Landscape award3:28pm on 19 Oct 2009Kitbarritt: Thanks for the comment, I thought much the same thing. The organisers tell me that: "HDR is allowed within the rules and was seen to both good and bad effect throughout the total entry."
Stock shots from the archive: Press photographers10:52am on 12 Oct 2009Sheilphoto: It's great to have Mr Woodgate's first name at last as he's always been BBC Woodgate to me, as that's how he is listed on our card index. I do remember the names of Aktar and Anwar Hussein as I think they were still supplying material when I started, though it was after Brain Clifford left.
RogerBamber and DavidLevenson: Many thanks for all the names and bringing your expert eyes to the task in hand.
Ann_Rose: Thanks for yet more names, and do say "hi" to your father Frank who I used to see regularly at meetings of the Visual Journalism Group of the RPS in London some years ago.
djdeeprub : Fascinating link, many thanks for posting and do let me know more as your plans progress to project the photographs.
Puzzled_monkey: The music is indeed copyrighted and has to be cleared for use, a credit alone is not enough.
hawkeye-view : There are a number of software options out there, some like Final Cut Pro offer a complete editing environment allowing mixes between video and stills, others such as Soundslides only work with stills, but provide a simple interface and are far cheaper. As with most things, it's a case of selecting the right tool for the job, or in this case how complex you want to make it.
The reason we ask for pictures in JPEG format is simply that it allows relatively large pictures to be sent easily and quickly via email. You are free to shoot in RAW format, or indeed any format you like, including on film, but prior to sending to us you need to convert it to a JPEG. Yes I agree that JPEG removes data as it compresses and obviously this affects the quality of the image, but if used correctly it will be undetectable when the image is shown on screen.
All press photographers transmit their pictures as JPEGs. They may shoot in RAW, but the files they send back to their editors, and those we receive from the wire agencies, are all JPEGs. The loss of data this causes will only be relevant if the picture is over compressed, or you want to create a large print or use on the front cover of a magazine for example.
The pictures we are using here are 766x511 pixels which when saved via JPEG will result in a file at around 100-150K on the site. This means that virtually all cameras on sale today will produce images of sufficient quality.
About Phil Coomes10:07am on 13 May 2009Highlanderimages: Thanks for the comments. Our new look picture galleries are now using larger format photographs (766x511 pixels to be exact) and our audio slideshows will be making the leap soon.
More than an eye for a good picture10:05am on 13 May 2009Yasserghoneim: The humour and simplicity of the set struck me. It's not a new idea, but I liked the way the pictures portrayed a well known location as little more than a photographic backdrop, something to prove they were there.