ilford HP5+ Archives

24 August, 2023

8 Frames with the Canon Sure Shot Classic 120 – a Stress Test

By Alex Gridenko

I am a lazy perfectionist on a tight budget. It’s a tough combination for any hobbyist, especially a film shooter. Especially nowadays. I outsource development and high-res scan...

13 July, 2023

A Whole Month/Whole Roll – The Olympus 35RC and Ilford HP5+

By Anders Lewis

There’s something magical about the first roll developed in a new camera. The cathartic release of weeks (in this case, a month) of anxiety is almost unmatched (I don’t have kid...

29 June, 2023

5 Frames With Zenit-E On Ilford HP5

By Andrew Hutchinson

I have been allured by the grain & grit that is captured by the Soviet Union made brick since I first laid my eyes upon the weapon on the sunny summer day in the Croatian fr...

25 June, 2023

5 Frames in the Forest with a Pentax 6×7

By Alasdair Mackintosh

Portola Redwoods State Park lies on the west side of the Santa Cruz mountains, where the land slopes down towards the Pacific, and the cool sea breezes create the ideal climate ...

25 May, 2023

5 frames of Berlin with my Ricoh 500G and Ilford HP5, Ilford FP4, Ilford XP2 and Fomapan 400

By Christian noack

Yes, the title is long, but for a good reason. This trip to Berlin was my third or fourth photo expedition with the Ricoh 500G. I'm still getting used to this lovely little came...

11 May, 2023

Photographing a Butterfly Conservatory – Black and White, What Can’t It Do?

By Ron Duda

My wife and I usually spend some time somewhere in the warm sunny south over the course of our too long winters in Ontario Canada. Not so this year. We were however looking fo...

11 May, 2023

Shooting f/8 Until Sunrise – My Experiences and Methods

By Austen Goldsmith

I absolutely love long exposure night time photography, for me its a far more spiritual mindful time to shoot and that element of doubt and anticipation of just what you are goi...

20 April, 2023

5 Frames with an Olympus OM1, a roll of HP5 and a Bridge

By Tim Wainwright

I have a few film cameras that all mean something emotional to me (my Olympus XA2 I won in a photographic competition aged 12, my OM1 was my only camera for about 20 years until...

thorsten on Nicéphores window – A One Shot Story
Yes Jeffery, it is amazing how far photography came since this rear window… we need all tools for telling the…
thorsten on Nicéphores window – A One Shot Story
Come on, that is totally fine David. It took me ages to go there, as with Cartier-Bressons spot in Hyères.…
thorsten on Nicéphores window – A One Shot Story
Yeah, good old Jimmy. Coincidentally a french newspaper wrote about me reshooting the image, so I agree, timing is everything…

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