My brief time playing with expired colour film was not rewarding. Too much is left to chance, out of my control, making for unpredictable results. Black and white meant I would ...
Simon King's Posts
Just because a lens has a wide field of view doesn't mean it will be the best fit for an expansive scene. Just because a lens has a narrow field of view it doesn't mean it's onl...
26 October, 2022
Low Light Photography on the Morning of “Vaikasi Visakam”, with Ilford Pan F 50 – by Simon King
This year in mid-May Vaikasi Visakam (the birthday of Hindu Deity Murugan) saw a morning of communal ceremony before an auspicious foundation stone laying in the construction si...
The writing and photographs here were written and photographed shortly after my arrival in Lviv, just before midnight which is during the imposed citywide curfew. Shared here is...
30 October, 2021
The Field of Flags – by Simon King
The Field of Flags was a temporary monument, an installation along the National Mall during the 59th Presidential Inauguration in January 2021. Although it was heavily off limit...
24 October, 2021
The Hyde Park South Carriage Drive Manège – by Simon King
Early this year, in February, I stepped out of travel quarantine and into a cold, mostly empty city, and spent a lot of my time searching for a space to allocate my time. I need...
25 June, 2021
The Retirement of the RNLI Leonard Kent – by Simon King
I was walking down the shoreline in Margate with Amanda and David, complaining to them after a passing seagull had offended my favourite summer scarf, when David pointed out tow...
Curating for a publication will always leave gems by the wayside for one reason or another. I recently went through this process for a piece that was actually quite difficult to...