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NEWS
4th
Feb
2005
Photo
Shoot
The
best
part
of
all
this
was
to
be
able
to
say
to
friends
"
Sorry,
can't
make
it
on
Friday,
I'm
shooting
all
day!"
I'm
so
shallow.
The
story
began
with
a
pleasant
young
lady
phoning
&
asking
if
we
would
be
able
to
help
out
in
finding
four,
40
something
models,
who
mountain
bike.
As
Simon
&
I
both
fit
into
that
category,
we
needed
two
more.
Richard
Nash
swiftly
raised
his
arm
&
then
Katherine
quicky
came
to
mind.
So
our
foursome
was
complete.
It's
amazing
how
much
preparation
goes
into
something
like
this.
The
pictures
were
for
Norwich
Union
&
a
photo
agency
"deep
c"
were
the
ones
contacting
us
and
arranging
everything.
They
try
to
think
of
every
possible
scenario
before
the
shoot
so
as
to
waste
as
little
time
as
possible
on
the
day.
Simon
just
recovering
from
the
Flu
&
Richard
getting
a
cold
the
day
before
were
however,
unforeseen
snags.
The
day
dawned,
I
wish
I
could
say
bright,
but
sadly
it
was
pretty
grey
&
misty.
Regardless,
we
all
met
at
the
shop
at
9am
&
made
our
introductions
then
it
was
off
to
the
car
park,
at
the
foot
of
the
steps
leading
up
to
Leith
Hill
tower
to
begin
the
shoot.
The
idea
was
to
get
some
shots
around
the
tower
&
get
to
it
the
quickest
way
possible
with
some
people
travelling
on
foot
with
photo
gear.
Carrying
the
bikes
up
the
steps
was
a
little
bit
challenging,
but
made
for
some
atmospheric
piccies
with
us
walking
up
into
the
mist.
We
proceeded
to
do
a
lot
of
'misty'
shots
&
we
began
to
feel
sorry
for
the
photographer
who
was
struggling
to
get
some
sort
of
colour
into
the
pictures
as
basically
the
tower
was
shrouded
in
mist.
Us
telling
them
"how
nice"
it
normally
is
&
"you
can
see
for
miles"
from
here
were
met
with
polite
smiles
but
a
"that
doesn't
really
help"
look.
We
spent
all
morning
up
there
&
then
we
headed
back
to
Westcott
to
take
some
more
snaps
on
the
green
&
then
some
lunch.
Apres
lunch
the
weather
perked
up
a
tiny
bit
&
we
decided
to
try
a
small
quarry
in
Westcott
which
may
give
a
bit
more
colour
&
contrast
(one
day's
shooting
&
I'm
already
speaking
the
lingo)
That
was
quite
good
fun
as
at
least
Richard
got
to
go
down
a
moderately
tricky
downhill
&
almost
wipe
out
the
photographer.
Then
it
was
back
to
the
tower
again.
This
time
the
sun
was
poking
through
&
it
was
gorgeous
up
there.
The
photographer
began
to
perk
up
&
we
spent
ages
up
there
doing
lots
of
model
poses.
The
pictures
will
be
used
in
forthcoming
brochures
&
leaflets
&
they
wanted
leisure
pictures
as
well
as
mtbking
pictures,
so
we
did
lots
of
looking
out
into
the
distance
&
'chatting
among
ourselves'
And
as
the
sun
began
to
go
down
we
were
all
getting
pretty
chilly.
Luckily
when
the
light
goes,
no
more
pictures.
So
we
headed
back
down
for
last
time.
Said
our
farewells
&
headed
back
home,
pleased
to
have
experienced
a
snippet
of
a
supposed
glamorous
life.
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