Motorbikin' ..

The autumnal landmarks are flying by. Hallowe'en - Tick .. Bonfire Night - Tick .. Remembrance Day - Tick ..

That leaves only one more big date in the diary before we plunge headlong towards Christmas. (Yes, I know there's still that ridiculous concept of 'Black Friday' and, if you're American, Thanksgiving Day, but they don't count) ..

No, the last big circle in the diary is on November 19th, when I head off to the Birmingham NEC for my annual PR booking at the National Motorcycle Live show. A whole day of pistons, fuel tanks, forks and lycra-clad lovelies! No, I'm not being sexist there, it's just a part of the Bikers' world so hey, I gotta do what I gotta do! Anyway, Lesley needn't worry .. my pictures are a lot more about handlebars and gears than .. er, anything else!..

On yer bike ..

Great to be back at my annual bike-show 'gig' on Saturday, working the NEC 'Motorcycle Live' show for a local insurance company. My legs are still aching!..

The format is that I'm given a list of particular parts of bikes - the cans, the double swingarm and so on .. and yes, I do know what that is .. now! - and have to head into the heaving mass of bikers to shoot them. My phone's walking app told me I'd covered my 10, 000 step target by noon, and my PR bud was delighted when I dropped an amazing 1, 047 shots onto his laptop just four and half hours after first pressing the shutter! Man, it's hard work, but such fun!..

More fun tonight when I take a stand at one of our local Christmas Shopping nights. I'll be at the Culcheth Arms showing off my great range of my Florescence place-mats and coasters and offering 10% off photo-shoots for the New Year. At least I won't have to walk anywhere...

Giving me the elbow ..

What a character this little spud was, and what a delight for me that his parents selected this shot to be printed up! I see so many good pictures remain unchosen after photo-shoots at the studio and it gives me a real buzz to see something 'unusual' get picked for a change..

This was another image from my 'Photo for a fiver' day, the second of which I held on Saturday and for which I'm already receiving great feed-back. It's such a good bargain on the run-up to 'you-know'what', and it's great to have the studio so busy on a Saturday. Actually, the last appointment of the day wasn't a portrait shoot, it was a meeting with a couple who wanted to see me about their Wedding next year. Well, it's another tick in the diary and I'll be off to the Lymm Hotel before you can say 'Do you take this man?'...

One more 'Autumn' tradition to go before I know it's really the run-up to Christmas. I'm off to photograph the National Motorcycle show at Birmingham's NEC on Saturday. Not a bad pr gig for someone who doesn't know his Kawasaki from his elbow ..