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Description: Review of Kodak Portra 400. Both for 35mm and 120 film photography. Watch the film photography road trip series here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd75nhcnrBTVuOY0gayebgShfRTGdH2Wl I get my film processed and developed at richardphotolab.com Lyrics: A 2 minute review of the meme stock Porta 400. In day, and at night, and in day again. Then at night again. Oh that’s Portra 800. You know this is a film photography video because I’ve cropped this frame into a square. Added grain. And I’m talking into a redbull monochrome. In this review, we visit Iceland, Canada, Denmark, California, Hawaii, and this smoking man in Mexico. All of the examples you’re going to see were developed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab. No editing has been applied beyond their scan, with the exception of cropping. Portra 400 is a great all around film stock with warm tones, and a pleasing colour palette. It’s said that Leonardo da Vinci used Portra 400 to photograph the Mona Lisa, but after a quick google search I couldn’t confirm that. What I can confirm is that it’s becoming more expensive. In fact it’s price correlates perfectly with the rise of Pete Davison’s popularity. Is it a coincidence? We’ve already seen the Kardashian/Jenner impact on the price on the Contax T2, so I’ll let you decide. Like Shawn Mendes, this film stock was born in 1998, but became what it truly is in 2010, the year Justin Bieber released Baby. Unlike Justin, this stock hasn’t changed a whole lot since 2010. While this film was designed with portraits in mind, it does work well in any situation. I always over expose it by 1 stop to get colours that I enjoy a bit more. You can expect a muted, pastel colour pallet, and it will make everything look like California. This means the images do not feel overcooked, but always nice. And always California. Always California It’s C-41, which means any lab can easily process it. You can also develop it at home if you try medium hard. Or you can just plug the exposed roll straight into your computer via USB-C. You can’t do that. The box claims the worlds finest grain at 400 speed. And it’s sharp. It has a lot of latitude, attitude, and dynamic range. Basically, you can’t mess it up. Well, you can and I have. But generally, it’s very forgiving. Like any film if you underexpose it, it’ll give you a butt full of dirty grain. I’m not doing a graphic for that. Kind of the opposite of digital - always err on the side of overexposing if in doubt. Is Portra 400 the best member of the Portra family? This reporter thinks so. But at the end of the day Your light, composition and vision are more important than the stock you shoot it on. Unless you want your frames to look like California. Then you have to use this one. So there it is. Portra 400. Probably Kodak’s flagship film. Please like and subscribe if you want more of these. Members Site: taylorjacksoncourses.com/members (Get access to my presets, LUTs, and all advanced wedding photography courses) My presets: taylorjacksonblog.com/lightroom-presets My LUTS: taylorjacksoncourses.com/luts-for-wedding-videos Me: instagram.com/taylorjackson Where I Get My Music: share.mscbd.fm/taylorjackson