http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/blog/ en edmoss@creativeinfusion.co.uk Copyright 2010 2010-08-01T01:48:21+00:00 http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/august_archive_picture_of_the_month/ http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/august_archive_picture_of_the_month/#When:01:48:21Z Taken during a summer holiday to Cornwall in 2006. 2010-08-01T01:48:21+00:00 http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/serco_annual_report/ http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/serco_annual_report/#When:11:26:26Z I work for several public sector organisations and and spend a few days each year working for the prison service. Here is a small selection from the recently published Serco 2010 annual report. Annual report photography 2010-07-21T11:26:26+00:00 http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/steve_mccurry/ http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/steve_mccurry/#When:14:05:36Z I was commissioned to photograph Steve McCurry last week, the Magnum photographer who took one of the most famous photographs in the word (Afghan girl.) An exhibition of his work is on until October, in Birmingham museum and art gallery. Well worth a visit. Steve McCurry 2010-07-09T14:05:36+00:00 http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/july_archive/ http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/july_archive/#When:01:50:32Z A dancer pictured during rehearsals for Birmingham Royal Ballet in 2003. 2010-07-01T01:50:32+00:00 http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/photography_advice_for_graduate_and_student_photographers/ http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/photography_advice_for_graduate_and_student_photographers/#When:15:05:10Z Many thanks for all the correspondence from students and graduates in the past few weeks. Unfortunately I haven’t had time to reply to all of you, but to help you with your chosen career here are a few things I wish I’d known before I left photography college. 1 Arrive early, leave late, especially on news jobs 2 Back up, back up, back up 3 You can never have too many spare batteries 4 You can never have too much spare equipment 5 Shoot RAW 6 Keep asking questions 7 Keep listening 8 Don’t take pictures to become famous, your subject is more important than yourself 9 Apple will always find new and better ways to take money off you 10 Adobe will want you to upgrade, at least once a year 11 Don’t be an early adopter of technology 12 Equipment doesn’t make you a photographer 13 IMAP email is better than POP3 if you are a location photographer 14 Never give away your work for nothing 15 If you become a commercial/editorial photographer, learn how to shoot a portrait in 5 minutes 16 Shoot for the market 17 Develop your own style 18 Never stop looking at other photographers work 19 Depending on the job, dress smartly 20 If you are looking for work have all ages in your portfolio, not just your friends. 21 Learn all you can about about copyright and image licensing 22 Make sure your spelling is perfect 23 Never forget, it really is the best job in the world! Here’s my first ever front page, from the Biddulph Guardian, published whilst I was still a student at art college. 2010-06-28T15:05:10+00:00 http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/inside_housing/ http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/inside_housing/#When:13:35:50Z Article about improvements to the Newtown district of Birmingham after Beverley’s daughter, Charlene Ellis, died in a gangland shooting in 2003. 2010-06-23T13:35:50+00:00 http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/cs5_bridge_startup_scripts_not_loading/ http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/cs5_bridge_startup_scripts_not_loading/#When:16:32:17Z For anyone having problems with Photoshop Bridge CS5 startup scripts not loading I’ve found a solution. Since purchasing Photoshop CS5 I’ve been unable to produce contact sheets from the output panel in Bridge (it’s been empty.) Several re-installs of CS5 and a clean install of Snow Leopard didn’t make any difference, several suggestions on the Adobe forums also didn’t work for me. Solution is to run diskwarrior then rebuild the directory and repair permissions (using the Diskwarrior tab.) I also ran check all files and folders. Previously I’ve always repaired permissions from disk utility so running repair permissions from Diskwarrior did the trick (may even work by repairing permissions from the OSX startup disc.) This has also solved the invoke Bridge error message in Photoshop. 2010-06-21T16:32:17+00:00 http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/opening_queen_elizabeth_hospital_birmingham/ http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/opening_queen_elizabeth_hospital_birmingham/#When:15:25:28Z Patients and staff began their move today to the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. Over 500 patients will be relocated this week from the old Selly Oak and QE hospitals. Related pictures: Building of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham 2010-06-16T15:25:28+00:00 http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/june_archive/ http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/june_archive/#When:00:05:25Z In 1993 I had the privilege to spend a few days with the Rev. Andrew Dean in Liverpool for a picture story I was working on. This is one of the images from story I produced. The story lead onto another project, Ordination (Ordination of women as priests), which was exhibited in Manchester. 2010-06-01T00:05:25+00:00 http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/rttc_10_mile_championships/ http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/news/rttc_10_mile_championships/#When:17:58:34Z After competing today in the Road Time Trials National 10 mile championships I stayed on to watch Michael Hutchinson win again, with a time of 18.37 minutes (average of 32.2mph.) 2nd place went to world track gold medal winner Ed Clancy, recording a time of 19.20 minutes. 2010-05-23T17:58:34+00:00