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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