In this podcast: The website improvements continue, more photography is added to the impressive 500px website and in the weblinks there is a great video by Michael Almereyda about Chris Killip' classic photography from the North Yorkshire fishing village of Skinningrove during the 1980's, excellent photography from the Vietnam war by legendary Larry Burrows, photography of the crumbling soviet monuments and twenty five of the best images from the recent commonwealth games. All of the links (plus bonus ones) can be found at www.darker-skies.com/podcast

In the podcast: Updates about the repair and improvements to the website; especially the podcast pages, a few iPhone camera problems and in the links there is photography by the legendary Dennis Hopper, excellent documentary photography from the 1984 miners strike in Britain, a video about the great architectural/documentary photography of Tony Ray Jones and the superb work of photographer Guy Rhodes who photographed the Sochi Winter Olympics with a 4x5 camera. All of the links (plus some bonus ones) can be found at www.darker-skies.com/podcast

In this Podcast: No podcast for December/January so the slightly longer podcast returns with an update on what happened in the the early months of 2014, the main website causes some worries and the Scotland book makes process but will it be out for April? In the links there is the beautiful photographs of probably the world's only 13 year old to hunt with a golden eagle, the haunting long exposure images of Darren Moore,part one of the winners of the Sony World Photography awards, and Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photography. All of the links (plus some bonus ones) can be found at www.darker-skies.com/podcast

In this Podcast: Details from the last podcast in Scotland are updated as Richard discusses another Scotland trip for 2014 and a new camera bag he purchased because of his last visit. In the links there is tracking down what happened to the children featured in Lewis Hine's child portraits from the early 20th century, Josef Koudelka talks about photography in a rare interview, photographer Jimmy Nelson photographs ancient cultures Before They Pass Away, and a few recommended photography websites for 2014 are also mentioned too. All of the links (plus some bonus ones) can be found at www.darker-skies.com/podcast

The August/September podcast sees Richard leave the studio and travel up to Scotland, first staying on the Isle of Skye where the podcast starts with a fabulous cliff top walk, an error with the name of the location (it's Cul-nac-noc)... and lots of midges! Later the podcast moves down to the Highlands, but returns to Skye with a rather windy walk across the very busy road bridge to Skye... and a discussion about the problems with not having the right camera bag with you! This podcast was recorded using an iPhone in Scotland over a two week period in mid September 2013.

In the June/ July Podcast: After a bust few weeks since the last podcast, Richard contemplates the new technical challenges for photographers as the technology has complicated the photograph making process. In the links there is the Mikolaj Nowacki's photography of the Polish Odra river, a fascinating look at the changing style of Bill Brandt's early prints, great surf photos by Lucia Griggi and a father and son photograph Los Angeles. All of the links (plus some bonus ones) can be found at www.darker-skies.com/podcast

In the Podcast... One or two of the websites get a small tweak or two, Flickr decide to update their website and divide opinion with the design, but where are incentives to upgrade? In the links there is the excellent multimedia piece by The Guardian about the Holmes family hiding from a violent bushfire in Tasmania, great images from Aleppo in Syria by NOOR photographer Stanley Greene and one photographer decides to document an oak tree over a year using his iPhone. All of the links (plus some bonus ones) can be found at www.darker-skies.com/podcast

In the podcast: Keeping in with the current fashion for zombies, Jessops make a return from the dead with a new website and shops opening. In the links we have Sebastião Salgado’s Genesis project that took nine years to complete, Michael Falco’s excellent American Civil War 150 Pinhole Project, The Atlantic's In Focus blog takes a long look at the Iraq War’s 10th Anniversary and there is Amos Chapple's excellent travel photography from the Islamic Republic of Iran. All of the links (plus some bonus ones) can be found at www.darker-skies.com/podcast

In this podcast: Instagram potentially loose half their regular users after a poor update to service terms and conditions, the UK retail chain Jessops closes all of its shops after nearly eighty years of trading and in the links we have a photographer who is a fisherman, wet plate process photography for modern US Civil War re-enactments and Lyndsay Addario's excellent photos of female marines at work in Afghanistan. All of the links (plus some bonus ones) can be found at www.darker-skies.com/podcast

In this Podcast: Photographing the flood. Richard discusses the weird feeling of deja-vu while photographing the floods in his local town. Do you have a good website backup system for your photography website? The podcast contains a possible solution and in the links we look at a LIFE photo essay by Gordon Parks, soviet war photography, Two videos about wet plate photography and the epic story of Edward S Curtis. All of the links (plus some bonus ones) can be found at www.darker-skies.com/podcast