The Magic of Square Format Photography | Hasselblad 500CM

#hasselblad #filmphotography #analog
You asked me about why I am cropping my Hasselblad photos while in fact they are 645. So I embarked on a journey to shake my landscape format habits off and go full square. Plus another attempt to die early by a deadly snake in Denmark.

0:00 Opening
0:27 Intro / Your Feedback
2:02 First Shots
3:48 Thoughts & Shipwrecks
6:42 Unique Motifs & Snakes
10:38 Conclusion

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[andyvan]

at 8:16, that's the reason for modularity, in cameras, so you have TWO backs, and can switch between mid-roll 🙂; so if you wanted b&w or colour, go ahead, switch, get the shot!

[АнтонКривцун]

Your video is so warm and hearty! It's pleasure to watch it, it's pleasure to dive into the story and experience you're talking about.

[Gurgook]

Your videos always make me want to dust off the old hassie and shoot again.

But they also make want to shoot videos as well.

It's such a pleasure to see you do both so well.

Keep up the good work.

[lomileage]

You and your companion add a nice and warm feeling at the end of the video.

[kalenderquantentunnel]

I shot with different Hasselblads for 15 years and made the square work for me more than it just fell into place. At some point I realized I just let the square groundglass dictate my composition too often and adjusted my habits of using the negative-space accordingly which meant cropping more in the darkroom. On the flipside I wouldn't have discovered some very nice square compositions without the square camera. I now use a 6x7 and also have a groundglass indicating 6x6 for the odd square composition so the Hasselblad definitely left a mark.

[David-Ettel]

First of all, the first outfit is absolute heat! I´m kinda into the square format since Robert Eggers released "The Lighthouse" in 2019 so this was pretty sick to watch. Nice angle and transition at 07:02. and yeah, the red house wasnt it chief. The conclusion is facts, see you in the next one and I really hope they call, cause you can't expose a man to a big brown snake like that!

[aquss]

this video looks insane, incredible visuals as always

[jasongold]

One of your best videos and super photos! Bravo.

[angelinoschintu]

Thank you for this video. It's pretty bloody awesome and I'm glad you've kind of rediscovered square photography. I'm new to medium format having bought a Mamiya 645 1000s Gold Lizard special edition and I'm really loving shooting in that format. Then in post production I'm cropping a little - just a little, to the Academy Ratio just to give it that feeling of comfort. But I've just bought a Hasselblad 500C/M and, well, square is a whole other thing isn't it? And I'm so looking forward to the symmetry and the beauty of it!

[eatenbyopium]

Finally, a Hasselblad user who actually knows how to load film in properly. All these youtube photographers with Hasselblads take off the whole back to load an i'm not sure why when all you have to do is pop out the film cartridge and pop it back in.

[sebastianonicolo]

This channel and your work are simply amazing

[MisterBigDave]

Thanks, you made some very clear points. I’ve been shooting square film almost 40 years and it has its own view and creative possibilities, however, in the past much emphasis was placed on shooting for the crop instead of the square. And I can go on and on about this but will save it.. The square is iconic as is!

[Caballeroshot]

I shoot the Bronica SQ-A and you convinced me to take it out for a spin. Got a free roll of B&W from my local lab too. Lovely shots btw, excellent work.

[Zakrivers]

Great content, please trade that shutter sound for the chonky 500 thunk!

[strawzinthewind]

What is the music in this video? It’s all incredible!

[rberto]

Very, very nice images!
Where is the snake?

[riswanc]

Hi nicolas, always love the video! Do you mostly shoot on a zeiss 50mm lens?

[yankeefan]

I notice you shoot a lot on FP4 in other videos. Is that what you are using here as well?

[enshongmiranda]

A square sensor, what the 907x should have had.

[cameraprepper]

I will be great if Sony could make a square sensor !