Kicking off with the disappointment.  Ecuador is off, AJ and I reached the decision earlier today.  Following a change in constitution, and an increasingly anti US stance, travelling in the country is becoming fraught with danger, and just doesn’t appear to be worth the risk.  Don McCuillin or Robert Capa I am not, nor will ever try to ape, so I’ll leave the really risky travel to the experts.  It’s a shame, and we’re now reviewing options.

Last Sunday was spent in the company of a wonderful family, as we reviewed the results from their Lifestyle Shoot in early September.  We got a wonderful set of images of them as a family, and I think, or hope that George and Issy realise that I could have continued photographing them all day long.

This Sunday is another Lifestyle shoot with another lovely family in Wiltshire, where if the weather holds out I think we’ll go all grungy and edgy in an industrial estate for part of the shoot.

Finally, yes underwear….Taking unrequited corsettry (is that a word?) back to shops when you’re missing knickers (not me, the unrequited underwear) is a task for any man to stand up straight and be counted..I was told to return with the briefs, accurately described to help me hunt them down by a curious shop assistant.  The underwear was purchased, but not ultimately used for a shoot we did at the Park Resort in Wick, near Bath.  My thanks to Louise and her team for letting us in, and my thanks to the shoot team, Colin, Becky, Chloe, and to Lianne and Hannah, for making me go back to the shop!

Two for the price of one, but both very expensive...The corsets...

George and Issy enjoy a private joke, probably at my expense