I'm a creative technical sort of person, which has led me into photography as well as music recording, production and performance.

 

I'm really into landscapes, working on planning for the right light, getting foreground interest, exposure and composition.

 

I like creating gentle B&W portraits. I experiment with 'strobist' style off-camera flash.

 

I shoot film - 35mm, 6x6 120 (medium format) and 4 x 5 inch (large format). I love film because of the affordability of medium and large format film cameras (proper pro stuff for the price of a digital compact). I don't take hundreds of photos at one time, I like to take time and care over each shot, so film suits me.

 

***NEWSFLASH***

 

I've finally bitten the bullet and purchased a digital camera, a Sony SLT A77. I'm not planning to abandon film, at least not medium and large format, but needed a digital camera to kick me into taking more photos than the handful a year I was managing with film. Especially as I'm a dad now! Florian Antonio Neighbour was born November 2012 and I'm trying not to spam Flickr with too many baby photos! UPDATE: Amélie Ivy Neighbour was born on Christmas Day 2014 so life is a bit busy at the moment!

 

The A77 seems to continue the tradition of the Minolta Dynax 7 in that it is a true photograper's camera with great ergonomics and features. I'm happy with it!

 

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I do process my own film. I print B&W traditionally and I develop and scan colour negative film. It is very rewarding to do film photography without relying on a lab!

 

For gear see my tags.

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  • JoinedMarch 2005
  • OccupationSenior Electronic Hardware Engineeer
  • HometownLincoln
  • Current cityLausanne
  • CountrySwitzerland

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I added Mattneighbour after meeting him at the first UK wide flickrmeet at York, and then met him again in Nottingham for another random flickrmeet. He's a great guy with some deep knowledge into the analogue side of photography. In fact, whenever I see someone doing something semi-interesting with film I tell them, "y… Read more

I added Mattneighbour after meeting him at the first UK wide flickrmeet at York, and then met him again in Nottingham for another random flickrmeet. He's a great guy with some deep knowledge into the analogue side of photography. In fact, whenever I see someone doing something semi-interesting with film I tell them, "you'll end up like mattneighbour" (Who? they say...) then I look at matt's flickrstream and rethink that again and take it back. They can't even hold a candle to the man!

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November 20, 2008
Andrew Dyer says:

As well as being a good friend, Matt is also a great source of ideas and constructive criticism. His influence is certainly behind all of what I consider to be my better photos since I have got to know him. The particular skill he has, which impresses me the most, is his ability to see a great photo in a scene that I w… Read more

As well as being a good friend, Matt is also a great source of ideas and constructive criticism. His influence is certainly behind all of what I consider to be my better photos since I have got to know him. The particular skill he has, which impresses me the most, is his ability to see a great photo in a scene that I will often fail to see anything of particular interest. His compositions are also technically outstanding and it is from him I have learnt most of what I know about this important aspect of photography.

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August 13, 2006