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New Writing Client – Time to Get Concise.

August 16, 2011

It’s always interesting when a new client comes on board and just recently, thanks to a contact from Chris Garrett, we’ve started a three month period of online writing and photography for Car Rentals, a prominent UK based website delivering holiday car rental deals. Their blog content had been running for some time and while [...]

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Norman Foster Documenary Movie

February 1, 2011

Juts declared on general release in the UK is this great looking documentary about the work of Lord Norman Foster. Documentary movies inthe UK generally don’t get a great run, so I don’t know if I’ll get the chance to see it on a cinema screen, which will be a shame. There’s some great looking [...]

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Stop 43 – Why I Cared So Much

April 19, 2010

Apologies if I’ve seemed a little obsessed with the Digital Economy Bill this past week or two. I hope my Twittering hasn’t been too big a turn off, but I felt it was important, so here’s an explanation why: As a photographer, I make my living from both commissioned work and my back catalogue of [...]

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So You Think You Own Your Photos, Right?

March 31, 2010

Many publishers and other users of intellectual property are quietly rubbing their hands at the prospect of the new Orphan Works Clauses being championed by various people in the UK right now. But there are several reasons why you should be concerned, whether you are a photographer, publisher, non profit organisation, or even just someone [...]

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Heads Up On A Unique Event For Photographers

March 27, 2010

Here’s a big heads up and a shout out for everyone at The Yorkshire Air Museum. We’re doing quite a lot of photography and other work with them right now and we’ll be able to talk about all that shortly. But yesterday, they sent out the exciting press release that they’ve had to be so [...]

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Shooting Supercars October 2009

November 3, 2009

I’m still catching up after a really busy October and finally got some time to clear the decks. Best day of the month without a doubt was the Shooting Supercars Workshop at The Yorkshire Air Museum together with Canon UK and The Flash Centre. The crew from Canon travelled from as far as Kent on [...]

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Night Shooting Jets in Yorkshire – Come Along!

October 14, 2009

A quick heads-up if you’re living in the north of England and love photography and old aircraft. This Saturday, I’ll be at the Yorkshire Air Museum for an evening photo shoot of some of the aircraft. We’ll have with us a mountain of Elinchrom lighting kit from The Flash Centre, plus we’ve grabbed a Canon [...]

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Magazines and Video – Getting Closer

October 7, 2009

It hardly seems like yesterday that I was writing on this blog about the convergence of stills and video photography and what the implications might be for magazines, their publishers and their websites and how the survivors would shape up. Now, up pops this great video by Alexx Henry of a Triathlon athlete shoot for [...]

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Shooting Supercars 9th September

August 18, 2009

I’m really pleased to announce that I’m working with Canon UK and The Flash Centre to present Shooting Supercars at The Yorkshire Air Museum on 9th September.

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The Power Of The Still Image – Scott Kelby’s Blog

March 23, 2009

A photographer’s email list gave me the heads-up on this guest post on Scott Kelby’s blog by Jay Maisell. It’s about the power of the still images as opposed to moving / video and is a very interesting read. I’m very excited about the new ways to use motion content to tell a story, whether [...]

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Ice Driver on The Eoscars

March 3, 2009

Just a quick note to say that the movie is currently on The Eoscars. If you haven’t already seen the site, it’s a great place for gathering together all the good short movies out there that have been shot in the Canon 5D MkII. The idea is to move on from all of the initial [...]

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Work For Free?

December 28, 2008

This month on various photographer’s blogs, there’s been a huge stirring of keyboard activity over the posting on the popular Strobist blog about working for free. I’ve had a very busy December with several short notice projects to tackle as well as trying to plan January, so it’s only now that I’m sitting reading the [...]

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The New Neill Blog

December 4, 2008

Probably like many people, it feels rather odd to be writing about me. I’m more used to photographing and writing about others, but in response to queries from many of my clients about the usefulness of blogs in the business environment, I’ve agreed to run this one as an experiment. What will you find here? [...]

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