| Who is behind Shoot Candids? New Year resolution .... Get a life! Actually not so much "get a life", but move onwards and upwards where Destiny has marked out the steps I will take. Divorces and separations are not nice things. Been there, done them both. The t-shirts are not worth collecting! No, good hard work, a healthy body and healthy mind are more important. Apart from 6 months of at least a bottle of red wine a day (and its when you do this that you appreciate the value of spending a bit extra on fine wine) I decided that Focus was a good idea. My personal trainer thinks I am great ... I have shed 15 kgs of flab and re-built the athletic figure that men half my age can only dream of. Not sure when the flab crawled out of the ether and onto my torso but looking in the mirror now, as I do as often as I can, I am my happy healthy confident self. Well, I know that my next birthday present to myself is going to involve a visit to Sr Georgio Armani´s little shop. So, who am I ... still more than a tad over 50 (and always will be!) and irreversibly born in the last millennium, I am me - Alan Stanley Skyrme. And despite the strong Celtic names I feel more Italian (Dad was English, Mum was Italian, though now insists she is British - so don´t mess with her on the subject). Certainly my food and fashion preferences are Italian. I travel a lot. Described often as "a mix of the best of (Lord) Patrick Litchfield, Pierce Brosnan, and Sylvester Stallone" this highly sought-after image maker divides his time between his studios in Brazil and UK, and the Amazonian and Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil where he captures the spirit of the jungle on film ... in addition to travelling to other continents. Dismissing stories that I travel merely to collect airmiles and to enjoy airline food, I readily admit that my travels could be measured in the millions of miles. Since my birth in Libya eons ago, I have lived in 15 countries on four continents, and have visited about 55 countries on 5 continents. Now based in the south of Brazil I often flit back to Europe to see my children in England and my mother in Italy, as well as to supply my ex-wife with duty free gifts, and my now ex-partner in Brazil with duty free perfumes (repeat and emphasise big generous heart!). My stock library of images extends to many thousands. My stock of wine is zero as I have become accustomed to drink it as fast as I buy it ... but the quality is soooo much better nowadays! And that applies to me too! |