It took Lucinda and I two years to pull it together but we made it.
Last night we had our private view of the exhibition which is on show at John Lewis in the stadium suite at Westfield Stratford City until 20th March.
With the passing of my Dad it meant that I had not seen the installed show until I walked through the door 15 mins before the party started.
It was only possible as Lucinda took the helm and with the help of my good friend Justin Sutcliffe, the show was hung in record time.
They did a fantastic job.
Never underestimate how long it takes to hang a show......
After Andy from John Lewis introduced us, I gave a short speech thanking all the people and companies who made it happen.
Manfrotto have sponsored the show and without them it simply would not have happened.
At all.
The images were printed on a Canon LFP printer by Velmex, if you are wondering why Canon LFP you could do a lot worse than have a look at the installed prints.
My good friend Brian mentioned on twitter that this show is a great place to see the difference between medium format and DSLR's
I will be posting specifically about this later this week, but if you go to the show before I do you might like to play a little game.....one of the images is shot on a DSLR, can you tell which one? I was surprised to note that EVERYONE got it right!
Not only are there prints on display but we have 4 videos on giant screens where some of the medalists talk bout their experiences and what it means to compete and win gold.
You will be able to see these on my blog next week.
Lucinda and I were also lucky enough to have 3 Olympic Gold medalists there too.
Judy Grinham, who won Gold for backstroke in Melbourne 1956
Terry Spinks, who won Gold for flyweight boxing in Melbourne 1956
Ann Packer who won Gold for the 800m in Tokyo 1964
Ann also came along to the press call where she spoke to kids from the local school about her achievements.
I will be blogging all this week as time allows, I'm in Holland speaking at the Professional imaging show along with Dave Black, Frank Doorhof and many others too.
I could not think of a more fitting way of closing my speech at the private view than by dedicating it to my Dad, he would have been so very proud.
What next after this two year long adventure?
Well, I have already done it, it's just a matter of when it will see the light of day.
This time I did not sell a car to make it happen, but a house.
The stakes are high, but the glittering prize is worth it.
Last night we had our private view of the exhibition which is on show at John Lewis in the stadium suite at Westfield Stratford City until 20th March.
With the passing of my Dad it meant that I had not seen the installed show until I walked through the door 15 mins before the party started.
They did a fantastic job.
Never underestimate how long it takes to hang a show......
After Andy from John Lewis introduced us, I gave a short speech thanking all the people and companies who made it happen.
Manfrotto have sponsored the show and without them it simply would not have happened.
At all.
The images were printed on a Canon LFP printer by Velmex, if you are wondering why Canon LFP you could do a lot worse than have a look at the installed prints.
My good friend Brian mentioned on twitter that this show is a great place to see the difference between medium format and DSLR's
I will be posting specifically about this later this week, but if you go to the show before I do you might like to play a little game.....one of the images is shot on a DSLR, can you tell which one? I was surprised to note that EVERYONE got it right!
Not only are there prints on display but we have 4 videos on giant screens where some of the medalists talk bout their experiences and what it means to compete and win gold.
You will be able to see these on my blog next week.
Lucinda and I were also lucky enough to have 3 Olympic Gold medalists there too.
Judy Grinham, who won Gold for backstroke in Melbourne 1956
Terry Spinks, who won Gold for flyweight boxing in Melbourne 1956
Ann Packer who won Gold for the 800m in Tokyo 1964
Ann also came along to the press call where she spoke to kids from the local school about her achievements.
I will be blogging all this week as time allows, I'm in Holland speaking at the Professional imaging show along with Dave Black, Frank Doorhof and many others too.
I could not think of a more fitting way of closing my speech at the private view than by dedicating it to my Dad, he would have been so very proud.
What next after this two year long adventure?
Well, I have already done it, it's just a matter of when it will see the light of day.
This time I did not sell a car to make it happen, but a house.
The stakes are high, but the glittering prize is worth it.
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