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April 30th, 2007
I had a couple of errands to run near Manchester’s Northern quarter today, and having heard about the morning’s fire, it seemed a good idea to bring my cameras along. The blaze had been extinguished, but there was still a lot of fuss in the area.
Here are the photos from the aftermath of Manchester’s April 30th, 2007 Dale Street fire. A few more are available on my flickr stream.
April 21st, 2007
Renée C. Byer is this year’s winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography and the honour is well-deserved. This account of Cyndie French, a single mother of five, and her care of her dying son Derek Madsen is a moving look into a family’s ordeal and their struggle against cancer.
February 13th, 2007
For some outstanding, inspiring and moving photos, check out this winners gallery of the World Press Photos 2007.
June 29th, 2006
Photographers of Getty Images have been busy at the World Cup and have been posting their photos and experiences on the Getty Images Sports Blog. The page provides some interesting insight into what it’s like to shoot such a major event and also features the occasional useful tip from some of the better sports photographers in the world.
June 10th, 2006
The winners of the International Color Awards were announced on May 7, but as far as I’m concerned, inspiring images are allowed to make the news a month late. The images of both the winners and nominees are viewable here.
Categories include abstract, nature, photojournalism, advertising and much more. Both the amateur and professional galleries feature outstanding work.
June 10th, 2006
The Strobist has deviated slightly from the usual tasty buffet of good lighting articles and served up a delicious article that discusses layers of interest in photographs
From the article:
“Top to bottom, left to right, front to back,” The Washington Post’s Mike Williamson told me once. That’s the standard. Fill the frame. Make it work. Make someone want to stay there a while.
Usually, the more layers of interest I can pull off in a photo - and still have it “work” - the happier I am.
The layers of interest discussed here are the elements of a photo that tell a story. They are the details in a photo that make viewers step in closer to have a better look at what you have captured.
Creating a depth of interest, however, a tricky balance. There is a temptation to include more compositional elements in the hopes that they may create additional interest in the photo, but this can often lead to clutter. This is why creating such images is so difficult: the details must compliment and add to the subject, not compete with it.
June 8th, 2006
Results for the 2006 Press Photographers Awards have been announced and you can see the winning entries here. There is some lovely work here, but navigating through the flash slideshow format is cumbersome. If you’re willing to put up with the user interface, you’ll be rewarded with some great images.
June 7th, 2006
The Online Photographer has just completed their list of the Top Ten Greatest Photographs Ever Made. Each selection features an essay detailing the rationale for the selection. Good cases can be made for each of the photos and interesting discussion already surrounds their picks.
June 6th, 2006
The June issue of The Digital Journalist is online with an impressive collection of articles ranging from the innocuous woes of shooting high-school sports to the ponderous woes of the people of Sudan and Iraq.
This diverse collection of articles gives absorbing insight into both the photojournalists and the stories they are covering.
June 6th, 2006
Because photos of tornados are always always impressive, check out this fine collection of storm images featuring the work of storm photographer Warren Faidley.
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