Adam Savage's Tintype Portrait (from Tested: The Show!)

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8 жыл бұрын

Meet photographer Michael Shindler, who creates one-of-a-kind tintype photographs using a 19th century wet plate collodion process. At our recent live show, Michael transformed an entire theater into a dark room to photograph and develop a large-format portrait of Adam Savage. The process is beautiful and mesmerizing!
Find more of Michael's tintype photography work at www.michaelshindler.com
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@Nighthawkinlight 8 жыл бұрын

Fantastic presentation. Great video

@USWaterRockets 8 жыл бұрын

+NightHawkInLight I found you too, and now I subbed to you I see you are on TONS of other channels I sub to. Imagine that!

@cryophile 8 жыл бұрын

Hi, NightHawkInLight! I'm firearrow31 on Tested and cryophile on Instructables! I love your stuff!

@bcgrote 8 жыл бұрын

+USWaterRockets NightHawk's videos are awesome!

@daniel.pendzich 8 жыл бұрын

I honestly wasn't expecting the portrait to come out THAT good. Wow, I want a set of that old-timey gear for myself.

@Ybalrid 8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Pendzich Apparently you can get your's done in SF for like $60

@TheMod2001 8 жыл бұрын

+Ybalrid You can't even get a descent film simulation in SF, and for sure not wet plate. SF is for people who have no clue what the original material looks like.

@Ybalrid 8 жыл бұрын

+TheMod2001 Well. I don't know SF. I never went there (nor the USA in fact.) but the photographer you see in this video has his studio there.

@Crispy_Bee 8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Pendzich well then you'd better have a lot of $ to spare, because it's not cheap - at least not in Europe. The chemicals are horrendously expensive and the cameras and the plate holders don't come cheap either. Then you have to worry about the light source (which has to be extremely powerful). I took some photos on photo paper, that has an ISO of ±5-8 and still I was limited to f 5.6-8 even with a 1200W/s flash...

@AlgorhythmKid 5 жыл бұрын

@@Crispy_Bee My partner took me for a lesson with this random hippy guy in the UK. He took the shots in his kitchen and his camera was made out of and pallet and an overhead projector lens! The portraits came out amazing!

@obliviousfafnir01 8 жыл бұрын

Adam needs to dress in a civil war uniform and have another one taken.

@Dunkingsonn 8 жыл бұрын

+A5mod3us I like the way this is going...

@timinator855 8 жыл бұрын

+A5mod3us Look at @m_schindler on instagram, Adam did a Idiana Jones one ;)

@BrandonKent136 8 жыл бұрын

+timinator855 theres no c

@groovyhippie1165 8 жыл бұрын

+A5mod3us In the General Ackbar costume :D

@brostinkles1 8 жыл бұрын

+A5mod3us that's if his retinas could take another blast from its flash

@mars37us 8 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I found Tested last year.

@insu_na 8 жыл бұрын

That really is an amazing portrait tho.

@daniel.pendzich 8 жыл бұрын

Anyone hear that guy in the audience yell "missing an eyebrow?" XD

@insanepolarbear 8 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this method of photography. Its so detalied its insane. An art.

@swsephy 8 жыл бұрын

I had never heard of tintypes until the video they did on them a while back. Fell in love with them. The detail is amazing.

@carlrichards5250 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing to watch. Can you imagine how excited people were seeing this for the first time!

@CoryMcCrazy 8 жыл бұрын

What a stunning portrait after that process. Adam looked so cool after that. Just awesome!!! Thanks as always tested, you guys are keeping my brain filled with all kinds of new knowledge.

@Anarchy522XD 8 жыл бұрын

Wow absolutely amazing what could be done before computers were the norm. Not to mention the quality that came out of it as well. That photo looks like a priceless piece of history. Kudos to the photographer.

@onionkeeper 8 жыл бұрын

I love the sense of magic in this demonstration, or rather, the awesome chemical wonder paired with the highly skilled crasftmanship. Shindler makes it look easy, like a true master of his art. Very inspiring!

@ruzeenfarsad367 8 жыл бұрын

What a great presentation from Mr. Shindler and a fantastic result. That was a great image!

@subliminalvibes 2 жыл бұрын

This video never gets old. I must've watched it at least fifty times now.

@Mister_moy 8 жыл бұрын

That was gorgeous. I could watch that process all day.

@AlgorhythmKid 8 жыл бұрын

Excellent final result! So amazing when it went to positive in the last step. I'd love to have this done.

@AlgorhythmKid 5 жыл бұрын

I finally had this done on my birthday with my partner and flatmate. It was an amazing experience. Our shots came out great too. Wish I could show you all.

@seancronen7549 8 жыл бұрын

This is super awesome! Tested, keep em coming!

@neoinfinity 8 жыл бұрын

Stunning portrait, would've loved to have seen it live. Great video as always Tested.

@Pappy_R 8 жыл бұрын

That is just such a kool process, and the results are amazing with a touch of class.

@rreid1993 8 жыл бұрын

Just make sure you watch to the end. It is so worth it. Great video

@MikeWood 8 жыл бұрын

One of the first times I have seen a wet plate done on that scale. Amazing stuff.

@toodlesX14 8 жыл бұрын

That is phenomenal!

@lucky8472 8 жыл бұрын

I love doing wetplate. seriously my favorite form of photography and to see adam get a portrait done is really cool to me.

@juweinert 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing work! The outcome alone makes me WANT TO DO THIS MYSELF!

@sticustom 8 жыл бұрын

How I would love a photo done by Michael. That was brilliant.

@palpatinewasright 8 жыл бұрын

That's brilliant, start to finish showing the process of photography as a magic show was inspired.

@cooperolm9687 8 жыл бұрын

I was shocked by how detailed the final picture was! Really interesting presentation, guys.

@Spaztiq 8 жыл бұрын

Stunning work and a great photograph. The slight smile was perfect and gives a nice hint of Adam's mischievous nature. :D

@Spacemonkeymojo 8 жыл бұрын

Wow that was amazing. The portrait came out beautifully.

@somaskanda2010 8 жыл бұрын

awesome,cant wait for the rest of the show!!!

@SDcoldcorona 8 жыл бұрын

That's the coolest thing I've seen in a long time!

@R3tr0t 8 жыл бұрын

One word.. awesome!

@grassgames7285 8 жыл бұрын

I WAS THERE AND GOT A SELFIE WITH ADAM, NORM, AND WILL, AND ADDED A FEW AUTOGRAPHS TO MY COLLECTION! =-)

@SamWilliams78 8 жыл бұрын

+Grass Games7 but was it a tintype selfie?

@saucybackport 8 жыл бұрын

+Sam Williams wait for Kim Kardashian to open an exposition consisting of her tintype selfies in LA museum :P

@grassgames7285 8 жыл бұрын

+Sam Williams no, sadly it was not a tintype ;(

@MrJeroenreyns 8 жыл бұрын

that is just amazing!!!

@SteelFlange_ 8 жыл бұрын

That is fantastic!

@shod4n 8 жыл бұрын

That was magical.

@Devsterinator 8 жыл бұрын

Wow!! That turned out great! I'm going to have to try this!

@djAnakin 8 жыл бұрын

So cool! Now I want to get one done!

@getstartedwindows 8 жыл бұрын

I just realized that I was in the edge of my seat the whole time I was watching!

@jbichl 8 жыл бұрын

What a great photo!

@alshai5 8 жыл бұрын

I just love this!

@bambino100011 8 жыл бұрын

That was awesome. Photography has always fascinated me. I am still perplexed about the science in how images are captured and how these chemicals create the picture.

@Tyrog 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@bcgrote 8 жыл бұрын

Mr. Schindler came to several Civil War reenactments that I was at decades ago. Fascinating process, and I'm very glad he is still practicing his art.

@TarvisPlays 8 жыл бұрын

That is fantastic! I would love to have one of those on my wall!

@princeedmunddukeofedinburg 8 жыл бұрын

This is truly magnificent art.

@oskarsigns 8 жыл бұрын

That portrait is beautiful.

@MrChief101 8 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, the good old days. Talk about developing by inspection! So, ah, he's either a brilliant portraitist or Adam's been in front of a camera before... Or, there's nothing like a 10-15" lens for portraiture.

@ferris5150 8 жыл бұрын

So cool! The tested show looks great, would love to go someday.

@impossiblecolor 8 жыл бұрын

Great portrait! Much faster than I expected

@OnePfranz 8 жыл бұрын

best video in a very long time

@Fumwum 8 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful video.

@RyanLegros 8 жыл бұрын

This was so fun to watch I wanted to clap with the crowd, and almost did! I look forward to having this done for myself some day. Very well done.

@xXBedaXx 8 жыл бұрын

I didn't think I was gonna watch the whole damn thing... but I watched the whole damn thing. Really fascinating stuff.

@AndrewBahls 8 жыл бұрын

That was awesome, reminds me of taking photography in High School, and working in the darkroom. Nice explanation of the process as well, in high school they just showed us how to do it, but never talked about the actual chemical process. I remember finding a shortcut in the development process for photo paper, for when I was doing a exposure test. Normally you would do something like: certain amount of time in the developer, stopper, water wash, fixer, another water wash, etc. I found that I could dip the paper in the developer until it was fully developed, and just take it out and walk out of the dark room. I would have about 3-5 seconds in bright light to determine which exposure was good before the paper would turn black. Not "proper procedure" per-se, but it would save me about 5-10 minutes off of the full development time (and when you're in a 40 minute class, every minute helps).

@stephaneedwardson1370 8 жыл бұрын

Wow! Awesome video!

@Chasmodius 8 жыл бұрын

That was really quite interesting. I would have liked more about the chemistry and the *history* of how these discoveries were made, but I understand that it's an on-stage demonstration of the process, not a full lecture.

@TylerOstergaard 8 жыл бұрын

that is just amazing it makes me want a picture like that

@bluegreenash 8 жыл бұрын

Wow...that was so cool.....that'd be popular as a poster..... Great pic of you Adam

@JordanSugarman 8 жыл бұрын

Whoever yelled "Are you missing an eyebrow?" is my hero.

@Eric_A_Beatty 8 жыл бұрын

+Jordan Sugarman That was me - I just couldn't resist - it seemed so appropriate for the situation ! :)

@bennettw859 8 жыл бұрын

that was incredible

@penutbuttercrutch 8 жыл бұрын

Wow that's really cool

@cableline012 8 жыл бұрын

Very nice its good to see the old school is not lost.

@voodoopepercorns 8 жыл бұрын

fantastic

@thx113868 8 жыл бұрын

That is cool !

@CrownedGaming 8 жыл бұрын

Wow that end result looked incredible, the steps are so tedious and have to be done in a timely matter too! Haha, but boy is it worth it. I would love to get one of myself and my girlfriend.

@jeffreyarnim3119 8 жыл бұрын

Just awesome. The camera is no slouch - at that size... Were usually done 4x5"-ish. What a great way to get back to the reality of photography and at that size? A work of art in every print. But expensive dealing with 'blinkers'... lol

@AveryDelMiller 8 жыл бұрын

That's really cool.

@michaelbauers8800 7 жыл бұрын

Many thumbs up!

@DannoCrutch 8 жыл бұрын

Dang, great photo!

@djorgen 8 жыл бұрын

Sweet!!

@sislertx 8 жыл бұрын

that is sooo cool...

@eatmarth 8 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the audio quality in this. I remember the first set of tested the show being worse

@combrinckvanwyk3218 2 жыл бұрын

The "am I missing an eyebrow?" comment brought back memories!

@TheStockwell 4 жыл бұрын

It's amazing to consider that the photographic process, introduced in 1839 by Louis Daguerre, had developed this quickly in less than fifteen years.

@Yeyy 8 жыл бұрын

Magic!

@mrgsus8a2 8 жыл бұрын

I fucking love how genuinely amazed Adam was

@erezarbel 8 жыл бұрын

I want one too!!!! awesome!

@banjohead66 8 жыл бұрын

Michael Shindler is awesome!

@Theicemonkeyjr 8 жыл бұрын

This is really fascinating! :D

@irwinisidro 8 жыл бұрын

The advantage to tintype and film is that it doesn't require resolutions that digital uses, it just depends on the size of plate or film you use.

@KonstantinSemakin Жыл бұрын

Thank You!!!

@anta40 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Using large format camera + old school process. And here I'm still stuck with medium format :p

@tarametalbabe 8 жыл бұрын

WoW!

@ZenMuff1n 8 жыл бұрын

To be honest, I was expecting something half baked. But it does look like a portrait. Well done!

@permeus2nd 8 жыл бұрын

seeing adam in that chair i was thinking ""you know that chair looks like an electric chair, if this was mythbusters he'd be getting a shock any second now.""

@JustWasted3HoursHere 8 жыл бұрын

Wow, I was not expecting it to look that great. But the process and chemicals and labor involved explains why photography was limited to the very wealthy when it first appeared. Now we have cameras on our $10 disposable phones and have lost our appreciation for how much required to make it happen (not a chemical process anymore, but still amazing nonetheless). JW3HH

@Erik_Ahl 8 жыл бұрын

I want one!

@yootoob7048 8 жыл бұрын

Well Done.

@nougatbitz 8 жыл бұрын

A timeless photo. Beautiful technology. I can basically throw all of my first gen digital images in the bin today, not gonna happen with a tin type photo.

@stressballer 8 жыл бұрын

THAT was a freaking damned good portrait.

@aznkidd11676 8 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, I regret not doing alternative processes like tintype and cyanotype back when I went to photo school.

@KelvinSmoke 8 жыл бұрын

+Tested this would be interesting to take pictures of different light bulb and laser technologies, since the reecorded spectrums would be askew

@TheBaldr 8 жыл бұрын

That is almost a museum quality portrait.

@RFC3514 8 жыл бұрын

+TheBaldr - What does "museum quality" mean? There are ball pen and Polaroid portraits in museums. What makes something interesting to a _museum_ is artistic or historical relevance, not physical quality.

@TheBaldr 8 жыл бұрын

When I say museum, I mean mostly art gallery, but because of the of the process I do mean it could be a little of historical value. The aesthetics of the photo are really nice. The starkness of the light composition really nice on the portrait and Adam's expression just really nails that allure.

@RFC3514 8 жыл бұрын

TheBaldr - Well, again, have you looked at the stuff in some art galleries? :-P It is a nice portrait. Most large format portraits are nice, due to the shallow depth of field even with a long focal distance, which you can't really get with a small sensor or film frame (and a sensor this size is insanely expensive).

@CaptainMug 8 жыл бұрын

Great...now I want one...

@rosecityrower 8 жыл бұрын

Now wrap your head around how Carleton Watkins did all that while in the field shooing the Columbia George, and Yosemite valley. He shot landscapes on those large plates.

@GraniteValleyDave 8 жыл бұрын

This is really cool. I wonder just how expensive it is. I'd love to do my own some day.

@CalHallows 8 жыл бұрын

+dashn64 The chemicals may be hard to source locally but can be purchased relatively cheaply, as can the trays and glass for the picture to be recorded to. Really the expense comes with the camera which is up to your ingenuity to create a system that works for the size of picture you want to make. You could adapt a modern SLR lens to work, but for true authenticity sourcing a vintage lens would yield fantastic results. The lighting used in the video (ProFoto) is very expensive but could be done far cheaper with a bright work light or daylight, however you lose a lot of control over the exposure which will likely mean multiple attempts before you figure out the sweet spot for a perfect exposure. All in all this process could cost anywhere from around $250-400 to thousands.

@GraniteValleyDave 8 жыл бұрын

+Cal “Calomile” Hallows Wow, thanks for the response. I've got a few hundred laying around, I might see if I can make a small one and see how it goes. Really appreciate the help.

@CalHallows 8 жыл бұрын

I'd say a small one would be best to start with, materials cost and effort all kept to a minimum. There is a lot of information on the web, as well as companies that sell kits of the chemicals and even pre-treated plates, but the camera part is still quite a DIY affair.

@mondaymelancholy 8 жыл бұрын

+dashn64 As wet plate photographer myself, I can tell you it takes a looong time to get perfect plates like these. Maybe years. Maybe never. But if you're passionate about it, like me (or Shindler), it's worth to spend all that money on gear and chemicals.

@oneofthedreamers 8 жыл бұрын

+Cal “Calomile” Hallows Isn't it cheaper and easier if you just use "Liquid Light"? I've known some wet plate photographers that have used that, or recommend using that...at least to get started. I've heard the hardest part is just applying the emulsion to the plate evenly...well that and setting up a portable darkroom where you intend to shoot.