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A recent development
Photography on film is a recent development in my workflow , (My black & white solution), and I have been making an effort to shoot film alongside digital on all of my major assignments, as well as for my personal work.
It only took one assignment for me to realize that although the use of film was novel it wasn’t offering anything different to my ability to tell a story within a 35mm frame.
There are so many ways to achieve a different “look” to your images, usu...
Road Trip
In October of last year, I sold most of what I owned at that time and went on a 10,000-mile road trip across the American West, capturing all of it on film.
Among the few possessions I brought with me, my reliable medium format camera Bronica SQ-Ai and 100 rolls of ILFORD HP5+.
Along the way, I photographed the tallest trees on Earth, the coastal Redwoods in Northern California; the volcanoes of the Cascades in the Pacific Northwest; the oldest trees in the world, the Bristlecone Pines in t...
Heading West
Last September my family and I headed west. It had been a few years since we’d visited the West Country, we had come to love it when our family was young, and now that they were grown we decided to return to see if it still has a special place in our hearts.
While my teenagers packed their essentials - clothes and iPhones, and my other half packed enough books to keep a large reading group going, I set about doing the important task of packing my camera equipment.
My focus was on which...
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...
Crumble
We always enjoy finding out the stories behind some of the images that you share with us and we couldn't resist asking David Allen about this image.
Technical Info
Film Used: Ilford HP5 PLUS
Format: 120 (6x7)
Camera: Mamiya RB 67 Pro-S
Lens: 90mm/3.8 Mamiya Sekor
Exposure time: 1/100
Other equipment: Changing bag with an extra 120 spool.
Location:
Top—Philadelphia, PA | Bottom—Bradley Beach, NJ
Firstly, tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to s...
Beginnings
I came to analog photography late. I enjoy being able to feel the film and create with my hands, and the suspense of not knowing how the final shots look until you develop the film. Shooting film changes the style of how I work. I take less pictures and think more. It is more immersive, I have more time to feel their characters, their experiences.
I shoot all my projects in medium format film. I do use digital, but only for commercial photography or for working on reports.
Materials ag...
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...
An honest representation
Two souls one vessel is a documentary project focusing on capturing the lives of drag queens, trying to tell their stories and create an honest representation of who they are in and out of drag, this series includes male, female and transgender drag queens.
Attracted to the surface glamour of the world of drag queens, I’ve explored the performance and behind the scenes to show the emotion and reality.
Alfie-Ordinary
Altering perspectives
Thinking about the project and th...
HARMAN technology Ltd, the manufacturer of ILFORD photographic film, darkroom paper and chemicals, has announced the ILFORD SIMPLICITY range of photo chemicals designed for convenient, easy-use film processing.
The ILFORD SIMPLICITY range of film processing photo chemicals have been created for convenience and ease of use. These sachets are ideal for photographers who want to try processing their own film but have until now been apprehensive about the process and/or may not have required the larger volum...
Of course, we see in color - but vision is just one part of how we sense the environment and moments. In the mountains I see tremendous peaks, I feel and hear the storms, freeze, and feel emotions from success, failure and intense personal experiences. All that black + white can convey more intensively - for me this is not a reduction over colour photography, but an amplification of impressions.
This is the translation of a short text I wrote a few years back for the German Schwarzweiss Magazine.
Si...