First, an apology for such a long gap between my last blog and this one. This was mainly due to circumstances beyond my control but really there is no excuse and I shall try to do better in the future. ;o )))....When I was in Italy this Summer I was asked to do a portrait shoot for a new authoress who needed photographs to accompany a couple of news articles about her and also one for the cover of her new book which was about to be published.  The shoot was something of an improvised affair because I was travelling...

With the advent of globally accessible twenty-four hour news channels and real-time projection of events as they are happening, it might appear that the days of fixed images captured by “still” photojournalists are numbered but I do not share this view. The explosion of video reporting which has largely taken over the story telling aspects of reportage has freed “still” photographers to concentrate on the essence of their craft which is to penetrate beneath the surface of events and seek out moments or details which capture what is going on without the distraction of a story line. I believe that the concept of time as...