Thank you to Metro Imaging, J&A Cafe, Ritchie Culver, Charlotte Hall and all the faces that came down. I was touched by the support and it was so good to see so many friends x
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if your in London J&A is so nice, food and drink is lush. Pop down and see my work too !
…modelled by my little bro and birthday boy Charlie B !
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A LOT of water has gone under the bridge since I last posted anything on here or any other blog for that matter !
It wasn’t until I bumped into my friend from ChangeFashion down at LN-CC the other day that I had realised just how long it had been. Over 2 months !
I use and enjoy blogging to vent whats going on in my life (mostly professional) but things have been so so busy at work and at home over the last few months I simply haven’t had the time, brain space, energy or even material to put up ! I never blog for bloggings sake so instead I have just waited and got on with getting on…….
Instead of boring you with a long update, as a photographer I think its best I update visually…..
The last three months in images go something like this !
on the train with SHITE internet……more to come soon….
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Every now and then as a photographer you recieve some positive support/feedback on your work that really makes all the doubting/hair pulling out/frustrating moments worth while…..This such thing happened recently when Nancy from Nearness of Distance talked about my work. Im so happy when others enjoy my images, Nancy is a great belivers in analogue photography and the use of film over digital….so much so she has set up another blog Get It On The Neg !
Nancy asked me to select my favourite image and emailed some question’s over to me about my work…………
1) What camera do you use?
I own a whole bunch of cameras and I’m always interested in seeing what effect each one gives me. 35mm I shoot lomo LCA+, Yashica T4, Mamiya 500tl and Im excited to start using a minox 35 I was given as a gift. 120mm I have a Holga, a Mamiya RB 67 and my most regularly used camera a Bronica 6×4.5. If I’m honest I didn’t really fall in love with photography truly until my 3rd year at LCF when I began my final major project photographing ‘Golfers’. As the subject matter was so traditional I thought it only right I shot on 120 film. I hired a Bronica from college and shot the whole project on this, at first I couldn’t even load the film that well ! As soon as I began to take in and collect films, see the contact sheets, THAT WAS IT ! I haven’t looked back since ! Therefore this camera was essentially my first camera, it taught me how I take photographs. After I left college my lovely girlfriend bought me an exact replacement for my birthday.
2) What is your favourite filmstock?
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Cherry, 2009
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