views away from the lens

This month I was commissioned to run two youth photo workshops in Warrington, on the theme of ‘love’… it being around Valentine’s Day. I let the kids loose with some cameras and we set about turning their snaps into CD… Read more ›

Here’s a neat presentation on the benefits and methodologies of blogging and Tweeting. Making your mark on the blogosphere : An introduction to blogging  View more presentations from Red Cube Marketing.

That’s right I’m now a presenter on BBC Radio Manchester’s ‘Jewish Hour’. Surprisingly there are a lot of similarities between the creative skills for radio and those for photography… preparation, tight schedules, capturing enough material that you can later edit,… Read more ›

Its not just frontline photojournalists, suffering at the hands of the Metropolitan police, who are being picked on just because of the job they are doing. Regular photographers working on commission or self motivated projects are the subject of deep… Read more ›

Well, Redeye’s conference in Manchester is over and I’m home… to the greenhouse and editing videos. Quite an intense time Friday to Sunday. Lots of people to meet, some completely new, others I’d only chatted to in email or that… Read more ›

Why on earth would a sane person put their work at the mercy of a seasoned reviewer? Portfolio reviews are becoming increasingly popular for photographers. So what can you expect if you go to one? Is it a case of… Read more ›

  I’ve been asked to chair one of the discussions at the forthcoming National Photography Symposium in Manchester. The session I’m looking after is… “The Collective and the Library” – How are photographers organising themselves and getting their work distributed?… Read more ›

Does a photographer need to bother with social networking – Blogs, Twitter,  Flickr, YouTube, yada yada yada – ?… Don’t we have enough to do with sourcing work, keeping up with cameras, software, client relationships, tax returns and the whole… Read more ›

Straight after the Get AmbITion workshop I had to attend and photograph the Liverpool Art Prize awards ceremony (which as previously noted, I am sponsoring by doing the snaps!). Fortunately they were both in the Novas Contemporary Urban Centre building.… Read more ›

Spent today at the #getambition workshop at Novas in Liverpool, on behalf of Redeye. Lots of interesting people. The purpose of the workshop was to introduce the ideas and methods of Social Networking to arts organisations. A huge amount of… Read more ›

Yes – I’ve been flying!

Over the last couple of months I’ve been working with Photomobile, teaching kids and adults. Photomobile is, as the name suggests, a mobile wet and digital darkroom which works with schools, communities and anywhere there’s an interest in photography. I… Read more ›

I was chuffed to be asked to take part in one of the Format Festival’s events in Derby a few weeks ago. It consisted of a Panel Discussion in the evening followed by Portfolio Reviews the following day. Quite strange… Read more ›

Well that’s it. I’ve completed 3 years as a Director and Board member of the AOP (Association of Photographers) and as of tonight, the AGM, I am standing down and letting other people carry the baton. (Those observant ones amongst… Read more ›

LOOK07 and Redeye kindly invited me to their symposium The Democratic Image last weekend. With speakers flown in from around the world, and an audience coming from similarly widespread destinations, it was a thought provoking, fascinating and inspiring couple of… Read more ›

I was on another panel discussion the other night at the Circle Club in Manchester. It was about all the post production stuff that as a photographer has to go after you’ve actually taken the photographs. I have to say… Read more ›

Ten and a half years ago on 15 May 1996 a group of anoraks, known as the Digital Imaging Group,  met in a damp dark cellar (better known as Ian McKinnell’s, brightly lit and not damp at all, second floor… Read more ›

Anthony Gormley’s statues on the shoreline at Crosby are just a few miles down the road from me. Initially set to be a temporary installation it was supposed to move later on to New York, now it looks at though… Read more ›

Since I bought my Powerbook, somewhat reluctantly and before I wanted to embark on that purchase last September, its been a regular pain. Within four weeks, just long enough for it not to be declared “dead on arrival”, the screen… Read more ›

Well it was bound to happen one day. After I finish my routine in the gym (shock horror… yes I’ve been going about three to four times a week since the beginning of August) I generally go for a swim.… Read more ›

Together with Redeye I’ve been organising this essential seminar on colour and asset  management. The first of our two key speakers was Jack Lowe, who specialises in scanning, retouching and printing,  workflow management, and in particular offers advice on supplying… Read more ›

It was the AGM of the Association of Photographers last night. I had planned to be there. But I’ve had the flu for the last ten days or more and I still have a load of stuff to do with… Read more ›