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I’m Anil Mistry and I’m a photographer. I shoot a whole variety of work,  including headshots, documentary, portraits and personally initiated projects. Whatever interests me and helps me to improve my body of work. I’ve been asked to talk about an area of my photographic work that I have a real passion for. In my case, that's the capturing of street portraits. Why do I take street portraits? There’s two main reasons I do it, and I’ll try to go through them succinctly: It’s not easy ...

Nolton Haven Technical info Film Used FP4+ Format 35mm Camera Nikon F2 Lens 20mm F3.5 AI. 25A red & 2stop ND filters. Exposure time 30seconds Other equipment Manfrotto tripod, Weston Lightmeter. Location Nolton Haven is a small narrow bay on the Pembrokeshire coast in West Wales.  It sits between the two much larger beaches of Druidstone and Newgale. Its characteristic feature are its two almost near symmetrical headlands.         Firstly, tell us the...

HUNTING ISLAND XVI, 2018  Technical info Film Used    Ilford Delta 100   Format    4x5 Camera     Chamonix 045N-2 Lens     Fujinon SW-90 Exposure time   Approx.2 minutes Other equipment    Sand & shells, to taste. Location: Hunting Island, South Carolina, US.   Tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to shoot it? This March, I was in Charleston, South Carolina, and had a day to burn. I started looking around for somewhere cool to check o...

Below are some of the common errors that can occur when processing black and white films. Unfortunately some of these errors can result in the images being lost or partially ruined. By knowing what has caused the errors, you may hopefully prevent any repeat incidents. Film entirely blank - No visible images or edge signing A completely blank film with no images and no signing (i.e text in the perforation areas showing product and numbers) - indicates the film has received no development at all. Blank ...

Summer of Photograms My end goal with my photography, at least for as long as I can remember, was to make darkroom prints. I love the thought processes in darkroom printing, the excitement when I manage to find the combination of burning, dodging and other printing techniques that turns my imagined image into a print that I can share. Preferring the tactile nature of darkroom craft, I never cottoned on to digital photo processing or printing. Then in the spring of 2019 I developed a long term illness th...

Infamous on Twitter for his enjoyment of biscuits as well as being a well known name in the film photography community, this week we talk to Sandeep Sumal for our 22nd interview in this series. Background Share your favourite image / print shot on ILFORD film and tell us what it means to you? This shot was taken in Covent Garden, London back in 2016.  I had just recently started my film photography hobby.  It was an art installation and it was there over the Christmas period.  My early photos were a r...

We don't often spotlight our developers, but they do an important job and can help to bring out the best in your negatives. This week for #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites #ddxdev we asked you to share your shots developed in ILFORD ILFOTEC DD-X.  @Peterfilmphoto Dig It #ilfordphoto #ddxdev #fridayfavourites #leicaM4   @leder_film my all time favorite strip of film Ilford delta pro 100 processed w/ @ILFORDPhoto ddx developer #ddxdev   @n88djw SINGAPORE: The Silver Hour In colour i...

As many of us around the world are still under some type of lock down restrictions we chose this week's #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites theme with that in mind and asked you to share images that you have #shotinside. @DavyBlaker Cappuccino time on @ILFORDPhoto #hp5 #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites #shotinside   @steve_jacksun Bubbly Hasselblad 501cm 150mm ilford pan f+ 50 Ilford Perceptol April 2015 #hasselblad #hasselblad501cm #goldmoony #group6x6 #silvervisionfilm #ilfordpanf50 #ilfordphoto #...

As we come to the end of January, a month known to feel exceptionally long, we wanted to share some positive feelings so asked you to show us your #positivenegatives for this week's #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites. @debrawilsonsays Things that make me smile- snow on hawthorn trees. First darkroom print. Shot for @ILFORDPhoto #ilfordphoto #fridayfavourites #positivenegative Now it's back into the darkroom for another go!   @sarahg.photog   One lonely weed and me in the darkroom  #photogr...

I'm fairly sure that this week's interviewee doesn't need an introduction. Walter Rothwell is a multi award winning photographer and co founder of Street Photography International Collective. His website and Instagram feed are filled with striking street and documentary images from around the world. Section 1 Background Share your favourite image / print shot on ILFORD film and tell us what it means to you? This image is from a documentary I made in a leprosy hospital in Bangladesh. I was 19 when I start...