Colour Scrapbook

I shoot colour less frequently than black and white film but I enjoy it no less, just differently. Music is constantly in my head when I shoot. Working in colour conjures a very different inner tune than I am used to. If working in black and white makes a virtue of restraint, working in colour permits me to revel in finding and amplifying sheer beauty.

Unlike with black and white, I often approach colour work with little planning and few expectations. I am more reactive in the way that I find and manipulate images, my only goal being to compose and expose everything appropriately for colour film. Music returns to my mind even louder when I review the processed film, and I can finally shape the images in the edit.

In Dungeness, Kent
[expired 35mm colour reversal film] — In Dungeness, Kent [expired 35mm colour reversal film]

Above the Amberley Wild Brooks, West Sussex
[6x6 colour negative film] — Above the Amberley Wild Brooks, West Sussex [6x6 colour negative film]

Found on Irvine beach, Ayrshire
[expired 35mm colour negative film] — Found on Irvine beach, Ayrshire [expired 35mm colour negative film]

From beside Greenan Castle, Ayrshire
[expired 35mm colour reversal film] — From beside Greenan Castle, Ayrshire [expired 35mm colour reversal film]

In the Harbour Bar in Troon, Ayrshire
[expired 35mm colour reversal film] — In the Harbour Bar in Troon, Ayrshire [expired 35mm colour reversal film]

In the community garden in Hither Green, London [long-expired 35mm colour reversal film]

At the Hundertwasserhaus, Vienna
[6x6 colour negative film] — At the Hundertwasserhaus, Vienna [6x6 colour negative film]

In a quiet corner of Hong Kong
[6x6 colour negative film] — In a quiet corner of Hong Kong [6x6 colour negative film]

In Angkor, Siem Reap Province
[6x6 colour negative film] — In Angkor, Siem Reap Province [6x6 colour negative film]

On the edge of Borrego Springs, California
[35mm colour negative film] — On the edge of Borrego Springs, California [35mm colour negative film]