Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for 2013

The Snowman Returns

Fantastic news, and perfect timing, just as I get my Christmas tree decorated and lit up for this years' festivities. The Snowman, one of my all time favourite Christmas stories, is returning for a sequel. Called The Snowman and The Snowdog, it is dedicated to the late John Coates, the producer behind the original Raymond Briggs classic from 1982. It's going to be shown on Christmas Eve on Channel 4 at 8pm. Can't wait.

http://www.thesnowman.co.uk/the-films/the-snowman-and-the-snowdog.html

Legacy

November has been one of our busiest months ever, the first week of which was spent doing final pre-production work for the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland's new show 'Legacy'.

The show itself was performed at the Old Fruit Market in Glasgow on Saturday 10th November. Produced once again by Alisdair McLaren and with a wealth and variety of original music with a theme running throughout.

Then it was straight onto a plane to Austin, Texas and a double bout of Formula 1 frenzy to end a very exciting season with the penulimate race at the new circuit in the States and the season closer at Sao Paulo in Brazil. There was some very wise wildlife living at the circuit in Sao Paulo....!!

Commercial Photographer in the Lake District

For a Commercial Photographer Lake District based, you can't do any better than come to ATLD Photographic, www.adrianturpin.co.uk/photography, we offer the best service and creativity around. We'll listen to your requirements, interpret them in a way that gives you images that are going to work hard to sell or promote your business or product. Vast experience in photography and lighting, a skill essential to successful commercial photography, ensures the best for you.

The sky has fallen... have now seen the new Bond thriller, enjoyed it immensely, a very different kind of story, some great scenes, fantastic title sequence and awesome title track from Adele. Out of the new films, Casino Royale is difficult to beat but a cracker all the same.

'Legacy' the new show from the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland.... coming very soon to the Old Fruit Market in Glasgow.

New Delhi, India

New Delhi, India....
Tuk Tuk's, noisy, dirty, slow, chaotic... what a crazy place... but what lovely people.
Fab..!

25 Years at the BBC

25 years ago today, I joined the BBC. There's a lot of water gone under the bridge since then. There have been some great times both at the Beeb and in Glasgow, a lot of happy times, some great friends made and life changing loves found and lost, some memorable trips, lots of laughs. There have also been some sad times and, yep, a few tears along the road too. Life has moved on during the last 6 years post BBC, and the road is still twisty and not always smooth. But it is still a lot of fun, most of the time, and you never know which corner of the globe you'll be sent next or what's around the next corner.

I really don't know where all those years have gone though....

'It is certainly not a normal life, travelling and all that. But it is a nice abnormal life.'

Linda Thomson, from an interview published in People magazine, January 1975.

Singapore is Slung

Singapore night race.... hot and humid.... sleep in, stay up late....

Storms, lightning, sun, rain...

Fascinating place......

50 Golden Years

Mum and Dad celebrated their 50th Anniversary this month, an amazing milestone. They spent the week up in the beautiful Lake District where they honeymooned all those years ago. My brother Andrew also came up and spent some great days on land and on the water enjoying the scenery and some tasty food and drink too.


Congratulations Mum and Dad...!! Thank you to all friends and family who sent them messages and cards, they loved them all and were also treated to not one, but two mentions on the radio, their first ever, thanks to Tony James and Dan Beale at Lakeland Radio, www.lakelandradio.co.uk

An excellent week.... we all love the Lakes...!!

A beautiful day for a climb up The Old Man of Coniston, a new climb for me and a fab view from the top. Walking along the ridge to Swirl How also reveals an amazing panorama across to Scafell Pike and the Crinkle Crags. Fantastic...!!

Turnberry Seniors Tour won by Fred Couples. Pics here of the Turnberry Resort, Langer putting on the 8th and Lyle teeing off on the precarious 9th. It's been many years since I worked on golf, back in the old BBC days at Gleneagles in fact.

Born to Run

A great Springsteen gig down at the Isle of Wight festival. He has so much energy, what a great entertainer. Non stop hit after hit and a Beatles cover and fireworks to finish too. Fantastic entertainment. Also loved Madness, Big Country and Joan Armatrading.

A great afternoon was spent today in Keswick catching up with my great friend (and mentor from the old BBC days) George Ferguson and his lovely wife Stella... who I've never met before. It was brilliant to see them both and reminisce about some of our memorable moments at the Beeb.... when George added a rather vivid #111 bright Pink to all my carefully orchestrated blues during Edwyn Collin's performance of '50 Shades of Blue' is a moment I will never forget..!

So funny... a great Lighting Director, a great friend and he is certainly one of a kind.

Golden Glen Grant

A small crew travelled up to Elgin near Inverness to shoot a commercial mini drama for the Glen Grant distillery. We had 2 hectic days filming with a great cast and crew and produced some lovely results shooting on one of Sony's new full frame 35mm cameras. We had a lot of laughs too with producer / director Anna McPherson from Recite Films, gaffer Derrick Ritchie, jib operator Aaron Boucher and make-up artist Mandi Ford. Great fun and we were even presented with signed bottles of single malt from a delighted client.

Bahrain not quite as peaceful as Crummock Water...!! Very glad to be back home. It was actually a friend of mine at Force India who was in the car caught up in the petrol bomb incident, very scary from his account of what happened. All okay though thankfully.

Deep in the Heart

Crummock Water, so peaceful...
I'm loving living here in the Lake District....

'You can't return to the place you never left'
from 'Deep in the Heart', words by Bono

Had a great time in Melbourne, was a great week. Back in the Lakes now and the weather has been fantastic. Been taking some time out to do some hill walking and made it up Scafell Pike again this week, the second time in less than a year after a 20 year gap..!!

Lakeland Radio Down Under

The guys at Lakeland Radio asked me to get a picture whilst I was in Melbourne of me with the new LR app. So here it is...!!

It's been a very hectic last few weeks and days but the Lake District is now called home..!! Very exciting times.

Icy Cold

Just back from a few days in the Lake District doing some winter climbing. It's stunning when the hills are covered in snow and ice... breathtaking. Helvellyn was awesome :-)

We've now added Facebook 'Like' buttons to all our photographic gallery pages and to our two main home pages, lighting design and photography.

Please visit and click our 'Like' buttons...!!

Thank you.

A whole bunch of new pictures to look at too in our Northumberland Gallery with pictures of the forest, coastline and of the Razorbill rescue.

Was across in Liverpool at the Olympia working on the British heavyweight David Price vs John McDermott fight. Incredible, it was game over in the first round. Some spectacle.

Been updating our Photographers.Co.Uk entry for our re-location to Kendal.

Also, believe it or not, started some early planning for the new show by the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland entitled 'Legacy' which is scheduled for November back at the Old Fruit Market in Glasgow.

It's never too early to start planning...!!

Taken all the Christmas deco's off the website and done a few other updates, new pictures, a bit of latest news etc. Always sad taking the Christmas things off... :-(

New gallery pictures in the wildlife gallery and the abstract gallery

Welcome to my blog. January 2012.

A lot of new challenges for this year....
Going to be busy.
Relocation in the UK to organise and complete.
New business to chase.
Lots to do....