London Calling – Protests Against the G8

Protest Photography I am heading off to London later today to photograph protests with four days of anti G8 protests and then going straight to Northern Ireland to photograph more anti G8 protests at Enniskillen where the actual G8 summit is being held. With the news that austerity may last till 2020 and with the anti capitalist group Stop the G8 starting protests on  Tuesday 11th June … Continue reading London Calling – Protests Against the G8

3D Press Badges

Wearing one of these press badges can either stop you from being shot or be the reason you were shot. Wearing them depends where in the world you work, who is fighting who or even if the protesters are media friendly or not. Tuff call some times! They say PRESS in English and Arabic in case you were wondering and in some countries its the … Continue reading 3D Press Badges

Documentary Photography – Some kit I am taking for remote transition and editing

I am off down south to do some documentary photography on No New Nuclear protest and thought I would share my workflow and some of the kit I use in such situations. When I travel; I like to travel light, so packing just the essentials is the way I like it, but I also need to think about backups, redundancy and resupply. There is nothing … Continue reading Documentary Photography – Some kit I am taking for remote transition and editing

An Interesting Turn For Hipstamatic – Photojournalism

Hpistamatic is expected to launch, later this year, a pack of digital lenses and films dedicated to photojournalists to raise funds for its newly created Hipstamatic Foundation for Photojournalism. Currently for colour or black and white photojournalism I am using 645 Pro app as it saves as tiff format, has a histogram, and is a better camera app for photographers;  but Hipstermatic’s new and free lens … Continue reading An Interesting Turn For Hipstamatic – Photojournalism

Nice article on the future of photo collectives

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/a-lone-wolf-approach-disfavored/ #photography  Embedded Link Cooperation Replaces a Lone Wolf Approach to Photography Changes in the business of photojournalism over the past five years have produced an explosion of collectives, fostering cooperation within and among groups. Google+: View post on Google+ Post imported by Google+Blog. Created By Daniel Treadwell. Continue reading Nice article on the future of photo collectives