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..  

Very excited that Adobe have released the beta of Lightroom 4 into the wild today, with huge improvements.. Just a few of the new features (as described by Adobe Labs): For the development of this latest release, we’ve focused on further maximizing image quality and expanding output options. New tools let you extract more detail [...]

I figured it was time I actually got around to sprucing the site up a bit, especially as this year I’m planning to develop the photography business further. I really wasn’t happy with the way the galleries looked on my previous site, mainly as I always felt frustrated by the way the automatically generated thumbnails [...]

Christmas Day, The Festive Sprout.. Aaand we’re done..

Emma having a blonde moment trying to figure out how to do things on twitter.. Advent Calendar Pic-a-Day 24/25