Bits, bobs, moustaches..

Time for a little light relief after all that doom and gloom of Thatcher/North Korea/Benefit Cuts/Man U losing in the Derby (The Man U bit was a joke! I really couldn't give a monkeys!) Here, have a picture of Laura with a moustache! You'd swear I'd set the shot up, but it really was just a little trouble with the wind! Gave us a laugh as we fired off the last couple of 'formal' portraits before Saturday's Wedding Breakfast, and I know (Hope!) Laura will forgive me for showing it to you all!

My Music Photography exhibition ends this Saturday and that really - no, really! - will be the last stuff I show at the gallery for the time being. What started out as a four week show to launch my Twelve for '13 project turned into a four month 'residency' as I ended up featuring in the next two group shows with my Florescence and Music photography. Anyway, get down to Eccles Community Art Gallery this Saturday if you want to catch me!

Remember that exciting news I spoke about? The 'stuff in the pipeline' .. ? Well, it's still in the bloody pipe and I can't get anyone to shake it out! Aaaagh! I really hope it comes off! I'm dying to tell you...

Must dash! ..

You got me, sunshine...

Married! And Saturday's groom Chris just couldn't resist showing off his Wedding ring to new bride Laura! Wow, what a fantastic Wedding Day that was - the kind I haven't had for a good five months. It just had that certain extra something, that wow factor, that ..  erm, hang on, it'll come to me .. ah, the sun! That was it! It had sunshine! All Day Long! It even, as I mentioned on Saturday, gave me sunburn! But what a delight it was to see bride, groom and guests actually willingly going outside at Thornton Hall to enjoy their celebratory drinks! Jeez, I'll never complain about the sunshine being too bright, ever again! We're finally back to the season of contrejour and fill-in flash! Hurrah! Yippee! Yee Haaa....  - it'll probably pour down for seven months now that I've said that! But do you want to know what really brightened up my day, though? A guest came up to me whilst I was shooting and said "It's great to see someone who enjoys their work!" Man, the sun started shining out of .. Anyway, check out the pix here, and see what you think...

You serious?...

I can write about this now because I've spoken to tomorrow's bride and we've had a laugh about it, but when I asked her to think about which 'formal' shots she'd like me to arrange she presented me with a list of twenty-six different group shots! And that's before I start to take any pictures of her and her new husband! Fortunately, when I pointed out that shooting all those arrangements would take up quite a bit of her Wedding Day she was quite relaxed about it. "Why do you need so many variations?.." I asked her. "Well.." she said "I don't really. I just copied a list my friend had had at her Wedding!..."

Phew...