UK based Photographer, videographer, social technologist and mobile media maker
On the 25th of February 2008, on a cold bright morning, I visited the village of Hallaton in Leicestershire. I was told to expect something strange. A field full of violent people, small kegs of beer called ‘bottles’ and man with a rabbit on a stick were also mentioned. How could I not go? They [...]
The D90 is Nikon’s latest mid range consumer DSLR. It does everything a good Nikon does and brings relief to my shoulder that normally carries the weight of a D3. Although compact compared to other 12.3 Megapixel DSLR’s it has most of the guts of the D300. It’s a DX format sensor and shoots up [...]
After the UK Home Secretary’s recent statement green-lighting the harassment of photographers in public places, could it already be too late for us to reverse the attitudes of certain members of the law enforcement agencies and the general public? At the bottom of this post are a few links to tales of photographic woe and [...]
On more than one occasion, while out and about taking photographs, (mainly in London) I’ve been stopped for having a camera round my neck and looking like I might be about to take a picture. Yup, that’s all it seems to take now-a-days to raise the suspicions of some underpaid private security guard. Just be [...]
I have just finished uploading a few of the photos of the band Talc to my Flickr stream. For most of Friday afternoon I had the pleasure of hanging out with the two awesome funksters Dr. Fun and The Gift. They had imaginatively arranged for us to visit their local beer making establishment so as [...]
The fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War is upon us, and there is speculation that the engagement may continue yet another five years, if not more. To date, approximately 4,000 American soldiers have been killed in combat. While the loss of combat troops is certainly tragic, even more stunning is a recent [...]
I was very pleased to receive an email today telling me of a published report being released on a symposium I attended earlier this year.The report from The Democratic Image – Photography and Globalisation held in Manchester last April covered this groundbreaking event that sought to investigate how digital technology was aiding representation in a [...]
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