THE LAST DITCH

Nothing enthuses me more than being in the presence of a photography "great" and watching him experiment in front of my eyes. I have nothing to report by way of travelogue today because all I saw was the inside of an Edinburgh hotel's conference room where Joe McNally was conducting a flash photography workshop.

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Joe, sitting on Edinburgh cobbles
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Michael Cali, Joe's first assistant, serves as a voice activated light-stand
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Joe, directing our dancer / model Natalie

At the end of the day Joe led us out onto the street and continued the workshop shoot in front of bemused passers-by. His exuberance was – as always – inspiring. He claims still to be in love with the click of the shutter. We left his workshop with a little piece of that excitement.

Tomorrow I have a day off from photographic studies and plan – depending on the weather – to drive to Lindisfarne and back. The map of my tour is here and my photos from this trip can be seen here

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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.

Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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