Hong Kong trip

A few pictures from my recent trip to Hong Kong.

I flew Singapore Airlines(the female flight attendants are spectacular!) on the new Airbus A380, the biggest passenger plane in the world, and that was quite an experience.

Hong Kong was amazing and somewhere I had wanted to go for a long time time and I wasn't disappointed! I have never seen so many high-rise buildings, everybody seems to live up in the sky!

Took an all-day trip to Guangzhou in mainland China. That was a fascinating experience, the whole place is booming! Visited Guangzhou Zoo to see a panda. Having lived in South Africa I don't really like zoos, I much prefer seeing wild animals in their natural habitat but it's very difficult to see a panda in the wild so this was next best.

Now looking forward to going to New York with my daughter in January. But it's going to be b..... cold!!!

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall, Guangzhou, China

(1st president of republican China)

Hong Kong & Kowloon from The Peak

Symphony of Lights laser show, Victoria Harbour, Hon Kong

Buddhist Temple, Guangzhou, China

Floating restaurant, Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong

The end of portraits

Well, Christmas is fast approaching and with it the end of my career shooting portraits! Yes, as from 2010 I will be concentrating on photographing only weddings.

Now some of you may consider weddings to be a pain-in-the-proverbial but I love 'em! It's always a happy occasion and I get a real kick out of capturing images of people having a good time, meeting friends and family they may not have seen for a while.

Having said that, it doesn't follow that portrait sessions aren't fun occasions, it's just that I want to take things a bit easier and having a high street studio means that you have to be open to the public for a good part of the week.

I gave up the Cherubs baby portrait franchise in June this year and it's gradually receded until now I have only a handful to complete. Cherubs has been very good for me and I would like to thank all past customers for their business.

Those of you who are present or even future wedding clients can rest assured that I will still be around and can always be found at this web address and through the contact page on my website.

As mentioned in my previous post, my friend and colleague Les Holder of Cheltenham passed away recently and that has served to reinforce my decision to take a step down in my career and give up the studio work.

Thank you to those of you who have taken the trouble to read this latest post.