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An appreciation of Ilford FP4 The greatest pleasures can be taken from the simplest of things. An appreciation of something old that gets passed by while everyone tries to keep up with the crowd or the relentless progression of technology.  For me Ilford’s FP4 is one of those little pleasures. The RAF I was a photographer in the Royal Air Force from 1986 -1995.  At my RAF unit we had little choice of film stock.  It was FP4 and HP5 for black and white. Being stationed at a headquarters unit mean...

Taking the plunge I'd had this roll of Ilford HP4 for a good few months and was hesitant to put it through a camera. The fact that it was so pristine in it's condition made me feel that whatever I used it for had to be significant. I had to wait for the right opportunity. As the weeks passed,  I began putting unnecessary pressure on myself to plan a shoot around this one film. It was sitting on a shelf, judging me. At this point I decided to stop procrastinating and just shoot the roll, regardless of w...

Large Format black and white film We don't think there's anything quite like an image that has been shot on large format black and white film. These are this weeks #ilfordfridayfavourites @duarte_photo Clay Deposits in Wellfleet. Wonderful day making this print. #largeformatphotography #darkroom #welfleet   @jwphotographyuk Fungi. Only lasted a few days and was lucky to get some sun on them for a brief period.#autumnwatch2017 #ilfordfridayfavourites #largeformat  #ilfordfp4 #4x5 #bnw #i...

Road trip? This Spring three friends and I piled ourselves and a months worth of gear into a 29 foot RV, and hauled it, and 4 snowmobiles into the Chugach mountain range near Valdez, Alaska. During one month we drove roughly 10,000 miles, shot 30 rolls of film, broke 2 snow machines, destroyed a few pairs of skis, and between the four of us broke the world record for hotdogs consumed (unconfirmed). It was challenging at times, but if we’d wanted an easy trip we would never have come this far north...

Going digital If we go back to 2002 a close photographic friend convinced me (against my better judgement) that film was a thing of the past, and that to hold my own in the professional photographic world I had to go digital. Eventually I succumbed to his argument and traded in my Leica film cameras (I had 4) and started on the dizzy road to digital photography. In those days some fifteen years ago I thought it would be just like changing film brands: OK it may take a bit of getting used to a different ...

It is my opinion that some photographers mistakenly regard ILFORD HP5 PLUS and its predecessors to be a somewhat cheaper, lower quality response to Kodak’s Tri-X. I hope to demonstrate in this review that this assumption simply isn’t the case. There’s much more to HP5 PLUS than meets the eye – something that regular shooters of this film will be more than aware of (you folks can leave now, nothing new here). For those of you who haven’t shot this film before, this review will give you my tak...

Green films Happy St Patricks Day! We’re sharing images today from our favourite ‘green’ films. HP5+ and Delta 400 @scottmicciche Drug of choice, morning must, tastesogood . . #hasselblad #500cm #ilfordfilm #hp5 pushed two stops, developed in HC-110 for 11 minutes @santimurillos #indiefilmlab #hasselblad #ilfordhp5 #analogfeatures #filmisnotdead @ajwk60  #jogger in the evening sun #analogue #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #ishootfilm #ilfordfilm #ilforddelta400 #hc110 @IsabelCurdes #...

Nearly spring As we head towards spring we’re starting to see more outdoor shots as you brave the weather. Here are a few of our favourites from the last week @mrkurtin Elijah | Speed Graphic w/Petzval lens | Ilford Fp4 | Town Park | March 2017 @JoFarrellPhoto Woman with bound feet #china Shot on #HP5 @shoot_analog One of my most physically demanding shoots for both model & photographer. 4×5 Large Format @ILFORDPhoto FP4+ #shootanalog #ilford #4×5 @TagscanRob Restarted my darkroom agai...

Thank you What a fantastic year! We've seen film usage increase again, with more people than ever either picking up a film camera for the first time, or re-discovering their love for shooting film. We're really excited to see what next year brings. A huge thank you to everyone who shares #ilfordfilm images with us on our social media streams. We love seeing what you are shooting with our films and chatting to you on Twitter / Facebook and Instagram. We have lots of exciting plans for 2018, including ...

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...