RöD WHITE

Welcome to my photography site, personal portfolio, digital exhibitions & blog

I’m a UK-based photographer who likes to spend as much time as possible travelling the world, creating new memories, making new friends and sharing experiences via my images.

When I’m out and about with my camera, I’m happiest photographing interesting people in their natural environment, going about their daily business but have always got time for a still life, landscape or beautiful sunset when it presents itself.

Having spent a good deal of time travelling in different parts of Asia, I find it one of the most charming places on earth for Street Photography. People are very warm and as fascinated with me, as I am with them. It’s very easy to engage with people whilst photographing them, making it more enjoyable and the photos become even more special. Even with candid street photography, someone is nearly always looking straight into the lens, usually with a big smile, no matter how hard you try to go unnoticed.

City-scapes and street scenes in Asia are as fascinating as the people themselves. The light and the colours just before sunrise, or sunset can be spectacular.

The UK, Europe and the middle east have their own character, people and vibe too. It helps to spend a good amount of time in a place learning how to blend in which is something I always try to do. Either by staying for a long time, or by visiting often.

I speak English & French with smatterings of a few other languages so having family & friends all over Europe and beyond, I have plenty of excuses to travel. My favourite mode of transport is ‘en moto’ (by motorbike) which is another passion of mine which works well alongside my photography.

Shooting both film and digital formats, in colour or black and white, I use mainly Leica M-series, range-finder cameras for my personal projects. The simple, uncluttered layout and manual, mechanical controls are perfect for how I enjoy creating photos. Modern mirrorless cameras and even medium format variants now also play a part in my work as it’s impossible to ignore the benefits in flexibility including the wide assortment of available lenses.

Photography has played a big part in my day to day work over the years but now I shoot almost entirely for pleasure. I create books for my own enjoyment, prints for friends and write articles on here and a few other websites to share my knowledge and experiences with anyone who might be interested.

This website is a collection of my favourite work, projects and online exhibitions. Do take a look at my blog too which I’m working to update each month.

I hope you enjoy what you see.