Nigg beach clean-up

This was a fun shoot. I knew loads of the people there so it was nice to catch up with them all, and even do a tiny little bit of grunt work myself to earn my place at the midday barbecue.

However there was also a strange situation to contend with…

The organisers obviously wanted publicity as they had mailed out press releases to loads of papers, but as far as I'm aware the North Star was the only paper that sent a photographer. For some reason, one of the organisers seemed to resent me being there, especially when I asked him for some background information to file along with the photo. Even asking him for his name got a dirty look and some snappy response like "you must not have got the press release". I've really got no idea what was going on, maybe this person was just having a bad day, but it's the first time I've gone to a pre-arranged photo-op and had someone be so openly hostile.

Everyone else was lovely though! Really enjoyed this one. 

21 April 2007: People of all ages joined forces with personnel from Talisman Energy to clean the beach at Nigg. Duncan Bryden of the Moray Firth Partnership's Beach Guardians programme estimated that 5 tonnes of rubbish was cleared away in a little under 2 hours. Chairman of the Nigg & Shandwick Community Council, Richard Cross said he hopes to make the beach clean an annual event. Following the clean-up everyone enjoyed a barbecue at the Nigg Ferry Hotel.