Girls On Film

May 9, 2017 by Phil Kneen Photography

All images of Megan and Laura were made using various cameras and either Kodak Portra 400 or Fuji Superia 400 film. The fourth image down was shot on 120 medium format film, I then accidentally left the roll in direct window light for a couple of days, which is why the frame numbers have imprinted through the backing paper and onto the negative.

Categories: film photography, Photography, woman • Tags: 35mm, Fuji GA645, fuji superia 400, I shoot film, kodak portra 400, lovers, medium format, nikon f100, nikon f4, shower

Emotionally Unavailable.

May 1, 2017 by Phil Kneen Photography

I get quite a lot of people say to me that we should meet up for a shoot next time in wherever it is they live or that they’ll book me for a shoot if they’re ever on the Isle of Man. But it seldom happens, so I was surprised and delighted when Laura contacted me to say that she was visiting the Island with her partner, Megan, and they wanted to do a shoot with me. Laura and Megan, […]

Categories: film photography, woman • Tags: 35mm, canadian film lab, fuji superia 400, lesbian, LGBT, nikon 28mm 1.8G

An early morning with Matt Creer

April 20, 2017 by Phil Kneen Photography

For the second time in about three years, I’ve been working with Matt Creer, shooting the artwork for his latest album. I liked the photographs we made in back then, which I shot on digital. However, we are both in agreement that these recent images, shot on film, unquestionably have a depth and an almost fourth dimension that the 2014 shots lacked. Photo sessions with Matt are always enjoyable, despite the odd 5am start; in a city, this wouldn’t represent […]

Categories: film photography, Music, Photography • Tags: 35mm, 6x7, canadian film lab, film photography, fuji superia 400, kodak portra 400, Matt Creer, portrait

A little bit X-TRA

February 23, 2017 by Phil Kneen Photography

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been having a bit of a photography documentary feast; have a search around Amazon Prime and Netflix, and you’ll find loads. Last night I watched, ‘Time Zero: The Last Year of Polaroid Film’; the movie documents the…well, the clue’s in the title. I don’t want to give away the plot, but it’s a bit like any movie about the Titanic – it always hits an iceberg and sinks at the end. Polaroid sails […]

Categories: film photography, Photography • Tags: 35mm, colour, film, film camera, film photography, fuji film, fuji superia 400, personal project, portrait

Just make it up.

January 25, 2017 by Phil Kneen Photography

My two primary fields as a photographer are portraiture and photojournalism; a lot of my images are straight, natural, environmental portraits, such as those I shot in the migrant camps of northern France and for my project last year in Spain. Other times I get an idea into my head as to how I’d like someone to look or a situation I’d like a person to inhabit. However, that person or place may not be available, or even exist. For […]

Categories: film photography, photojournalism • Tags: film camera, film photography, fine art, fuji film, fuji superia 400, makeup, negative, nikkor 35mm 1.4, Olympus mju II, personal project, portrait

Jessica

August 29, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

In the 15 years since Jessica was born, I must have taken thousands of photographs of her; she’s now at the point where, most of the time, she doesn’t know, or care, that I’m taking her picture. When my daughter is aware, I’m photographing her, such as here, she has the most amazing sultry, ‘resting bitch face’ look; she can even raise one eyebrow when provoked, just like her Mum. This shoot was actually ‘commissioned’ by Jessica herself. Makeup and […]

Categories: fashion, film photography, Photography • Tags: fashion, fuji natura 1600, fuji superia 400, hair, Kimberley Berridge Make-up, makeup, model, nikon 50mm 1.4G, nikon f100

Number 4

August 28, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

All images made using an Olympus MjuII compact film camera. The film used is Fuji Superia 400 and Natura 1600. Phil Kneen on – Instagram

Categories: film photography, Photography, photojournalism • Tags: 35mm, analogue, film, fuji superia 400, Olympus mju II

The things I saw (Liverpool) #3

August 22, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

More visual meanderings from a recent trip to Liverpool with my good chum and fellow analogue photographer, Ed Riley. I gave another good friend a 35mm film camera the other day to have a play with – Hannah, a very keen photographer, has only ever made images using her iPhone, but has been interested in using film for a while now. There were a lot of questions asked about the technical side of analogue photography, but I told Hannah that […]

Categories: film photography, Photography, photojournalism • Tags: 35mm, film, fuji superia 400, I shoot film, liverpool, merseyside, olympus mju2

Hannah

June 2, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

I made these photographs with the very beautiful Hannah less than three weeks ago, yet for some reason it seems likes months ago? I did the whole shoot on film, which can cause ‘issues’ because it’s quite ‘revealing’, showing-up every flaw and imperfection – fortunately, Hannah doesn’t appear to have any flaws or imperfections, probably down to her regular pole-dancing and healthy eating (according to her Instagram account) All images were made using a Nikon F100 and 50mm 1.4G (1,3,5,6) […]

Categories: film photography, Photography • Tags: blonde, fuji superia 400, model, nikon 50mm 1.4G, nikon f100, nude, UK Film Lab

Norway Bonus Track

May 25, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

After every trip I go on, and shoot loads of film, there’s always at least one camera that still has half a roll in when I get back. So, it’s left for a week or two, then I finish the roll as part of another shoot and send the films off. Every time I get the scans back and I have a rush of excitement because there’s a handful of images I’d totally forgotten about – another of the many […]

Categories: film photography, Photography, travel • Tags: camper van, fuji superia 400, norway, Olympus mju II, road trip, sweden, vanlife