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- Lifelong love of black and white Growing up in the late fifties and sixties, one of my favourite movies was The Day the Earth Stood Still, a lot of which was shot at night in black and white. That early exposure to film noir inspired a lifelong love of black and white photography, especially at night. When I first started shooting pictures in 1967, though, the only option for night photography without a tripod was “pushing” 400 ASA film and using specialized developers. While what was essentially un...
- Jokulsarlon Two For our inaugural 'How I got this picture' post, we're talking to Dave Kirby about Jokulsarlon Two. One of the beautiful images in his Iceland series. Jokulsarlon Two ©Dave Kirby Film Used – ILFORD FP4+ Format - 120 film in 6x6 format Camera - Bronica SQ-A Lens – 80mm PS Exposure time – 57s Other equipment – The cheapest, naffest tripod money could buy (now broken), 10 stop filter, hat! Location Jokulsarlon, South Coast, Iceland....
- A family of photographers It’s difficult for me to imagine my family members without their cameras. I grew up in a family of photographers. This seemed so natural to me, that, as a child, I thought all my friends at school had photo labs at their grandparents’ house. For years, underneath my bed, sat my great grandfather’s wooden photographic chamber, along with its imposing tripod. Ilford FP4 Plus / Hasselblad 500CM / Sonnar 150mm Fujifilm Acros 100 / Hasselblad 500CM / Distagon 50mm &nbs...
- Drama of the Highlands Natalie Oberg tells us the story behind this beautiful. 'Drama of the Highlands image ©NatalieOberg_Scotland_201604_Glencoe Technical info Film Used: Ilford FP4 Plus Format: 6x6 Camera: Rolleiflex 2.8D Lens: Carl Zeiss Planar 2.8 Exposure time: 1/125 sec at f/8 Location Glen Coe, Scotland Firstly, tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to shoot it? ...
- Nolton Haven Technical info Film Used FP4+ Format 35mm Camera Nikon F2 Lens 20mm F3.5 AI. 25A red & 2stop ND filters. Exposure time 30seconds Other equipment Manfrotto tripod, Weston Lightmeter. Location Nolton Haven is a small narrow bay on the Pembrokeshire coast in West Wales. It sits between the two much larger beaches of Druidstone and Newgale. Its characteristic feature are its two almost near symmetrical headlands. Firstly, tell us the...
- Tranquility Alan Brock searches for a sense of calm in his images. He shares how he achieves it below Technical info Film Used: Delta 100 Format: 4x5 Camera: Intrepid 4x5 II Lens: Nikkor 180mm f/5.6. Shot at f/45 Exposure time: 40s Other equipment: Gitzo 1545T Tripod Location: Parksville Lake Tennessee Firstly, tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to shoot it? I like to search for a sense of calm in my images. In a lot of ways this fits my...
- Farhya Tariq Tarey give us the lowdown on how he captured this striking portrait. Technical info Film Used - Ilford FP4+ Format - 4x5 Camera - Wista Lens - 180mm Nikkor f5.6 Exposure time - 1/125 Location - Columbus, Ohio Firstly, tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to shoot it? This image is part of long term project. The project highlights the relationship between African & African Americans women and their sca...
- The Grand Canyon at Plateau Point Technical info Film Used: ILFORD FP4+ Format: 4x5 Camera: Wista 45DX Lens: Rodenstock: 90mm f/4.5 Exposure time: 1/60th Other equipment: Red filter Location: Plateau Point, Grand Canyon National Park Firstly, tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to shoot it? One weekend at the last minute I decided to do a full moon hike to Plateau Point in the Grand Canyon. My plan was to hike down around ...
- 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...
- Tree #8 Technical info: Film Used: Ilford FP4 Format: 6x7 Camera: Mamiya 7ii Lens: 43mm Exposure time: 3 min Other equipment: Lee Filter holder, Lee 4 stop nd, Lee Red #25 filter, B&W 105mm Polarizer, Gitzo Tiopod, Acratech Ballhead. Location: Zion National Park Tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to shoot it? A couple good friends of mine who know Zion quite well introduced me to this fantastic little tree last Fall. The tree is about 9 feet tall and high up on a ridge ...