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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...
Spoilt for choice
We love weeks like this one, where we’re spoilt for choice with loads of great images to choose from for #ilfordfridayfavourites
@RobFraser #JustAdd experience and time. Yorkshire Dales farmer Harry Hutchinson of Uldale shot on FP4 large format
@StephenPrunier Shot and developed #IlfordPanF thinking it was #IlfordHP5 I think I lucked out!
@DrMarsRover Sonwdonia, Wales Ilford HP5+ film, print made on Ilford MG fiber Classic
@OlafSudan Ilford Panf+ ’30’...
#JustAdd
As we have launched a competition to run alongside our latest campaign #JustAdd this week, we thought we’d share a few of the entries that we’ve seen so far.
@damianofedeli Berlin, 2010, the Wall (@ILFORDPhoto FP4 #justadd #freedom) #believeinfilm
@joetscook #JustAdd Unity Contax S2 – @ilfordphoto HP5
@TwinLensReflux #justadd Sunscreen. @ILFORDPhoto HP5+
@AndrewYuen #JustAdd suffering Ilford HP5 Plus
Taking part is simple:
Between ...
A medium for the moment
I always travel with my 35mm SLR and a stack of Ilford HP5 and Ilford FP4 film. I definitely prefer the look and process of shooting film when traveling and photographing on the street and I find my small SLR with it’s 50mm lens is small and inconspicuous enough to capture intimate street portraits. Shooting everything on the same 50mm lens and film medium gives my work a consistent look and feel. I have always found shooting film slows down my process, it forces me to think mor...
Project Statement
Since the 1950s, over half of traditional orchards in England have disappeared. This is due to development, conversion of land to other uses, and intensive farming. The Orchard Project is dedicated solely to the creation, restoration and celebration of community orchards. Working in collaboration with the national charity, I visited sites under restoration. I created pinhole cameras out of apples at each location.
Utilising these site-specific cameras, the work captures team members, v...
Window Cleaners shot on ILFORD XP2S
An unknown language
When I started in photography I was always put off from film, by the balance (in my mind anyway), between the effort and time taken out of my workflow in developing, and the rolling cost. As well as my dependence and already intimate comprehension of digital systems. Film was an unknown language, and not one I was prepared to learn at the time.
Expanding my understanding
Recently however I have been looking for different ways to expand my und...
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...
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...
Small but perfectly formed is what we were looking for with this weeks #fridayfavourites theme #macro.
@artXchemistry #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto #macro #believeinfilm Pentax 645, 150/3.5, Vivitar close up lenses. HP5+, scanned film.
@dmbloor Froggy went a courting. Mamiya C220 TLR - 80mm Sekor lens - #FP4Plus #macro #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites
@calor_gas_terry My @ILFORDPhoto #fridayfavourites #macro photo - my wedding ring on FP4+, LC29 1+19
@thisJason...
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...