I am guessing by now you have been affected by the global Pandemic that Covid-19 has brought to the world, this is the first time I have lived though something like this happening on a such a global scale. With governments and people responding to this crisis with such widely differing responses, it is hard to know where to turn to for reliable information, As an example living here in the United Kingdom, we have the UK government giving one advice and the other three governments (the devolved nation) giving different advice. Personally, I believe that until the UK government …

Till September, we will have to wait and see what happens to the show later in the year. This email just arrived in my email inbox. It looks like the Coronavirus is going to affect this photography show as well.       Hi Michael Wayne Plant, To date, The Photography Show & The Video Show has been following Government guidelines regarding the continuation of our event surrounding the outbreak of Coronavirus. However, as the news has been progressing we have listened to the concerns, from all parties, around the health and welfare of their staff.  The wellbeing of our …

Photographers all have different approaches to their photographic equipment, While I am not necessarily a fan of the guys formerly from Top Gear now on Amazon with their Grand Tour show this is funny.   However, the one with the donkeys is even more surreal. And it reminds me that if you are using long lens, then you might just see something that you where not expecting to see.

Dorothea Lange What I learnt from Dorothea Lange For social documentary photographers on the the icons is Dorothea Lange, we have studied her images and her work on documenting communities that where not highly visible is impressive. For example, her work documenting the lives of Japanese internees during the second world war is really good. she tackled subjects that where highly contentious and made good images. Her work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) had an agenda that had been set for her to help raise awareness and funds from the government to keep the work that was being done to …

Photographic artists are notorious for not wanting to or being able to write about their art, they often refer to the fact that they are visual artists, to avoid writing about their work. I personally think that this is lazy thinking on their part and I to have been guilty of this myself. In the past I have been heard to say I don’t have the words for that, or I can’t explain that, and it is why I am a photographer. I am now of the conclusion that this is artistic laziness. I aim to change this. I have …

It is Christmas Day and I am sitting around having Breakfast prior to helping the family get the roast dinner ready for a hearty lunch. I hope all of my readers have a wonderful holiday season and a very happy new year. I am looking forward to very productive 2019, my 2018 was not so productive so I am excited for change and a new beginning in the new year. Best wishes, Michael