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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 816 photos, 116 members
- Darkroom black and white prints (NO neg scans) 1,459 photos, 139 members
- Old York film photography group 116 photos, 15 members
- Historic Places of Worship 407 photos, 41 members
- Large Format - Big Scans Only 1,703 photos, 225 members
- I Shoot Kodak Film 268,614 photos, 10,686 members
- Strobist: Norwich & Norfolk 295 photos, 65 members
- Mass Photo Gathering 2,050 photos, 175 members
- Photos with no awards, graphics or comment codes 6,718 photos, 162 members
- Yorkshire Sunrise & Sunset 690 photos, 78 members
- Strobist on film 260 photos, 110 members
- piers, boardwalks & any thing else sea side 108,581 photos, 9,344 members
- This Is Cambridgeshire 2,518 photos, 182 members
- Dodge and Burn 1,506 photos, 167 members
- Kodak Ektar 100 29,055 photos, 3,109 members
- Tilt Shift 19,699 photos, 3,390 members
- Flickr Classique *Invited Images ONLY* Post 1 Award 3. 13,620 photos, 4,108 members
- Express yourself / Post 1 - Comment on 3 39,785 photos, 3,972 members
- 6x6. 147,089 photos, 4,546 members
- Monochromatic Visions 19,215 photos, 1,837 members
- Cathedrals UK (see new rules) 19,290 photos, 2,343 members
- The Wet Darkroom 8,375 photos, 756 members
- London 582,053 photos, 28,803 members
- Mamiya C330 14,121 photos, 1,346 members
- art of landscape 2,001 photos, 13,707 members
- 6x9 Photography 9,427 photos, 907 members
- Whatever the weather 213,325 photos, 14,941 members
- "UK Fine Art Landscape Photography" (Invited) 5,116 photos, 319 members
- Biogon 8,858 photos, 489 members
- Film Swap/Trade 250 photos, 146 members
- Outer Hebrides 8,234 photos, 576 members
- Isle of Lewis & Harris 10,236 photos, 532 members
- Decisive Moment 71,508 photos, 16,755 members
- 100 + Viewed Natural Landscapes (add1, com.1) Break Rules = Ban 19,930 photos, 3,209 members
- Provia (400X/RXP/RDPIII/RHPIII) 5,414 photos, 1,047 members
- Rhodes 4,394 photos, 493 members
- Swiss Mountains 7,055 photos, 671 members
- Lindos 422 photos, 97 members
- Church of Photography in Yorkshire [CoPY] 78 photos, 61 members
- Eventi da fotografare - Events to be photographed 16,110 photos, 3,304 members
- Do It Yourself Color (Film ONLY) 24,299 photos, 1,711 members
- Sekonic Light Meter 2,689 photos, 858 members
- Fire UK 12,636 photos, 376 members
- Quantum flash equipment 588 photos, 190 members
- East Anglia 42,405 photos, 782 members
- Cambridge by night 1,696 photos, 304 members
- Available Light / Existing Light 365,188 photos, 12,587 members
- Natural Illumination 107,522 photos, 5,364 members
- Do It Yourself Black & White 206,433 photos, 8,320 members
- B&W film / developer combinations 52,045 photos, 3,809 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