A couple of days back I posted about the abstract picture I made for Signature, the hairdresser shop in Woking, Surrey.

I’ve been snowed under at the moment and so my dad offered to frame the picture for me, which he does now and again if I’m flat out.
It also gave me a chance to drop off a picture I’d made for him to say thanks for helping me out over the last few months and because, well, he’s my dad and that’s reason enough )

His picture was one he took from the tiller of a scooner sailing at full tilt.
He likes his sailing

He dropped round the picture last night and we chatted for a bit. We talked a bit about the Workshop I’ve recently arranged for Bert Stephani and how it’s about lighting.
Dad used to be a keen film snapper when my brother and I were young (lots of family albums), but I was trying to explain layered lighting and how it’s controlled.

I could see the slightly vacant expression coming back at me, so I decided a practical was in order to explain what I was twittering on about

So I sat him down, set up my folding backdrop, one light stand, flash and umbrella and gave him a 5 minute demonstration.

He quite liked the results and I also got some cool shots of him for prosperity.
So, here’s my dad being a good sport while his youngest got all wide eyed and rattled on at 100mph.

 The look you only get from a father to their crazy son:

I sent it to him and he emailed back thanking me, but asked who the wrinkly old man in the picture was.
Comedian😉