I think some people are a bit too precious when it comes to 'the analogue process', especially when the first thing they do after producing a negative or print is to digitally scan it to stick on their 'social's. Using your Sony as a 'digital polaroid back' makes perfect sense . It's quick, practical and all-in-all better for the environment.

As someone who isn't a professional photographer, and shoots film exclusively as a hobby, the idea that people would get upset that a digital camera is apart of your process seems so silly to me. Like, at the end of the day what we are making is art. I'd be like claiming a painting is less genuine because you sketched it in pencil first.

A digital camera is just a fancy light-meter with a preview screen.

if you watch willem at 1.25x speed he has normal youtuber energy.

The comparison of utilizing a digital camera for this to how Polaroids were employed was so on point. That’s all it is, a “scrap” version of the shot and for decades that was an option. Using a digital camera in 2021 is just the equivalent.

Long weekend has to be the dopest fucking name for a brand I've heard in a long while.

Quick tip - make sure one of the light stand legs is pointing straight out in front of the light - it's less likely to tip forward that way :)

Artificial lighting is something that has always been super intimidating to me, especially with film. Thanks Willem, for breaking it down and making it seem super simple! Can't wait for the Long Weekend bags too!

haha until the next shoot ❤️

I been wanting to shoot 35mm with a speed light and this is just a sign to do it. Thank you so much !

photo at 7:12 is so great

The rts iii is such a great camera to use, especially when paired with the Contax Zeiss glass, please keep shooting with this camera. Once people start catching on to the greatness of this combination I can sell my two bodies and all my lenses and finally buy my first house

Willem! Brining back some educational videos is so awesome, you're a great teacher. The photos with that simple diffused light and a 35mm are amazing! Using digital to check the balance of natural and flash lighting make complete sense to me, especially in an outdoor environment like that where the light is constantly changing. As always, I'm looking forward to the next in this series. (I'm also kind of a bag and backpack collector, so excited to learn about your venture together into that, too). Cheers! ✌️

*Montell Fish casually strolls in* me: 😮 this is a W collab

I love a good photoshoot The idea -> the process -> the final images 🤤

dude this video is seriously so classy. so well shot. such good information. love it. pics are fuego TOO! *also so excited for Long Weekend!! love u

3:05 love the subtle Long Weekend plug 😁 that strap looks dope

I really like your idea of using the digital camera to determine the settings to dial in on film. I will definitely try it.

I am an old timer, 40+ years in photography . You do not need expensive strobe lighting with 35 mm film or DSLRs. In the old times we used to prefer Tungsten lighting to strobes, for ease of use and much lower cost, albeit the use of a colour correction filter, or film balanced for 3400K lighting was required. One could learn to see what each light would do quite quickly. The strobes were the sole domain of Large Format studio product, still life or fashion photography where due to the inherent nature of very small apertures required and an almost mandatory use of 50~100 ASA transparency film, huge amount of light was required, and strobe lighting was the only way to get it. I still have a couple of my old Bowens Monoblock Gold and Silver units . They were hugely expensive, heavy and tricky to set up correctly, that is why we used Polaroid back on 4X5 or Hasselblads to check for lighting composition ( not for exposure as it has been incorrectly rumoured ). My advice is to keep on using continuous lighting and leave strobes alone.

honestly great tip on the whole using a digital camera to create somewhat of a test photo, ive been doing that for a while as well for whenever i decide to carry around multiple cameras. def cost efficient in the long run

Holy heck that photo at 7:38 is incredible. Great work as always! ❤️

The end result is all that matters. I like your solution to checking exposure and how your lighting looks. Back in the day if they had had digital that is what all of the pros would have been using to check their lighting setup. Don't let today"s film hipsters tell you otherwise.

How tf is this man focusing in the dark …😅 goated 🐐

Awesome photos Willem! The background scene with the sunset really makes the shot, good work on location scouting.

This was super helpful Willem. Thank you!

I found Montell’s music a couple years ago and it kind of blew me away seeing him in this video. The world is small.

Mans really does it all

super helpful dude! I've been wanting to use flash for some of my work

*Thank you.* 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕

favs working with favs AGAIN

Always a good day when Willem post

Thanks for this. I've been using my Ricoh GR as a light meter for my old Mamiya TLR C3, and now I don't feel so guilty about it. Love your results, great pics.

No joke, digital cameras are the next best light meter great video dude Loved the hint for "on the sunny side of the street", looking forward to owning a copy of the book

As someone who primarily shoots black and white, I've always loved your use of color. I've recently started doing portraits to try and make a little money off my hobby and these videos have been more inspiring than ever. Thanks Willem. also doing portraits finally allowed me to get the santa fe bag and i'm in love (couldnt get it sooner bc student)

Neewer’s got some great products, I use their foldable reflector a lot when I do portraits. I think my favorite shot in this video is 6:21

probably should've watched this before shooting looool, thank you for your knowledge bro

I loved how simplistic this was. Made understanding strobes with film photography much easier for me.

that man willem cold

I find your videos so approachable and you make them with no ego attached. The sunset photos look amazing. I use my digital camera as a light meter for strobe work as well. I'd love to see a Willem digital episode!! I know the film heads would get sick but it'd be interesting to see your processes on a digital project, especially how you edit in post. You could even do a side by side film to digital comparison where you compare similar photos taken on digital and film cameras.

@7:11 that shot is incredible- kinda mind blowing

for someone who (for some reason) does not have digital camera: flash exposure on a location is a matter of a flash portion that balansed by flash power and lens aperture versus incident light portion that is balansed by shutter speed for an aperture you selected. thus you can perfectly calculate both with a flash meter (not at once of course).

Love that warm glow in the back of those shots! Currently also working on a project with similar surreal sunset and fill lighting, inspired by Magritte's Empire of Light.

No way!!! Two days ago, I tried strobes with 35mm for the first time. I didn't have a clue what I was doing and thought "maybe I should search this" and boom, here it is. Willem the mind reader.

You are literally the reason I am starting my film photography journey, I love you work

love this type of educational videos!!! The way you explain technical stuff with such ease makes your content really easy to digest and non boring! Keep up man! Really great way to measure the light using a digital first =)))

Easily one of your best videos, this was such a pleasure to watch. Thank you

Glad to hear another stepping stone in your path to greatness!!!

bought this light because of you ! I'm so excited to use it on my shoots

I could stare at the first fence pic at 7:12 for eternity. Absolutely amazing

It's the ₛₕₑₑₑₑₛₕ in the background for me

7:20 is fire

Using a digital camera to meter is so smart and you aren't alone! I go to school for filmmaking and learned that professional filmmakers who shoot on film sometimes double-check their exposure by using a digital camera. You still get the same desired look through using film, but what does that matter if your image isn't exposed properly? Great content as always, keep it up!!

For strobe metering outdoors, all you need to do is match apertures. Easy.

6:25 just hits differenttttt 😍😍

This helped a lot thank you, I finally got my old nikon flash working on my FM2n!

These are the nicest photos i've seen from u, looking so so nice!

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this, I’ve been waiting for this video since i first subscribed 😭😭😭

Those portraits looked SOOO GOOOD man. Thanks for the info!

I’ll definitely be using my digital camera to help meter with my 35mm! This gave me confidence to just do it

Just Started experimenting shooting with flash and you post this, perfect timing

both you and Montell are amazing artists

I use a Sekonic FLASHMATE to measure for flash. No need for a digital camera and the results are reliable. The digital camera method works too though and I sometimes use it.

Ive been contemplating those Neewer heads since you first mentioned them a few weeks back, but I'm completely sold after these shots. The ones with the cityscape in the background are incredible!

Very nice presentation, thank you; very enjoyable to see a “polite young man” doing good work…keep it up!

wild idea

Nice spoiler at 3:02. 🤭 Can't wait for it!!

Those shots came out clean! ✨👏🏾

these are beautiful

The same flash adapter can also be used as a wireless trigger from your meter so it can trigger the flash and read the ambient light too

Your truly inspirational bro

bro that shot at 7:12 is incredible

That 7:36 photo looked amazing, good job✌️

This video made me subscribe-- love this so much

Dude I can't even tell you how surprised I was to see montell fish in this random photography video haha also I use the neewer vision 5 and there are literally no good videos showing how good neewer flashes are so thank you you definitely earned a sub from me

with montellllll yes brother!

New Willem vid 🙌

The RTS is so good

You’re a legend

:)Monty and Willy doing their thing!!

That was an awesome video Willem!! I like it the pictures you showed us so much and I always love looking at photographers shooting people with strobea and see their approach to the photo shoot.

MONTELL FISH!!!

Thank you so much for this video! This is exactly what I’ve been looking for- gonna give it a try!

Good god these were amazing man! 6:22 is money.

the goat!!!

Very simple but very nice explained! Looking forward to your next video. Thank you.

If you forget to take your digital camera with you, you still have TTL pre-flash spot metering on the RTS III. It should work with the strobe, as it worked with non contax flashes. A very sophisticated flash system on the Contaxes for the time they came out.

Great video and the portrait shots were fantastic. Nice glimpse of the book too! 🤙

I got the Vision 4 also, super solid strobe🤙🏽

I love using flash on film.

Great work!

Advice to everyone reading this: Do your process however is best & easiest for you. Don't worry about what others may think, because they don't matter one damn. We got rid of the snobby elitists for a while there, let's keep that up. Just because someone doesn't agree with your method, doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong. Ignore them & make your work however the hell you want. There is no one right way. 👍🏻

This one answers a lot of questions I had.

very inspiring man

sick sky gradients

I freaking love Montell

7:10 so beautiful!❤❤❤❤❤

I use my Fuji X100F to meter pretty much everything - it's an awesome way around dropping $ on a light meter!

omg please make a video review about this Contax camera. Love your pics.

some of my favorite prints have come from my iphone =)

Well put amigo!