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CCTV is threat to freedom says House of Lords / Jail for photographing police?

GS — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:04:52 +0000

‘The steady expansion of the “surveillance society” risks undermining fundamental freedoms including the right to privacy,’ according to a House of Lords report published today.

Read more at The Guardian

Meanwhile the British Journal of Photography reports that a new law, due to be introduced this month, ‘is expected to increase the anti-terrorism powers used today by police officers to stop photographers, including press photographers, from taking pictures in public places.’

Keys copied from photos on Flickr

GS — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:52:12 +0000

‘At a computer conference in Alexandria, Virginia, Stefan Savage, a computer security expert who led the “Sneakey” project, surfed the photo-sharing website Flickr and found pictures that clearly showed peoples’ keys, even if personal information in the shots had been blurred out.

In one demonstration, the team cut duplicate keys after analysing images taken on a mobile phone. In another, they used a telephoto lens to take pictures of a set of keys on a cafe table from the roof of a university building.’

The Guardian: Copying keys from photos is child’s play

Video sniffing

GS — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:45:46 +0000

Channel 4 News reveals how film-makers are using footage from public cctv cameras. It’s called ‘video sniffing’.

What is a ‘professional’ camera?

GS — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:27:21 +0000

It makes me laugh to see articles on photo websites and in magazines that say a particular camera is for professionals and some other camera is just for enthusiasts or amateurs.

Photo mags are all about selling you expensive equipment. The sad thing is that people are led to believe they can’t be creative unless they have some costly piece of kit. The fact is, you can make wonderful photographs with any camera.

Canon Powershot A570IS

GS — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:23:43 +0000

I have a new camera (yes another one).

Jessops sales plummet

GS — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:00:21 +0000

The Guardian reports that sales at Jessops, Britain’s biggest photographic chain, have plummeted after losses of £70m in 2006.

BBC Springwatch swallows

GS — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:48:26 +0000

I just managed to catch the young swallows leaving the nest on the BBC Springwatch live webcam. Cute.

It was a great show this year, especially the ‘Nightshift’ infrared cameras after midnight, which have regularly featured the antics of badgers. It has had better viewing figures than the Big Brother live feed. I hope the late show will be back next year.

All of which is a good excuse to show my photo of swallows yet again!

I would love to rig up a live camera one year.

Strange grey blur and circles on photographs

GS — Mon, 21 May 2007 12:29:20 +0000

These are three photographs that I took on 11 February 2004 at about 6pm. At the time I thought they were rather odd and sent them to a few friends. Now it seems that other people have experienced strange circles and ‘orbs’ on digital images, so I thought I would publish them with some information.

My photo/video blog kit

GS — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:17:50 +0000

I thought I’d write a bit about the kit I use for making videos and blog entries.

Print journalists learn to use video

GS — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:29:58 +0000

The Guardian looks at how print journalists are beginning to use video and asks whether web video could mean a new ‘golden age’ for newspapers.