What a week.....

Hey y'all. How is everyone? Good I hope.

Have had a really, really busy, fun, exhausting week this week. Last Saturday I did a wedding in Essex for Clare and Rob. What a fun day that was. Rob is a Ska fan, and the lads turned up in Cherry Red DMs, shades and trilbies and looked the mutts nuts. I love weddings where the couple stamp their own personalities on the day, rather than the rather production line affairs that you generally see in magazines. Rob and Clare are dead canny, and made me feel really welcome. It was a real hoot of a day, and I just hope they like the pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them.
Then, on Thursday I was at a local nursery school. I made a concious decision to move away from the usual "school-photo" look, and to be honest I was dead nervous about doing this. However, I have had some really nice mails from the parents so I think the decision has been justified. Move to Thursday evening, and I could be found at the Marriott Hotel in Gosforth with the graduating VI formers from St Benet Biscop School, taking photos at their Graduation Ball. Thursday had been a HOT day, and the lads and lasses kept me busy from 7 o'clock till about 11. Surrounded by partying students and teachers, can you imagine how tempting it must have been to slip off for 5 minutes and enjoy a nice cold bottle of Budvar, but, being the consumate professional, I resisted and stuck to the iced water. Was a great evening, but by the time I got home and backed up the pictures, it was 2 in the morning. Getting up on Friday was hard work.
I just want to say thank you to Rob and Clare, Nicola Evans and Sophie Hawkins. I had a lot of fun this week