Brian is a Flickr contact since a few years. Originally from Ireland. Later he moved to Australia where he lived for many years. Then he met a Swedish woman, married her and moved to Sweden. He is often out snapping around Stockholm, just like me. I knew that he would be at The King's Park yesterday as he had left a comment about that the day before. So when I spotted him snapping away I walked up for a chat. It was the first time we met IRL. We talked for something like twenty minutes about photography, different camera models and lenses, as one does when one meets a fellow photographer. Brian also told me an interesting story about how he and his wife swapped apartments with another couple. Long story short, don't ever do that as there will be a lot of problems and issues, but as of today the move was finally done. We were at the park to check up on the Cherry Blossom, but we were probably one week too early so it was fun to talk to Brian instead of photographing the flowers.
It's good that you got to meet him. No cherry blossoms here yet.
ReplyDeleteHe looks like a happy chappy. Did you speak English or does he speak Swedish? I guess living there he would need to!
ReplyDeleteI forced him to try and speak a little Swedish! But we talked in English, he is a very talkative man.
DeleteHe got a natural smile and a good bio
ReplyDeleteHe looks like a happy person. I have met only two CDP photographers in real life. Gunn in Stavanger is charming. The other, who I won't name, was kind of odd.
ReplyDeleteHe's had an interesting life living in places all over the world. It's always great to meet a fellow photographer.
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