Article: No More Choices

No More Choices
http://www.parenting.com/blogs/parenting-post/maggie-cheung/no-more-negotiating-senator-jack

Parenting styles, strategies, and methods were a hot topic in all the mom groups I joined when I had just the one kid to obsess over. That sort of talk always stressed me out. I felt like my kid was always changing, he never fit the examples in the books

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Love the sentiment in this article, thought I'd share as so often I meet parents who are worrying about something, we all do, and it's usually a phase that passes. I still think instinct is as good a steer as any and I haven't referred to parenting books in a very long time!

Article: My Advice For Aspiring Photographers

A good summary and some good advice in there.

My Advice For Aspiring Photographers
http://jpgmag.com/stories/3265

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Article: Portraits of the Queen to be shown as part of diamond jubilee

Portraits of the Queen to be shown as part of diamond jubilee
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/8564888/Portraits-of-the-Queen-to-be-shown-as-part-of-diamond-jubilee.html

The exhibition, titled Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration will depict her many roles as “princess, monarch and mother”.

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This exhibition is right up my street, as you would expect! I'm always interested in how other photographers work - it's what makes them unique and of course with this one is the added dimension of a familiar subject and the challenges connected with that. I've often wondered what it would be like to be someone's personal photographer and how you would refresh the creative juices once you'd worked with them a while and a level of predictability had set in. Or maybe it would allow you to be more creative because a trusting relationship had been established.

Article: Small businesses warned against infringing on photographers' copyright [update] - British Journal of Photography

Small businesses warned against infringing on photographers' copyright [update] - British Journal of Photography
http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2075750/businesses-warned-infringing-photographers-copyright

Small businesses warned against infringing on photographers’ copyright [update]

The Forum of Private Business issued the warning after it noticed an increase “in calls to its member helpline on the issue in recent months, with several businesses receiving letters demanding payment for unwittingly using copyrighted pictures,” it says in a statement.

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I'm not surprised by this, copyright is a very misunderstood area.

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