I got another photo published in pictory. It was for a feature on the finest cuisine the world has to offer, so naturally they had to include one of my Full English shots!
You can view the whole feature here or view the original image on on flickr here. Its also worth checking out my Full English set on flickr, best not to look at if you are hungry!
Pictory is a showcase for people around the world to document their lives and cultures. Anyone can submit one large, captioned image to each of Pictory’s editorial themes. So why not check out the upcoming features and see if you want to submit.
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8 February 2010 tagged full english, pictory with no comments
I have shot the trend spotting section in the February issue Brighton Source magazine, witch is kind of ironic because I am not big on fashion. I shot with my trusted lomo LCA using a montage technique to create highly detailed images, fair more detail that can be delivered from one 35mm film. You can pick up The Brighton Source for free at most cafes and pubs in Brighton. I am really getting into my lomo montages and hope to make this a regular thing with Source.
You can see more of my montage portraits in this flickr set. I also have two of my montages portraits (matthew montage and erinisfunky montage) on display at the Iydea cafe at 17 Kensington Gardens, Brighton until the 30th April. The ones on display are not just straget print outs from Photoshop but are made from real 6” by 4” prints.
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2 February 2010 tagged brighton source, kevin meredith, lomo, magazine, photography, press with 2 comments
The photo on the left is by Stuart Mackenzie.
I recently got a photograph published “Joachim Schmid Is Martin Parr – Martin Parr Is Joachim Schmid”. It’s an interesting little book project where Joachim Schmid went to the Berlin Art Forum with Martin Parr’s pass and took photos in Parr’s style. The second half of the book are photos picked from the Martin Parr WE ♥ U picked by Parr him self. The resulting book is great selection of photographs that could of been shot by Parr himself.
You can preview the entire book and buy it from blurb.com here.
The photo of mine that is published in there is one of my snowy swimmer pics from 2007. You can see more of my snowy swimmer pictures in my snowy swimmers flickr set, seeing as there was a lot of snow in the past month I have added quite a bit to that set lately.
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22 January 2010 tagged blurb, book, flickr, martin parr with 2 comments
Yesterday Pictory was launched, a new online photo mag witch is going to be releasing new content weekly. The brains behind this new site is Laura Miner who was also behind Phoot Camp. The site looks amazing as all the images are 1000 pixels wide + there is a super easy image navigation system just tap the left arrow key to jump to the next image. Any photography can submit content and there is already a list new themas that you can you submit to so what are you waiting for go sign up! The first issue sees amazing photographer and good friend Steph Goralnick as the featured contributor so you know its going to be good!
Also yours truly has this image featured in the 1st issue under the overseas and overwhelmed article.
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3 December 2009 tagged photography with 2 comments
As you are reading my blog I imagine you probably already have a copy of “hot shots” but have you considered inspiring your friends and family with a personalized signed copy? I’m feeling festive so I am offering a little deal for Christmas, there will be a postage charge on the first copy of hot shots that you order but any subsequent orders will be free postage and I’m offering a free gift-wrapping service, useful if you want the book mailed directly to your receiver – do include a personal message to be attached to the gift.
The books are £12.99 + shipping on the first copy ordered
UK shipping £2.50
Europe £4.00
Rest of the world £7.69
Want something a little more special?
I am also selling prints to order, you can choose from my suggested images below or simply choose an image from my flickr stream. The best place to start looking may be the set of my favorite images here. Posting frames in the mail with glass is quite risky so I don’t tend to do it, but if you are local to brighton and want a framed print get in touch.
size 1: 23.3cm x 19.3cm £25
size 2: 34cm x 24cm £40
size 3: 50cm x 33cm £95
Postage charges as above (same cost as the book)
Ordering details
For items to arrive in time for Christmas:
UK orders need to be placed by Monday 21st December
USA orders by Thursday 10th December
Europe orders by Friday 11th December
To place an order simply email me (info@lomokev.com) with details of what you’d like. I will then send you payment info, you can pay via bank transfer, paypal or uk cheque.
Rock Cakes
Finally, last but not at all least, my wife, Rock Cake, has been super busy with her jewellery production, she’s been making rockets and astronauts, tiny birds and silver clouds to her hearts content. Her prices start at just £17 and are all perfectly packaged.
If you are in Brighton then you can visit her at the fashion fair taking place at Fabrica, Duke Street on Saturday 12th December 10am – 7pm or on Sunday 13th 11am – 5pm. Entry is free and there’ll be lots to see.
If you can’t make it to Brighton then just check out her crazy cute website and drop her a line if you are interested in any of her work or if you want to join her mailing list: info@rockcakes.com.
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2 December 2009 with no comments
photo by: rob orchard
I am giving a free talk at the University of Sussex next week, its open to none students as well so no NUS card required! It starts at 5:30pm on Wednesday the 25th of November.
The talk was organized by University of Sussex Photography Society (facebook page)
Room 121
Silerstone Building
University of Sussex
Falmer, Brighton
BN1 9RG
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20 November 2009 tagged kevin meredith, lecture, lomokev, talk with no comments
The last Hot Shots Course of the year will be on the 21st and the 28th November in Hastings. It’s been a blast teaching them, 7 in total this year with the first in January. Each time I teach it, it slightly changes for the better, I think after running it twice back to back in San Fransisco I have really got it refined now. There are few spots left for the Hastings workshop but it is limited to 8 so if you are interested mail me info@lomokev.com.
Its been a great experience teaching it and I have already got three dates lined up at Grange Studios in Brighton for 2010. I am thinking about running Hot Shots in Manchester, London, New York, San Francisco, Madrid (or Barcelona) and Berlin. If you live in any of those places you can join my mailing list to find out when I am coming to your town info@lomokev.com, also if you e-mail me it will help me gauge potential interest.
The course has been drawing quite a lot of interest, as well as going international it also received a glowing 4 page review from Digital SLR user magazine!
This is how Charlie Griffiths from DSLR User Summed up the course:
“I learned a hell of a lot from Lomokev and his Lomo LC-As. Wandering the streets of Brighton with a bunch of like-minded people, nattering about photography in-between taking pictures, was a fantastic way to spend a weekend – and my photography improved massively I think with Kev and the group’s help, I’ve finally got myself a pair of photographer’s eyes that see potential images everywhere. This is going to be fun.”
I have also been getting great feedback from attendees, check what these hot shooters have to say about the course:
“The Workshop was very well worth my 500 miles trip from Kassel to Brighton”
- topfloor
“Excellent course. My photography improved a ton and I learned some new skills and techniques. I came away with some killer shots. Would take this course again and wish you were coming back to the states sometime soon.”
- Wendy laurel
“I became aware of the photography of Kevin Meredith through his Hot Shots book and later, his flickr photo-stream. Kevin uses a photographer’s keen eye and a poet’s sensibility to create a wonderland of stunning imagery. Taking the Hot Shots workshop is the best thing I’ve done to improve my own photographic vision and creativity.”
- Rob LaRosa
“Hot Shots: The Photography Course was awesome, not only for the actual photography course, but for all the additional photoshop/lightroom help and flickr/file organization tips. As a photographer just starting out, this was the perfect course to help bring me up to speed. The money spent was well worth the knowledge and good times!”
- Joel Maxey
“The talk and the class have been a huge kick in the butt to both my inspiration and out put. I’ve been shooting like mad for no other apparent reason.”
- Lori Orson
“Hot Shots is a Fantstic course. I had loads of fun and learnt a lot too. The group was small and LomoKev ensured everyone got some individual attention. The course has really helped me to think more creatively about my photography. Highly recommend.”
- Caroline Blake
If these testimonials have gone some way to convince you that the Hot Shots Course is worth doing you can out check future dates here of join my mailing list to be the first to find out when I am coming close to your town be e-mailing me on info@lomokev.com. It just leaves me to say a big thank you to everyone who has attended Hot Shots in 2009 and hope there will many more in 2010 and beyond!
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13 November 2009 tagged hot shots course, press with 1 comment
This week Olympus announced the Pen E-P2 and it address a few features that where lacking from the E-P1. A welcome addition is the VF-2 viewfinder witch is very much like the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1’s video view finder. Rather than the optional optical view finder that you could only use with the 17mm lens on the EP-1 this lets you see what the final image will actually be with the added bonus that you can angle it to 90°, grate for getting those low down shots. When recording video on the E-P1 the sound of the lens focusing could be picked up but now there is a microphone input and the optional EMA-1 microphone adapter that will solve this problem. There are 2 new art filters Diorama and Cross Processing I think the diorama is going to be a fake tilt shift although I can’t be to sure as Olympus have not released any images shot in this mode. I am also very intrigued to see how the cross processing pains out as I have been Known to dabble in some x pro my self. Its a shame that the pen is still lacking a built in flash witch is something the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 dose have.
The E-P2 will be out in early 2010 and will cost £850 and includes the new VF-2 viewfinder.
The Olympus Pen EP-1, E-P2 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 are micro 4/3rds cameras. Micro 4/3rds offer similar features to digital SLR cameras, like interchangeable lenses and having full control over shutter speed and aperture. The added bonus is that they are small enough to fit in your pocket. Other manufactures are planing there own 3/4 cameras so 2010 should be a interesting year for this format. You can read my full review of the The Olympus Pen EP-1 from earlier this year here.
Images from Olympus UK. View more E-P2 images on the Olympus’s flickr stream.
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7 November 2009 tagged olympus with no comments
