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PPY Private View

Posted on July 15, 2009 | Leave a comment


PPY, the Press Photographer’s Year had its prize giving and private view on July 13th. In its fourth year it brought together the best in press photography and photojournalism from the UK, and photographers working internationally for UK publications.


Winner of Photograph of the Year, Rosie Hallam

Co-founder of the awards, Tim Bishop

Leon Neal receives his award in the portrait category
from Canon’s Matt Beard



Its an absolutely superb exhibition, based in the Lyttelton Foyer of the National Theatre on the Southbank. The exhibition’s on ’till Monday, 31st August 2009. I can’t recommend this exhibition enough; its stunning.

PS – If you see a picture of Barack Obama whilst there, I’m proud to say, its mine!

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The Press Photographer’s Year Winners Announced

Posted on July 3, 2009 | Leave a comment

PPY (Press Photographer’s Year) have announced this years winners.



A big congratulation to all the authors of the chosen works and specially to the author of the Photograph of the Year, the biggest accolade given in the competition, Rosie Hallam.

I’m happy to say that one of my images, a shot of Barack Obama, has made it into the “Selected” photographs (its number 108 in the slideshow).

A big congratulations also to the winner of the Multimedia section, Abbie Trayler-Smith, who’s audio slideshow can be viewed below:

Still Human Still Here; Refused asylum seekers in the UK. from Anna Stevens on Vimeo.

The exhibition opens at the National Theatre’s Lyttleton Foyer on July 4 and will continue until August 31st.

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UK Folding Three Pin Plug = Genius

Posted on June 23, 2009 | Leave a comment

This is absolute genius. The biggest problem with the UK plug is that its huge. In laptop bags, its always the item that takes up so much more thickness than anything else and when travelling abroad, it takes up a huge amount of luggage space for all the mains adapters one needs.

This design by Mr Min Kyu Choi is stunning. Lets hope it goes into production.

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Images On Flickr

Posted on June 12, 2009 | Leave a comment

Just a quick note to let you all know that I’m now also posting my images onto Flickr.

For professional purposes and ordering prints, my Photoshelter site is still the one to use, but for browsing pictures and leaving comments, do check out my Flickr page.

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Tiananmen Square: a night of despair

Posted on June 5, 2009 | Leave a comment


On the 20th anniversary of the tragic events at Tiananmen Square, The Guardian’s Dan Chung has put together some spectacular films using footage from 1989 married to recent interviews and footage of the square yesterday. These are well worth a watch:





The New York Times has a couple of very interesting posts and images of the iconic and brave moment when a man blocked the tanks.

Behind The Scenes: A New Angle On History a fifth image of the “Tank Man” emerges.

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Canon 5D MkII Audio Hacked

Posted on May 25, 2009 | Leave a comment

5D Mark Free audio meters from Trammell Hudson on Vimeo.

Well, its happened. The audio function has been hacked on the 5D MkII to allow an override on the automatic gain control. This is superb news and my congratulations go to Hudson for this.

There’s a thread on the Cinema 5D forum exploring this update to the camera’s firmware.

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