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This simple guide will show you how easy it is to erect your ILFORD Pop Up Darkroom.
Before assembling ensure that you have sufficient floor space and height:- The external metal frame is approximately 2.2m tall and the internal space is 1.3 x 1.3m. If you are choosing to attach a fan / air blower to the lower vent on your pop up darkroom then this will cause it to expand slightly.
Open the storage case and remove the poles, groundsheet and pop up darkroom.
Move the groundsheet out of the way f...
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, ...
Perhaps best known for his engaging YouTube content and Instagram channel, this week we talked to Ribsy about his film photography
SECTION 1 - BACKGROUND
Share your favourite image / print shot on ILFORD film and tell us what it means to you?
London South Bank on FP4
This is my favorite image shot on Ilford film (FP4). This shot was taken during a lovely Saturday afternoon on the South Bank in London, the week the final lockdown was eased. Immediately I think about the joy of walking around in the su...
A scene that screams colour
Have you ever been out with your camera, loaded with your favourite black and white film stock and found a scene that screams to be shot it colour? Of course you have, we have all been there!
Today I am going to introduce you to a new 150 year old process called Trichromy also known as the three colour process or more recently Trichromes (by Jasper Fforde). As with all early photographic techniques it's difficult to say who coined the process first as there were many people w...
Get ahead of the class
Here you'll find links to lots of helpful information that will help you get a head start in your film photography studies. We've collated links to blogs, product pages and shared some educational videos from our YouTube channel too.
So, you've got your film camera and now you need some film. Many schools, colleges and universities will lend out cameras to their students and these generally take 35mm film but, there are other options available and the type of camera that you have ...
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...
After sharing a few of his images in the past, we felt we wanted to know more about Nicolas de Bouville, so he became interview number 42 in this series. We have to confess to a bit of camera envy over his collection!
Section 1 - Background
Share your favourite image / print shot on ILFORD film and tell us what it means to you?
It’s so hard to pick one image only. If I think about one of the last series I did, I really like this picture of Alejandro. I’m used to photograph Alejandro in a very differe...
There were so many people asking how this has been captured when we shared it on our Instagram feed so, we caught up with the photographer Guido Macorini and asked him.
Image title: Amariana
Technical info
Film Used
IFORD Delta 100
Format
120
Camera
Rolleicord III K3b
Lens
Schneider Xenar 75mm
Exposure time
1/4s
Other equipment
Tripod, orange filter, spot light meter
Location:
Verzegnis Lake, in the north eastern Italian Alps.
Firstly, tell us the story behind ...
Cabin Fever
Tired of COVID 'cabin fever' I needed to get out shooting so I concocted a mission to shoot a total of 36 acceptable shots in a 2 day time frame. Day one would be 12 6x6's and the second would be 35mm for 24 shots... fingers crossed.
I decided to shoot b&w film. This would not have been my choice a few years ago but the plethora of digital imagery has turned me off to the point where I'm re appreciating the disciplined 'analogue' mind set. I just flat out love and respect the w...