Industry magazine Amateur Photographer recently revealed that Glasgow Subway passengers are to be told they can’t take photos on the subway.
The ban can be found in Section 12.1 of proposed byelaws that have been produced by subway operator Strathclyde Partnership...
With wedding season well under way, we’re getting an increasing number of calls from wedding photographers asking for advice on all manner of things from copyright issues to advice on pricing.
Talking of wedding photographers, the most recent case to come to...
An article in the Daily Mail over the weekend reported a record number of Brits are choosing to marry abroad. This has subsequently become a hot topic of debate for the photography community.
The research suggested more than a third of couples have booked a wedding...
Picture this – you move an expensive sculpture on a photo shoot, it later falls and smashes into tiny pieces – a nightmare scenario for any professional photographer. So let’s hope the magazine photographer who reportedly did just that was insured.
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We all know Facebook is a fantastic forum for people to show their views and support for good causes, and the bad ones too. We also know how hard it is for freelance photographers to keep the work rolling in and pay their bills. Now it seems a Facebook group has...
If you’re anything like me, you change glass, a lot. And often in far from ideal conditions. Those of us who don’t have the luxury of working on regular sterile laboratory shoots will be fully aware of those pesky little dust spots. Now I dare you to...
Facebook’s recent billion pound acquisition of camera app Instagram shows how influential apps have become.
The app has only been around for two years but has already built up more than 30 million users. It enables users to apply filters to images taken on...
We’ve already written several blogs about the problems the nation’s photography community will face as they attempt to capture shots of the world’s finest athletes at London 2012.
Most recently we wrote about the formation of the PHNAT group which stands...
On Friday, I read a piece in a national newspaper about Britain’s ‘worst wedding photos’ and felt compelled to write about it. All the nationals covered the story and hundreds of people commented. A newlywed couple paid a professional photographer £750...
Pinterest seems to be in the news constantly at the moment and has very quickly become the number three most popular social networking site. The site has recently attracted some negative attention from people who had concerns about copyright issues. Lots of...