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Here you will find links and information relating to current competitions for black and white film photographers from ILFORD Photo.
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2025 student competition
Our 2025/26 student competition Natural World' is now open for entries. Download the full competition details here.
Ongoing Competitions
Silver Ticket
Previous Competitions
ILFORD PHOTO STUDENT COMPETITION 2024/25
ILFORD PHOTO STUDENT COMPETITION 2023/24
ILFORD PHOTO STUDENT C...
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...
One-year limited warranty, only applicable in U.S.A.
ILFORD PHOTO/HARMAN technology will replace our products if they are defective from manufacture, within one year of purchase.
Products will only be accepted for return or replacement if accompanied by a valid Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA), and a copy of the dated purchase receipt from an authorized dealer. To request an RMA please use this contact form and select Technical Support from the dropdown box.
Products being returned must be in...
#ilfordxmas
Thank you to everybody that took the time to enter our #ilfordxmas competition this year. We're really looking forward to getting the finished Christmas cards back from our printer.
There were so many images to choose from, and they ranged from traditional Christmas scenes to some that were a little more unusual.
Those shown below are the ones that made our final shortlist.
@chardy Christmas prep is off to a good start now that we have an awesome Christmas tree hat. #ilfordhp5 #ilford...
Road trip?
This Spring three friends and I piled ourselves and a months worth of gear into a 29 foot RV, and hauled it, and 4 snowmobiles into the Chugach mountain range near Valdez, Alaska.
During one month we drove roughly 10,000 miles, shot 30 rolls of film, broke 2 snow machines, destroyed a few pairs of skis, and between the four of us broke the world record for hotdogs consumed (unconfirmed). It was challenging at times, but if we’d wanted an easy trip we would never have come this far north...
Tranquility
Alan Brock searches for a sense of calm in his images. He shares how he achieves it below
Technical info
Film Used: Delta 100
Format: 4x5
Camera: Intrepid 4x5 II
Lens: Nikkor 180mm f/5.6. Shot at f/45
Exposure time: 40s
Other equipment: Gitzo 1545T Tripod
Location: Parksville Lake Tennessee
Firstly, tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to shoot it?
I like to search for a sense of calm in my images. In a lot of ways this fits my...
Going digital
If we go back to 2002 a close photographic friend convinced me (against my better judgement) that film was a thing of the past, and that to hold my own in the professional photographic world I had to go digital. Eventually I succumbed to his argument and traded in my Leica film cameras (I had 4) and started on the dizzy road to digital photography.
In those days some fifteen years ago I thought it would be just like changing film brands: OK it may take a bit of getting used to a different ...
It is my opinion that some photographers mistakenly regard ILFORD HP5 PLUS and its predecessors to be a somewhat cheaper, lower quality response to Kodak’s Tri-X. I hope to demonstrate in this review that this assumption simply isn’t the case.
There’s much more to HP5 PLUS than meets the eye – something that regular shooters of this film will be more than aware of (you folks can leave now, nothing new here).
For those of you who haven’t shot this film before, this review will give you my tak...
We didn't set a theme for our first #ilfordfridayfavourites of this year, instead we've had fun browsing through the huge variety of images that you shoot using our film.
Below are just a small selection of some that caught our attention.
@AdyKerry One of the first pictures I took on my #Pentax67 with 135mm f4 at the Hockey World Cup 2014, using HP5. #believeinfilm
@NavalAirHistory The wonderful Bristol Scout of @ScoutBuilder at @StowAero taken on HP5 with a Voigtlander rangefinder camera
@I...
A medium for the moment
I always travel with my 35mm SLR and a stack of Ilford HP5 and Ilford FP4 film. I definitely prefer the look and process of shooting film when traveling and photographing on the street and I find my small SLR with it’s 50mm lens is small and inconspicuous enough to capture intimate street portraits. Shooting everything on the same 50mm lens and film medium gives my work a consistent look and feel. I have always found shooting film slows down my process, it forces me to think mor...