Despite my 40D upping and dying, I managed to come away with some images from this years USC at Santa Pod. It was a bit disappointing that I couldn’t stay for the whole weekend as originally planned but at least the camera failure resulted in a shiny new 5d MkII. Thanks, as usual, to every one who posed long enough for my camera to actually take an exposure! See you all at Trax in September. {lang:...

In short: Very! The stats in this slick video are stunning. It took TV 13 years to reach 50 million users, it took the iPod 3 years, and it took Facebook just 9 months… to reach 100 million! This is great for photographers. There was a time when our images were only seen by the people we knew and saw on a regular basis or, if we were lucky, they’d be printed in a magazine. But now, we can get our work out there to millions of...

The first weekend in August marks the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta… and 4 days of 5am starts! The morning launches are always the best and well worth getting down on the site for if you can. There less people around  and it’s more about the balloons rather than the stalls, bars and fairground rides. This years weather was perfect too. Only 2 launches disrupted by winds and blue skys all the way through. Here are a few...