TONY HARRATT PHOTOGRAPHY

Bouquet…

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:03:36 +0100

Bouquet…

Musicien du Marché Cahors, France… Ah! The Pied Piper is...

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:30:15 +0100

Musicien du Marché Cahors, France…

Ah! The Pied Piper is calling me to France… off in an hour or so and back mid June with, I hope, lots of images for your pleasure. There’ll be the odd post from France during my stay subject to wi-fi connections and there’s a few images queued. See you next month!

Au revoir, mes amis! Bonne lumière!

geologise: Submission: Waterfall, near Dalness, Glencoe,...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:14:00 +0100

geologise:

Submission: Waterfall, near Dalness, Glencoe, Scotland…

Thank you so much to Geologise who kindly posted this submission - deep joy!

Algy’s Cousin... Part of the celebrations for the...

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:57:38 +0100

Algy’s Cousin...

Part of the celebrations for the reopening of Liverpool’s Central Library. These very large flamingos were entertaining young and old alike.

If you don’t know who Algy is the pop over to his Tumblr home and enjoy a novel approach to using photography in storytelling —-> http://adventuresofalgy.tumblr.com

Enjoy!

Look/13… As promised, a very quick review of...

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:03:00 +0100

Rankin

Looking at Weegee

Look/13…

As promised, a very quick review of Liverpool’s Festival of Photography, Look/13.

Rankin, Weegee, Martin Parr & Tom Wood and August Sander steal the show! I defy anyone not to be moved by the images and stories of the subjects Rankin has very lovingly crafted. He calls this his most challenging work…

The Weegee and August Sander exhibitions are very good and deserving of your time should you go. Sander portrays his subjects as very sober looking folk while Weegee lives up to his sensationalist reputation with images from New York, most shot at night. He captures fires, arrests and a murder, yet none are gory. All human life is laid bare by him.

The work of Martin Parr and Tom Wood is very good indeed. These images are of work rarely seen in public these days and Parr’s contribution is humorous.

I also took in The Chairman, The Queen and I exhibition by Kurt Tong, which explores his family history. It can be seen at the Victoria Gallery & Museum in Ashton Street, Liverpool (part of the Liverpool University complex).

So, recommendations: If you want to walk to the Kurt Tong exhibition it’s small but worth seeing and the venue is architecturally superb. If you stay in the city go first to The Bluecoat and take in the Sander/Weegee exhibition - there are other exhibitions downstairs. Then go to The Walker Art Gallery and see the Parr/Wood show and save Rankin until last. Make sure you have plenty of time left to enjoy the Rankin; it really is superb.

And, if you still have some time on your hands and dig architecture, do pop into the Liverpool Central Library, which reopened today after a major refurbishment. It is a fantastic blend of old and modern architectural styles. I have a goodly number of images and I shall post them at a later date. The library is right next door to the Walker Art Gallery.

Enjoy!

Images: Top - Rankin (self-portraits); lower - Weegee

I should add that, being opening night, both the Weegee/Sander and Rankin shows were very busy.

UPDATE!

If you want to see images of the refurbished library please pop over to Richard Cooper’s blog (link below) where you will also find images of the cruise liner Queen Mary II leaving Liverpool.

http://blog.richardcooper-photography.com

A HUGE Thank You...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:31:00 +0100

Thanks for the support of my images this week. Lots and lots of hearts, around 50 new followers - welcome one and all! - and today’s image got featured by the BLACK & WHITE editors, so a BIG thank you to them, too.

It really is appreciated…

And thank you to the wider Tumblr family for the inspirational images you’ve posted this past week. Juergen has introduced me - and others - to lots of new talent, as have the Lensblr team, Geologise - thanks for the feature, folks! - llbwwb (a new find), Algy and his amazing adventures and countless others - Tinktastichana, Regina and Reiner, John and James with their fabulous architectural images, Sam, Aperture 24, AMCH and on and on.

There’s such a rich vein of talent out there - keep it coming!

Dawn’s Early Light… Off to France soon… hoping for more...

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:50:36 +0100

Dawn’s Early Light…

Off to France soon… hoping for more light like this!

Look/13

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:03:26 +0100

Off to the Look/13 opening in Liverpool later today. I’ll try & post a quick review later today or tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing some Weegee & Rankin images - quite excited, actually.

The Evening Tide…

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:15:40 +0100

The Evening Tide…

Monkey Wrench…

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:16:05 +0100

Monkey Wrench…

Lost Sheep… Discovered under a layer of wallpaper and given an...

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:04:07 +0100

Lost Sheep…

Discovered under a layer of wallpaper and given an arty makeover in Snapseed…

Sunset at the Marina… More fun with my iPhone 4S/Pure/snapseed...

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:01:22 +0100

Sunset at the Marina…

More fun with my iPhone 4S/Pure/snapseed set-up

A Good Read

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:57:28 +0100

I think I have probably posted these links before but it’s timely to post them again because I’ve got a few more followers these days!

There’s some excellent FREE on-line magazines to read on the old wibbly wobbly web. Here’s a couple of links to my favourite reads; just click on the bold title to access:

SQUARE MAG:

Photography in a square format, simple as that. Colour and black & white. New editions monthly or thereabouts, which are downloadable as PDF’s. The team also produce the odd special edition. Highly recommended.

NEUTRAL DENSITY MAGAZINE:

Another highly recommended read. In-depth interviews with quality image makers, articles and much more. I keep going back to an interview with Mitch Dobrowner whose work is stunning - well, I think it is! Do have a look at his storm images - outstanding light and quality. You can go HERE to see Mitch on YouTube talking about his work in a short film and if you click the #Mitch Dobrowner tag you can find some of his work here on Tumblr.

Hope you enjoy the reads!

Image Rights

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:50:43 +0100

I’ve been trawling through some magazines and came across this news story in an issue of Amateur Photographer (AP) dated 8 December 2012. It’s mainly relevant to UK photographers but there may be similar legislation in other countries. I do hope AP don’t mind me publishing this!

Guidance for photographers who want to claim damages over copyright infringement, using the small claims process, has been supplied to AP by a leading media law firm.

COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

Intellectual property disputes can now be resolved using the small claims court in the Patents County Court (PCC), following a Government announcement of a “simpler & easier” system. Photographers can pursue damages for breach of copyright, for up to £5,000, without appointing a lawyer.

However, there are a few bureaucratic hoops photographers need to jump through when making a claim. Media law firm Swann Turton spelt out the process that copyright claimants should follow.

STEP 1: Before issuing a claim, the photographer should comply with Practice Direction - Pre-Action Conduct, which can be found HERE

Annex A gives guidance on the protocol to follow in these cases.

STEP 2: If the matter can’t be settled, the correct form to issue is N1, which can be downloaded as a PDF HERE

The form should be completed & handed in or posted to the Rolls Building (see address below) with the appropriate court fee, based on the value of the claim. The photographer MUST state in the Particulars of Claim that he/she would like the claim to be allocated to the small claims track.

STEP 3: The completed N1 claim form should be sent to PCC Small Claims Track, The Patents County Court, The Rolls Building, 7 Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1NL

While the court administration is run from the Rolls Building, hearings for the small claims track are held at the Thomas Moore Building, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL

Finally, general guidance for those wanting to to make a claim using the small claims track can be viewed HERE

I hope this is of use/interest given the new legislation HM Government have introduced recently in respect of copyright protection. You can read more HERE and HERE.

I~~’ll also pop~~ This information is now on my LEGAL STUFF page on my Tumblr blog.

iPhoneography...

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:42:04 +0100

I’ve been enjoying a little iPhoneography over the past week or so and will be sharing some images over the next couple of days, which I hope you’ll enjoy.

Also… I’m going away at the weekend and there’s a few of things I want to get onto Tumblr before I go. Sorry for the overload but I’ve got quite a bit of non-photography stuff to do before I go! All will be revealed later in the week.

Railway Architecture #1 Canary Wharf Underground Station, London...

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:11:32 +0100

Railway Architecture #1

Canary Wharf Underground Station, London by Foster & Partners, 1999

Share 10 random facts about yourself, then send this to 10 of your (lovely?) followers! 1. I love...

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:53:00 +0100

Share 10 random facts about yourself, then send this to 10 of your (lovely?) followers!

1. I love music! Rock, prog, jazz, classical… mostly complex stuff

2. Favourite album right now “Fear of a Blank Planet” by Porcupine Tree

3. Fave tune ever “The Voyager” by Pendragon

4. I’m OCD about my processing!

5. I listen to music while I shoot landscapes

6. I wish I’d never sold my Bronica ETRSi kit - it was soooo good

7. I like bears - polar, grizzly, Kermode (the ultra cool spirit bear), brown

8. I could be the world’s happiest man!

9. I read fantasy novels (y’know - Tolkien & stuff like that)

10. Fanatical photographer

So… who do I send this to next…

Underpass, Waterloo, London…

Sun, 12 May 2013 07:14:53 +0100

Underpass, Waterloo, London…

Look/13 - Liverpool Festival of Photography

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:49:06 +0100

The biennial Liverpool Festival of Photography takes place from 17 May until 15 June, 2013. There are lots of exhibitions in the city spread over several galleries and other locations. Here’s a small sample of what’s on offer:

THE BLUECOAT, SCHOOL LANE, LIVERPOOL L1 3BX:
Joint exhibition by German photographer August Sander and American Arthur Fellig who is much better known as Weegee - probably the highlight of the whole event;
I Exist (in some way) - major exhibition about the contemporary Arab world;
Identity Documents (Adam Lee)

WALKER ART GALLERY, WILLIAM BROWN STREET, L3 8EL:
ALIVE: In the Face of Death - portraits by Rankin;
Double Take from the Keith Medley archive;
Every Man & Woman is a Star - Martin Parr & Tom Wood, both Merseysiders

OPEN EYE GALLERY, 19 MANN ISLAND, WATERFRONT L3 1BP:
Exhibitions by Charles Fréger and Eva Stemran feature here

The CARAVAN GALLERY will be present outside the MUSEUM OF LIVERPOOL, PIER HEAD, WATERFRONT L3 1DG with an exhibition entitled Merseystyle.

Full information can be obtained from the Festival website: www.lookphotofestival.com

(Sorry but I can’t set links because I’m working on my iPad on the road; I’ll tidy it up when I get home!)

West Kirby, Merseyside, UK, 6 May 2013, 20:57…

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:02:00 +0100

West Kirby, Merseyside, UK, 6 May 2013, 20:57…