Oops – I’ve been a very naughty boy and neglected my blog haven’t I? Sorry about that folks! No excuses, I’ve just been super-busy with projects and rather got carried away! It’s all good stuff though and rest assured I’ll blog about some of it very soon! One quick update though for now. This week [...]

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, [...]

There’s an unfortunate downside to mentioning my forum anywhere on the net, I seem to be attracting the wrong type of attention because I’ve recently been seeing a dramatic increase in the number of attempted spam registrations.  At present it’s in excess of 30 attempted registrations per day.  Even with the obvious ‘are you a [...]

Dear potential photo buyer, If you have been directed to this page, it is likely that you have requested the use of an image or images for free or minimal compensation. As professional photographers, we receive requests for free images on a regular basis. In a perfect world, each of us would love to be [...]

Minor tech annoyance this morning as I discovered that one of my external hard drives had died. The minor annoyance being that it’ll cost a few quid to replace it, and thankfully not the loss of anything on it. It was only a backup drive, and a secondary back up at that.  By secondary I [...]

Another classic from the “Tales of the Clueless..” A couple of years ago I did some photos for someone at a bodybuilding competition. They liked the shots and bought quite a few prints. Then a friend of theirs who was in the same competition approached me and said ‘any chance of a copy of the [...]

Normally an invitation to a party or other such event is something to look forward to, but sadly as a photographer it’s becoming all too regular to receive an invite, often out of the blue and from someone you wouldn’t normally expect to receive one from that’s worded something like: Hey Rich, hope you’re well. [...]

In recent years there have been numerous reports of heavy handed security guards hassling photographers for taking photographs in public places.  The fact is, you have the right to photograph anything you like if you are in a public place, including people, vehicles, buildings etc.  so unless you are on private property said security have [...]

Had a lovely day out today down in Clevedon with my friend Arleta. Took a few snaps while I was there and thought I’d do something a little more stylised for a change..