I continue to like indie rock - or alt rock, or whatever you want to call it - because it's just about the only type of pop music where actual musicians play actual instruments. There are still lots of good indie bands, and there are even crossover indie… more »

Yesterday in New York, various Occupy types attacked photographers and other media. More here. Here's a suggestion: perhaps the Occupy movement could hold a joint rally with the police and they could both beat up some photographers. Everyone seems to a… more »

It's amazing really that every single Google doodle spawns an article from a hundred different news organizations, which shows a) how ubiquitous Google is and b) how unimaginative and starved of ideas reporters are. So I feel a bit lame doing a post insp… more »

The answer is, that at the British Institute of Professional Photography, the judges judge themselves. That's right: in their latest annual contest, four out of seven of the BIPP's judges awarded themselves top prizes. Wouldn't it be a self-evident no-br… more »

Boston police have been forced to pay a $1.4 million settlement to a man left with brain damage after he was tackled and placed in a chokehold by police in 2009. Why all the violence? He was videotaping the cops of course. The big irony is that the victi… more »

Because this is the kind of thing that requires a little lead time, you need to get things going if you'd like to submit your work for portfolio review at this year's Scotiabank Contact Festival in Toronto. The deadline is April 15, Tax Day in the US, an… more »

All the reviews I can find for the new Lytro camera are glowing, and this worries me, because, as I've mentioned before, I don't see how it's anything but a silly gimmick. If you don't know, this is the camera which allows you to just snap an image and '… more »

Great post from the iphone Savior blog on how master photographer Norman Seeff went about capturing his famous image of Steve Jobs. I've previously mentioned this famous shot here. From the post you can see that, just as I said, Seeff spends all his effo… more »

Through the rest of this month my friend David Adshade will be showing some of his work at Toronto's Arta Gallery in the Distillery District. The opening reception is tonight. Check it out. I shot quite a few of his paintings for him and it was a challe… more »