Harry's Blog

The Photography Monthly magazine redesign is truly awful. Hardly any content now (I think they must have sacked most of the team) and what remains is presented in huge text to hide its brevity - like a magazine for primary school children. Used to be a great magazine - just a few months ago. No I won't be renewing my subscription.

The last few issues that have popped through my letterbox have been absolutely dire. If you were willing to actually read every word I think it'd probably take you 15 minutes. There is very little in there worth looking at.

Grumpy Bob has gone, for example.

It was the only photo magazine I subscribed to and it is now a shadow of its former seld. I keep getting emails and mail inviting me to resubscribe but I won't be wasting any more money on the magazine. A real shame - because it was once a great mag.

I wonder if it's down to feeling somehow inferior to those photographers using film, but I've seen quite a few digital photographers recently describe their camera's memory cards as "digital film".

It is nothing of the sodding kind. It is a memory card for storing data.

Calling it "digital film" makes you sound like a wanker.

So stop it.