Nice full page shot used in Shortlist from a lovely shoot I did with NaTW a wee while ago. Stoked to see it used so big as I loved these shots at the time and still do.

Lovely to be asked to shoot a portrait of the legend that is Jag Hunjan. I hope one day when older and greyer I'll be able to just stay at home and wonderful looking people will grace my lights and lens and it'll be a tad more relaxing than today. But equally as much fun.

So VM won this most prestigious of awards for the Speed of Light event, celebrating ten years of broadband in the UK. Lasers by UVA and photography by Tom Oldham. Creative Review obviously loved it and scoring a DPS with my shot was a proud moment for me, I have to tell you. Well I don't have to, but the unrelenting nature of self-promotion demands that I at least shout about it on here.

New Fly magazine is out, with lovely portraits with Smith Westerns, Mona, Wild Beasts and of course the very excellent Friendly Fires. Welcome back chaps.

We actually hired a bona fide ice cream van who kept em comin' while we shot. It was ace of course. I'd like to have them on other non-ice cream themed shoots from now on.

Their perfect songs, beautifully performed to a very warm audience. 500ISO, F1.4 at 125th. Thanks for wearing a light, y'get me?

Three minutes with Tim in between jobs. Virgin Limo Bikes, love them.

He owns the same camera and lens set up as I was using for this, (Canon 5D MK2 w/85mm f1.2) which is always quite intimidating. However, the sun shone, the feel was right, we chatted kit, I hosed the most minimal of depths of field and got this result and many more winners too. Justin is a fascinating chap, and the new Bon Iver LP drops in June.

Battles mean it.

Kenyan Stephen did it in less than 3 hours, including his 3 (count 'em 3) toilet breaks. More about Virgin Unite here, the charity arm of the Virgin Group. A great fun team and high spirits all day.