Medium Mono

June 19, 2017 by Phil Kneen Photography

I don’t shoot a lot of black and white film these days; I used to when I started out in photography, but that’s because it was cheaper. I believe to get the full effect of mono, you have to be willing to go the whole hog and develop and print your own work, and I simply don’t have the patience. I do, however, see the work of other photographers and it lures me back into shooting a few rolls of […]

Categories: film photography • Tags: black and white, delta 3200, Ilford HP5, mono, pentax 67

Courtney

June 13, 2017 by Phil Kneen Photography

All images were made using various film cameras – Nikon F100/50mm 1.4G, Fuji GA645 and Pentax 67/105mm 2.4. Film stock is Portra 400 at box speed in the medium formats, and a roll of 15 year expired Kodak Kodacolor Gold 200 in the Nikon.

Categories: film photography, Photography, woman • Tags: Fuji GA645, I shoot film, natural light, nikon 50mm 1.4G, nikon f100, pentax 67, woman

5840 Days

January 2, 2017 by Phil Kneen Photography

I can’t believe our daughter is Sixteen! Jess can now join the armed forces, invest in a cash ISA, move out of the family home (but if under 17, social services may apply for a care order), give consent to medical, dental and surgical treatment, be detained in police custody and get married. Jess, fortunately, has inherited most of her good points off her Mum, Helen, so she’s already pretty well sorted for life, although she did inherit my poor […]

Categories: film photography, Photography • Tags: 35mm, analogue, film, fuji, fuji instax mini, isle of man, japan, kodak, Olympus mju II, pentax 67, portrait

Fish & Chips

February 7, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

Photographer, musician, sculptor, writer, architect… if you create anything, you will have your champions and you will have your detractors – the people who applaud when you succeed, and the people who applaud when you fail. Whatever it is you conceive and produce, someone will always cast negativity all over it. I’m not talking about constructive criticism here, or even indifference – I’m referring to the people who, no matter how technically and aesthetically perfect you think your concept and […]

Categories: fashion, Photography • Tags: 400, film, I shoot film, kodak portra 800, model, out of date, pentax 67

Imperfect Symmetry

January 13, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

I remember my art teacher attempting to explain ‘The Rule of Thirds’ to me when I was about 14. When I got my first camera, I tried to follow this practice – placing the point of interest to one side of the frame… but I didn’t like any of the photographs, they just didn’t feel right. For a while I honestly believed that this rule, this Golden Section as it is known in the art world, was an actual real […]

Categories: film photography, Photography • Tags: 6x7cm, 6x9cm, film, fuji GW690III, I shoot film, kodak portra 400, pentax 67

This is my land…

January 13, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

Nothing in the Jungle is permanent… in fact, most of what you see in these photographs – taken less than a month ago – no longer exists. Over the last few weeks, officials in Calais have been fencing-off and ‘reclaiming’ large portions of the camp… in some cases to install ‘semi-permenant’ shelters with shipping containers, but in other areas the clearances are unexplained. I’m not necessarily saying that some of these relocations are a bad thing… human rights lawyers have […]

Categories: film photography, photojournalism • Tags: 35mm, calais, film, france, fuji natura 1600, kodak portra 400, migrants, nikon f100, Olympus mju II, pentax 67

An Ordinary Day

January 10, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

Christmas Day in the Jungle was pretty much as I’d expected, most of the people there are either Muslim or Orthodox Christians… Muslims don’t do Christmas, obviously, and the Orthodox Christians don’t celebrate it until the 7th January. So the 25th December was much like any other day, in fact the only real sign of the festive season was an English charity worker wearing a mince-pie jumper, a Santa hat, pushing a wheelbarrow… actually one of the few aid workers […]

Categories: photojournalism • Tags: calais, france, fuji superia 400, kodak portra 400, migrants, Olympus mju II, pentax 67, portrait, the jungle

Grande-Synthe

January 9, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

Grande-Synthe is being dubbed ‘The forgotten camp’ – I wasn’t prepared for what I saw there, not even remotely prepared…. The camp wasn’t where I’d expected it to be – we drove around the Dunkirk port area and scoured the outskirts of town before finally admitting defeat. We stopped for fuel, so while I was filling the van my assistant went into the petrol station to pay, seizing the opportunity to ask for directions. This smaller camp – home to […]

Categories: photojournalism • Tags: france, grande-synthe, kodak portra 400, migrants, olympus mju2, pentax 67, refugees

Interlude

January 7, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

Top to bottom – Olympus Mju II & Ilford HP5 (rated at 800) Pentax 67/105mm & Kodak Portra 400 (rated at 160) Nikon F100/50mm & Kodak Portra 400 Fuji Instax 300 & Instax Wide instant film FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK

Categories: Photography • Tags: black and white, film, I shoot film, Ilford HP5, Olympus mju II, pentax 67

The Cafe

January 1, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

Model – Lauren Anderson 1 – 3 Pentax 67, 105mm, Kodak Portra 400 4 Fuji GW690III, Kodak Portra 400 5-6 Nikon F100, 50mm 1.8, Kodak Portra 400 (accidentally under-exposed 2 stops)

Categories: fashion, film photography • Tags: film, fuji GW690III, kodak portra 400, nikon f100, pentax 67