Monday
Jan092012
The Queen of England gave me camera shake ...
in 
Belgium, Di Stuff, Photography
Belgium, Di Stuff, Photography 
This photograph still makes me giggle ...
I have photographed actors on assignment for Canwest, and prime ministers, more than once, governor generals x two and high-ranking soldiers.
I have photographed musicians and world famous artists and authors but no-one made me shake until the Queen of England looked directly down my camera lens.
But no one ...
It could have been so good. I was so close, with an unrestricted view but, for me, this New Zealander who had grown up immersed in stories of this fabulous English queen, it was like seeing a unicorn and realising it was a true story.
Camera Shake ... best avoided.
Reader Comments (6)
When was this? What was the occasion? I want more story!
Oh God ...
Nevermind, I used my badass internet sleuthing skills. It was Tyne Cot Cemetery in Passchendaele, Belgium, on Thursday July 12, 2007 on the 90th anniversary of the WWI battle there.
Super badass sleuth, you! You are entirely correct ...
Ahhh .... and Paul Gross ;) I do apologize for being M.I.A. lately ... I've also been missing you. I love the Queen's purple!
Paul Gross ... I had to sit and talk with him at lunch, wandering Flanders Fields with him ... and his partner ;-) The CanWest Paris-based journalist I was photographer for, looked like Clint Eastwood. The Queen gave me camera shake, those other blokes turned my head :-)
Don't apologise. I'm always kind of honoured when you call by and comment, Barbara xo