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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.
Photos of mattneighbour (27)
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Contacts (109)
Groups (50)
- Large Format Color 867 photos, 123 members
- Darkroom black and white prints (NO neg scans) 1,512 photos, 141 members
- Old York film photography group 117 photos, 15 members
- Historic Places of Worship 414 photos, 41 members
- Large Format - Big Scans Only 1,734 photos, 230 members
- I Shoot Kodak Film 271,561 photos, 10,801 members
- Strobist: Norwich & Norfolk 298 photos, 66 members
- Mass Photo Gathering 2,050 photos, 175 members
- Photos with no awards, graphics or comment codes 7,169 photos, 162 members
- Yorkshire Sunrise & Sunset 714 photos, 78 members
- Strobist on film 262 photos, 110 members
- piers, boardwalks & any thing else sea side 109,270 photos, 9,374 members
- This Is Cambridgeshire 2,534 photos, 182 members
- Dodge and Burn 1,507 photos, 167 members
- Kodak Ektar 100 29,365 photos, 3,151 members
- Tilt Shift 19,809 photos, 3,401 members
- Flickr Classique *Invited Images ONLY* Post 1 Award 3. 13,656 photos, 4,108 members
- Express yourself / Post 1 - Comment on 3 40,029 photos, 3,979 members
- 6x6. 148,667 photos, 4,612 members
- Monochromatic Visions 19,356 photos, 1,838 members
- Cathedrals UK (see new rules) 19,384 photos, 2,351 members
- The Wet Darkroom 8,380 photos, 756 members
- London 586,016 photos, 28,932 members
- Mamiya C330 14,123 photos, 1,366 members
- art of landscape 1,999 photos, 13,739 members
- 6x9 Photography 9,470 photos, 911 members
- Whatever the weather 215,128 photos, 15,015 members
- "UK Fine Art Landscape Photography" (Invited) 5,216 photos, 319 members
- Biogon 8,911 photos, 490 members
- Film Swap/Trade 254 photos, 146 members
- Outer Hebrides 8,283 photos, 578 members
- Isle of Lewis & Harris 10,278 photos, 534 members
- Decisive Moment 71,837 photos, 16,801 members
- 100 + Viewed Natural Landscapes (add1, com.1) Break Rules = Ban 20,013 photos, 3,212 members
- Provia (400X/RXP/RDPIII/RHPIII) 5,483 photos, 1,051 members
- Rhodes 4,412 photos, 494 members
- Swiss Mountains 7,116 photos, 676 members
- Lindos 423 photos, 97 members
- Church of Photography in Yorkshire [CoPY] 78 photos, 61 members
- Eventi da fotografare - Events to be photographed 16,128 photos, 3,301 members
- Do It Yourself Color (Film ONLY) 24,672 photos, 1,720 members
- Sekonic Light Meter 2,682 photos, 858 members
- Fire UK 12,769 photos, 375 members
- Quantum flash equipment 608 photos, 192 members
- East Anglia 42,707 photos, 785 members
- Cambridge by night 1,697 photos, 303 members
- Available Light / Existing Light 369,036 photos, 12,652 members
- Natural Illumination 108,169 photos, 5,387 members
- Do It Yourself Black & White 207,825 photos, 8,341 members
- B&W film / developer combinations 52,015 photos, 3,812 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