Nevermind

This weekend we had an underwater photo shoot with Britain’s most qualified photographer.  To be fair it is himself claiming that fact but who am I to disbelieve him?  I’m always reluctant to pay for photographs but I don’t have underwater gear and I did like the album ‘Nevermind’ by Nirvana.

We paid £35 up front for the session and then sat down to view the images once the shoot was over.  You could pay £180 for 2 digital files on a USB stick if you so wished but unfortunately Britain’s most qualified photographer only managed to capture 1 image of the boy that was worth having, and they didn’t sell only 1 digital file.  Sometimes the flashes failed to trigger so he missed a couple of opportunities.  Maybe Britain’s most qualified photographer wasn’t using Britain’s best photography equipment?  We paid a further £45 for a 10 x 8 copy of the one image that was good.

I know I’m sounding cynical but in this day and age you don’t need to be a photographer to do this kind of work, any old T, D or H can do it, they just need the equipment.  It’s a bit like getting Michelangelo in to paint the bathroom ceiling.  And the prices!  They weren't as bad as Venture but they were heading there.

All that aside the Waterbabies organisation, whom I was very skeptical when we first joined, are a good organisation who provide a very worthwhile service at a fair price.