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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 882 photos, 126 members
- Darkroom black and white prints (NO neg scans) 1,522 photos, 142 members
- Old York film photography group 120 photos, 15 members
- Historic Places of Worship 415 photos, 41 members
- Large Format - Big Scans Only 1,736 photos, 231 members
- I Shoot Kodak Film 272,612 photos, 10,820 members
- Strobist: Norwich & Norfolk 298 photos, 66 members
- Mass Photo Gathering 2,050 photos, 175 members
- Photos with no awards, graphics or comment codes 7,176 photos, 163 members
- Yorkshire Sunrise & Sunset 714 photos, 78 members
- Strobist on film 263 photos, 110 members
- piers, boardwalks & any thing else sea side 109,487 photos, 9,391 members
- This Is Cambridgeshire 2,540 photos, 182 members
- Dodge and Burn 1,508 photos, 167 members
- Kodak Ektar 100 29,511 photos, 3,162 members
- Tilt Shift 19,826 photos, 3,406 members
- Flickr Classique *Invited Images ONLY* Post 1 Award 3. 13,671 photos, 4,107 members
- Express yourself / Post 1 - Comment on 3 40,111 photos, 3,979 members
- 6x6. 149,145 photos, 4,639 members
- Monochromatic Visions 19,394 photos, 1,838 members
- Cathedrals UK (see new rules) 19,457 photos, 2,358 members
- The Wet Darkroom 8,395 photos, 758 members
- London 587,285 photos, 28,969 members
- Mamiya C330 14,165 photos, 1,373 members
- art of landscape 2,000 photos, 13,739 members
- 6x9 Photography 9,496 photos, 914 members
- Whatever the weather 215,595 photos, 15,023 members
- "UK Fine Art Landscape Photography" (Invited) 5,246 photos, 319 members
- Biogon 8,932 photos, 491 members
- Film Swap/Trade 258 photos, 146 members
- Outer Hebrides 8,290 photos, 577 members
- Isle of Lewis & Harris 10,290 photos, 535 members
- Decisive Moment 71,808 photos, 16,811 members
- 100 + Viewed Natural Landscapes (add1, com.1) Break Rules = Ban 20,022 photos, 3,213 members
- Provia (400X/RXP/RDPIII/RHPIII) 5,498 photos, 1,053 members
- Rhodes 4,412 photos, 494 members
- Swiss Mountains 7,143 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 16,154 photos, 3,300 members
- Do It Yourself Color (Film ONLY) 24,712 photos, 1,721 members
- Sekonic Light Meter 2,682 photos, 860 members
- Fire UK 12,825 photos, 374 members
- Quantum flash equipment 610 photos, 192 members
- East Anglia 42,799 photos, 786 members
- Cambridge by night 1,697 photos, 303 members
- Available Light / Existing Light 370,088 photos, 12,667 members
- Natural Illumination 108,397 photos, 5,393 members
- Do It Yourself Black & White 208,348 photos, 8,353 members
- B&W film / developer combinations 52,142 photos, 3,819 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