Thanks for your endorsement of my studio lighting workshop and for translating for Colin HaHa. It was a wonderful day for me too and yes I agree Tango the dog will become famous in time.

I look forward to seeing you on the Cherish workshop and at Focus on Imaging. Kindest regards, Damien.

Ian, upstage lighting is a theater term. Imagine the scene… You are standing in the middle of the stage in a big theater. You are about four metres from the front of the stage and you have the wings on either side. If you drop a marble where will it go? It will roll away from you into the orchestra pit and this is because the stage slopes towards the audience. It gives them a better view of the floor for one thing. All the lights in the grid behind you are said to be upstage of your position. On walks another actor and stops to the side and slightly behind you. They are said to have upstaged you.. Definition: To distract attention from (another performer) by moving upstage, thus forcing the other performer to face away from the audience. It’s all a bit of fun but I hope it makes sense.

Cheers, Damien.

Absolutely loved my day with you, Sarah, Joseph and Colin. Still ploughing my way through all the fab pictures you helped me take! Glad you stuck with “Tango”! He’ll be famous now too! Loved all the setups and now have confidence to leave my “safe zone” and venture into your world of making fab images. Can’t wait to show my pictures off. A highly recommended course and so very glad I did it – worth every penny. Cherish next! Kindest regards, Iona.