Category Archives: The Blog
To ask or not to ask – that is the question?
There is always an interesting debate to be had about whether to ask somebody in the street if you can take their photograph, or whether to take the photograph surreptitiously. I must admit I’m torn between both approaches. … Continue reading
Stepping back in time.
For some time now I’ve been looking at material I shot in my early career in photography, and I can tell you there’s rather a lot to look at, both film negatives & transparencies. To simplify the process I chose … Continue reading
Catch it while you can…….
You’ll remember I ran a blogpost on Tim Hetherington a while back? Well the good news is that the BBC are showing the Documentary about Tim Hetherington, the British war photographer and filmmaker killed in 2011 during the Libyan civil … Continue reading
Mentioned in dispatches…..
I’ve been fascinated for many years with the story of photography in war. Not in a morbid way, I’m very much the pacifist, but the way war has been and is represented through photography. I suspect, also because I once … Continue reading
Pixels on a Page, geddit?
Why the name? And what does it mean? Well it’s a play on words and a homage in some ways to a pivotal book by Harold Evans a former editor of the Times, entitled “Pictures on a Page”. Back n the … Continue reading
Get yourself connected….
It’s strange how every so often a series of things come together with a common link. And in this case a personal memory of somebody who was very supportive many years ago when I was trying to set up a … Continue reading
An interesting life lesson
I found out the hard way when I started out in photography, that not every photograph you take will be a keeper. Looking back over my archive there are many wasted opportunities. Apart from the wasted film. But there is … Continue reading
An early start
A while back I was asked to contribute to a collection of photography for an archive run by Queenspark books. Or more specifically, their Brighton & Hove Photographic Collection. In 1972 I was working at Cox’s Pill factory and thinking about photography. … Continue reading
On being an Itinerant Photographer….
Itinerant, the very thought of the word conjures up an idea of somebody who travels from place to place. And in many ways, that’s exactly what my life as a photographer has been.