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My name is Samuel and I am a photographer.
I seek only to make memorable photographs.
All the work I post is my own unless I say otherwise.
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I’ve got a day off the Canterbury tour to catch up on editing and scanning. It certainly doesn’t feel like a day off. Here’s a self portrait I got in when shooting some new press shots for the band in Brighton
Me last summer in the lake district by my flatmate James. I couldn’t believe how therapeutic it was just to sit by the river whittling a piece of wood. I think I successfully created a pointed stick.
(Source: jamesrawlings.co.uk)
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I’m currently in between tour dates with Canterbury. We got back from Ireland yesterday and will be heading out for the UK leg in a couple of days, then Germany for the final shows. I’ve been using shooting some polaroids here and there, but I won’t have time to scan them for a while.
There will be an actual tour blog to follow, which is being run by a rather well known clothing brand. I’ll post that up when it’s ready if you’re interested in following all the photos from the tour.
Here are the dates if anyone fancies coming down to a show or saying hi.
26.01 Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach Find Tickets
27.01 Swansea Sin City Find Tickets
28.01 Brighton The Hydrant Find Tickets
29.01 Exeter Cavern Find Tickets
31.01 Southampton Joiners Find Tickets
01.02 Wrexham Central Station Find Tickets
02.02 Wolverhampton Slade Rooms Find Tickets
04.02 Sheffield Corporation Find Tickets
05.02 Leeds Cockpit Find Tickets
06.02 Glasgow ABC 2 Find Tickets
07.02 Manchester Sound Control Find Tickets
09.02 London KCLSU Find Tickets
11.02 Cologne MTC, GERMANY Find Tickets
12.02 Berlin Crystal Club, GERMANY Find Tickets
13.02 Oberhausen Druckluft, GERMANY Find Tickets
14.02 Dresden Beatpol, GERMANY (No Pre-Sale, Buy On The Door)
15.02 Hamburg Haus73, GERMANY Find Tickets
Asked by eltiano
Before I answer this, I’m going to explain something, please allow me to generalise a little.
It DOES matter what camera equipment you have, no matter how romantically people go on about the one you have with you is the best or any camera can take a good picture. Instagram is not a real camera and cheap digital point and shoots are mostly terrible. Photography is not a cheap hobby and it is always better to save up. You will notice most of the people telling you it doesn’t matter what camera you have own very expensive gear. If you want to cultivate a portfolio of snapshot photography then by all means look for a cheap 35mm point and shoot and go nuts. However if you want to learn photography in and out, and I mean lighting, colour management and post processing, then you’ll have to spend considerable time and money doing it.
HOWEVER, there is a balance, and you don’t need to break the bank, you just need to do your research. There is plenty available online. It is not about having the best gear, but you do need to consider what variety of gear you need and what will help you achieve your goals. People that go straight out and spend £1700 on a top of the range DSLR have not thought things through. If you’re loaded up with cash then buy whatever the hell you want, but it won’t give you much of an advantage. For less than £500 you can get a digital set up and I mean including a lens that will allow you to take industry standard photographs and beyond. More expensive gear will only help you when you know how to use it.
I currently use
A Mamiya RZ67 Pro II (the best bit of gear I own and it cost me £500 with a lens, film is not that expensive either)
Mamiya 65mm f/4
Mamiya 110mm 2.8
A canon 5d Mk II
Canon 50mm 1.4
Canon 24-70mm 2.8
Bowens lighting
A few 35mm cameras I picked up for free or at less than £50.
I develop all of my film myself at university and scan it all on an epson v700, sometimes I use IMACON scanners at uni.
I would like to add that if I hadn’t won a photography magazine competition in 2010 I would have considerably cheaper stuff. I got lucky.
I’m going to put up a new series tonight from a road trip I made with friends last summer. Stay tuned.
Behind the scenes photographs I took on the set of Canterbury’s ‘Ready Yet’ music video before Christmas. The video is out now here. I’m off on tour with these guys again for the best part of a month starting this week. England, Ireland and Germany.
