Financial Crisis

With the stock markets crashing and today was labelled 'Black Friday' because of the financial world in ruin I was sent out to get stock photos of the banks in trouble and of traders leaving the London stock exchange.
Unfortunately, unlike many years ago when they wore bowler hats, the traders wear normal clothes and the London Stock Exchange has moved from Bank in the heart of the city to a rather generic-looking building at St Paul's meaning photos of them tend to look like any others workers in London leaving their office, rather than images with a stronger context of the financial disaster taking place.

UK Commemorative Service for Northern Ireland Operations

A good turn out of Royals and Politicians, past and present, for this UK Commemorative service for Norther Ireland operations.
I missed out a couple of times photographing Margaret Thatcher, so it a relief to get some shots of her, all the more useful as I got photos with Tony Blair as well.

Orchid Men In Pants Day

I did a quick photocall this morning, for Orchid, a charity who raise money for male cancers. Former Bond girl Lizzie Cundy, Stricly Come Dancing's Brendan Cole, former tennis star and presenter Pat Cash and model Melanie Boorman (all in photo below) were amongst the guests who were raising awareness for the charity, by doing a walk around London in pants.

The City Salute

Princes William and Harry attended London's first City Salute, which paid respect to the armed forces. I went to a different position to most of the other photographers and as a result got some different coverage to William and Harry watching the fly by, and parade outside St Paul's Catherdral.