Really great shots, colours as you presented are perfect

Last spring I did a workshop where one of the educators who shoots a lot of asian weddings explained to me that Fuji films emulsion is actually based around getting the skin tones correct for asian people and Kodak's is based around caucasian skin tones. The lab that scanned your film likely reduced the yellow and upped the magenta to get you a more accurate skin tone for your friend. Fuji film has extra cyan layer and magenta base, where as Kodak Portra films have a yellow base. I'm not implying that they can't both be used for any skin tone, I'm just saying that is what they were trying to acheive when the film emulsion was designed. If you think about the fact the Fuji film is made in Japan and Kodak in the US this makes complete sense. Personally I think you should reduce the yellow in the images a little bit it's a little too much IMHO. My wife found your youtube channel we like it! Keep up the good work!

First!!! Always love your videos!

Your videos have been my fave so far! Love your personality and real take on everything. :)))

Lovely pictures.

LOVE this video Sam! You did so well. I'd love to go to California. You captures some stunning images of the model. It's lots of fun! Thanks for sharing, as always!!

Fabulous images! Your videos are fun to watch and so honest. Portra is a warm look, definetly holds up well in portaits (hmmm).

Thanks Sam! Lovely portraits! I don’t think the color of the Portra 400 film is really my preference, but I love the lighting, locations, and model direction you did. Thanks for taking us along for the shoot! And if you do dive deeper into the scanning process sometime, I would love to hear about it; so far I have had a lot of trouble getting good scans of my negatives on a flatbed at home.

i think the yellows are so pretty! it's so interesting to see the comparison between the film and your sony camera, i like both in their own ways hehe i hope i can shoot portra 400 one day but it really is so hard to find rn lol

Omg, I love this film!! I must try it, but it is so expensive… great photos, I love them.

yay! new videoooo

I like the yellow look, I always tweak the color on my scans….color correction sets then tone

This is a cute video Sam Glad I came across your chanel!

I enjoy your videos!

That photo at 8:18 its amazing

Portra is a wonderful film stock. Please make more videos with film :-D

I have 2 rolls of very expired 35mm Portra 400 NC and 4 sheets of new Portra 400 4x5 in the darkroom lab right now. I shot the 35mm in Seattle streets in the rain last week. I walked 5miles that day and yes I was soaking wet. Which made for a long Ferry boat ride and three hour drive home. Going back next month in better weather. The 4x5 are on location Portraits. Can't wait to see them soon. Oh plus I shot one roll of Cinestill 800 in Seattle.

前排支持！我感觉很多婚礼摄影师不知道是用fuji 400h还是portra 400 拍出来都比较泛白，估计是调教了白平衡和拉高了曝光

I see you said in the video that you use the cameras meter to get your exposure for these images. Which metering mode do you use? Spot, Evaluative or ceter weighted? I just bought this same camera and lens and think this would be a good starting point for me.

我現在幾乎一定都會後製底片的數位檔，因為底片掃描機就像一部古老且白平衡、曝光值飄忽不定的老舊數位相機

“Should or shouldn’t you edit film photos” is a bad question. Not many great photographers, if any, are great for capturing the “true” color in their works. Why? Because it doesn’t mean anything even if you do. Nothing is 100% true. The way colors show in a picture is determined by so many factors - type of film, scanner, temperature, security check x-rays, just to name a few. Any photographer who is not too ignorant to realize what’s going on in the creative process knows those who think they are being “honest” by not editing their film photos are either lazy amateurs mesmerized by the film look without post, or second handed poets deceived by their derivative film-era nostalgia.