“My time,my creation”

May 31, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

I found these two shots on the end of a roll of film that I was scanning, I’d completely forgotten about them. When I first met Scott, a couple of years ago, he asked me what I liked doing, I told him I liked taking photos. Scott replied, “That’s good, you’re a visionary…it’s good to be a visionary”. I only spent a relatively short amount of time around Scott, but in that time I did learn a lot from him […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 50mm 1.4, dog, film, I shoot film, isle of man, kodak tmax 400, life, mono, nikon fm2, scott clark, visionary

‘You are my autumn’

May 25, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

I’m working as Director of Photography on a short film being shot on the Isle of Man at the moment called ‘You are my autumn’. The short, written and directed by Richard Plumley, is being shot on various locations across the Island and is now into its 5th  month of production…I know, they shot Star Wars in less time than that, but we’re only shooting when we have free time, which in my case is hardly ever. In Richards case it’s […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 24-105L, canon eos 5d mark 2, isle of man, Janine Lashmar, matt corcoran, Richard Plumley, short film, URMA

Pikey Racing

May 23, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

All images made on a Mamiya 7II with 80mm lens using Kodak Portra 160 film.  

Categories: Photography • Tags: 160nc, 6x7, 80mm, colour, film, film camera, film photography, fine art, I shoot film, inventive, irish sea, isle of man, kodak, kodak portra 400, land, mamiya 7II, negative, Peak imaging, peel, personal project, phil kneen, portra 160, portrait, seascape

Beltane Portraits.

May 20, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

In keeping with the natural style of this event, I shot all the portraits on 6×4.5cm film (also because I hate digital at the moment) I used a Mamiya 645 Pro tl. Colour – Kodak Portra 400 and Fuji Pro 400H. Black and white – Kodak Tri-X 400 Helen, my wife, was very clear, very precise with her instructions – “Drive the camper up first thing Friday, get us a good spot, save the Campbell’s a good spot and then […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: 80mm 2.8, Beltane, dog, festival, isle of man, kodak portra 400, Kodak tri-x, mamiya 645 pro tl, May, music, Sulby

Six by four point five.

May 17, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

6×4.5cm film has always had a bit of a bad reputation, too big to have the convenience of 35mm, but too small to be a ‘proper’ medium format. But this is why I like it – most 645 cameras are no bigger than a professional size 35mm slr, but they produce a negative that is three and a half times bigger. C I bought a second-hand Mamiya 645 Pro tl a couple of weeks ago, in an as new condition […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 80mm 2.8, colour, film, film camera, film photography, fine art, I shoot film, kodak portra 160, kodak portra 400, mamiya 645 pro tl, mamiya 7II, negative, Peak imaging, personal project, phil kneen, portrait, Simon Campbell

The Andy Kershaw ‘incident’

May 14, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

On the 17th of September, last year, I photographed BBC radio presenter, Andy Kershaw, outside his home in Peel, on the Isle of Man, easy enough as I live about 10 houses away from him. The shoot was pleasant enough, Andy brought out some excellent fresh coffee, chain-smoked cigarettes and showed us photos of motorbike racing that he’d shot years ago. With me on the shoot were Simon and Angela Campbell, very close friends, Simon also acts as my agent. […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 50mm 1.4, Andy kershaw, bbc, black and white, camera, canon eos 5d mark 2, film, film camera, film photography, fine art, fuji film, I shoot film, isle of man, kodak, kodak portra 400, kodak tmax 400, nikon fm2, peel

What people want.

May 8, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

I took this shot of my good friend, Noah, two years ago. In 24 months, over 5 different sites including Flickr and Getty Images, it’s had nearly 1.2 million views, received 598 comments (good and bad) and 585 likes on Flickr. It also sells like hot cakes. One thing is obvious – it’s not the kind of image I take now, but it’s what people want! *** UPDATE *** A lot of people have asked what Noah looks like without […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 50mm 1.4, canon eos 5d, face, isle of man, mk2, mono, pain, phil kneen, photo, rubber band face, silver efex pro

We are family.

May 1, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

My offspring – Matt, Ric and Jess. We were out for a very rare family walk last week, it’s not often you see all the Kneen’s in one go! I shot two rolls of Kodak Portra on my Mamiya 7II. When we got back I noticed that I’d knocked the exposure compensation dial to  -2 stops, but I wasn’t sure when it had happened? I almost dumped both rolls. I’m glad I didn’t! I’m not doing much in the way […]

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