YESSS AT HOME DARKROOM IS GOALS!!!

The new darkroom work is incredible man, love it!

i love your work so much Willem! your zine is one of my faves in my collection

It's like stepping into Cape Light. Wow! Probably one of my most profound photo book experiences and easily one of my all-time favorites.

I also love "Cape Light"

This video felt like going on a mini vacation to Cape Cod. Loved it ❤️

Bro I just wanna say thanks for making vids, you're why I bought a camera a few weeks ago and I've been having a blast.

I haven't played around in a darkroom in almost 15 years (aka since high school) but this process just gave me such wonderful happy nostalgia 🥰

Loving the darkroom walk through stuff - especially showing the time variation on the initial print

I like your work, but as someone who spends as much time as possible in the darkroom, this is by far my favorite video of yours I've seen. You've planted the seed of RA-4 in my mind, and sooner or later I just know I'm going to have to print in color now.

Wow i loved this!

This was a stunning video, what wonderful images! Love that you have your own darkroom, can’t wait to make my own someday soon ❤️

You know I love the shore photos! Beautiful.

Makes me really miss my days in the dark room. Lovely pictures as always. The last one of the water is my favourite along with the one where you can see the sun shining through the window. Amazing work as always.

Pretty much my dream ! This book is truly my top top top favorite just love his work 👏👏👏

Great video! Cool to see the process through to the end

great video Willem, really nice images. Nice to see you doing the darkroom stuff, more please

This was 1year ago but first time for me to watch. Love the images and the video. Please show more of your darkroom process if you are still doing this.

stunning tones

OHHHH Man!!!! at 1:00 minute in you already have that great shot opportunity ...next time back there i will try all over again ;) THX. Willem.................and then watched till the end and "Voilà"

Some of your best photos yet!

I love all your videos! You’re my favorite KZfaqr. You have this cadence and vibe and it’s always so chill. Your photos are always so inspiring and I hope you make another photo book soon!! Cheers from the PNW!!!

Your photography and work method is so good. Amazing

i'm from the cape and shooting here in the winter is like no other. loved your pics, you did our little fake island justice!

Had a blast shooting cape cod last summer, especially some of the light industrial stuff behind the scenes that enables those picturesque scenes

These are amazing Willem, good job 👏🏼

Hey, I was probably out there with my camera. The Outer Cape has the best afternoon light in the winter. I am out there most winter weekends wandering about. If you ever go back I would be glad to show you around to some interesting spots. The Cottages in the Dunes are really neat and sort of famous. I see you found the Day's Cottages in North Truro. Glad you enjoyed your visit to my corner of the world.

OMG Willem, this is soooo coool!!!!

this is a fantastic one from start to finish. Awesome prints!

you make me want to go make photos, thats dope. love your vids

I love your videos man! Been watching for a while and finally found a film camera to get started. I’ve done digital photography for a few years now but excited to take this journey into film.

Great work as always, Willem! So sorry to hear you’ll be leaving NY and the NE, though. Look forward to hearing about your next plans and adventures.

these videos are just so satisfyingggggggggggg

Cape Cod is such an incredible book, very jealous of the weather you got!

Admiring the work this is crazy good

dang i missed this, love the darkroom aspects and that print was MINTY

Those photis were beautiful Willem. I just started developing my own film and enjoy watching your printing process.

Just bumped on your video and I must say I'm glad to see someone like you, gorgeuos prints.

Man, i loved the videography, but the photo on paper are INCREDIBLE. The feeling of seeing our photos on paper is awesome. Nice work.

so cool man! would really like to watch more color darkroom stuff!!

Gosh, those contact sheets are absolutely stunning. Ive always loved working in the black and white darkroom but I bet making your own color prints is just breathtaking. Keep killin it man.

Hi Willem, I like your vlogs. You do this very well!

The beauty and skill of both your photos and the filming is incredible, you should be really proud, I enjoy your work so much.

I’ve always avoided color printing but you sure make it look easy! Good stuff, as always.

Loving the dark room printing dude! It's great to see the whole process from beginning to end! Loving the Super 8 footage at the end too

in the middle of editing i got the notification you posted and ive never had to fight off a feeling to wait and watch a video before

Love the color contact sheets!

The Cape in the winter is truly something else.

I’m currently working on my senior thesis project, shooting Cape Cod in it’s off season - I’m stoked to see this video!

I love the boat summer place

The sky looks like a smiling face at 1:51 :)

And in all the years in shooting film that shooting digital tends to be cheating, and not as the fun in shooting film. Willem - Great Video, I remember when seeing his book as I got it for a birthday present in 1980 as the same time that Joel Meyerowitz has an exhibit in San Francisco in 1980 so we all went to the gallery, and after seeing the prints, and meeting the man I was blown away, his prints were sizes from 20x24 to 32x40" inch prints, and since the from 1980 that I continued to photograph with the film that he was using. In which that the Cape Light Series were shot on 8x10 on Fuji NPL which it was a Tungsten Balanced Film that he shot it at ISO 80, and without using a color correction filter. But still he shots were they were so Surrealist Photo Impressionist type style. Now I 64 as still take photos with my film cameras as for 35mm I either shoot Nikon (Old F), or a vintage Contax II as for medium format either my Bronica S2A or a very vintage 1933 Plaubel Makina 6x9. I do miss the Darkroom days when I had to GIVE UP my Darkroom as my landlady told me that I cannot use it due to Prop. 86 Clean Water Act in California, as now my formal darkroom is now my bedroom, and scanning room. As I kinda missed from standing up to do photos than sitting down, and scanning, and photoshopping as I have 2 film scanners on for 35mm, and the other for medium format. I am glad that more fim shooters are exploring more in film shooting. Again Great Video, Joel would be proud of you....

I love the cape❣️

Great video. I hope someone took a photo of the view at 3:00 that would be awesome. You picked a great day to be on the Cape. Thank you for posting!!

Miss having access to a colour darkroom. Made it SO easy to just jump in made a few prints. Also maybe get a piece of glass to flatten the negs when making contact sheets.

That darkroom setup is crazy! now I want to try enlarging some of my photos

if you ever find yourself in province town again i highly recommend going to race point beach. it’s right on the end of the cape and it’s one of the most beautiful beaches i’ve ever been to. great sunset

the photo with the 3 trees in lowkey looks like a sick album cover :) love the composition of all the photos ❤️

Those prints 🔥

you are my source of inspiration!

Those prints are looking immaculate

These are so nice Willem! Nice inspiration to get myself shoot some film on the Belgian coast. But, I'm pretty sure the North of France has much more to offer. Just need the green light from the government. Thanks for sharing this vid!

Woah, these are beautiful

Nice pictures, thanks for the video

Incredible