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

Fudge Plaatjies

November 26, 2014 by Phil Kneen Photography

I had a great shoot this afternoon with model, Fudge Plaatjies. Undeniably stunning. The idea of today was to just meet Fudge and get a few test shots and see how she is in front of the camera. Well, she’s fantastic in front of the camera. Obviously. Thank you to The Regency Hotel in Douglas, Isle of Man, for letting us use their beautiful entrance hall. It’s not the first time I’ve just walked in off the street with a model, […]

Categories: fashion, Photography • Tags: beauty, colour, eyes, Fudge Plaatjies, hair, model, nikkor 35mm 1.4, nikon D800E, personal project, phil kneen, portrait, sea, skin, VSCO, VSCO FILM, water

Lip Gloss

November 12, 2014 by Phil Kneen Photography

Whenever I’m working with make-up artists, no matter what the model looks like, I always say the same thing when they ask my what look I want – “Keep it natural” is my stock answer. I’m not a fan of overly made-up women in everyday life, so I tend to prefer, given the choice, natural looking when I’m photographing them. If I’m photographing a beautiful woman on a windswept beach on the Isle of Man I don’t want her looking […]

Categories: fashion, Photography • Tags: beach, beauty, colour, Epson v700, face, fashion, film camera, film photography, fuji film, hair, I shoot film, isle of man, kodak portra 400, make-up, makeup, model, nikkor 35mm 1.4, nikon D800E, phil kneen, portrait, red, redhead, VSCO, VSCO FILM, woman

Bonzo

April 21, 2012 by Phil Kneen Photography

My new Epson V750 scanner arrived yesterday. The first thing I did was take to the negative carrier with a hacksaw and a file. These carriers are never quite big enough to scan full frame, so a bit of DIY is always required. This image of Bonzo was shot on a Mamiya 7II with 150mm lens using Kodak Tri-X rated at 800 ASA.

Categories: Photography • Tags: 6x7, art, black, black and white, bonzo, camera, epson v750, film, film camera, film photography, fine art, hair, I shoot film, inventive, isle of man, kodak, mamiya 7II, negative, Peak imaging, personal project, portrait, push process, tri-x, white