Do you copy? ..

So Moz has popped up on my radar twice today already, and it's still not half past ten! Firstly, the MEN is running a story about the precious little darling having blunt razor blades and.. oh, read it here, I can't be bothered .. (and no, it's not what you think!) The second reason he's appeared is because someone seems to have ripped off one of my images of him and is selling it as T shirts on ebay! The pesky varmints! How very dare they! I am investigating...

By the way, this image of mine is from a design being launched in Japan at the end of this month. It's a 'proper' T shirt! It is legitimate, legal and not in breach of copyright! (Are you reading this, dear image thieves?)

Fanfare!! Botany Bay is Open! My new unit is up and running and looking mighty fine, with its collections of place-mats and coasters, framed flowers and, yes, Morrissey pictures! Jeez, I'd buy them myself if I didn't already own the complete set! Get down there before everything sells out, but please don't rip them off!

A PR friend of mine has emailed to ask for some images from a shoot I did for him in ... 2001. He can't find the disc anywhere. Do you know why? It was shot on film! Ah, the good old days, when your images were yours and not out there for every Tom, Dick and Harry to steal and use as they liked.
Copy that?..

A Bay! For Botany! ...

It suddenly occurred to me last night that Botany Bay was the perfect place to sell Florescence, my flower and plant photography. Botany! Flowers! Geddit? What an ideal name! Maybe I could call my new unit my very own 'Botany' Bay! Hm, maybe not! Anyway, I mention this because the ball is now rolling and my new stand at Botany Bay, up near Chorley, will be open for business by tomorrow! This image is one of the signs I've made to go over the top of the unit, which will also be an ideal place to promote my Wedding and Portrait Photography.
How exciting!

If the shoe fits..

I'm intrigued! Yesterday, one of my blogs  - this one - suddenly started getting hits from all over the world .. I mean, China, Slovenia, Egypt, Indonesia .. 95 hits from France, for goodness sake!! Mon Dieu, what's going on? Why did that particular blog suddenly start attracting such interest? Did everyone get an instant interest in that current trend for the 'Vintage' look at Weddings? Curiouser and curiouser!

Anyway, I'm merrily tootling along, doing my own thing which, at the moment, means getting ready to set up my new unit at Botany Bay, near Chorley. I've got heaps of Florescence and music prints all ready to go, as well as piles of flower photography place mats and coasters, and I hope eventually to start selling my books there, as well as T shirts and postcards. My Wedding bookings are ticking along nicely too, and last night I went to see a new couple who booked me for their May '13 Wedding at the Park Royal Hotel in Cheshire. Sneaking onto my radar, though, is a Wedding coming up in May of this year, when I'll be a guest instead of the photographer! Help! I don't know how to be a Wedding guest! The shoe will definitely be on the other foot that day...

Lucky for some ..

Friday the 13th and boy, do I feel lucky! I've just signed the lease on a new unit in an arts and collectors' 'emporium' up in Chorley. From next week I'll have my own 'shop' at the Botany Bay Shopping Outlet, just off the M61, from where I'll be offering you lucky people my whole range of Florescence flower imagery - from greetings cards and framed montages to mounted prints and place-mats. In addition, I'll be giving visitors the chance to purchase some of my other black and white work, including prints of Joy Division and The Smiths, and shots from my book Don't Miss That, featuring photographs of Eccles in the late seventies. Who knows, now I've got to grips with my new X10 you might even be able to get your hands on some of those photographs, too! Oh, you lucky buggers!..