The economy of ignorance.

Pat Pope was right. That's my stance. Pat is a photographer, and he was asked by the band Garbage to give them some of his work for free. Pat was unhappy with the 'deal' on......

Living with a tiger.

Living with a tiger © John MacPherson "Oh Donnie, Donnie, please.....please....straighten yourself up, please!  ......

The Loss of The Westhaven.

Trawling off Mull. Garvellachs and Scarba behind © John MacPherson   I wrote this in......

and Holland has tulips.

Alyssa © Lani Holmberg     "There was only one person who had......

A ghost story.

Kenny, my friend, wanted to climb all the Munros in Scotland. Munros are mountains over 3000 feet high. Kenny is a dentist; precision is vital to him. "I want to climb all the Munros" he said.......

Preserving the future.

Twitter is marvellous. I was listening to the radio this morning and heard an article about Van Gogh's reds fading to white, and possibly because he used cheap pigments as these were all he......

Last minutes with Oden.

You may have seen this film before. It's an old one, made about 5 years ago. If you haven't seen it, find a quiet moment to do so. When I watched it, it was the first......

Fast is the new slow.

This is rather clever.   https://vimeo.com/118738368   Shoot at a high frame rate, play back at a slower frame rate. And things become rather intriguing. Add some other stuff in post and bob's your uncle. There's an article on......

Time: the space between.

When I was little my dad, an avid fisherman, would take me with him on his outings. My mum never knew the stuff that went on, we two traversing slimy gorges that would swallow......

Experience.

I saw experience yesterday. It was eloquent, supportive, directive, but overwhelmingly caring. I was visiting my mum, who has dementia and is looked after in a residential care home in the Scottish Highlands. A close relative......

ANGRY Poetry.

I like whales and dolphins, and big fish. I've been very lucky to grow up in a coastal area, and undertake a lot of work on the coast, and on islands, and consequently have had......

Time & Tide.

I walked along the beach, it was the 7th December. Cold. Sleet showers stung my face. I saw a branch, cast ashore on the tide. It was shapely and elegant, and rocking to and......

WPP and The law of unintended consequences.

WPP. I'd decided to ignore it this year. Certainly I'd admire the winners, marvel at their abilities to wrestle an eloquent visual moment from the continuum of stuff that has hustled past them. But I'd......

A pirate’s treasure map.

Ordnance Survey are running a photographic 'competition'.   Hoorah! No wait, calm down don't get too excited....... Of course it's not a proper competition, it's a rights grab. Getting as much free imagery as it can......

Into the shadowlands….

Mesa Arch sunrise © John MacPherson   This is the (long) story of the day Germany 'invaded'......

Beyond the obvious.

Photography teacher Philippe Sibelly ( @philippesibelly ) and I had a brief twitter exchange a few nights back about teaching students and how difficult it is to get them to see beyond the obvious,......

Staying in the loupe.

In the loupe © John MacPherson Really good photographers work every day. Where’s that......

Keeping a Weather Eye.

Foggy evening makes driving difficult, Norfolk © John MacPherson   The UK loves weather. Without the......

Dance of the Sewer Trout.

Water © John MacPherson   It's been a week of major dramas. Here's a minor one. But a drama nonetheless. I worked......

Liberté, égalité, fraternité.

Duckrabbit are not cartoonists. But we value freedom of speech, the right to be heard, the right to laugh and the right to life.   ...