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 Max - guy from Whitley Bay - part Italian, good humoured, but comes over as a very serious person.

 Dunno what he made of the picture below,

 Alans crucifixion centre opens for business. Christ knows what meanings you could read into this picture

 'I wash my hands of this one' (I think that's been said before !)

 Max encounters new studio wall decor, lifted by helicopter from a Spanish monastery at extreme cost.

 (and if you believe that, then you probably always keep a watchful eye out for alien space ships ).

 Max had a hundred or so pictures taken - of which he kept 9 or 10.

 These pictures are an indication of the quality of his portfolio.

 (he had some colour shots too - there just isn't enough space on the website to show everything).

 Adam. another serious chap.

 he left his shirt in my changing room after this session -

 he e mailed me asking if it was there.

 I sent him a ransom note - shirt held hostage - - pay up or you'll receive a cuff in the post.

 dont tell the police - or the shirt gets it.

 To save him a return journey - I posted it to him - cuffs still intact,

 (I couldn't bring myself to injure an innocent shirt).

 I had a very interesting conversation with Adam, we shared some views on Arab culture/ real reasons  behind the crusades etc, Adam has some very deep insights into the subject.

 A very elegant and intelligent lady, Jemma, modelling a rather nice hat and simultaneously studying for her  M.A. (you'd think the feathers would spoil her concentration).

 I know that the image isn't really adventurous - but it has a classic simplicity that I like.

 The hat and its feathers make looping curves - the sort of shapes that you'd find in mid Victorian  watercolours (landscapes - by Edward Lear, topographical landscapist among other talents, to be exact .  Also some of J.M.W. Turners more sober landscapes often have these elliptical shapes in them - used as  a device to terminate the foreground - suppose that it's quite sensible to place a quarter of an ellipse in the  foreground of a picture - it leads the eye back into the image. Fills a bit of space in so to speak . .

 Anyway - These particular curves pull your eye gently around the space in front of Jemma's face then lead  you back again. rather nice.

 All credit to the hat designer ! (O.K. milliner to the pedantic)

 probably because he is studying mediaeval history at university.

 A very interesting guy is our Adam.

 I like history - and could have chatted for hours.

( come to think of it - I probably did chat for hours).

 Same story as above - nothing adventurous - just classic lines. some people like that sort of thing.

 some people being me.

 I must be a bit wierd . getting turned on by geometric shapes. . .   
finishing the foreground of a picture with a  curve

OK. thats enough straightforward pictures.

Above, Jemma is looking even more stunning - if that's humanly possible -

and I get the chance to be a little bit creative.

Portrait of Jemma, framed by Jemma.

(well, framed by a bit of Jemma if you understand where I'm coming from).