The Bill Brandt exhibition has proved itself inspirational for us all (DM, GK and myself). One of the images was so expressive to me, its composition not a million miles away from this. I wanted to try to replicate it and asked DM if he’d participate in the shot.

He refused. Point blank.

The reason? Because the original was shot in a bedroom and the implication was that the people embracing were lovers. David didn’t like that which does seem slightly strange to me given that the whole world knows (well certainly all of our family and friends as well as the PBASE community) that we are lovers. He felt that the shot implied sex but I felt differently.

I liked its inclusivity and introspection – it was such an intimate scene. I most of all liked the shape of the woman’s arms on the shoulders and head of her lover. It just struck me as a hauntingly tender image so I had a rethink while I was pounding up and down the pool at lunchtime today and came up with the idea of transposing the scene for a doorstep – easily do-able because of course every home has one. Then I hit on the suitcase and I knew I had a winner because I could use the image twice, in my PotD and my Songs galleries……I have just the right song in mind – watch the gallery in an hour or so!

It’s been good to do a bit of non-work work because I’ve had a shitty day having had my head down writing a proposal all day (except for my hour swimming at lunchtime) but I’ve managed to lose the file and no amount of help from DM has been able to recover it. So guess what I’ll be doing tonight instead of sitting on the sofa with DM drinking a bottle of wine……yep – that’s right, trying to redo in 4-5 hours what I’ve taken all day to do already. Pah pah and more pah…..what did I say about finding that penny?

Oh and DM - no moaning about the non-vertical verticals - you can't give me three nanoseconds to compose and then tick me off about the angle!!!