(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
Photography
The Right Way To Do A Photography Competition
Once under duress I posted the following photo into Amateur Photographer magazine and won the competition entitled (Underground). Then the year before last, I posted a photo taken on my N95 (through my sunglasses) into a french competition and won a laptop.. I never received the laptop but still thought I would quit while I was ahead and have never felt inspired enough to enter any more … [Read more...] about The Right Way To Do A Photography Competition
Graham Wiseman
I was taking photographs when I heard the news. It's hit me hard. If I type I cant cry. So I am typing. I feel like I've lost my father. Again. Worse this time. This person I knew. I have just answered the phone to a shaky voice telling me a good friend of mine has died. Graham Wiseman was more than a friend though. He was a father figure, a mentor, a teacher, the one guy who enabled me to do … [Read more...] about Graham Wiseman
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
2008 a journey with friends
The Documentally podcast in it's iTunes form started in 2006, i started video blogging and using twitter in 2007 but it was 2008 that felt like social media really took off for me. Maybe because I felt like I was no longer just a photographer. My ability to take photos and document things was now just one shade on a growing multimedia palette of skills that had community in mind. I guess things … [Read more...] about 2008 a journey with friends