What can happen when image makers and politics collide….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr3sj8q5lfY It does not have to be that way... film makers/photographers/advert makers who are tied to a particular political movement are not going to be given the freedom to produce anything that does......

How to get ahead in photography part 1: Have friends in VERY high places….

For those who understand the particular political scene in the UK... Check out Ed Miliband's speech made in parliament today here. "There is good news for the prime minister - apparently he does a......

SAD NEWS.

Someone much loved has gone. Gaby and Matt, my heart goes out to you. No doubt someone else reading this will draw strength from these words. Duckrabbit's heart goes out to you too. Fear No......

UFO camera needed…can you help….

To build the perfect camera for photographing UFO's.? Aesthetically, it'd probably be on a 5x4 with a bit of front shift and an aero-ektar. Practically, it's probably your 'phone. If you can help with the perfect......

Picture in Bristol? £150 please..

Filming Permits The city of Bristol operates a permit system for all location filming and photography. Applications for a permit should be submitted to the Bristol Film Office as soon as......

Nothing to worry about...

All this hoo hah about printer ink cartridges being used as bombs. I don't think there's anything to worry about... Everyone knows that your ink cartridge will crap out right in the middle of an......

Ok, Ok it is amazing what you can do with a cheap(ish) DLSR.

More super slow motion shenanigans Shutter: 1000 Iso: 400-3200 Twixtor speed ranging from 2-20%. Lenses: Canon 18-55 Sigma 70-300 Bit of warping in a few spots but......

The Islamic Relief photo competition has been won by….

Er, no-one. I put a post up a good while ago now encouraging people to enter. Unfortunately the competition has quietly slipped away. I don't know why it went belly up, but there you go.......

Thank you and a Halloween treat.

Last month duckrabbit had over 44000 visits. To top it off I got this email this morning from Kelvin Brown, one of the photographers who recently attended a duckrabbit photofilm workshop. 'My......

Matt Stuart on NYTimes Lens blog.

Great to see the NYT picking up on Matt's wonderful street photography, via this humble blog no less: There's a bit of......

Lots and lots and lots and lots of crap.

gets written about how inaccurate bloggers are, compared to 'proper journalists.'  That somehow the world of blogging (if such a world existed) is a cess-pit of slander and innuendo.  It's the kind of rubbish people throw......

‘THIS IS AFRICA’.

Well done John Edwin Mason for spotting this: 'Brilliant parody of cliches & stereotypes about Africa by Getty Images & Stefano de Luigi'. (more on this later)...

Family Is.

'the pain and the joy of too much tenderness'. Please take one minute out of your day to click on the photo and pop a few words in. Trust me. ...

Magnum’s Nick Galvin delivers a master-class.

on how if you think long and hard enough about any photo you can persuade yourself it's winner (commenting on his judging of the BJP photo awards). 'As a single image it becomes isolated, it......

Life is a provocation.

"I’m an anarchist, yes. Because I’m alive. Life is a provocation…. I’m against people in power and what that imposes upon them. Anglo-Saxons have to learn what anarchism is. For them, it’s violence.......

Not everything is black and white.

Contrary to IAMNOTASUPERSTAR's last post, not every NGO wants photographers to paint the world their way. Over the last year duckrabbit has been training some of the communications teams from MSF to produce photofilms. Not......

What happens when you are employed by an NGO?.

This shows the risks to objective storytelling if one is employed by an NGO. You are corporatised into showing the message of your employer - bottom line. Agencies are self interested collectives serving photographers, NGO's are......

“The Worlds Greatest Ever Story”.

In competition with the greatest series of white background portraits ever to be shot? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBcyCWeM_9I With possibly the sharpest commentator on youtube ever? Punkrockaddicted. Entertainment is......

Caner corner..

George Michael jail release sparks Apple iPhone rage No, that's not a headline from the Daily Mail/Fail/Beast but from Amateur Photographer. "Snappy Snaps had also said it would welcome George Michael to......