He accepted a job with animation company
Studio AKA. But prior to taking the position Kevin had entered the London LOMO Olympics, a photography competition, in which Kevin f inished second out of around a hundred entries. “It was actually joint f irst,” he points out, “but they did a countback!” Fortunately for Kevin they took the top two to Tokyo for the world f inals. It coincided with his second week at Studio AKA: “I had to say I’m sorry about this but I’ve been given this great opportunity to go to Tokyo. I’ve got to go. They were like okay, but we’re not going to pay it as holiday pay!” Day One consisted of photographic hunting
and gathering; Day Two the photographers were deposited in the Tokyo fish market at 3am with the task of shooting just three rolls of f ilm, freestyle, in a set time period; which meant by Day Three the numbers were whittled down to twenty with the f inalist shooting specif ically orchestrated events. Kevin made the cut and subsequently f inished
second overall behind a Norwegian entry. A great achievement to have on your résumé. “Well a bit left-f ield,” he admits, “and in reality it’s all very low-key, they announced the winners in a bar. But it’s a great fun. It taught me photography doesn’t have to be all serious, you can have fun and games with it.” After leaving Studio AKA Kevin went freelance,
mostly designing websites, but always taking photos. He joined Flickr in 2004 and has built up a following of over 15,000 with 12m page views. “There’s a point where it snowballed and now I have people adding me as a contact every day. It’s bizarre. I get most work through Flickr; it’s never that they’ve found me through
lomokev.com!” Kevin has also branched out into teaching with
refresher photography classes where he explains various photographic techniques, qualities and effects. He’s taken the lessons learnt from the LOMO Olympics into his career as a teacher: “I try to bring the fun element into the classes I teach.” He believes photography and in particular getting to grips with a digital SLR and understanding the technical aspects of the camera can be overwhelming. “The great thing about handing someone a LOMO LC-A is that the only thing you
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