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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 getting 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 never made the transition to digital, partly due to Minolta lagging behind (my 35mm is a Minolta) and partly 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. I could not afford the huge capital outlay required for a digital camera that would give similar quality to the film cameras I have.
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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Contacts (109)
Groups (50)
- Large Format Color 716 photos, 100 members
- Darkroom black and white prints (NO neg scans) 1,367 photos, 137 members
- Old York film photography group 109 photos, 15 members
- Historic Places of Worship 393 photos, 41 members
- Large Format - Big Scans Only 1,655 photos, 222 members
- I Shoot Kodak Film 261,673 photos, 10,509 members
- Strobist: Norwich & Norfolk 293 photos, 63 members
- Mass Photo Gathering 2,050 photos, 175 members
- Photos with no awards, graphics or comment codes 7,577 photos, 162 members
- Yorkshire Sunrise & Sunset 659 photos, 76 members
- Strobist on film 251 photos, 109 members
- piers, boardwalks & any thing else sea side 107,525 photos, 9,312 members
- This Is Cambridgeshire 2,437 photos, 179 members
- Dodge and Burn 1,503 photos, 165 members
- Kodak Ektar 100 28,242 photos, 3,023 members
- Tilt Shift 19,396 photos, 3,348 members
- Flickr Classique *Invited Images ONLY* Post 1 Award 3. 13,551 photos, 4,109 members
- Express yourself / Post 1 - Comment on 3 39,531 photos, 3,959 members
- 6x6. 143,987 photos, 4,431 members
- Monochromatic Visions 18,876 photos, 1,831 members
- Cathedrals UK (see new rules) 18,966 photos, 2,322 members
- The Wet Darkroom 8,202 photos, 751 members
- London 575,604 photos, 28,576 members
- Mamiya C330 13,767 photos, 1,323 members
- art of landscape 1,993 photos, 13,666 members
- 6x9 Photography 9,234 photos, 896 members
- Whatever the weather 209,404 photos, 14,818 members
- "UK Fine Art Landscape Photography" (Invited) 4,956 photos, 314 members
- Biogon 8,753 photos, 487 members
- Film Swap/Trade 250 photos, 144 members
- Outer Hebrides 8,178 photos, 573 members
- Isle of Lewis & Harris 10,226 photos, 529 members
- Decisive Moment 71,292 photos, 16,624 members
- 100 + Viewed Natural Landscapes (add1, com.1) Break Rules = Ban 19,800 photos, 3,220 members
- Provia (400X/RXP/RDPIII/RHPIII) 5,309 photos, 1,036 members
- Rhodes 4,368 photos, 490 members
- Swiss Mountains 7,020 photos, 666 members
- Lindos 421 photos, 97 members
- Church of Photography in Yorkshire [CoPY] 78 photos, 61 members
- Eventi da fotografare - Events to be photographed 16,134 photos, 3,304 members
- Do It Yourself Color (Film ONLY) 23,717 photos, 1,681 members
- Sekonic Light Meter 2,709 photos, 854 members
- Fire UK 12,290 photos, 371 members
- Quantum flash equipment 583 photos, 187 members
- East Anglia 41,941 photos, 771 members
- Cambridge by night 1,649 photos, 300 members
- Available Light / Existing Light 357,948 photos, 12,425 members
- Natural Illumination 106,241 photos, 5,327 members
- Do It Yourself Black & White 202,961 photos, 8,262 members
- B&W film / developer combinations 51,310 photos, 3,783 members
Testimonials (2)
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Hitesh - delete me this is an old account says:
"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!"
20th November, 2008
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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 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."
13th August, 2006
- Name:
- Matt Neighbour
- Joined:
- March 2005
- Hometown:
- Lincoln
- Currently:
- Downham Market, UK
- I am:
- Male and Taken
- Occupation:
- Product Evaluation Engineer
- Website:
- My Portfolio