Bank Holiday Monday saw about two hundred people enjoying a free day's ballroom dancing courtesy of Nicky Miles at the Festival Hall's Clore Ballroom. The day kicked off at 11 am with general dancing then at 3 there was a mini-competition between two teams of the South East's best up-and-coming ballroom dancers (and Camilla Dallerup was there to adjudicate). In the evening we had music courtesy of Ross Mitchell and his Band and another competition - of which you can see some photographs here. It was a great day and free of charge to spectate or join in the dancing as you please.



Keep an eye out at the South Bank Centre's website for the next one as these are becoming regular events.

Another email the other day, from a happy customer. SM writes:

Hi Alec

I received my order of photos this morning thank you. Fantastic service.
The photos are lovely, you caught the movement really well. I like the
option of 6x4 as well. I have seen other photos of my daughter on your site
before, but have been trying not to purchase any - but you have got yourself
a customer .

Thank you!

Yesterday I had a lovely phone call from Camilla Dallerup - she of Strictly fame, asking for a few photos to add to her website from the pictures I took at a performance she and Ian Waite gave back in march. I'll let you know where she posts them. Actually she was very complimentary about the photos, particularly of their Rumba - "you've caught the moment of our show - exactly what we're trying to say in dance" I think is what she said. Which was very nice. And I'm sending her some prints for her living room wall, too.

Phew... more than 2000 pictures from this event just posted. I've organised them into events by age, although I think there was some cross-over in the New To Competition categories. If anyone spots any blinding errors please drop me a note so I can fix it. Within each category the photos are roughly in colour order to make them a bit easier to find. I'm also going through tagging shots of people (look out for the "more pictures of these") links. That takes a while so it probably won't be finished until tomorrow. Again if I make any errors and tag pictures together that have different subjects let me know.

Anyhow I hope you enjoy the pictures... you'll find them all here.

Another email today, from a parent from Maidstone. TM writes:

Thank you Alec! Received the pictures on Thursday and they are truly stunning - thank you!

Just wondered whether you would consider offering them in other sizes in the future? I had a comment from one of my daughter's grandparents who would have purchased more if they were available in smaller sizes such as 6x4, so they could put them with other general photos.

Good idea - so for a trial period I've added a new product. At the same price as the 6x8 print you can now have a pair of 6x4 prints - two of the same photo. I'll make that available for the whole of July, and see if it's a popular option.