Tuesday, 23 December 2008

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all !!!


Here is a pic from the Tall Ship Armada 2008 in Rouen

Tuesday, 25 November 2008

Cigar tasting at Terra Madre in Torino


Here is a lively chap who made us taste Tuscan cigars, an absolutely delicious experience. He was wearing a bespoke suit made from English cloth by his Italian tailor mate and was prancing up and down in a lively manner. He is a flautist by trade and his name is Stefano. The woman on the side is the booze bearer.

Pic was with Leica M3 and 50mm lens. I am getting used to the focusing action, changing film was quite a challenge in the beginning! I am still amazed at the build quality of this beast.

The Leica look


Here is a shot taken with my 90mm lens on my M3, the man is a salesman at Classic Camera in London where I bought the lens, this is a test pic. Click on the pic and you can see the pores on his nose! I was really pleased and can understand why people will pay more for Leica.

I am going back to film for all my personal work and have also bought a Nikon F3 for slide work. I am so pleased about digital! Thanks to it some of these great cameras and lens systems are dirt cheap! Not the Leicas unfortunately.


Sunday, 16 November 2008

Tree emerging from the morning mist, Kaligandaki river valley, Annapurna region, Nepal



This one is more peaceful

Whitehaven beach, Whitsunday Islands, QLD, Australia


How about a bit of Australian sunshine to brighten up the November gloom!

The sand was snow white and after half an hour I had a headache.


Saturday, 15 November 2008

London pubs


This is the Museum, near the British museum, it is several hundred years old and has a wonderful atmosphere, another great pub. London, I will be back soon!!!

London pubs


Where they sell cocktail test tubes, they were tasty!

London pubs


He even knew a gothic pub!

London pubs


That satisfied look after a good pint!!!!

London Pubs


My mate Jim knows all the pubs!!!

London pubs


A pint of real ale at the bountiful cow in Holborn, their steaks are really good and you can watch the cooks behind a glass window downstairs.

Sunday, 2 November 2008

Dinner options



After the Terra Madre Slow Food festival in Torino, Italy, dinner options at my local supermarket were looking bleak!

Sunday, 12 October 2008

Chinese gangsters ruffing it up in Guilin


Just what you want to see at a family tourist destination!
There was a man and a woman fighting in a shop a few days later.
What an unruly bunch!

Monday, 29 September 2008

Dieppe International Kite Festival


We have lift off!

Lifestyle shoot in Baden Baden


I did a 5 day shoot in Offenburg and Baden Baden for Lifestyle Asia magazine back in August. That house is almost as big as my countryside home!

Sunday, 28 September 2008

Paris Fashion


You can see some of the most stylish people in the world walking the streets of Paris or enjoying a coffee in a café.