what the what ?!

i like this lady's style.

i saw her in st james's park the other week. she was sitting on a bench and i asked 

if i could take her photo.

quick as a flash she stood up and then pulled out her umbrella.

good posing dotty asian lady.

bottle

great idea in this members club in mayfair.

you get a locker in the bar and you can keep a bottle there.

fair enough.

missed self-portrait opportunities

pretty much every shoot i do, i always try to knock out a self-portrait.

but this week... this week i had a nightmare.

rushed shoots, shoots with tight deadlines and shoots where i was watched

like a hawk by a pr girl or a restaurant manager.

here are a few images from shoots this week where ordinarily i'd have been

standing in the frame looking miserable.

1

in a shock move i think i'd have sat down in this shot. 

on one of the brown seats against the wall/

2

in this shot, ideally i'd have stood on one of the steps.

in all probability i'd have stood like a boss.

3

yep. standing in the gap down the middle would have been ideal.

but when i took this shot, like the first two, i was being watched.

4

i guess i'd have stood pretty much in the centre of this shot.

grrr ! it would have looked really moody.

however about 5 people were hassling me when i took this shot.

5

maybe sitting on a bar stool would have been a good choice here ?

but i was watching the clock and racing against opening time so i stayed

behind the lens.

normal service will be resumed next week.

tidying up the blog folder

it's time to show a few photos that are kicking around in my blog folder

that i didn't manage to use in previous posts.

1

this is a rejected frame. one i didn't send to the client.

i think it worked better as a full length portrait to be honest.

2

britt, victoria and sellers, holidaying in capri back in the day.

this photo was in a shop window in capri.

a lot of shops there display old photos of movie stars, royalty and other

celebrities, all walking around capri ( usually in the fifties and sixties )

3

an alternative shot of a sign i posted a month or so ago, on a subway train in new york.

4

a while ago i had a job photographing uniforms.

i had to crop the shots at the neck and just above the ankle.

this was a test shot i did, with the boss standing in for the model.

5

a screengrab from a film i was going to tell you about.

li-lo is in it.

6

a book i noted in a clothes shop in new york.

it was in a glass cabinet so i couldn't try on the 3-d glasses and check it out.

7

one of the rejected shots of my harris tweed converse in the n7 autumn.

8

maharam af-1's a couple of weeks later

sweet !

do you like desserts ?

personally i'm more of a starter and main course person.

i rarely go for a dessert.

i'd make an exception for this bad boy though.

grrr !

another day...

another day, another...

cheap coffee.

supreme x nike af-1's

did i mention that i managed to get the supreme af-1's in the olive colourway too ?

very autumnal.

( does the usa have a word for autumnal ? )