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Your Rights As A Photographer In The UK

The guide below is available to print out on the website PhotographerNotATerrorist.org I highly recommend carrying it with you in your camera bag at all times. Also make sure you follow @PHNAT on twitter and join the Facebook group Your Rights As A Photographer In The UK If you are stopped and searched under section 44 of the Terrorism Act, you do not have to give your: Name, address, … [Read more...] about Your Rights As A Photographer In The UK

Getting the most from your camera phone

(Me snapping Nick Clegg in a taxi - photo by @Kate_Day) The first cameraphones were little more than a gimmick, then we wanted quality. Then it seemed quality was put on hold in order that we could share out images far and wide. We are now starting to see phones being built into cameras and not the other way round. What I mean is that some phones like the N86 have cameras so good I feel the time … [Read more...] about Getting the most from your camera phone

Canon Ixus 120is

Back in the 90's I traveled for a good many countries with a Canon Ixus. Great optics but as it was an APS camera it was next to useless. Expensive film processing and a format that although compact, didn't survive. My first hands on look at what Canon are are doing now with their Ixus range came from @ilicco at the Tuttle club when he showed me his Ixus 110is I was really impressed with the … [Read more...] about Canon Ixus 120is

Makoto – A New Kind Of Photographic Agency

My friend Phil wrote to me from Kirkuk, he's researching this story on the Arab-Kurd situation. It's slow going, but he summarises it all with one sentence. No one wants to compromise, there's a low level war already underway and things could get more dangerous in a year or two. All sort of grim. For months now he has wanted to get a photo agency together. It's a collaborative effort between … [Read more...] about Makoto – A New Kind Of Photographic Agency