Author: me

So I returned from oz (for the second time) christmas with the family (it snowed)… ahh. since then i’ve been stuck to my laptop and the white horse in brixton. though in this time a few great opportunities came up, especially this couple, whom asked me to do a photoshoot for them. this is one of my favourites from the set…

i am always looking for nude models ! (no seriously, i need more lighting practise)

17th December 2004

so nearly a year since i started my travels, i’m sitting on a flight home and i feel like i’ve only just dipped my toe in the water. i’ve met so many amazing people, discovered stunning landscapes, got really drunk (the important things) seems only fitting to finish with one last tounge in cheek picture of me, this one beneath the petronas towers in KL – shopping tastic by the way!

Already planning my next trip, china. it has to be the most exciting country in the world at the moment, i’m embarrassed to say i know little about the largest society and culture on the planet.

it always suprises me how many people read this, thank you for reminding me you do, if you didn’t i probably wouldn’t bother. merry christmas and a happy new year.

ben

Penang in Malaysia. it’s alright, there’s plenty here to be unimpressed about. The most interesting thing is due to the fact that malaysia’s population is made up of thai, indian, chinese, indonesian and the malays… most speak english as a common tongue. which is nice.

hired a motor bike, climbed a hill, this is proof.

sometimes composition just falls at your feet.

so due to the fact that i’m quite seriously considering being a dildo distributor, i had to buy a prototype.. yup white gold with pearl etc. worth about £300. just waiting to be stopped by customs. anyway, showed it to the girls in melbourne.. certainly a talking point.

simone, bec, me, kelly, clea and the golden secret.

Landed with a bump in melbourne, primarily because of the thumping hangover i left broome with. picked up and whisked away straight into a pub with kate and sam and stretch. then thrown in a hippyesk van to phillip island for a weekend with heidi’s parents. a few golf sticks and a carton of goon later i’m back in melbourne enjoying it’s hip and trendy cafe scene. err, i’ll have another latte grande, while i sit in this tatty 70’s arm chair listening to DJ bohemian or something.

can you spot the fourth member in this photo – best not.

arghh, the pirates of phillip island. more goon?

Not much to report. i live in broome. i move out on the 28th.. wet season is nearly here, warm water flows from the cold taps, you risk hospital should you turn on the hot taps! each day is hotter 36+ and more humid, but this only seems to make people happier. the tourists leave and there is an addictive sense of community. even though it takes 8 years before you cn call your self a local.

Sunset on Cable Beach, avec booze.

1st October 2004

I’m back in broome, did i ever mention how much i love Broome? Went camping in the Kimberleys, it was amazing. when I say camping, it was too hot to stay in a tent. I’m not sure if you’re familiar with swags, swags are canvas, foam and mosquito net sleeping bags which you tie to a tree to keep the top raised. Handy, they take seconds to set up, but are some what scary when you wake up in the middle of the night to find a huge white indian cow with horns grazing next to you. My 4 day trip up the Gibb River included… kangaroos, fresh water turtules, wallabies, tree snakes, crocodiles, fruit bats, bush fires, spiders, caves, gorges, lizards, bungarrows, parrots, cockatoos, willy willy tornados, 47 degrees in the shade and other things that I couldn’t get pictures of. for all the pictures id did get see my photography site

Bungarrow sunbathing at Bell Gorge

hello. likes lamb chops.

Jayne, Fenn and i, Manning Gorge, Gibb River Road, The Kimberleys, North West Western Australia.

This is a willy willy, a mini torando caused by the heat. That day there was not even a breeze, then in a lengthy second it appeared infront of me, reached 30ft into the air, made a sort of mini torando noise, traveled 20ft in 10 seconds and disapeared. By chance i was photographing something else at the time.

flew to perth to start my south coast trip, but pacey got a job with rip curl and now isn’t going anywhere. he gets free hats ! Where shall i go?

Back to australia. didn’t sleep the whole way. back to the lovely shab and buff establishment.

The wedding the reason i returned from my travels. Cousin marrys my dear friend kelly. As you may already know i made the happy couple a website, and it’s full of photographs. www.jkbigday.co.uk
Fortunately being the photographer, there aren’t too many photos of my rediculous thai suit.

BB however did have a camera. That night i was likened to Liberace, P Diddy, a gay, a nonce, a ponce and many other things. I slept in a hay barn.