I have a love hate relationship with Cameras.
I’m deeply passionate about photography. I can derive great joy from grabbing a pleasing portrait, or moody landscape. But point a lens at me and I am likely to get very grumpy, very quickly.
Today as part of a program of work for the Bank, we needed a photo of me….
The choice of location for the shoot immediately set me on edge….Lets go and pose you right in front of the MD’s office…..Marvellous, no pressure there….
It took a little fiddling with the camera and the lighting to find the right spot, which gave me time to get nicely anxious, and just ever so slightly uncomfortable…
I finally found myself rigidly posing for my good friend and talented Snapper (Thanks GK). I was working hard to overcome a very real, and rising sense of panic by trying to think about Music.
Whilst one of the Pastoral Symphonies would have been calming and comforting, my slightly twisted mind threw me a curve ball, and into my head popped the German Band Kraftwerk with their simple, but catchy Synth solo that 35 years ago I thought was the height of cool…..
“She’s a model and she’s looking good
I’d like to take her home that’s understood
She plays hard to get, she smiles from time to time
It only takes a camera to change her mind”
I really am no Model, and the Camera didn’t change my mind, but I guess because I was standing there listening to the incessant and rapid fire shutter of the Nikon, with a large lump of glass just inches from my face, progress has been made.
Like my Rocket X, its another small Triumph 🙂
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