I was copied into a request for help a few days ago. Someone I didn’t know had only a few family photos still in existence, from their parents’ wedding in 1965.

It’s 5.30. This will all be over in 40 minutes, whatever. Nothing I can do about it.

My friend Michael took, and posted, this lovely picture. It’s a lovely picture. [Photo: © Michael Hobson, used with permission]

I was puzzling last week about how best to use Favourites lists to select RAW files to edit (Mac) – if you *don’t* use Lightroom.

A friend sent me this story to have a look at today:

[You can find part one here if you missed it]

A lean and strange year. Weird in so many ways. The first three months saw almost no client work, then a trickle for the next three, followed by a flood as many delayed projects cranked into action.

[You can find part one here if you missed it]

The year everything changed.

Right, let’s take on a biggie. When do you need a model release for a photo?

Every now and then I see a picture in the news that reminds me of what my job is really about.