Over the years there have been a number of publications I have been asked to review and suggest pre publication edits and changes. There have also been requests to comment on proposals for new books on various photographic related issues. …

Simon was one of our students at Blackpool many moons ago. He has had an outstanding career both as a photographer and businessman.

He was and is a strategic thinker with has been recognised by the Royal Photographic Society who …

After a torrid time of it when the original site crashed after an update, the site is up and running again. This gave me a chance to edit old work and introduce some new. I will be looking for  a …

After all we have been through together I am engaging again with the outside world. The first thing to say is to thank Richard Weston for not giving up on an award to the most creative student at Blackpool. I …

I have not been still these last few months but not felt the need to comment until there is a significant amount of original information.

The mentoring, visiting colleges etc still continues, but in the case of meeting students the …

Cheethams college in Manchester is an outstanding music ed establishment.

Mahler 8th symphony, nicknamed the Symphony of a Thousand is a major challenge for any professional orchestra. It requires several choirs, an organ, seven soloists, a large orchestra and remote …

I am so encouraged to see some excellent quality this year. This is a step up from last year and shows great hope for the future of these students.

At the Freerange show there was a major grasp of quality …

I decided to act on an invitation to this event to gauge how much potential there was to be had from this experience.

In a word ‘Limited’. I found it rather perfunctory and to some degree amateur. You get the …

I have had the pleasure of visiting a number of college events and the message I get is of an area under considerable pressure from an internal management viewpoint. A system trying to manage irreconcilable demands for quality without the …

I have been interested in how effective this site is for generating opportunities. So iI have decided to do a series of regular posts of images to gauge the level of response.

So far this has been limited and could …