SPLIT GRADE PRINTING The version of split grade printing described here is that taught to me by the ILFORD head printers, Mike Walden and Terry Offord, and is the simplest, fastest way to make good darkroom prints from pretty much any negative. (The exception is really underexposed negatives to print […]
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A black border often enhances a print and does not involve any sort of mounting or overlay. INK OR TAPE BORDERS The easiest way to produce narrow black borders is to rule them with a pen directly onto your finished print: an India-ink pen gives the most solid line, but […]
Original post on ILFORD Colour photography has been my default choice for a long time. It is how my eyes see the world, it’s what catches my attention, and it’s what brought my back to film photography. My first roll in 2018 was a roll of Lomography 400 shot on a […]
As well as being a photographer and darkroom printer, our 27th ‘In Focus’ interviewee Max Bedov also custom makes darkroom equipment based on his years of experience. BACKGROUND SHARE YOUR FAVOURITE IMAGE / PRINT SHOT ON ILFORD FILM AND TELL US WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU? This frame was taken […]
Original post on Ilford Photo We’ve really enjoyed this series and finding our more about some of the members in our community. Although we are moving out of Lockdown now we will be keeping it running, just in a slightly different format, so keep an eye out for the changes in […]
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 […]
PEPPERWOOD 1 – CLYDE BUTCHER TECHNICAL INFO PEPPERWOOD REDWOOD FOREST #1 Avenue of the Giants State Park, California 8×10 inch Deardorf view camera 90 Snyder Super Angulon XL lens no filter Delta 400 film f/45 exposure: 10 minute Printed on: ILFORD Multigrade fiber base TELL US THE STORY BEHIND THIS BEAUTIFUL IMAGE Long before I became a photographer, the redwood forests of California […]
THE 1800’S 1879 founded by Alfred Harman making Dry Plates 1891 became the Britannia Works Company making 4 kinds of plates and 6 kinds of paper 1897 record profits 1897 sold by Alfred Harman who retired due to ill health 1898 became known as The Britannia Works (1898) Limited 1899 first Ilford Manual of Photography 1900 TO […]