I don’t shoot weddings very often, but when I do, I shoot them on film. All images made using Nikon F100 and F4/50mm 1.4G and 28mm 1.8G and Kodak Portra 400 rated at 200. Developing and scanning by the very understanding and most excellent, CANADIAN FILM LAB
Categories: film photography, Photography • Tags: bride, kodak portra 400, nikon 28mm 1.8G, nikon 50mm 1.4G, nikon f100, nikon f4, wedding
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
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 couple of weeks ago I wrote about my struggles with a recently purchased Hasselblad; I think a few people saw it as, “A bad workman blaming his tools”. It wasn’t; I was merely stating that I was finding the transition after years of shooting in a rectangular ratio to then seeing and shooting images as a square, demanding. The square thing isn’t new to me; I used and shot several successful projects and individual images a few years ago […]
Categories: film photography, model, Photography • Tags: 501cm, 6x6cm, black and white, delta 3200, hasselblad, ilford, kodak portra 400, square
I have to confess; I came close to selling my Hasselblad last week. I got another batch of films back, and there were a lot of disappointingly mediocre shots, in my opinion. But then I looked again – I think to go from years of shooting in the rectangular ratio back to square has confused my compositional mind, and I’m just not used to seeing my images that way. So I’m going to persevere – I’ve set myself a challenge; […]
Categories: film photography, Photography • Tags: 501cm, film camera, hasselblad, I shoot film, isle of man, kodak, kodak portra 400, negative, personal project, portrait, square
My yearly review got a bit delayed this year, I’ve had it ready to go for about three weeks, but the included images have changed on an almost daily basis. For the first time, all the images were shot on film – I’ve returned to using analogue, almost exclusively, for all of my personal work. I’m currently working on the final project for a Master’s degree in photojournalism and documentary photography, so I’ve shot very little in the way of […]
Categories: film photography, Photography • Tags: 6x6, 6x7, film, film camera, film photography, fine art, fuji pro 400H, isle of man, kodak portra 400, Olympus mju II, peel, personal project, phil kneen, portrait
I remember, years ago, falling asleep on the sofa whilst listening to a Travis CD, ‘The Man who’. I must have gone-off around about the end of ‘She’s so strange’, what followed seemed to be an eternity of silence, then the secret track kicked in – well I nearly soiled my pants – I’d listened to this CD dozens of times and had no idea there was a secret track. I never listened to it again after that, I was […]
Categories: film photography, Photography, travel • Tags: fuji 400H, japan, kodak portra 160, kodak portra 400, nikon 28mm 1.8G, nikon 50mm 1.4G, nikon f100, tokyo, UK Film Lab
I made these images of Sophia and Abi and few weeks ago, all shot on 35mm film. The day after I sent the package of undeveloped celluloid off to Spain my life took yet another painful emotional nose-dive. I haven’t really taken any photographs since. My lack of portraiture activity has not gone unnoticed… People often ask me what the secret is behind a good portrait, how does anyone with a camera and a person in front of it transcend […]
Categories: film photography, Photography • Tags: film, film is not dead, fuji natura 1600, kodak portra 400, model, nikon 50mm 1.4G, nikon f100, woman
“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
The last 35mm camera I used before selling-up and switching to digital, around the time of the Millennium, was the Nikon F100. In fact, I had two – the rugged bodies had that weighty feel that oozed quality and reliability. I’ve always missed that reassuring gravitas that even today’s flagship digital models seem to lack… so when a friend of a friend offered me, out of the blue, a mint condition Nikon F100, I couldn’t say no. The F100 arrived […]
Categories: film photography, Photography • Tags: domke, film photography, fuji natura 1600, I shoot film, kodak portra 400, lens, nikon 50mm 1.4G, nikon f100, portrait, shoot film not megapixels, standard
