The Welsh Streets

March 23, 2017 by Phil Kneen Photography

When Richard told me that we were doing a photo-shoot in the Welsh Streets, I got a wave of nostalgic excitement; I haven’t been to Wales for years. In the space of thirty seconds I had the entire trip planned in my head – leave Liverpool early, stop at for breakfast at the greasy-spoon food trailer on the A55, just south of Chester, for a full English breakfast in a bap and a pint of tea and then be in […]

Categories: film photography, Music, Photography • Tags: Daisy Gill, Fuji GA645, liverpool, music, nikon f4, Richard Plumley, They're coming to get to Barbara

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

The things I saw (Liverpool) #1

August 15, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

I like to think I have a pretty good built-in compass, an organic GPS that usually get’s me to where I’m supposed to be without too much hassle or head scratching. Unfortunately, this Magellan like homing skill goes out of the window with every visit to Liverpool – and I’ve spent a lot of time in the city. A couple of years ago, I left a party in Toxteth; it was 6 am, I’d lost my phone, and I was […]

Categories: film photography, Photography • Tags: analogue, film, liverpool, Olympus mju II

Liverpool L8

September 29, 2014 by Phil Kneen Photography

“I’m being slowing drawn back into the seedy underbelly that is live music photography…” This weekend I’ve been in Liverpool, combining business with pleasure. My original plan was to just hang-out, see friends and visit pubs, but on Friday night I ended-up in Psych Fest, an annual music festival held down on the dock road near the now closed Cains brewery. I only photographed one band, and that was JIBÓIA (below) who I think are from Portugal, wherever they’re from […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: dog, JIBÓIA, liverpool, nikkor 35mm 1.4, nikon D610, nikon D800E, personal project, phil kneen, portrait, Psych Fest 2014, The Baltic States

Helen Morrison

March 16, 2014 by Phil Kneen Photography

I was in Liverpool this week to photograph musician, Helen Morrison, a shoot that I’ve been meaning to do for months, a shoot that I thought wasn’t going to happen as we sat on the runway of Ronaldsway Airport for an hour, fog-bound. The fog had lifted by the time my taxi dropped me at Helen’s flat in Cornhill and the light was perfect for location shooting – bright but overcast. I had a particular image in mind, using the […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 35mm, colour, Helen, helen morrison, isle of man, liverpool, music, nikkor 35mm 1.4, nikon D800E, personal project, phil kneen, portrait, Ronaldsway Airport, VSCO, VSCO FILM

The Wretched Pearls

June 10, 2013 by Phil Kneen Photography

“Heralding from the majestic Nordic seas to the murkier British waters, The Wretched Pearls is an explosion of genre-bending artistry consisting of four good-looking women folk and two strapping lads. Leaping and dancing around on stage in extravagant white garments, they command the crowd with their epic sounds and infectious energy.  Through their overwhelming waves of emotion, The Wretched Pearls will take you from the depths of sadness to the highs of euphoria while forcing you into a state of […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: band, band photography, liverpool, music, portrait, The Wretched Pearls, water