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Lyrically Speaking 2017/18  marked the first year that the ILFORD Photo student photography competition was expanded internationally. All of the finalist's images will be put forward to compete against the other country winners from around the world later this month for the title of ILFORD PHOTO international student photographer of the year 2017/18 . You can view all of the finalist’s images in the Student Competition Gallery USA Winner and Runner up coming soon...

ILFORD Photo UK student photographer of the year The increasing popularity of film photography in schools and colleges has seen a record number of darkroom prints submitted to the annual ILFORD PHOTO student photography competition. The high standard of entries from schools, colleges and universities across the country has made the selection of a winner a very difficult task. However, a unanimous winner has been chosen and the title of ‘ILFORD PHOTO UK Student Photographer of the Year 2017/18’ has b...

Images with feeling The most attractive element of analogue is its delicacy. The analogue process has remained so ingrained into my practice, I can't imagine working in any other way. Seeking images which stir a feeling within and seeing that image through each stage of the process to finally create a hand-made darkroom print. The print may not be perfect, I do not tirelessly work on test strips creating a technically perfect image, I never leave the confines of the darkroom to inspect the print once it...

Double exposures can be really tricky to get right. Lucy Ridges shares the secrets behind her ship / nude image below. Ship Technical information Shot on: FP4 plus medium format film Camera Mamiya RB 67 Exposure time Double exposure, each exposure 1/60 F5.6 Other equipment With bowens studio flash (1 x large soft box) I shot this image at my photographic studio in Manchester, located within Rogue Artist Studios The story behind the image My work for many years has encompassed a love for mul...

An experiment in chemical possibilities When I took up a camera after a few years’ hiatus in 1990, I was surprised to discover that I could no longer get a black & white film developed through the nearest camera shop, never mind through the local pharmacy.  If memory serves, I was told it would cost $40 for a single film. Naturally, I returned to processing my own film just I had done when I first took up a camera in the early 1970s. The world had moved on, and colour film was the default medium f...

The first time around... I enjoy photography especially black and white.. I've taken a wide variety of subjects and images over the years including sport, travel, documentary and landscape. I learnt with 35mm film cameras before moving to 645 medium format and then digital. For B&W I learnt to develop and print whilst at school and this has continued ever since with a darkroom constructed in my loft. This was decommissioned in 2007 when I started shooting digital and I eventually took a sabbatical from...

An Interest in Large Format Large format is an immensely rewarding and enjoyable way to make a photograph. It can also feel overwhelming when you’re just starting out, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. This article is for anyone with an interest in large format. I got into 4x5 because I wanted to challenge myself, and to try something new. Over the last two years it has become my favourite way to take a photograph. There’s something special about slowing down and being so deliberate with each...

We love #portrait week on #fridayfavourites. We're always guaranteed some characters and this time was no exception. These are this weeks favourites.   sharon.leibel Ilford Pan-F film Contax G1 #myprettyisrael #haifa  #ilfordpanf #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites  #israel   @JohnBrownlow From a portrait series I shot many years ago of burn survivors. Whole album is here: Crown Graphic 4x5, Ilford HP5+. I think an Optar 135mm or perhaps 203mm Ektar. #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites ...

Road Trip In October of last year, I sold most of what I owned at that time and went on a 10,000-mile road trip across the American West, capturing all of it on film. Among the few possessions I brought with me, my reliable medium format camera Bronica SQ-Ai and 100 rolls of ILFORD HP5+. Along the way, I photographed the tallest trees on Earth, the coastal Redwoods in Northern California; the volcanoes of the Cascades in the Pacific Northwest; the oldest trees in the world, the Bristlecone Pines in t...

Heading West Last September my family and I headed west. It had been a few years since we’d visited the West Country, we had come to love it when our family was young, and now that they were grown we decided to return to see if it still has a special place in our hearts. While my teenagers packed their essentials - clothes and iPhones, and my other half packed enough books to keep a large reading group going, I set about doing the important task of packing my camera equipment. My focus was on which...