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Well, did the red carpet thing last night, and got to photograph a selection of people I've never heard of. I think there are times when you know you've made a bad decision in life - I think the point at which I couldn't feel my hands and was taking a photo of Antony Costa with his arm round Coleen Nolan may in fact be quite the new personal low.

I present this image not out of pride, but as a cautionary lesson.

C-lebrity

Asked to do a red carpet shoot on Wednesday, which is a bit more Heat Magazine than my usual thing, but I'll give anything a go once. I wasn't at all nervous until realised that Brian May and Roger Taylor will be there, and I'm a bit of a Queen nerd...

Is it me you're looking for?

I was, as you might imagine, a bit pleased with this shoot.

Say You, Say Me

Tomorrow, I shall be saying Hello to someone quite famous. If things go well, I will, naturally, be Dancing On The Ceiling.

Into The Chaos

An unexpected appointment with Howling Bells on Tuesday over in Liverpool. Another set ruined by quite astoundingly harsh stage lighting for all three songs. The stage was bathed in red light throughout - they threw us a bone for about twenty seconds in the second song.

The support act, who I hadn't come across before, The Joy Formidable seem well worth watching out for.

Everyone's At It

A packed pit tonight, and not my best work. Disappointed.

The Fear

Woken by the postman bringing me my new lense, a Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Macro which I'm happy to see, given that I'm shooting Lily Allen and hopefully La Roux tomorrow at the Academy. Am hoping having slightly faster glass will give me a bit more to work with. So far all I've done with it is have a quick roam around the garden, so it'll have to be tested live in field...

Equally scary is that the agency had a choice between a pass for London or a pass for Manchester but decided to give me the shot at it. No pressure, then.