Music to my ears.

March 16, 2013 by Phil Kneen Photography

I’ve never been particularly musical, I wish I was, but I just don’t get it. Some people don’t understand apertures and ISO’s, I don’t understand cords and notes. Many people have tried to teach me, all have failed. I do like the music scene though, but how can you get involved if you’re tone-deaf? Take photos! I’ve been involved in music photography for a few years now, I’ve photographed the odd famous musician and a lot of not so famous […]

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Downtime.

February 20, 2013 by Phil Kneen Photography

I had so many plans for the last couple of weeks, I was going to work on ‘The Old Leather Chair’ project, get a load of shots done, but it was not to be. I’ve been struck down by some hideous virus which has rendered me completely immobile for the last two weeks, at least. I normally handle ‘downtime’ quite well, if it’s just a head cold I can still work and even when I slipped a disc in my […]

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February, already.

February 5, 2013 by Phil Kneen Photography

I can’t believe it’s February already, before we know it we’ll be wrapping Christmas presents again and drinking egg-nog…I’ve never actually tried egg-nog. I haven’t really shot much this year, so far, I’m preparing for my second project visit to Yellowknife in April. Most of what I’ve shot has been for my own personal amusement and experimentation. The shot above was the first photograph I took this year, it’s of my good friend, film producer and director, Richard Plumley. Richard […]

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Goodbye, 2012

December 23, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

…and goodbye, digital. Of all the shots I took in 2012, these are my favourites. Only the first two are digital, the rest are all taken on film – 35mm, medium format and Fuji Instax instant.

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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 […]

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Summertime blues.

March 25, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

It’s the first day of British summertime today, the clocks have gone an hour forward, robbing me of a precious 60 minutes of sleep and upsetting my delicate body-clock. I still don’t understand, at 42 years old, why we have to adjust the clocks back and forward every year?Anyway, it’s been summer on the Isle of Man for a few days now, which is lucky, because the passenger side window of my car has been jammed open for the past […]

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People/1:01

March 17, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

  I’ve never really had the patience for filmmaking, it’s something I’ve always been interested in, I’ve dipped my toe into it over the years, but stills photography always wins my attention. I’ve constantly been unable to focus my creative interest into two things at once, I suppose it’s a good and a bad thing? Over the past two or three weeks I’ve been a bit ‘static’ due to back problems, this has had the hidden bonus of allowing me […]

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This week…

February 4, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

This week I’ve been photographing musicians, mostly. Last Monday I had the band ‘3 Million‘ in the studio, they didn’t bat an eyelid when I told them I was going to bind them all together with cling-film for half an hour. I’ve seen these chaps play a couple of times, I recommend you do the same. On Wednesday I had a second session with the yet unnamed duo, Adam Jones and Geoff Tinkler. This pair are VERY photogenic! We started […]

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Rain stops play.

January 29, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

I’m going to be working with two very talented young musicians, Adam Jones and Geoff Tinkler, over the next couple of weeks. I had a brace of location shots planned for our first session, but biblical rain put pay to those plans. I think I actually saw Noahs Arc going past the studio at one point. We ended-up just doing some informal, naturally lit portrait shots. I think these chaps will go far on looks alone…you heard it here first. […]

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A Very Very Bad Man

January 29, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

I’ve taken a lot of photos of Simon Campbell, a LOT, but this is my favourite, thus far. Taken on a borrowed Mamiya RZ67 using Kodak T-Max 400 film. My questionable exposure on the day has produced a nice contrasty image, which I often strive for, but only ever seem to produce accidentally.

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