Flickrtwittertwitpic, Plixi etc.

Hello. If you use Plixi to upload pics to twitter from now on your pics can be sold on without recompense to you. Plixi  (formerly tweetphoto) have signed a deal with WENN to flog......

Win an M9! Killer..

Well, how often do you get the chance to win an M9, and not just ANY M9, oh no....but an M9 that belonged to Seal. ( Pay attention at the back..he was/is a singer married......

Quack quack oops..

From here. That's good to know. Anyone that doesn't like ducks is called an anatidaephobe, and a dislike of rabbits is silly...no, sorry, it's......

Cutbacks..

I read today ( thanks Nick) that due to cutbacks a picture is now only worth 200 words. Talking of  pictures....if you like to natter about pics why not try and waffle on enough......

“Theatre of mind”.

Awesome. 302 views last night, over 4 million by now. And job offers. Good work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTysXITBCmk...

Timing..

Well, what can you say?  Skills. Getting a decent snap of the solar eclipse is hard enough, but combining it with the moment that the international Space Station whizzes by takes proper effort. The......

Headline of the year ( so far..).

"Photographer ate rodents, monkeys, worms in global photography ministry." Don't ask me....please....it gets better: "So you think being a globe-trekking photographer would be a glamorous profession? This world-famous photographer from Middle Tennessee literally ate......

New year, new camera?.

This is a little note from experience. I see lots and lots of photographers, both young and old, experienced and not, who are convinced that upgrading their camera/s will give them the edge that......

“You won’t burn in hell. But be nice anyway.”.

Great piece here by Ricky Gervais which has sweet fa to do with photography. Happy Christmas !! :)...

Kickstarter I up..

I've been looking again this morning on yet another well known photographer's attempt to get money through Kickstarter. First Larry Towell, now Gerd Ludwig. In both cases, I am left wanting to know more.......

Ho Ho Hoff.

I had a Christmas card from The Hoff today. Thought I'd share.  For a bit of context look here. And here. Click on the pic for a better view. Looking at the......

“I have some 200,000 rolls of film of their lives now. I have to keep on documenting.”.

You HAVE to check out A Lin's work on the NYT lens blog. Fascinating, intelligent and beautiful images with an equally delicious interview.......

Headline of the week:.

"Nude man in graveyard doing ghost photography" In my never ending quest to find you photography related stuff on the tintertwizzle, I found this. I read the nib, and I still don't......

Free money from Magnum foundation.

I thought that might make you prick up your ears. The Magnum foundation are launching a great initiative, the Magnum Emergency fund. The foundation is seperate to Magnum, it's a nonprofit with its own finances......

Ciara on the BBC viewfinder.

Here's an interesting piece, third in a series, from Phil Coomes over on BBC viewfinder. Ciara Leeming talks about her approach to the stories she is telling. Check it out...the first two pieces......

Death of the Paparazzi.

Hmmmm....I wish. Makes a change from 'death of photojournalism' headlines though.. If you fancy poncing about for a day annoying people then this could be for you: "Rolling With the Paparazzi is designed for......

Sod using iPads to light your subject, use these….

It'll be a while before many in the developing world will be able to do this, should they want to. Back in the real world, meanwhile, led's are poised to lead a revolution: "Whatever......

Photojournalism has been resuscitated. Gasp..

Is it dead? Is it alive? Is it somewhere in between, choking on its own vomit? So many questions, so little medical expertise. Is there a doctor in the house?...

YES MM WPP 2011!.

Wow...that was quick...Michiel has responded, (see below post) and it's good news for those who use multimedia to tell stories - some of them, anyway.. "While photography continues to play a significant part in......

NO MM WPP 2010.

Got that? I thought there would be an option to enter multimedia in this years World Press Photo contest. I thought so because the big dog himself, Michiel Munneke, wrote to me earlier this year......