We’re very excited to share yet another Negative Supply spotlight highlighting the wonderful work of Guy Houben! Guy is fairly new to the photography world but has already established a successful photography business. Currently focused on building his portfolio, it’s our pleasure to show off several of his recent images. Guy uses Negative Supply tools in his film scanning workflow, and his use of our Full Border Scanning Guides with his Film Carrier MK1 creates an iconic look. Check it out!

Introduce yourself to the Negative Supply community and give us a brief biography! 
"My name is Guy Houben, I'm 29 years young and have been photographing for the last 5 years or so. During my bachelors study in Communication & Multimedia design I had a few lessons in photography and was hooked from that moment. I started to watch more and more videos on youtube and learned myself a lot by just trying out a lot of things in photography. After a year I started my business and I have been living from photography since then. Now, my main focus is wedding photography, interiors and gastronomy. But I am trying to build a portfolio in fashion, portraiture and documentary photography as we speak.”

Q: How did you first discover your passion for photography and when did you start making photos with film?
"I think I started shooting film when my father gave me his old Olympus MJU-1 limited, I disliked the fact that it was a point and shoot and started looking for other types of film cameras. That's when I bought a mint Nikon F3.

Q: What do you enjoy most about shooting film?
"Being limited in the amount of photos you can take. It really made me think about the shot I have in mind and this also changed my way of shooting digital film. I also love the natural toning and grain that film has.”

Q: What are some of your favorite film stocks? Color or black and white, and why?
"I love Kodak Gold 200 for it's colors in direct sunlight and Portra 160 and 400 for all lighting situations. For black and white I prefer Tri-X”.

Q: Do you develop yourself?
"No, but I'm going to develop my first black and white film this week.”

Q: Are you working on any longterm body of work or photographic series you’d like to discuss?  
"I'd really love to make a book/magazine with my favourite work of my last years and I have some longterm series in mind but at the moment I'm super busy with client work.”

Q: What Negative Supply tools do you use, and how have they changed your workflow?
"I use the FILM CARRIER MK1 + PRO MOUNT MK2, 4x5 film sheet holder and the full border scanning guides.”

We’d like to thank Guy for allowing us to feature him and his awesome work! If you’re interested in being featured on our blog, please send us an email via contact@negativesupply.co We can’t wait to see and share work from more of the Negative Supply community! Click the links below to learn more about the tools Guy used to scan his images.

See Guy’s Instagram here: Guy’s Instagram

Warmly,
The Negative Supply Team