It is, perhaps a ridiculous point of pride but most, if not all, of the optical characteristics in my photographs are done, not in Photoshop but in-camera; I do not use editing to make my work look like film, I just use film. While I own and use digital cameras and technologies, I feel I get more of what moves me in photography, from film and vintage, arcane and/or "low-fi" cameras.

I was given my first camera when I was 10. It was a budget-friendly, yet fully manual 35mm SLR with a built-in light meter. I had my first photo credit in a professional publication when I was 12. It gave me an attitude and while I never gave up photography, I felt I'd learned all I needed to know, I seriously wondered if photography was or could be art and so I let it recede into the background of my life as I pursued the many of the other interests most people call growing up.

As the dawn of the digital age and my middle age coincided, I began my search for the perfect DSLR, only to discover that I am much happier using film and doing it all myself, much as I did as a child. In fact, vintage and "low-fi" cameras have opened to the door to a kind of artistic expression I always felt should be part of my photography but that I could never quite manifest. Until now. Besides, film is still higher resolution than the sensors in most digital cameras and, in my opinion, it looks better.

I am only just setting up shop so have a look around, please excuse the dust and, if you're interested in what I'm shooting right now, click the 'stream' link in the navigation above.

Thank you,

Rhett Redelings