True story, Bernard Butler and Me.

When I was sixteen Bernard Butler put me on the guestlist to see Suede at Leicester De Montford in exchange for some home-made (by me) flapjack. Of course he later walked out on Suede and......

Kickstarter: Some more analysis….

... that speaks for itself. Here is my analysis on Towell's his soon-to-get-his-$12,000 project. Towell Kickstarter Analysis Here is the same thing with the most successful project I see on Kickstarter. Other Kickstarter Project......

Black holes and lug holes..

This is a picture of the creation of a black hole at CERN. Ok, it's a simulation, but it's still pretty epic. There's a whole collection here. I want a t-shirt with this pic on. ...

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In pictures: Haiti through the eyes of its teenagers ...

#FF Funky Friday.

Ok.....less funk, more groove. But man, what a groove. This one goes out to John, who I know will appreciate it. Blue note rule. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrRnZECLr1Y...

‘Stories are being told and retold each moment’.

In the early days, I used to think I could take one picture, and if it were successful, it would epitomize that human being. Now, I think that is an absurd notion because I......

Photofilm – Poisoned whilst deployed – Nina Berman.

A couple of days back I wrote how there's an issue of people thinking that just because they take pictures, sometimes award-winning, that  makes them a journalist. No,  it makes you someone who takes pictures. ...

This is how far you can go in Photoshop...

..and still have people believe it's real. Hilarious, and worrying. The author might have got away with it if they'd cropped it hard and converted to mono...:) ...

Photographer of the Year award- results in!.

This just in....The Photographer Of The Year award has been won - for a second time - by Michael Broyles. Thanks to Linda Broyles for bringing us that news. Well done Michael....

Embeddable © symbol for Plixi users..

For one week only Martin Nachtwey has kindly allowed Plixi users the use of his own personal embeddable © symbol. If you would like to borrow it, please email him at mart.nacht@methusalahx.org and......

Flickrtwittertwitpic, Plixi etc.

Hello. If you use Plixi to upload pics to twitter from now on your pics can be sold on without recompense to you. Plixi  (formerly tweetphoto) have signed a deal with WENN to flog......

Some days (often) the comments on duckrabbit.

are better than the posts. Nick Turpin's recent comment on this post is a great example: I've said this before with regard to The Photographers Gallery but the more I am involved with photography......

Win an M9! Killer..

Well, how often do you get the chance to win an M9, and not just ANY M9, oh no....but an M9 that belonged to Seal. ( Pay attention at the back..he was/is a singer married......

Quack quack oops..

From here. That's good to know. Anyone that doesn't like ducks is called an anatidaephobe, and a dislike of rabbits is silly...no, sorry, it's......

Cutbacks..

I read today ( thanks Nick) that due to cutbacks a picture is now only worth 200 words. Talking of  pictures....if you like to natter about pics why not try and waffle on enough......

“Theatre of mind”.

Awesome. 302 views last night, over 4 million by now. And job offers. Good work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTysXITBCmk...

Do you have to be an egomaniac to get a photograph on the cover of TIME?.

Or is that just a consequence? UPDATE: Here's a comment: I was in Burma photographing Suu Kyi the day she was released and the days after including a portrait session at the NLD office. I like Platon's......

The USA/Mexico immigration fence costs around $4million per mile to build.

Want to see two girls climb it in under 20 seconds on their first attempt? Value for money indeed. (thanks Pete) ...

A photofilm that lets you think for yourself.

There are so many different ways to read this photofilm, so many layers, so many unanswered questions ... which is what makes it so great. Hats off to Ian Forsyth. ...

Timing..

Well, what can you say?  Skills. Getting a decent snap of the solar eclipse is hard enough, but combining it with the moment that the international Space Station whizzes by takes proper effort. The......