I've decided to move my blog back to Typepad. This one will still exist, but from now on I'll be posting at http://jeffascough.typepad.com so please update your newsfeeds as appropriate.

The reason for the move has been brought on by a need that I have to regulate comments on the blog. For some reason I seem to attract the occasional muppet and weirdo who thinks it is in some way amusing to leave offensive comments on my blog, and to do this anonymously. What's even more worrying is that these people are obviously photographers, and god help anyone who commissions these people for photography. I suspect jealousy plays an enormous part in these people's lives. It's sad. It really is.  

I remember discussing this point with my good friend Marcus Bell last year. He was setting up his terrific blog, and asked me what I thought of allowing comments. At the time I advised him to not allow comments as he would be constantly policing them, as pretty much every top photographer has to do. His blog, like mine, was never designed to be a sounding board for other photographers, or a forum, or anything else for that matter. For me it is simply a way of showing my latest work and getting some of my thoughts out into the big wide world.

The Typepad system is pretty good, and it's set up to not allow comments, or at least they will be held in a queue until I can verify them, and the commentators IP address has been recorded.

So there you go....see you all over on the Typepad blog!!