Jarrod Dickenson

February 17, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

“Storytelling is something of a Texas tradition. Tall hats and even taller tales are woven into the fabric of The Lone Star State, and singer-songwriter, Jarrod Dickenson can spin a yarn with the best of them. Hailing from Waco, now based in Brooklyn, Dickenson spends most of his time on the road bringing his own particular brand of soulful americana to a wide variety of music loving audiences around the globe” All images made with Nikon F100, 28mm and 50mm […]

Categories: Music, Photography • Tags: 1600, 35mm film, film photography, I shoot film, isle of man, jarrod dickenson, kodak portra 400, nikon 28mm 1.8G, nikon 50mm 1.4G, portrait

In an Instant

February 14, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

Anyone who follows my blog regularly will know that I’m a huge fan of the acute gratification derived from instant film, whatever its form. I like Impossible Project’s reincarnation of Polaroid, but it’s expensive for what it is: troublesome and unpredictable. I do like the slight element of surprise inherent in any type of analogue film, but the least I expect is a vaguely well exposed image from most lighting conditions – and this isn’t always the case when shooting […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: analogue, fuji instax wide, I shoot film, instant film, instax, isle of man, model, polaroid, shoot film not megapixels, wide 300, woman

Oz

October 23, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

When things turn to shit, there really is no place like home. After a string of pitfalls toward the end of the first month of my European road trip, I’ve decided to return to my home on the Isle of Man, just for a couple of weeks, to level-out. I feel like a kids jigsaw that’s been put together, but with all the pieces in the wrong place. I need to reassemble that jigsaw! Contrary to what a lot of […]

Categories: Photography, photojournalism, travel • Tags: analogue, calais, colour, film, film camera, film photography, fine art, france, fuji GW690III, I shoot film, isle of man, kodak portra 400, kodak portra 800, men 6x9cm, migrants, phil kneen, portra 160, portraits, road trip, spain, the jungle, travel

Baggage Allowance

August 10, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

When I was a kid my parents never used to tell me I was going on holiday… I’d just become over-excited and unbearable for the days or weeks before departure. I remember, on several occasions, getting home from infant school and being asked if I’d had a wee and a poo – then being bundled into the back of the family VW Beetle, falling asleep almost immediately and waking-up, hours later, in a campsite in Scotland or North Wales, or […]

Categories: film photography, Photography, photojournalism • Tags: 160nc, 6x6, 6x7, 80mm, art, black and white, canada, colour, Epson v700, film camera, film photography, fine art, fuji film, fuji pro 400H, Holga panoramic 6x12cm, I shoot film, isle of man, kodak portra 400, mamiya 7II, negative, personal project, phil kneen, portra 160, portrait, UK Film Lab, yellowknife

Oh… Canada

August 3, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

As is fairly normal in my life, plans have changed – this September I was supposed to be going to France to shoot a project on the Atlantic coast, documenting migrant surfers for three months… however, I’ve changed my mind, I’m now going to Canada to finish a long-term project I’ve been working on for about four years now. This decision mainly comes down to money – last time I was in Canada I got $1.2 for my £1 Sterling, […]

Categories: film photography, Photography, photojournalism • Tags: 6x4.5cm, black and white, camera, canada, colour, Epson v700, film, film camera, film photography, fine art, fuji film, fuji GW690III, fuji instax 200, fuji pro 400H, I shoot film, isle of man, kodak, kodak portra 400, negative, personal project, phil kneen, portra 160, portrait, road trip, yellowknife

Look into my eyes…

July 10, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

Categories: eyes, fashion, Photography, woman • Tags: 6x6, 6x7, black and white, camera, colour, digital, film, film camera, film photography, fuji film, fuji instax 200, fuji pro 400H, fuji X-pro1, I shoot film, isle of man, kodak, kodak portra 400, mamiya 645 pro tl, mamiya 7II, negative, nikkor 35mm 1.4, nikon D800E, Olympus mju II, Peak imaging, peel, personal project, phil kneen, portra 160, portrait, Simon Campbell, VSCO, VSCO FILM

“It’s not the camera…”

June 22, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

“It’s not the camera that makes the photograph, it’s the photographer” – or is it? I recently read an article in The British Journal of Photography… it was an interview with Magnum photojournalist, Raymond Depardon. The veteran French photographer – now in his early 70s – was asked, “What are your fears now?” His answer surprised me, considering he is rated as an A-lister in the world of photography… but, at the same time, I totally related to it. “As […]

Categories: model, Photography, photojournalism • Tags: 6x6, 6x7, 80mm, art, black and white, camera, colour, digital, Epson v700, film camera, film photography, fuji film, fuji GW690III, fuji instax 200, fuji pro 400H, fuji X-pro1, I shoot film, instant film, isle of man, kodak, kodak portra 400, mamiya 645 pro tl, mamiya 7II, negative, nikkor 35mm 1.4, nikon D800E, Olympus mju II, peel, personal project, phil kneen, portra 160, portrait, VSCO, VSCO FILM

The Wall

June 19, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

I like walls… I don’t know what else to say about that really? Walls are great for holding roofs up and putting doors and windows in, but on a more personal level, I like walls because they make great backdrops for portraits. Walls also prevent my subjects from running away in the opposite direction. Technical info – (top to bottom) – Fuji GW690III/Kodak Portra 400 Polaroid 600/IP Color 600 Pentax LX/50mm 1.2/Agfa Vista 200 Nikon D800E/35mm 1.4 Fuji GW690/Kodak Portra […]

Categories: Music, Photography • Tags: camera, colour, Epson v700, film camera, film photography, fuji film, fuji GW690III, fuji instax 200, fuji pro 400H, I shoot film, inventive, isle of man, kodak portra 400, mamiya 645 pro tl, mamiya 7II, negative, nikkor 35mm 1.4, nikon D800E, Peak imaging, personal project, phil kneen, portra 160, portrait, Simon Campbell, VSCO, VSCO FILM

The Eye of The Beholder

June 18, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

I entered a photography competition once – the NME Music Photographer of the Year Awards 2011. My six submitted images of The Vaccines, The Charlatans frontman, Tim Burgess, and the Japanese Acid Punk band, Bo Ningen secured me a second place out of over two hundred entries in the professional category. That was the first photography competition I’ve ever entered – I was more than happy with the runner-up position as I’d only entered because a musician friend told me […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: colour, film, film camera, film photography, fine art, fuji film, fuji GW690III, fuji pro 400H, I shoot film, isle of man, kodak, kodak portra 400, negative, personal project, phil kneen, portra 160, portrait

“Pourrais-je vous prendre en photo , s’il vous plaît ?”

June 11, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

I had a couple of short/medium-term projects planned for this year – however, due to a few personal issues I’ve been unable to concentrate on them. Consequently, they’ve been either put on hold, or cancelled altogether. Photography projects are no different to any other creative venture, such as filmmaking, writing a novel or making an album… some ideas take-off, others don’t. This September I’m going to be heading down to south-west France, to the coastline that runs almost dead-straight from […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 6x7, 6x9cm, colour, film, film camera, film photography, fine art, france, fuji film, fuji GW690III, fuji pro 400H, I shoot film, isle of man, kodak, kodak portra 400, Lacanau Océan, mamiya 7II, personal project, phil kneen, portra 160, portrait, surf, surfers