Delroy leaves....

Well Delroy has finally left me. I can only assume that he has left me for another woman, one with scales. Normally I would find him sitting on top of the coffee percolator first thing in the morning, waiting for me. He had obviously sussed-out my morning routine; good boy.

                                          (Exhibit A: Delroy on his way to the coffee percolator)

I'm not going to lie, his departure has left me feeling even more empty that I already felt. My glass was half-full when he came along, now all I'm left with is some water marks and a lipstick smudge. I hope you enjoy the analogy..

Of course I can't blame him, what I could offer Delroy was limited in terms of what another sexy lizard could have provided. Wit, charm and the odd cockroach meal was obviously not enough for him; you can't please some people..

Anyway, what did 'greet me' last night was another bloody cockroach. I knew that this was a new addition to the family as he was different to the others. I know them on a first name basis now; the little sh*ts. This one took refuge under my bed, and regardless of it's little size, I may as well have Freddy Kreuger under my bed for the amount of mental torment I have through the night knowing that it is 'JUST THERE'... In fact, I'm going to go so far as to say that I think I would prefer it if it was Freddy Kreuger. At least there is more chance of getting a decent conversation out of him. 

So yesterday I was assisting on a shoot for a campaign for a telecommunications company here on the island. It was a good day as the production team and the models were all lovely! The models in this case were all people from the island who were well-known for their contribution to the community, so when you are not working with actual models, there will always be some people who are not comfortable in front of the camera, and need to be 'worked on' a little.

We had one such model yesterday. The photographer tried and tried to get this guy to smile, with no avail. I even performed my crab dance to try to get a smile out of the guy, but again, my sweet moves failed to impress. So, the conclusion was that a 'female touch' was needed. Maybe this guy would feel more confortable if I took the photos? mmmm...

Well, after about 10 minutes of clicking away, trying to make him laugh (I'm obviously not that funny) and telling him to give me a nice big smile, he left, and we were without that 'big smile' that we were after. Now there are times in your life when you wish that the ground would rise up and swallow you, and this was one of these occasions. Reason being, is that shortly after this guy left, we were informed that he didn't possess a set of TEETH!!   So were were certainly 'flogging a dead horse' on this occasion...

So currently I'm working on my concept book. Basically my concept book is a BOOK (funnily enough) where I write my CONCEPTS. Concepts for photography ideas. For those of you lucky enough to have seen my CONCEPT BOOK (it's so important that it warrants capital letters) you will also have had the chance to see the beautiful illustrations (stick men) that I draw to bring my concepts to life. Van Gogh eat your heart out (or your ear).....

(Exhibit B: This is not one of my actual concepts, as I don't want to give away all of my ideas, but I thought that you would appreciate my artistic talent)

Laters potatoes, chat soon....

Big love xxxx