The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled.
We use cookies to make your experience better.To comply with the new e-Privacy directive, we need to ask for your consent to set the cookies.Learn more.
Lina Bessonova is a passionate film photographer and darkroom printer. She shares her love of photography and printing on her popular YouTube channel as well as through workshops and lectures. One of her recent videos shows how easy setting up a darkroom can be in a small space.
BACKGROUND
SHARE YOUR FAVOURITE IMAGE / PRINT SHOT ON ILFORD FILM AND TELL US WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU?
This image is from my very first roll of 120 film (Delta 100). The other 11 frames are average beginner pictures which make one h...
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 ...
John Whitmore is a 'sometimes' event and black and white documentary photographer, a Darkshed owner, darkroom printer, YouTuber and Sunny16 podcaster. We're really pleased that he took some time out of his busy schedule to become the 24th 'In Focus' interviewee.
Background
Share your favourite image / print shot on ILFORD film and tell us what it means to you?
In some respects photography could be explained as one massive scientific research project, capturing data to show the state of atoms and ho...
It's week 25 in our In Focus interview series and this time we set our questions to Arkadiy Shlein who was nominated by Lina Bessonova back in August. Arkadiy is a Russian large format photographer and analog printer with a classical style.
BACKGROUND
SHARE YOUR FAVOURITE IMAGE / PRINT SHOT ON ILFORD FILM AND TELL US WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU?
I’ve got so many favourite photographs that I don’t have a single one hanging at home (yes, couldn’t decide :). This is one of them. I photographed this beech gla...
It's been over 6 months since we launched our first Lockdown Session and in that time we've spoken to many fantastic photographers and darkroom printers. Continuing in that vein, we're thrilled to share this week's In Focus interview with Nashville based, music and portrait photographer Laura E Partain.
Background
Share your favourite image / print shot on ILFORD film and tell us what it means to you.
This photograph is now about 5 years old and I’ve shot many, many images on Ilford films since. Howeve...
It’s weird, if not taboo to tell someone that I learnt to shoot digital before learning how to shoot film. I guess this may be the case for many of us in the digital era of photography. My journey into photography is what I like to call a beautiful accident or a series of fortunate events. When a photographer cancelled last minute for a charity event organised by a close friend of mine in 2017 I found myself stepping in to fill the spot. I knew absolutely nothing about photography, how to use a DSLR or ev...
A chronic case of GAS
To cut a long story short. In a previous life, i.e. before kids, I suffered a chronic case of GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) and ended up as the proud owner of a Richard Ritter 7x17” Ultra Large Format View Camera. As every GAS sufferer believes, buying your way out of limited talent is the only path to follow. The plan was to produce stunning panoramic negatives for Platinum/Palladium contact printing. The combination of huge negatives, old school contact printing and expensive em...
Team photographer in quarantine
I started shooting film when I was 14, that's more than half of my life! Since then it’s always the same excitement to finally see prints and scans.
Somehow I never seriously dived into analogue indoor sports photography until corona. For the past four years I’ve been the team photographer of the HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim and they asked me to join them for the final tournament to finish the first basketball division in Germany.
Ten teams, one hotel, quarantine till ...
We haven't been able to travel much lately but everywhere has local landmarks and places of interest. For this week's #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites #sightseeing theme we asked you to share your shots of well known landmarks. Even if they are only well known locally to you!
@uberpikey Shot on 8x10 HP4 (yes, you read that right) Moudy Hall at Texas Christian University last night. Developed in ascorbic acid, sodium carbonate, and IPA with cloves steeped in it.
@bsanfordjr Regions Field in...
Known for his fantastic images of urban and skate culture. (If you're not following him already then you should be). Rafael González is the 30th interview in our In Focus series.
Section 1 - Background
Share your favourite image / print shot on ILFORD film and tell us what it means to you?
I have so many photos I really like it’s so difficult to choose one specific but this one is one of my favourites I must say, I shot it during a skate session with my friends, nothing planned just cruising around th...