On a wing and a sun-bed ..

As promised, a selection of photographs of people who travelled all the way to Lincoln this weekend, spent good money to get into an Air Show then .. went to sleep! I told you I'd find some, and I honestly don't know how they do it! I mean, those jets are loud! Anyway, just to let you know I did photograph one or two of the aircraft but, yes, I generally used the cameras to 'crowd-watch' yesterday - hey, how many flippin' shots of the Red Arrows does one man need? Top show, though, Waddington! Well done ...

Back to the studio this morning, and I aim to have all the blinds fitted to the windows by close of play today.. or maybe tomorrow (Hey it's sunny out!)  My first 'baby portrait' is booked for Saturday morning and I want the place to be fully operational and swinging!

Before that, a quick edit of Friday's Wedding and erm .. oh, yes! Breakfast!
Must fly ..

#culchethportraitstudio

Time flies..

Three hundredths of a second! Now, you might know I'm not really into the Olympiczzz, but I'm hearing that a Blake beat a Bolt by . 03 of a second in a running race, and I reckon that's the time difference between these two photographs. Well, three hundredths of a second .. and thirty-one years! The shot on the left is from 'Don't Miss This', one of my Olympus XA photographs from  - I reckon - 1981. It was taken at the Barton Air Show, which was held every year at the aerodrome at the end of our estate (Always handy for sneaking in over the fields!) The shot on the right was taken on Saturday, at RAF Waddington's annual air show (No sneaking in possible. Much bigger fences - and soldiers!)
Just think .. the boy on the right could be the son of the boy on the left! How time flies! I say this after meeting with another lovely Bride and Groom, who have booked me for their Wedding next August. It turns out that I'm older than both sets of their parents! And by a lot more than three hundredths of a second, too!..

Oooh, nearly! ..

Another air show, and I'm getting ever closer to replicating my award-winning 1981 shot of the Red Arrows at Barton Aerodrome! (Ok, these were the Saudi Hawks but, hey, who's checking?) I had a fantastic day at RAF Waddington over the weekend and came away with almost 400 shots .. and a sunburn! Yep, I look like a bloody panda this morning but I'm wearing my colour with pride. The weather was really changeable all day long, but the sun obviously managed to peep through the clouds enough to sizzle my noodle! The way this summer's going though, that'll be the last sunshine I'll see for another bloomin' month! (Aaagh! I wrote about the weather .. again!) Anyway, 400 shots .. and here are de bestest! ...

From Waddington to Weddington again now, with my next Summer Wedding coming up this Saturday. It's in a church that I've shot at before, but with a reception in a bijou swanky hotel that I've not worked at, so I'm really looking forward to getting some fab, relaxed images - and the odd spring roll, to boot!
(The couple have invited me to join them at their buffet-style meal! Yum!)

So, from boot to football, and a great climax to Euro 2012 last night. Just the Olympiczzz to come now, though I've changed my mind about going to the opening ceremony!...