Photography

Monday 16 August 2010

Manchester Local Image Collection

I’m a huge fan of the Manchester Libraries Local Image Collection which puts 80,000 archive photographs at our fingertips online.

A week I ago I discovered some changes had been made which meant the hundreds of links that I have from my website to theirs didn’t work anymore. But I’m glad to say that after I alerted them to the problem they fixed it.

The Image Collection has been integrated with the site’s shopping cart system, making it easier to buy a high-quality print. An 10″x8″ print costs £7.

Filed under: Buildings, History, Manchester, Photography — GS @ 3:55 pm

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Thursday 8 April 2010

Good news for photographers as ‘orphan works’ clause is dropped

Last night the government was forced to drop clause 43 of the Digital Economy Bill. This badly-thought-out legislation would have given publishers the freedom to use ‘orphan works’. In other words, any photograph belonging to a photographer who the publisher claimed could not be traced. (more…)

Filed under: Photography, Politics — GS @ 12:13 am

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Tuesday 14 April 2009

The highs and lows of film-making and why relatively few good videos get made

Watching the G20 protests on TV it seemed that every other person had a camera. Yet only two video clips of the Ian Tomlinson incident have come to light so far. One was shot by a member of the public, the other by a broadcast news team and despite professional cameras being outnumbered by ‘activist’ cameras to the tune of hundreds to one.

A fluke? I suggest not. (more…)

Filed under: Net & technology, Personal, Photography, Video-making — GS @ 2:29 pm

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Thursday 2 April 2009

More4 News presenter attacked live on air following G20 protests

Last night as Alex Thomson presented More4 News live from the City, a man pushed his way in front of the camera. (more…)

Filed under: Photography, Politics, TV & film, The media, Video-making — GS @ 10:24 am

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Fireworks at the closing of Manchester Pride 2010. My video filmed from the top of a tall building to the south. http://g7uk.com/go/v004

20 years ago today: exclusive photos of the event on Canal Street on August Bank Holiday Monday 1990 - http://g7uk.com/go/005

Flashback to 2008: my six-minute video of queer demonstrators invading the Manchester Pride balloon launch: http://g7uk.com/go/v003

Basil Brush says no to BBC Salford move http://gu.com/p/2tphn/tw

RT @lgbtoryuk: RT @mediaguardian: BBC rejects complaint over 'Should homosexuals face execution?' web post http://bit.ly/baTbzQ

100 years ago a wireless telegraph message across the Atlantic lead to the arrest of Dr Crippen: http://bit.ly/8ZL8Ct

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UK Film Council abolished. Quango or cultural necessity? http://g7uk.com/go/e037 [Telegraph] http://g7uk.com/go/e038 [Guardian]

Broadband customers in the UK are getting barely half the speed their package suggests [Telegraph] http://g7uk.com/go/e036 #broadband

@Kopmatt88 @JaeKay - and Bradshaw was the 'culture' secretary who had never heard of Roman Polanski when asked on Question Time #hoc

BBC iPlayer viewers may have to pay licence fee: http://g7uk.com/go/e035 [Telegraph] #bbc

'Hollywood fears the 3D bubble has already burst'. No surprise. Just as it did every previous time! http://g7uk.com/go/e034 [Telegraph] #3D

'Get Carter' car-park Gateshead to be demolished today: http://g7uk.com/go/e033 I worked for fire brigade in 1988 & visited the top floor.

Toxic legacy of US assault on Fallujah 'worse than Hiroshima' (The Independent): http://g7uk.com/go/e032

900-year-old Song dynasty drains save Chinese city from deadly floods (Telegraph): http://bit.ly/8Yn9WE

Iraq WMD threat: former diplomat says exaggeration, accretion & editing of docs led to lies in threat assessment http://g7uk.com/go/e031

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Manchester Local Image Collection

Good news for photographers as ‘orphan works’ clause is dropped

The highs and lows of film-making and why relatively few good videos get made

More4 News presenter attacked live on air following G20 protests

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