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......

This is just lovely.

Wish more people made gentle films like this.  And wish more people understood this is a convinceing way to engage people about climate change. Thanks @finnryan for sharing Fly Fishing......

Headline of the year ( so far..).

"Photographer ate rodents, monkeys, worms in global photography ministry." Don't ask me....please....it gets better: "So you think being a globe-trekking photographer would be a glamorous profession? This world-famous photographer from Middle Tennessee literally ate......

Pretty pictures but journalism my arse.

Ciara Leeming summed it up beautifully on the BBC recently when she said the problem with many 'photojournalists' is that they have little understanding of journalism. Dominic Nahr's set of pics in......

Have you ever wondered that if it’s not obvious to you why someone’s photos are great.

maybe they aren't? This year, do yourself a favor, don't take anybody's word on greatness....

Facebook is now worth $50 bln… Question: Why when there is so much cheap capital out there looking for a home….

... do the great and the good or the "institution of photography" have to ask for donations from the public and/or foundations? The investment community......

Photography is amazing! A much deserved 5,786 retweets and over 32,000 ‘shares’….

Massive respect to Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre. I got tired of people exploring medium/large format photography using architecture for the sake of seeing what aesthetics they can produce in large sizes to......

How to get laid.

At Visa, Festival of Shanty Towns, without spending $6000, ...