What can happen when image makers and politics collide….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr3sj8q5lfY It does not have to be that way... film makers/photographers/advert makers who are tied to a particular political movement are not going to be given the freedom to produce anything that does......

high five.

Pah. Who needs friends in high places when you can climb like THIS?...

How to get ahead in photography part 1: Have friends in VERY high places….

For those who understand the particular political scene in the UK... Check out Ed Miliband's speech made in parliament today here. "There is good news for the prime minister - apparently he does a......

SAD NEWS.

Someone much loved has gone. Gaby and Matt, my heart goes out to you. No doubt someone else reading this will draw strength from these words. Duckrabbit's heart goes out to you too. Fear No......

if ONLY i’d known.

....the golden rules of dating. This would have saved me so much time.  For more tips and advice......

UFO camera needed…can you help….

To build the perfect camera for photographing UFO's.? Aesthetically, it'd probably be on a 5x4 with a bit of front shift and an aero-ektar. Practically, it's probably your 'phone. If you can help with the perfect......

Picture in Bristol? £150 please..

Filming Permits The city of Bristol operates a permit system for all location filming and photography. Applications for a permit should be submitted to the Bristol Film Office as soon as......

Nothing to worry about...

All this hoo hah about printer ink cartridges being used as bombs. I don't think there's anything to worry about... Everyone knows that your ink cartridge will crap out right in the middle of an......

Is Seeing Believing? (powerful, powerful, photofilm).

In many ways sound is the ultimate visual medium. When we listen to something, or someone, we create images in our mind. One of the clichés of photography, particularly humanitarian photography, is that it......

Ok, Ok it is amazing what you can do with a cheap(ish) DLSR.

More super slow motion shenanigans Shutter: 1000 Iso: 400-3200 Twixtor speed ranging from 2-20%. Lenses: Canon 18-55 Sigma 70-300 Bit of warping in a few spots but......

The Islamic Relief photo competition has been won by….

Er, no-one. I put a post up a good while ago now encouraging people to enter. Unfortunately the competition has quietly slipped away. I don't know why it went belly up, but there you go.......

Thank you and a Halloween treat.

Last month duckrabbit had over 44000 visits. To top it off I got this email this morning from Kelvin Brown, one of the photographers who recently attended a duckrabbit photofilm workshop. 'My......

Matt Stuart on NYTimes Lens blog.

Great to see the NYT picking up on Matt's wonderful street photography, via this humble blog no less: There's a bit of......

Lots and lots and lots and lots of crap.

gets written about how inaccurate bloggers are, compared to 'proper journalists.'  That somehow the world of blogging (if such a world existed) is a cess-pit of slander and innuendo.  It's the kind of rubbish people throw......

‘THIS IS AFRICA’.

Well done John Edwin Mason for spotting this: 'Brilliant parody of cliches & stereotypes about Africa by Getty Images & Stefano de Luigi'. (more on this later)...

borderlands – Global Post.

This is an interesting project - a series of photofilms and written pieces exploring China's culturally rich - and sometimes politically striven - borderlands,......

Emotional maturity and an inclusive message..

I love this. It starts with redemption. Goes to shock and then back to redemption. The emotional maturity and the awareness of the need to engage, not to either preach nor alienate audiences really......

Family Is.

'the pain and the joy of too much tenderness'. Please take one minute out of your day to click on the photo and pop a few words in. Trust me. ...

Magnum’s Nick Galvin delivers a master-class.

on how if you think long and hard enough about any photo you can persuade yourself it's winner (commenting on his judging of the BJP photo awards). 'As a single image it becomes isolated, it......