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How I got this picture
Fanal, Madeira
Technical info
Film Used: Ilford HP5+
Format: 120
Camera: Rolleiflex 3,5E
Lens: 75mm F3,5
Exposure time: 1/125s
Other equipment: none (I could roam around freely and look for compositions)
Location: Fanal, Madeira
Firstly, tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to shoot it?
Ever since I saw an image of the Laurisilva forest in Fanal on the island of Madeira, I knew that I wanted to explore this place for myself. It is o...
We have loved finding out more about photographers in our community over the last 3 months in our Lockdown Sessions and hope that you have too.
As we move towards less restrictions here in the UK, we felt it was also time for a new focus (sorry). So we are launching the new series 'In Focus' this week by interviewing professional portrait photographer Craig Fleming.
Background
Share your favourite image / print shot on ILFORD film and tell us what it means to you?
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Image title : Tombstone
Technical info
Film Used FP4+ @ 125 Format 4x5
Camera Chamonix 45F-2 Lens Rodenstock Sironar-N 150mm f5.6
Exposure time ⅛ sec
Other equipment Feisol CT3442 Tripod legs, Acratech Ultimate ball head, Pentax digital spot meter
Location Big Elbow Pass in Kananaskis Country in Southern Alberta, Canada
Firstly, tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to shoot ...
Despite the numerous challenges of 2020, we are delighted to share some exciting product news. We start 2021 with the launch of the brand new and improved ILFORD MULTIGRADE RC PORTFOLIO darkroom paper.
Utilising our 5th generation MULTIGRADE emulsion, this new formulation offers important advancements in product quality and performance that we are now pleased to introduce into our premium RC paper, MULTIGRADE RC PORTFOLIO.
These new papers have a slightly warmer base tint and image colour than their p...
Jupiter and Saturn Conjunction
There was a lot of interest in this shot when it was shared, so we asked Andrew Orr to tell us a bit more about it.
Technical info
Film Used - Ilford HP5+
Format - 4x5
Camera - Chamonix F-2
Lens - Rodenstock 210mm f5.6 at f/8
Exposure time - 2 hours
Other equipment - Sirui Tripod, shutter release cable
Location - Arizona
Firstly, tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to shoot it?
I was inspired to take this photo after...
Light in the Dark
Most fine art photography starts with the photographer and finishes in the darkroom. For me it’s the other way round. My story began with seeking out the light in the dark and becoming one of Britain’s most respected black and white printers. Today, I look for the dark in the light, as a photographer in my own right.
I have put together a show to mark 50 years in my Fitzrovia darkroom which opens (and closes) at the Fitzrovia Chapel on Wednesday, June 30. Then again on Monday 26th-...
After the fantastic response to this image when we shared it on our Instagram. We contacted Mustapha and asked him to tell us about it and answer some of the questions about how he had created it.
Patricio Reyes Benavente Mendiola, aka "Pineapple"
Technical Info:
Film Used:
Ilford Delta Pro 100, Medium Format 120 Black & White film
Camera:
Yashica Mat 124 G, Lens: Twin Lens 80mm
Exposure Time:
1/125 @ f8
Other Equipment:
Tripod, Light Meter, Cable release, Sync cable, V-flat, Strobe Light, ...
During lockdown I rekindled my love of making photograms. It happened naturally after a summer of making cyanotypes. I was also making emulsions out of plants. My garden became a temporary darkroom. With a photogram - you expose your paper to light (sunlight for photograms), with an object on top, and the area underneath the object remains unexposed, so you end up with white paper in that area, like a shadow but in negative.
Cyanotype
A lonely weed
The local darkroom re-opened for half-day s...
My better half
When my friend, who knows little about cameras, presented me with the 35mm Olympus Pen FT, it was a total surprise. Quite literally as a gift, but moreover, the camera’s function was what was most surprising. When I picked up the Pen FT for the first time, I observed how light the compact camera was. I immediately put my eye to the viewfinder and was confused. I silently thought to myself, “This is so weird…” I had never encountered a viewfinder that wasn’t horizontal. I had to lea...