Update

Its been a busy couple of months, mostly non-photography related, but I've been meaning to update the blog for a few weeks. In April, I travelled to Goa for a couple weeks. I've been there several times now and I love it a little more each time. The people, the weather and the culture are just a few of the things that makes it such an amazing place that you don't want to leave and I always seem to come home humbled and inspired. Below is a couple shots I took while there.

There's a few more photos from my trip to India on Flickr

Since I got back I've only shot one gig, Olly Murs at Hammersmith Apollo. With the seating in place downstairs, again, it was a tricky shoot trying to stay out of people's way and getting a spot amongst the other photographers but I was fairly happy with what I got, here's a photo from the show.

Check out the full set of Olly Murs photos on Flickr

Then, at the beginning of June, I covered my first official sports event The Saab Wales Open golf at Celtic Manor in Wales. When I arrived on the Monday for the first Powerplay Golf event I experienced a whole different type of photographer hospitality than normal for me. Your welcomed at the Media Centre with your own workspace, hot and cold drinks, snacks, TV's and every bit of information you may need for the week. The weather on Monday was typical for the Ryder Cup venue, wet and windy but it cleared up in the mid afternoon for the start of the event which was being broadcast live on Sky Sports. It included current stars such as Ian Poulter, Graeme MacDowell and Paul Casey and Women's stars Paula Creamer, Helen Alfredson and Caroline Hedwall as well as golf legends Ian Woosnam and Gary Player (below)

The event was won by Caroline Hedwall, who had only won her first event on the Ladies Tour a day previous.

The full set from the Powerplay event is on Flickr

It was then back to London for a couple days of the day job before heading back down the M4 at 5am on Thursday morning for the start of the Wales Open. Thursday and Friday were almost tropical conditions, short and t-shirt weather, with not a breath of wind. So when I arrived at my hotel on Thursday after a long, hot day the last thing I needed was to discover the hotel I'd booked made Faulty Towers look like the Ritz. Unquestionably the worst hotel I've ever come across. So after reluctantly spending a long uncomfortable night at the hotel, I packed my things at 6am Friday morning and was out of there. Luckily, a friend of mine managed to sort me an amazing room in the Celtic Manor resort amongst the players and Sky Sports presenters. After experiencing one of the worst hotels, I was now staying at one of the best I've come across, a massive difference from the night before. Anyway, back to the golf. The event was eventually won by Sweden's Alexander Noren, who stayed at the top of the leader board from Friday until the end when he won by 2 shots from Dane Anders Hanson.

The full set of all four days of the Wales Open are on Flickr

So all in all it hasn't been all bad this past couple of months and I've now got a couple of festivals coming up over the few weeks, and hopefully some pre-season games for various London football clubs, so hopefully I'll have plenty more photos to show in the coming weeks.