Bold slides and well thought out stage sets really make a difference to the shots you can get at conferences - but you have got to have your shutter finger at the ready - here, the speaker is on the move all the time so I had the Al Servo on following him around waiting for the right moment. Then, just as he clicked a bold slide on the screen, he turned with a great expression and....
Then more gaming and gambling at the London Affiliate Conference down by the Thames at the Old Billingsgate Market. www.igbaffiliate.com This is Kate, who won Rank's competion to become the new gong girl with the less attractive Mr T lookalike - Rank were making quite a noise at the show banging the original 75 year old gong from the old movies.www.facebook.com/RankgroupAffiliates This year's gong girl is at www.kateholderness.wordpress.com.
It has been a big week for gaming in London with ICE on at Excel, a real international event with a lot of entertaining and partying for the exhibitors - it is a very sociable event. www.icetotallygaming.com
A fresh sunny morning down in Brighton at the Hilton for www.spatex.co.uk, couldn't resist the beach for a while - no one was swimming - they were all in SPATEX, quite rightly checking out heated pools.
In the middle of a busy couple of weeks - I like to twist the lens out on a slowish shutter speed to get this zoom effect - you can just manage to hold the central part of the frame focused, in this case a branded remote controlled helium ballon - haven't seen one of them for a while at an exhibition.
