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 © John MacPherson "Oh Donnie, Donnie, please.....please....straighten yourself up, please! ......
Trawling off Mull. Garvellachs and Scarba behind © John MacPherson I wrote this in......
Alyssa © Lani Holmberg "There was only one person who had......
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.......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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. 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......
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......
Mesa Arch sunrise © John MacPherson This is the (long) story of the day Germany 'invaded'......
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,......
In the loupe © John MacPherson Really good photographers work every day. Where’s that......
Foggy evening makes driving difficult, Norfolk © John MacPherson The UK loves weather. Without the......
Water © John MacPherson It's been a week of major dramas. Here's a minor one. But a drama nonetheless. I worked......
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