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A huge thank you to everyone who shared an image for this week's #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites, with the theme being #themefree. This theme was popular with many entries, which we enjoyed looking through.  Our favourites are below.   @konduplenka#themefree #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto   @mattweddis Up close and personal with Kirk. This is the first digitised image from the large format photos we took to document @thisiskirkjenkins and his latest mural. Taking a close up portra...

We love it when there are a variety of images to choose from for this week's #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites theme, which is #favouritefilm. We hope all of you have had a fantastic Easter and have shot many rolls of film in the sunshine.   @filmfarkus Ilford HP5+ #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites #favouritefilm   @DrMarsRover Simple things. Bronica SQ-A. HP5+ #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites #favouritefilm. HP5+ is my go to film for shooting with the Bronie.   @n_mementomoriHe ...

'The Uphill Battle', by photographer Joe Shapiro received a lot of attention when we shared his image over on our Instagram. So we decided to contact him to learn more about his process. Image Title The Uphill Battle Technical info Film Used ILFORD Delta 400 Format Medium Camera Pentax 67ii Lens SMC Pentax 67 1:2.8 90mm Exposure time 1/500 f5.6 (if I remember correctly) Other equipment My hands and eyes Firstly, tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to shoot it? To the ...

Join us while we chat with self-taught photographer Khoi Minh Nguyen, who is our 70th In Focus interviewee. Khoi tries to approach his photography as a still image in a movie and uses this medium to document life. Section 1 - Background Share your favourite image / print shot on ILFORD film and tell us what it means to you? Hasselblad 503cxi - ILFORD SFX 200 The image of my mother is my most proudest moment I had made last year. It felt like I was making work that I have been trying to make for a lon...

Postcards From The Past Would you like your pictures to still be looked at, and maybe even revered, in fifty years from now? One likely route to such success is to document our ‘built environment’ - the buildings that surround us all. From Eugène Atget’s time onwards photographs of our town and cityscapes have become objects of fascination and information for later generations. And buildings really do come and go remarkably quickly - even great ones - and in just a few years our photographs of them ...

Why pinhole photography? This is a question I’m often asked, by fellow photographers and complete strangers alike. Using a beautiful wooden Ondu camera, I began exploring the world of slow photography about five years ago. The moment I saw my first developed negatives I knew I’d found a glimpse of photographic heaven. This started my obsession with this ancient form of imaging. As you’ll see, my love of this medium has many facets – the creative possibilities, the look and even the image making pro...

Today's #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites theme was #shotondelta100. We asked you to show us what you can do with our DELTA Professional range's slowest speed film. Take a look at our top picks for #shotondelta100: @peter_durst. While spring is here, ILFORD Delta 100 has long been a favourite of mine for taming the white and bright of winter. This is one of my favourites from winter ‘22/23. #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites #shotondelta100? Voigtlander Bessa T?️Delta 100? The Yukon   @Readi...

Our 69th In Focus interview is with poet, former university instructor and high school teacher Lorraine Healy. Section 1 - Background Share your favourite image / print shot on ILFORD film and tell us what it means to you? I took this image in January 2022. We had been having a lot of fog that was lasting longer than the usual early morning ‘til sunrise. I knew where I wanted to go. This place, Indian Slough, is some 70 minutes away from my house. I could tell when I got there that the sun was beginnin...

Introducing our 15th interviewee and one of Film Finishing's newest team members, Paul Cliff. Who are you? What’s your job title at HARMAN technology and how long have you worked here? My name is Paul Cliff and I have been with the company since February 2023. Tell us a little about your day to day role. I work on our 120 roll film spooling machines. I love everything about it. It’s been like taking control of a classic car, learning all its idiosyncrasies and intricacies; it’s an absolute mar...

Introducing Adam O'Rourke, our 14th Behind the Film interview. Adam joined HARMAN technology a couple of years ago and works as a scientist in the kilo lab. Who are you? What’s your job title HARMAN technology and how long have you worked here? My name is Adam O’Rourke and I’ve been with HARMAN technology for a couple of years, in the Scientist II role. Tell us a little about your day to day role. I enjoy the challenge of a very practical role in the kilo lab, manufacturing a variety of chemical i...