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Cairo – Being in the right place at the right time!

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

How is this for lucky!?  During my trip to Egypt,  I was chatting to friend saying how cool it would be to shoot a wedding in Egypt.  Well…that didn’t happen!!!  But on arriving at Cairo airport around 3.30am, there was a bride and groom waiting to board the same flight…and they were still in their bridal gear.  I approached them, introduced myself, and asked if I could please take a few photo’s of  them!  The bride was delighted and the groom gave an uncertain ‘yes’ before following me to a spot that was clear of people.  I managed to get a quick few photo’s before they headed to board the plane.  They had just left their wedding and were heading away for their honeymoon.

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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

I met Natasha Wiening, a UK based photographer, last year at a David Beckstead workshop.  We hit it off and stayed in touch on email and facebook, and she invited me to join her in Egypt for a holiday.  I had originally planned to go to Barcelona for some inspiration, but Natasha convinced me (thankfully) to go to Egypt instead.  I’m so glad I did, as it was one of the best holidays i’ve had – I got to snorkel which I haven’t done in years and it was like a meditation – a chance to switch off  from the hustle and bustle of life, and be surrounded by a whole lot of ‘Nemo’s’ and stunning coral.  We spent most of the holiday in El Gouna on the Red Sea, but I desperately wanted to see Cairo, so took a seven hour bus journey….only to have a fever for two days…oh, and then later to discover that I could have taken a 40 min. flight which only cost a bit more!  Between headaches and fainting spells (why oh why on the only two days I had in Cairo!!!), I got some cool shots.

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