Want to make mini documentaries?.

https://vimeo.com/80412289 Strictly Beza "I really loved the course! It's really helped me to get clearer about how I want to develop some important areas of my work." ...

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.   ...

Dark and familiar.

I took a trip over to the west of Scotland to see family this week. With some time to spare I thought I'd revisit a place I'd not been for a few years -......

Want to hear something glorious?.

Aaron Fyfe singing "Love That's Lost".   https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kHS4IMoun7A...

Small stories from nature – spinning yarns for all of us.

Sheep's wool, Sutherland © John MacPherson   I like the hidden 'stories' that reveal themselves to you when you......

Conquering fear.

Cafe Riviera, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 2014 © Amy Touchette   "Her photographs are in fact......

Sheep, they lead, we follow..

Lairg Lamb Sale is an event I've mentioned before on duckrabbit. No apologies for posting some more images. I love it. If you like 'atmosphere' Lairg is hard to beat. The smell of sheep predominates,......

Come and make photofilms with us in February.

If you’d like to take your first steps in photofilm production then our acclaimed  ...

The magic of the wet cow.

Take one cow, on a cold day, and liberally sprinkle with sleety rain. Wait until rain soaks the outer layer of hair and starts to make it slightly curly. Photograph. Magic!   ...

Phenomenon: non, non, non..

'Phantom' © Peter Lik   Jonathan Jones is at it again. He loves to stir it. Writing in The......

Yellowstone.

My recent post that focused on trees in Yellowstone and my being accosted by frustrated American wildlife watchers raised a few chuckles: Where's the Effing Bear Man? So here's a few more pictures......

Where’s the effing bear man?.

Dead trees, dawn light and mist, and......