BJP report new public photography guidelines for security guards..

The Home Office and the British Security Industry Association have published a new set of guidelines for security guards confirming that photography in public places is legal and cannot be restricted Read more here....

Does photography need this?.

I've been chatting to a some of the other photography course leaders down here at University College Falmouth, and there is something troubling me. To be honest, it's been troubling me since I was......

An Album’s Worth 1,000 (Bad) Words – Jimi Hendrix.

Jimi Hendrix was a soldier in (and then discharged from) from the US army prior to being the world famous legendary guitar player we all know and love. The guy who wrote Machine Gun, had......

All change and updates.

David is now degree leader of the Press and Editorial photography course at Falmouth  uni. Peter Rudge joins duckrabbit as a new Director of defense against dark arts. Let's hope he lasts longer than his colleagues......

A photo’s worth 1,000 words? WPP discussion.

Remember Bibi Aisha, the Afghan woman whose Jodie Bieber portrait was put on the front of Time Magazine along with a controversial jingoistic strapline? Well, the whys and wherefores about how other people's words......

Occupied Spaces.

"Ultimately, I didn't see any point in making photographs at the camp if I couldn't add anything new to the standard photographic language that we see repeated again and again at protests. I'm convinced......

Got a few spare GoPro Hero cameras knocking about?.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0x52u2yzgI London based Timeslice Films have - here's a short promo they made for Rip Curl using 30 GoPro Heros set up in an array. ...

World Press Multimedia Contest Now Open To All.

The process is outlined below. Its an improvement on last years closed shop but still a bit of a disappointment for me. Again, as I've said before, I would like to see entrants placing their work......

Proper retrospectives.

I've been now a couple of days in Helsinki (Finland). A great time with photographers, curators, gallerists, etc., but that's another story. To stick to something specific, I think this is the first time......

Do not, whatever you do, stop watching this.

I promise you when it all kicks off you will hardly believe what you are seeing. WOW. ...

Explosions in Oban.

I think Ben would say that they should have used a windshield. But we can forgive the crummy sound just this once. £6,000 worth of fireworks going up in smoke in about 30 seconds......

Re-Opening Open Eye Gallery.

After being closed to the public since spring this......

Patty Griffin ‘Moses’.

Damn but that Cold Specks track was stunning. Its the weekend. No politics, no clamour, no controversy. Just music, and voices that give you goose bumps, take me away Patty..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-cRNV_6U3Q...

Lay Me Down.

Still shivering from catching Cold Specks last night:   http://youtu.be/iakh1pX7pxg...

Photographers…read this:.

Unless you want to assign them your copyright for £35....

Prince Charles reacts to news that he has to tell all about his oyster farms:.

The Duchy of Cornwall has been ordered to tell all about the environmental impact of non native oysters it has introduced to the Port Navas Oyster farms near Falmouth, Cornwall. Any photographers near Falmouth......

Blimey…just imagine….

I thought I was dreaming for a moment. I am a huge advocate of collaboration, but the Guardian? and the Mail? Whatgwan? Where could that lead? The brothers Milliband in bikinis? I shudder at the thought. Then......

#FF Funky Friday.

Damn. 'Catch me if you can'. Sweet as honey. Start at 30 seconds in, unless you're into the Sound of Silence, which is a tune for another day, maybe. The official video, here, is unembeddable,......

Here’s a game the Financial Times Newsroom have been playing.

Find the New York Times paywall. It's harder then you think, although there are reports of a sighting in Kentucky. (and if you want to find out what other games FT newsroom gets up to follow ...

One of the dangers of news orgs reporting something before it happens.

is that sometimes it doesn't happen. Read the headline and then the Breaking News on the screengrab  I've just taken from the BBC News Website. Reporting something as about to happen, even when the story is......