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Green and pleasant land

Greg — Sat, 29 May 2010 17:32:34 +0000

After 3.5 months in the desert (Abu Dhabi), I have finally made a short trip back to London to, among other things, celebrate my birthday with friends. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to spend a couple of days back in the Cotswolds with family. I was lucky to have a beautiful summer’s evening with [...]

Royal Stables, Abu Dhabi

Greg — Sat, 29 May 2010 17:27:33 +0000

A friend in Abu Dhabi has recently bought a horse and I jumped at the chance of heading up to the Royal Stables to take some photos. I’ve never taken many ‘portraits’ of the equine variety although fortunately am very comfortable around horses! Over two early-morning visits, I think I picked up some useful [...]

WOMAD Abu Dhabi 2010 Photos

Greg — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:13:02 +0000

This week was the second outing for WOMAD Abu Dhabi and I was fortunate enough to get a press pass for the first two evenings. There is SO much going on at these festivals; I concentrated my efforts on two cracking bands, Babylon Circus and Trans-Global Underground. There was disappointment after Damien Marley pulled out of [...]

Photos For Sale

Greg — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:28:35 +0000

The majority of my photos are on two Flickr accounts (see links on the right) and some appear on Facebook, however I have been approached a number of times by people wanting to either purchase prints or a digital download of some of my better photos. After a two week trial, I have signed up [...]

Red Bull Air Race

Greg — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:38:34 +0000

After an epic Friday with the ‘trainee’ gang (meaning an all-you-can-eat brunch, PJ O’Reillys (Royal Meridian), Pearls & Caviar (Shangri La), Chameleon (The Fairmont) and then Etoiles (Emirates Palace), rest and recuperation was required. Up early to grab our spots on the beach, we ended up having a great view of the Red Bull Air Race [...]

Dubai Marina

Greg — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:12:23 +0000

This weekend I drove to Dubai to visit friends and to watch the Dubai Polo Gold Cup. In the scorching heat, the polo was good fun although considerably less polo was played than at the “World Cup” at the Hurlingham Club, Fulham, last summer. My first time in Dubai, I found it to be crazier and [...]

Maximo Park at Wakestock

Greg — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:09:32 +0000

Wakestock Abu Dhabi organised a number of international artists to perform in the evenings after the wakeboarding. I must admit I didn’t know Maximo Park very well before their concert but I was impressed; they were simply superb. Paul Smith (lead singer, pictured) had such incredible charisma on stage, he was fantastic to photograph. I had trouble [...]

Wakestock

Greg — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:11:00 +0000

Abu Dhabi is perfectly arranged for beach-related sports events. The Corniche is a fantastic stretch of beach which this weekend hosted Wakestock, 2010’s (and Abu Dhabi’s) first stop on the ‘Wakeboard World Series’ tour.

Sunsets

Greg — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:06:43 +0000

There is something extraordinarily relaxing about sunsets; perhaps it is because they signal the ‘wind-down’ of another day? I thought I’d seen impressive sunsets in Europe but here, they may be very short (you can literally watch the sun drop out of the sky) but they are beautifully golden and bath everything in a wonderful glow. I [...]

Superyachts Galore

Greg — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:46:59 +0000

I was lucky enough to get a pass to the 2nd Abu Dhabi Yacht Show at the incredible Yas Marina, which has already hosted the Formula 1 (on the Yas Marina Circuit) at the end of 2009. It was a scorching day and attendance was good; a mixture of awe-struck guests (myself included), brokers, press [...]