namke communications is a name under which I produce both photography and music.
Music is currently taking rather a back-seat to the photography at the moment, but if you're interested in what my music sounds like, check out the review of my 2003 single at Boomkat, or download some here
Photography is currently based around black-and-white film (35mm and medium format), developed and printed 'in house'.
Please get in touch if you have any commissions...
My collection of photographic equipment grows ever-larger - got a HP Combi-Plan developing tank from my wife and her parents (Hooray! Now I hope I won't scratch my 5x4 negatives), and am getting a decent tripod from my parents (Manfrotto 055xprob + 808RC4 head - I really need to keep the MPP still!).
Submitted by namcom on Wed, 27/02/2008 - 11:34.Just in case you're a last.fm user, just a note to say that I've uploaded the 2003 release 'Available from Namke Communications' (originally released on Leeds' Fencing Flatworm label) up to namke communications' last.fm page - also available there is the 2003 single 'ice-9'
Let me know what you think - leave comments ;-)
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Just days before Polaroid announced they were shutting down production of their eponymous instant-film, I bid on ebay for a Polaroid film back (so I can use instant film with my LF camera). I have been chasing various 545 film backs (taking Polaroid 'Type 5x' sheet film) but they always went up to silly prices (and the film isn't cheap either). I therefore started looking at the 405 back. It takes a smaller image - 3.25 x 4.25 inches (in a pack of 10 pictures) - but it will allow me the instant feedback on my pictures that I desire.
I caught the last 85% of a program on BBC one (imagine... : The Secret of Life) where Alan Yentob looked into (I'd say investigated, but it was more of a chat with various people) the self help industry.
Well, I suppose I set myself up for this one (Read my previous rant here).
Even though I have been singularly scathing about the level of pictures that I have seen in photographic exhibitions presented at our camera club (York Photographic Society), I must admit that I cannot level the same complaint at the club competitions themselves - the judges have not always scored the interesting photos particularly well, preferring safety over great art.
I know that this is getting a little repetitive, but I am still enjoying the whole Large-Format-Photography experience - this is my favourite recent pic, this time scanned from a contact-print, so it has a bit more punch. Unfortunately my jpeg-editing has darkened it a little too much, but hey - the web isn't a medium for high art!
I have just seen the first of my photos in print - I did a set of photos for an old friend who needed a new mugshot for the column he writes for Pro Sound News Europe - check Page 4.
My first photographic credit!
I did another batch of contact prints from my set of Large Format (LF) negatives last night, mainly because I wanted to do a reasonable set of prints of the 'family portraits' I did of my sister and her family before they emigrated to Australia. The plan is to get a set of decent prints and send them off to their new address.
Ok, so anyone who has read any of my recent posts will have noticed that I recently got a Large Format (LF) camera. What's LF then? Well, basically it's a film camera Format where the negative is Large.
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