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'The Uphill Battle', by photographer Joe Shapiro received a lot of attention when we shared his image over on our Instagram. So we decided to contact him to learn more about his process.
Image Title
The Uphill Battle
Technical info
Film Used
ILFORD Delta 400
Format
Medium
Camera
Pentax 67ii
Lens
SMC Pentax 67 1:2.8 90mm
Exposure time
1/500 f5.6 (if I remember correctly)
Other equipment
My hands and eyes
Firstly, tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to shoot it?
To the ...
Join us while we chat with self-taught photographer Khoi Minh Nguyen, who is our 70th In Focus interviewee. Khoi tries to approach his photography as a still image in a movie and uses this medium to document life.
Section 1 - Background
Share your favourite image / print shot on ILFORD film and tell us what it means to you?
Hasselblad 503cxi - ILFORD SFX 200
The image of my mother is my most proudest moment I had made last year. It felt like I was making work that I have been trying to make for a lon...
Our 69th In Focus interview is with poet, former university instructor and high school teacher Lorraine Healy.
Section 1 - Background
Share your favourite image / print shot on ILFORD film and tell us what it means to you?
I took this image in January 2022. We had been having a lot of fog that was lasting longer than the usual early morning ‘til sunrise. I knew where I wanted to go. This place, Indian Slough, is some 70 minutes away from my house. I could tell when I got there that the sun was beginnin...
Introducing our 15th interviewee and one of Film Finishing's newest team members, Paul Cliff.
Who are you? What’s your job title at HARMAN technology and how long have you worked here?
My name is Paul Cliff and I have been with the company since February 2023.
Tell us a little about your day to day role.
I work on our 120 roll film spooling machines. I love everything about it. It’s been like taking control of a classic car, learning all its idiosyncrasies and intricacies; it’s an absolute mar...
Introducing Adam O'Rourke, our 14th Behind the Film interview. Adam joined HARMAN technology a couple of years ago and works as a scientist in the kilo lab.
Who are you? What’s your job title HARMAN technology and how long have you worked here?
My name is Adam O’Rourke and I’ve been with HARMAN technology for a couple of years, in the Scientist II role.
Tell us a little about your day to day role.
I enjoy the challenge of a very practical role in the kilo lab, manufacturing a variety of chemical i...
Introducing our 71st In Focus interviewee, Malik Rainey. Malik specialises in editorial and social documentary photography. However, Malik only became hooked on film when his friend Teo traded him his Pentax P30T for his bike.
Section 1 - Background
Share your favorite image/print shot on ILFORD film and tell us what it means to you.
This image is an all-timer for me! I always find myself returning to this image because it’s perfect, from the little girl smiling directly at me to the boys playing baske...
It makes us so happy that you enjoy shooting ILFORD FP4+ as much as we, as you demonstrated for this week's #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites theme being #madewithfp4.
@JeremyCalow. One of my favourite shots with FP4+ “The Crew” #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites #madewithfp4
@kostamuksendee. #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites #madewithfp4. I feel nostalgic sharing these FP4+ photos of Helsinki summer. This is when we would enjoy bathing in the sun (but in shades of course), before diving into...
A History on the Road
In May of 2023, I loaded up the car and I headed off to the North Cascades. The freeway had just reopened after a long, icy winter. I was desperate to break out of my work routine and follow my creative pursuits.
Growing up in the American Southwest I spent my childhood in the back of my father’s pick up on our family’s retreats. Being from a blue-collar middle class family, we were never going anywhere fancy. We made pilgrimages to Arkansas in my youth where abandoned and di...
Our 72nd In Focus interview is with Brazilian lab technician and teacher Samanta Ortega. Samanta focuses on empowering and fueling the resurgence of film photography in Brazil from the inside out.
SECTION 1 - BACKGROUND
SHARE YOUR FAVORITE IMAGE/PRINT SHOT ON ILFORD FILM AND TELL US WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU.
Invasão | ILFORD Delta 400 | Yashica Zoomate 76
There is so much I could say about this image, but no description I elaborate will ever do it justice. This was one of the frames in the first eve...
One Specific Speed Rating
Us film photographers are used to the limitations of our medium. In fact, we often regard them as strengths, and not weaknesses. But even we can’t really take issue with the suggestion that as soon as we begin to expose a roll of film we are limited to one specific speed rating, making it more difficult to adapt to quickly changing light conditions. On digital: no problem. Just whack the ISO up to some implausibly high number, and keep shooting. Sadly we just can’t do that mid...