Christmas lost ..

Ah, the innocence of Christmas ..

I've just been out to photograph a class of schoolchildren, singing carols near my studio (Well, if you can call THAT song from Frozen a Christmas Carol!) I handed the Deputy Head a card and said I was going to put a couple of shots of Facebook. I knew it was a no-goer the instant I saw her face. "Hmm.." she said "Some of the parents might not have given permission..."

Permission for what, for God's sake? Permission for anyone else - in the whole world - to actually see their child's face? The same child that, more than likely, has a phone with a camera and is photographing other kids left, right and centre! I mean, what the hell do they think I'm going to do with the photograph? What horrible disaster do they imagine is going to come from having their child's face seen in a picture? It's no wonder today's kids are growing up with a weird, warped, self-centred view of the word! (And don't even get me started on parents who call their kid 'mate'!!)

God, I hate society today! Just look at my archive! Check it out on studiofivefour.com! It's full of old pictures of kids, all more than happy - nay insistent! - that I took their photographs! Just when did we flip into this namby-pamby precious likkle icky-wicky society, where the roost is ruled by dahling likkle Sigourney or Mohammed (To use the most popular boys' name in the UK this year!) ..

Aaaagh! Bah! Humbug ....