Well it’s been one hell of a week here in Dubai. Last Monday I took the (somewhat suicidal) decision to fly half way around the world and spend a week hanging out and shooting with some of the best modern photographers in the world. Coming up to the end of it, all I can say is “wow”.

I started the week by being the first unwitting subject of a certain Mr Joe McNally. For those of you that don’t know, Joe has been a pro for about 40 years, was the last Life staff photographer and has worked for more publications than I care to shake a very long stick at (think National Geographic, Sports Illustrated etc etc). Crazy being on the other side of his lens! Joe’s a really awesome guy: at 58 he still spends 95% of his life tearing around the world shooting. After he got done shooting me, I really enjoyed having him rip into my photos and tell me just how badly I’d got it all wrong (I guess whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!). As it turns out, most of the time I seem to be pretty good at ripping my images apart even before Joe starts

After a few days of that I decided to head down to the Burj Arab for some sunset photos. I caught the one below just as the sun was hitting the horizon.

Hit the read more link for some more photos and the rest of part 1…

We also had the lovely Laura along with us and as such decided to shoot a few of her mucking around on the beach. Light is from a gridded Quadra in a small Chimera (I think this is the last photo I’ll get from that Quadra but more on that next post)…

I also took a quick walk around the Dubai Souks. Very friendly people, ended up buying a lot of spices and taking quite a few photos. Stopped by the Burj Khalifa (the world’s tallest building) and rocked out there with some friends. All in all a very enjoyable day and great to be able to say that I saw at least a little bit of Dubai!

Anyway time for me to get to the bar. Big day tomorrow, not quite sure what it’s going to involve, I just know it’s going to be big.

More adventures forthwith!

Alex