When this job came up to shoot a party in London that was all about (and to quote) “Taking the sounds and style of the 1920s and 30s, turning them on their head and smuggling them into the 21st century” I knew straight away that I had to shoot it TTV.

Inspired by Pete Ashton’s work with TTV – I could see the potential for getting authentic looking old school photos without having to resort to using real fim or photoshop.

5 mins on ebay later and I had a Kodak Brownie Reflex and a Kodak Duaflex in the post as well as some close up filters.

A few days later and after a blue peter-esque cardboard cutting and duct tape session, I had two contraptions to play with.

I opted for the Kodak Brownie in the end as it was giving me better results, a bit sharper overall –  thats the one on the right in the pic.

Final additions were to build some little cardboard lens hoods as I was using flash with my camera, and also taped a torch onto the side so I could focus in the dark.

I shot both TTV and low key with my DSLR and processed into various black and white options to give some variation to the photos. The sort of thing you expect when you look through a bunch of old photos, they all look a bit different.

This one was huge! Expect the one coming up this weekend in London to be even bigger. I’m in a hurry, may write more later, but pics say it all

Last month I covered Tinie Tempah for a feature MixMag have just run in their latest edition (go buy a copy now!)  Here are the shots:

Was lucky enough to get a few mins after the gig to get a couple of portraits, which sadly didn’t make it into the mag. Thanks Tinie!

The gig was absolutely kicking off, not sure I’ve ever seen anything like it. Never mind the speakers, my ear plugs were in to protect me from the crowd!

Tear sheets from Feb 2010 MixMag – two club reviews, Back 2 Basics and Cocoon @ WHP

+ Night People (various across the UK)

See more photos from those parties on the following blog posts:

http://www.tom-horton.co.uk/blog/2009/12/11/back-to-basics-18th-birthday-photos-my-house-leeds/

http://www.tom-horton.co.uk/blog/2009/11/25/cocoon-the-warehouse-prject-with-loco-dice-and-dj-sneak-photos/

The Independent on Sunday ran one of my Mika photos from the show in Birmingham, glad they used one of the wide angle ones, its something a bit different.