Have you heard the light? (part 2).

Freelance journalist Ciara Leeming has. She's signed up to duckrabbit's multimedia training at the Trinity Centre in Bristol next month. Ciara is a freelance journalist working out of Manchester with a reputation for......

Negotiations….

Aaah...here is a real world lesson in photographer/client relationships. See if you can guess which is which... ...

Survival!.

Just read some interesting views from Jean-Francois Leroy, founder of Visa pour l'Image. He is talking about how agencies have helped kill photojournalism. He has some interesting points, it's worth a read. I was......

A hop, skip, and a ha-ha jump..

I don't know much about ha-ha's, but they make me laugh (drum roll please). My gaff's not big enough to warrant such extravaganze, but I was at a wedding at the weekend (see below)......

Wedding fun!.

Yep, you read that right. With a carefully planned drinking strategy, weddings can be fun :) Seriously, I went to a quality wedding last weekend. I had a great day and it was a beautiful......

Great work:).

I have been stumbling around the interweb when I came across some wonderful photography here. There is a fantastic and diverse collection of work on the site, well worth some of your precious time. ...

The blogging half of duckrabbit is away for a week ….

where there is no internet, but lots of wind and rain and other things that will do me good....

Have you heard the light?.

Photographer Oliver Edwards has. He's just  signed up for duckrabbit's first Trinity Session. The Trinity Sessions are for photographers and journalists who want to get their head round multimedia storytelling and in particular......

Voice-over or subtitle?.

Last week I gave a presentation of duckrabbit's work at DFID Pakistan. One of the questions that came up was whether you should use voice-overs or subtitles when someone foreign is speaking in......

Why journalists deserve low pay.

Interesting...... Mridu Khullar thinks: also worth reading is a response by freelance journalist Erik Sherman. Why Readers Deserve No Journalism: http://industry.bnet.com/media/10002308/why-readers-deserve-no-journalism/...

The voice is nothing but beaten air.

A few months ago I emailed a friend of mine who works in the Kibera slum in Nairobi suggesting they take a look at an amazing set of photos by Jehad Nga taken......

Pete Brook’s obvious love of life is measured in sorrow.

that's why his blog is what conscientious people would be reading, if only they could get beyond themselves. Don't be put off by how important this stuff is. ...

RESOLVE to be part of the solution.

Forward thinking photographers are being drawn together into an inspiring community of 'doers' around the blog RESOLVE. It's editor, Miki Johnson, is slowly and lovingly building a great resource of information and inspiration. ......

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”.

So said the Henry Miller. It's with a rush then that I've just taken in GMB Akash's photo set Take me Home: Due to Bangladesh’s large population, inadequate seats on the trains and......

Adam Westbrook – One Week In Iraq.

Congratulations to Adam Westbrook for losing his multimedia virginity on this ambitious project: After quite a few weeks of work (and a trip to Iraq) my first ever multimedia project went online last week.......

Finally the BBC are going BIG on pictures.

The BBC website has over the years given photojournalism a hard time.  Great photos have often been displayed so poorly that they are rendered meaningless. Lets face it when it comes to pictures SIZE MATTERS. I......

Nice to see the BJP blog giving a shout out.

for duckrabbits forthcoming multimedia  (audio slideshow) training in Bristol. (Spaces still available.) Forward thinking photographers are getting themselves trained in the art of recording audio. The rest are still looking to the sky. ...

A day in the life of ….

a UK press photographer (Matt Kirwin) Busy day today! Just got back in from one of the busiest days......

Multimedia webinar – LIVEBOOKS.

Beyond the Still Photograph - a look at adding audio to slideshow...

CNN should fire the producer of this audio slideshow.

of James Nachtwey's photos in Afghanistan, taken for the Red Cross. Why? Because they don't seem to think the photos are good enough to present as stills. Instead they've got all those stomach churning Ken Burns......