Goodbye Dennis Hopper

Hollywood maverick Dennis Hopper sadly passed away on Saturday. As well as being a great actor, he was also a damn fine photographer. You might recognise this shot of Dennis' which ended up being used as the cover shot on the Best of The Smiths album.

Loving the XA2

Currently really enjoying using my latest 'walking-around' camera, the 1980s-era but still very cool Olympus XA2. It's a very simple beast and behaves much like a Lomo LC-A, but with vastly superior optics of course. The original version (the XA) was a rangefinder camera and apparently had a very good rep with professionals as a high quality early generation 35mm compact. Nigel recently picked one up from the camera stall guy in Old Spitalfields Market, and early results look promising, particularly this pasty-faced shot of me!

Mr Bridger

Took some shots of old pal and uber talented film director Dom Bridges the other day. Unfortunately I don't think they made the final cut for inclusion in the Shots magazine article about him, but hey ho... a couple more on my flickr