My other passion starting in my university days and continuing to this day are endulging in the joys of a good whisky, wether straight, with a drop or two of water and sacrilegiously to a Scotsman, even with ice!!

I am lucky to know Paul Flatts whose business Whisky Drams finds and acquires for whisky connoisseurs fine and rare bottles of whisky. He holds a range of Whisky tasting events in selected pubs in Chelsea and Mayfair in London where he pairs whiskies from all over the world with a variety of foods whilst enlightening those present with the both the history of the whiskies offered and the subtleties of how they can best be appreciated through all the senses, on their own, with water etc. and how different combinations produce different results – and I go along to photograph it all, whilst participating too! Joy!

I show below a selection of photos taken at the famous Punch Bowl pub in Mayfair a week before one such dinner whilst preparing for it with the chef and staff and then on the night itself, celebrating an Alternative Burns Night, all with the Leica M9 and Elmarit M 21mm F2.8 lens and the fabulous Noctilux 50mm F1.0, lenses.

If you would like to participate in a Whisky Drams tasting please contact Paul Flatts directly on paul.f@whiskydrams.co.uk

A recent shoot I really enjoyed was commissioned by Zib Nyatito, an entrepreneur launching the *Frank Godley UK fashion brand with a very stylish cap! The shoot took place in a trendy apartment close to Brick Lane with three models, hairdresser, makeup artist, stylist, videographer, Zib and me.

Zib likes to work collaboratively with everyone making suggestions, experimenting and mixing up ideas, and so the whole team was carefully chosen with that vision in mind. My pictures simply capture proceedings. The resulting marketing campaign using the video, and still images I took is taking place on Social Media and through conventional channels. As more fashion products are launched there will be fresh creative shoots bringing them to the public.

Published February 2016

*Sidney Frank Godley was awarded a Victoria Cross in Belgium for valour during the Battle of Mons on 23 August 1914. As a result, he became the first private soldier in the Great War to be awarded the decoration.