Alan Chun Photography Blog

This is my way of protesting at what has just happened this last week in the UK.

This sorry excuse for a government that we have here have underhandedly passed a bill effectively removing the basic rights to copyright and ownership to individual artists and creatives.

Please share this page with anyone who posts images up on the web, be it amateur, semi-professional or professional, DON’T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS!!!

Stipple allows you to create interactive maps and powerful advertising tools using your images. It also allows you to claim ownership to your images and embeds the tags so they go everywhere the image goes on the Internet, which means two things for the photographer, 1 less likelihood of theft and 2 no chance of any of your images falling foul of the “Orphan Image” brigade!

For more information visit their website here

The new home for my photography that I have been building is now live.

I still have a few things to finish off and I will be adding more content over the next few days, but the main bulk is now done.

Click the image to view the site.

As I have mentioned in the past, Gateshead council spend most  of their time these days trying to squeeze money out of anybody who either lives in or visits their town.

Unlike Newcastle, who have done away with parking charges after certain times of the day to encourage people to come onto the city and spend their money thus boosting the local economy, Gateshead have extended their times in their car parks, upped their prices and employed attendants to police these, sometimes up until 22:00! Hardly encourages people to want to visit the limited facilities on offer.

The idea that they will boost their revenue enough by penalising is, as is usual for this council, a false one. This will only achieve one thing, it will drive visitors away and discourage any locals from going anywhere near the town centre.

Even their own staff have taken to parking their cars on local estates, causing problems for residents, now that they have to pay to park in what were once “free to council members” car parks!

Today I came across another Joke by this ever pathetic council. They have stuck “Under Investigation” labels on 6 black refuse bags that have been dumped at the rear of Jackson St in the town.

Now, while I agree the perpetrators should be fined for this, it makes me laugh that the council only takes this moral high ground because the rubbish in question is in full view.

If you were to walk behind the shops on the High St, many of which are food premises, you would be horrified at the mess, yet there isn’t a single “Under Investigation” sticker in site. Why is this? No doubt because it’s hidden away in a place where nobody sees it so it’s not an embarrassment to the council.

There are 3 galleries from Eric & Carol’s Ruby wedding anniversary that are now available for public viewing.

The photobooth was a real winner with both the kids and the adults alike.

A good day, and a real pleasure and honour to shoot such a lovely couple and their family and friends.