Monthly Archives: January 2010

Orchidiocy – an incurable passion for wild orchids. PHD.

If a passion for orchids ever grips you then you have to learn to accept ‘failure’ as an integral part of the fascination (even obsession) that finding such capricious creatures engenders. I have heard lovers of orchids described in English … Continue reading

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Red lights and empty roads. NB.

It’s a quiet country road and you approach a small set of road works. As you do so, the light turns to red. You can see there are no vehicles at the light on the other side nor any approaching. … Continue reading

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Western Digital ‘My Book’ – external hard drive problems. PHD

Do you know that great calm that comes from abject terror where you are so scared that you cannot even allow yourself the luxury of a scream?  Having a hard drive with 20,000 image files on it resolutely refusing to … Continue reading

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At the sharp end of things. PHD

Do you ever get the impression that some magazine editors seem obsessed with the idea that photographs are somehow only ‘creative’ if insects and flowers are depicted out of focus and ‘innovative’ if composition is decidedly poor? Many of the … Continue reading

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Launch of British Wildlife Photography Awards 2010. NB

I received this press release from competition organiser, Maggie Gowan, today. I’ll be helping to judge the 2020Vision Special Award which I reckon is the really exciting prize. No animal models though, please… PRESS RELEASE British Wildlife Photography Awards www.bwpawards.org … Continue reading

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New ‘working from home’ article. NB.

Apart from a trip to Belgium planned for late April,  it looks like pretty much all of my photography this year will be done in Scotland, or at least, on this island off the west coast of Europe. The reasons … Continue reading

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Ethics before images – it’s about time! AP

And so the witchhunt has begun, the vitriol is being enthusiastically spouted, the sanctimonious (me) are galloping around on their high horses whilst all the time the air is thick with the familiar smell of hypocrisy…..the target of all of … Continue reading

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The Wolf – flushed into the open: time to move on. PHD

I suppose that, in the interests of fair play we should lead with the statement that Mr Rodriguez continues to “strongly deny that the wolf in the image is a model wolf…” Right, that’s done. I am as angry as … Continue reading

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“The” wolf photo in perspective.NB.

So, the story is out now and the winning photograph in the 2009 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition has been disqualified. I hate it all: that the guy did it, that the scandal is arousing more interest than all … Continue reading

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Introducing Erwin Christis. NB

photos © Erwin Christis As anyone who spends time trawling the Web will know, there is a great deal of photographic talent out there. But it is altogether rarer  is to find that talent given a focus and put to … Continue reading

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