No projector yet available and within our budget (i.e. costing less than £2,000) is capable of doing justice to the work that we produce. So I am agitating to drop the idea of using a projector for internal competition. What we have been doing is have digital images (less than 1Mpx) exhibited as though they are slides (more than 10Mpx).



We are quite happy with prints (up to 28Mpx) being shown at a maximum dimension of 20 ins., so why are we insisting on DPIs (under 1Mpx) being shown… Continue

Today I've given Jessops Epsom some A4 and A5 copies of the version of our poster that Harold sent me. They will display them. As per Harold's suggestion they agreed to give a copy to people who by SLRs. (In fact the assistant grabbed one right away to give to her sister!).

(The colour toner ran out of the printer at work today so they are only B&W; whenever the new design is finished I'll replace them with the new ones in colour).

There seems to be a theme in my post - completely accidental



The British Journal of Photography" is launching a campaign to counter the rising paranoia that targets every photographer who shoot images in public places.



They are calling all photographers, amateur or professional, to join our protest by taking part in a visual campaign, designed to raise awareness about increasing restrictions on shooting in tFhe public realm, which together with abuse of police powers and… Continue

more info here

The Metropolitan Police have issued a photography advice to police officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs), to provide a summary of the Metropolitan Police Service’s guidance around photography in public places.



It states “members of the public and the media do not need a permit to film or photograph in public places and police have no power to stop them filming or photographing incidents or police personnel”, and that the “Terrorism Act 2000 does not prohibit… Continue