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February 2, 2017 by Phil Kneen Photography

I’m not sure what’s going on over in Japan at the Fuji factory, but they seemed to be putting all their efforts into the production and sale of Instax instant film. I’ve shot a lot of this emulsion, firstly with the wide, but most recently with the Mini version, which I actually prefer; the colours and tones are perfect for portraits, IMHO. When Fuji finally release the square instant film, which I’m guessing will be the same size as the […]

Categories: fashion, film photography, Photography • Tags: analogue, blonde, fuji, fuji instax mini, I shoot film, instant film, instant gratification, instax, Instax mini 90, model, polaroid

Ebony and Ivory

November 19, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

I ordered four boxes of the new Fuji Instax Mini Monochrome from Amazon, but for some reason, they only sent me one? I loaded the cassette into my Neo Classic, and me being me, burnt the entire ten sheets within half an hour – so, I hope Amazon have more of this instant film on the way because I like it. A lot. I’ve looked forward to the release of this film, the only other black and white instant film […]

Categories: film photography, Photography • Tags: black and white, fuji instax mini, install monochrome, instant film, instant gratification, model, nude, polaroid

Sideways

October 30, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

I hate waiting; I mean I’m extremely impatient, which is a distinct disadvantage when you’re an analogue photographer. I’m sending my films to be developed and scanned in Russia at the moment, at Lighthouse Film Lab in Novosibirsk – I had to Google it to find out where it is, precisely – in the middle of the continent, just north of Kazakstan and Mongolia, is where. Packages sent from my home on the Isle of Man can take three days […]

Categories: film photography • Tags: analogue, fuji instax mini, instant film, instant gratification, polaroid

Instax Gratification

December 8, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

Although my adoration for instant film comes in waves, my love for it will never die. At the moment I’m surfing a tsunami of infatuation for Fuji Instax, the only truly instant film still available. Obviously, I’m aware of the existence of other ‘instant’ emulsions – but peel apart is hardly accessible to the masses, and the glacial rate at which Impossible Project’s Polaroid replacement develops can hardly place any of its films in the ‘instant’ category. I’ve been using […]

Categories: fashion, Photography • Tags: fuji instax, fuji instax wide, girls, instant film, instant gratification, lucky13, polaroid, The Caff

Shake it like a Polaroid picture…

June 5, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

I sent a batch of films off to be developed in Germany about three weeks ago – they were supposed to be developed and scanned, the negatives hermetically stored and the high-resolution files emailed back to me, all within 10 working days. This has not been the case. This isn’t the kind of tardy, lacklustre performance I’d expect from our super-efficient Euro-neighbours, but then I realised that half the population of Germany are here on the Isle of Man, watching […]

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Instant Gratification #2

May 30, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

A new toy arrived yesterday – the Fuji Instax Wide 300. I’ve used an older incarnation of this camera over the last few years, the 210. I think the underwear in both models is basically the same, however the outer garments are quite different. Fuji have given the 300 a retro, rangefinder look, which is actually quite pleasing to the eye. I find the 300 slightly easier to use too, the mechanism to change the two focus distances is on […]

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Instant Hit

December 27, 2014 by Phil Kneen Photography

I’ve no idea how they make instant film at the Impossible Project Polaroid factory over in Holland, and to be honest, I don’t think they do either. Over the last year I’ve shot maybe 30 boxes of their Color 600 instant film, I don’t think one box has given me the same results as the next, or the one before it, ever. I’m not sure if there’s any correlation between output consistency and the fact that the factory is based […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 600af, art, black and white, camera, color 600, colour, Epson v700, film, film camera, film photography, fine art, I shoot film, Impossible Project, instant film, instant gratification, isle of man, personal project, phil kneen, polaroid, portrait

Shoot. Raw.

August 30, 2014 by Phil Kneen Photography

Anyone who knows me will know that I like cameras; but not in an obsessive, collecting way, I just don’t like to get stagnant by using the same equipment all the time. Having said that, for commercial work I am pretty much set in my ways, I know what I like and know I like the Nikon D800E and 35mm 1.4G combo’. For personal work, it’s different – I’ve got a couple of compact 35mm film cameras on the go […]

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Instant Gratification?

January 31, 2014 by Phil Kneen Photography

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been experimenting with Impossible Project instant film, I’ve shot a few boxes of the new colour version, and I have to say it was love at first sight. The whole look, the weird hues and colour casts are everything I’d expected. I’ve ordered a few more boxes of the colour version – we’re going steady. Now then, the black and white type…I’m not so sure, I certainly didn’t rush out and buy an […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 600, art, black and white, Epson v700, film photography, fine art, Impossible Project, instant film, instant gratification, mono, personal project, phil kneen, polaroid, Polaroid 600AF, portrait

Don’t fake it.

January 29, 2014 by Phil Kneen Photography

First of all, I’ve had a few comments about the new format and layout of this blog, it seems that people miss the old Gridspace theme because “It looked less like a blog and more like a website”…but that’s what this is – a blog, a dumping-ground for my photographic meanderings and thoughts. I do have a dedicated portfolio website in the pipeline, so if you just want to look at photographs without my ramblings, it’ll be up and running […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: art, colour, digital, Epson v700, film, film photography, fine art, fuji film, fuji instax 200, fuji instax wide, I shoot film, instant gratification, isle of man, Peak imaging, portrait