Little Tin Houses is an analog film project that has spanned over a decade, and evolved with my lifestyle over the years.
It’s been with me as I’ve delved into street photography, portraiture, interiors and through all phases of my life, landing into a steady consistency of documenting the landscapes and vernacular buildings around me after settling in the Scottish Highlands.
Previously, I leaned towards fashion and lifestyle photography, using a top of the range (at the time) digital Canon camera. I shot portraits, models, and self-portraits for my fashion blog, as well as interior shots of my house, coffee shops, and other interesting new businesses I stumbled upon. After a while, my life took a different direction and I started to reassess, and realised I wanted to slow my pace down. I hated editing hundreds of digital images, shooting endless frames of the same scene to make sure I got ‘the shot’. That’s when I decided to try using an analog camera.
The joy of shooting on film lit something inside of me and I’ve been doing it ever since. I’ve used 35mm, medium format, had a brief fling with large format and owned a variety of different cameras. I’ve bonded with the Mamiya RZ67, and although it’s a cumbersome beast, I think it’ll be with me until either I, or it, dies. I’m a bit more wishy washy with 35mm cameras, and like to switch it up now and then as I take those photos a little less seriously.
The project is now known as ‘Little Tin Houses’ as they’ve become my favourite thing to photograph. The ones dotted around the hills of the Highlands, and the ones with wheels that I’ve found myself living in.
