Job number three today (can't believe I've only been going a week and a bit and I'm already up to 3).

One of my corporate contacts called up at short notice to ask for some photos at their anniversary dinner at a Very Posh Restaurant in Covent Garden.  Had to work really hard because the light was truly abysmal and I desperately didn't want to use a ( Read more... )

So, popped over the road today, full of trepidation, to show lady-over-the-road some of my snaps.  Pretty good feedback, I think.  Of the 40 or so photos I showed her, she liked about a third.  And guess what?  Her absolute faves were the James Marsters Words & Music ones - her words "Wow, you've got to do more theatre work, these are great."  The ( Read more... )

Another day, another trip to the back end of Zone 5...

Honestly, I must be cursed by the Public Transport Fairy or something.  Today, on the way to a job, the bus I was on was involved in a shunt.  Spent twenty minutes waiting for the driver to have stand up row with other driver, swap insurance details and get witness statements.  Luckily, I'd ( Read more... )

It should all have been so simple... Get to sports ground by 11:30, spend an hour shooting before they break for lunch, then home, safe and sound.

As it happened, the taxi I'd booked didn't turn up at the appointed time.  So, I spend ten minutes on hold to the taxi company finding out what had happened (they couldn't find a driver in my area - ( Read more... )

Well, I've emailed absolutely everybody I know (or have ever known) to launch the website - fingers crossed that it'll garner some business.

Good news - am out tomorrow on an job!

Bad news - it's forecasting 300 C (860 in old money) and upwards and I'm going to be outdoors.  Bad news if your as fair skinned as me!

Think of me as you sit in your shady ( Read more... )

The end of a pretty succesful week, I think!  The new business is pretty much set to go (in the administrative sense), just need to start marketing like crazy.  Had my leaving drinks last night, which were frankly a bit of an anti-climax.  In my head, I'd left there weeks ago.  That said, they did get me some Jessops vouchers, which'll probably ( Read more... )

Am now the owner of a proper grown-up business account (my new account opening best friend at NatWest, Trevor  tells me).  Thought it'd be a huge drawn-out process, but turns out, not.  It wasn't even based on funds I had available, just whether they had my Anit-Money Laundering Docs on file.  Woo!  Also have Estimate, Invoice and Licence templates ( Read more... )

***New Business Update***

So much happening, so much still to do!  Anyway, edited highlights here:

• Thanks for the lovely messages - apologies for the lack of individual replies, but please consider yourselves collectively hugged and thanked.
• Shortly after posting my last message, I bumped into the lady over the road, with whom I'm sort of a ( Read more... )

First, the important stuff:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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Bad news: spent all week end in bed with food poisoning (how come you can't take two work days off if you've just spent your playtime days feeling poorly? So unfair!). Turns out everyone who had oysters at the office party last week was also suffering so we'll be writing a stiff letter to the restaurant about trying to kill off a third of the ( Read more... )