Friday, 26 September 2008

That time of year again . . .



Virginia creeper is a wonderful thing that coats our garage and side fencing - especially at this time of year as the uniform greens quickly transform to the many and varied colours in the image above. As with all Autumn transitions, things can change and disappear very quickly, so I was swiftly off the mark to shoot a few frames with the Canon G9.



Sunday, 21 September 2008

The secret is out . . .



Before Hannah was born, Ed and I traveled the world for about three months a year for ten years, shooting many and varied subjects for Sedgwick's Annual Report. That's a lot of Airmiles and a massive number of hotel rooms and of course with Mini Bars in most. Quite a number of the Mini Bars contained a mini Toblerone, that sat in full view, bright yellow and an unbelievable temptation at the end of the night, following a good dinner and a few glasses of wine.

Never one to back down from a challenge, I worked out that I could use an ultra sharp Scalpel blade (No. 10a) to slit open one end, slip out the bar and enjoy. Then with a tiny piece of double sided tape I would resecure the open end and replace in the Mini Bar. The Mini Bars were inspected each morning and usually a quick visual check rather than a hands on sorting and therefore as the pristine Toblerone wrapper was still in place the deed was never discovered! 

Not in ten years - that's a fair number of Toblerones!!!