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.

This will be a very boring post if you’re looking for a nice variety of photos. But if you’re interested in one particular question, hopefully not so much.

You might have seen this photo* today. Beautiful, isn’t it? Everything you wanted to see confirmed about our patriotic football boys on the march. Illiterate, and incontinent! In one picture! Unbelievable.

With a new parliament sitting, and big changes in its membership, it was clear that a new set of MP portraits was going to be needed.

[You can find part one here if you missed it] Another year, another puntcon, another Thompson.

My tenth year of photography, and as varied and enjoyable as ever.

Two stories caught my attention yesterday – both involving knotty issues that pop up when people take photos of people.

When I’m on an event photography job, I’m always watching what’s around me, especially in the gaps in the action after I’ve completed the coverage of a particular session.

You’ve hired a photographer. You like the results. You have all sorts of ideas about how you want to use the pictures – new things you’ve just thought of. New products you can use them on, new places you can…