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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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
The first time around...
I enjoy photography especially black and white.. I've taken a wide variety of subjects and images over the years including sport, travel, documentary and landscape. I learnt with 35mm film cameras before moving to 645 medium format and then digital. For B&W I learnt to develop and print whilst at school and this has continued ever since with a darkroom constructed in my loft. This was decommissioned in 2007 when I started shooting digital and I eventually took a sabbatical from...
An Interest in Large Format
Large format is an immensely rewarding and enjoyable way to make a photograph. It can also feel overwhelming when you’re just starting out, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. This article is for anyone with an interest in large format.
I got into 4x5 because I wanted to challenge myself, and to try something new. Over the last two years it has become my favourite way to take a photograph. There’s something special about slowing down and being so deliberate with each...
Underbank Old Road
Technical info
Film Used Ilford HP5
Format 35mm
Camera Rollei B35
Lens 40mm Triotar
Exposure time 1 minute 30 sec at f11
Other equipment Manfrotto Art 055 tripod, Gossan Lunasix F light meter.
Location.
Underbank Old Road, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.
Firstly, tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to shoot it?
I used to shoot a lot of Night photographs, in fact I wrote a book about it in 2001 (Nigh...
The Outlaw Project shooting portraits with a large format camera
The Outlaw Project, was inspired by Edward Sheriff Curtis, the 19th Century photographer, known for his portraits of native Americans, shot with a large format camera.
In 2011, Peter acquired a giant copy camera, made by Sidney R. Littlejohn Co., in the East end of London circa 1926. The camera, though having been used heavily in the newspaper industry for copying documents, was generally in working condition. With its inner mechanical str...
Violin
Technical info
Film Used: ILFORD HP5 plus 400
Format 120 (6*6)
Camera Hasselblad 503CW
Lens: Planar 80mm f/2,8 CF lens and Makro Planar T* CF 120mm f/4
Exposure time Double exposure (f/5,6 1/30s)
Location: Petrozavodsk (Russia)
Tell us the story behind Violin. What inspired you to shoot it?
I have been working with the Karelian State Philharmonic for many years. The Philharmonic invites world famous musicians for concerts and festivals, and I shoot portraits of those musicians fo...
Terrain
This project recently exhibited at the Golborne Gallery, London
Road Trip
All the photographs in this project were taken over a week-long period whilst traveling from Los Angeles to East Arizona, and back again.
Something that really struck me when traveling through this part of the American West was how nature had relinquished control of the landscape.
The towns were almost post-apocalyptic; half-burnt trash piles and concrete curbs were cracked by the hot sun. Whilst blade...