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Taken on the spur of the moment in a mirrored lift. Something Aerosmith would approve of.

Portraits - Pulling faces.

Although I can be a little shy around strangers (they do not understand my ways, and can become agitated) I do enjoy photographing people. It's harder work than shooting landscapes, buildings or objects, as people tend to move relatively quickly (at least the non-stuffed ones do) but it's still an pleasant challenge to capture a look. A character displayed in an expression. A unique human moment. 3x Blah.

All of the following photographs were taken by me and are unedited, except for size, contrast and cropping, as required.

1. A lovely lady who must remain nameless2. Judith Izzard, ex girlfriend and friend3. Felicity Wheildon-Smith, my wicked Step-mother 4. Mike Smith, my father5. Claire Simmons, a vague friend
6. Jill McNab, a vague friend7. Adam Smith, my brother8. Paul 'Bungle' Cullinan9. Gavin Webb, friend10. Strangers in Barcelona.11. Nicola Rose, a lady I once worked with.
12. Judith Izzard in the wind.13. Aaron Tebbutt. Aye.14. My friend Ally at a football match.15. An ex relaxes at Stowe House, Bucks, in 2000.16. Tan, a friend, seems happy to buy me dinner in Bristol.
17. Gavin Webb, a friend, up a pole in 2002.18. Jermaine Campbell, a dude I used to work with. And it wasn't even in catering.19. Lissy, a friend, February 2003.20. Scooter-rider in Rhodes, August 2002.21. Patriotic climber in Rhodes, August 2002.
22. An American lady called Chagmi who I met on a trip to Italy strikes a pose on a Bergamo street in March 2003.23. Gavin up on the roof of the Duomo in Milan during an 'interesting' trip there in March 2003.24. I found this picture of a woman just sitting in front of The Castello Sforzesco in Milan during March 2003. I liked it enough to make it my first portrait of a portrait. I don't regard this as cheating and neither should you.25. Not looking for Business, Chagni, Nicolee and Gavin talk to a taxi driver in Bergamo on our trip there in March 2003.
26. Adam sitting on the back of a police car from an American airforce base, March 2003.27. Judith looking like a filmstar while cycling in 1999 or 2000.28. After a day out to Herstmonceux Castle to watch a Medieval battle and joust, a few friends and I relax on Eastbourne beach. August 2003.29. Medieval knights at Herstmonceux Castle. August 2003.
30. Annie, a secretarial friend. September 2003.31. Judith playing crocquet in the sun. 1999.
Left to right, top to bottom:

1. [Not saying!] at a secret location in 2001.
2. Judith Izzard, Stowe House, Bucks. May 2001.
3. Felicity Wheildon-Smith, Stoke Mandeville Hospital. July 2002.
4. Mike Smith, Maxwell Hall, Bucks. June 2002.
5. Claire Simmons, London Underground Station. August 2002.
6. 'Jill & Ben.' Jill MacNab, London. May 2002.
7. Adam Smith, Lounge in Aylesbury, Bucks. August 2002.
8. Paul 'Bungle' Cullinan, MK Office, Bucks. August 2002.
9. Gavin Webb, Claydon House, Bucks. July 2002.
10. Strangers in Barcelona. April 2002.
11. Nicola Rose, MK Office, Bucks. September 2001.
12. Judith Izzard, Madeira. Summer 1998?
13. Aaron Tebbutt's eye, MK Office. September 2002.
14. Ally, St Albans. September 2002.
15. Sarah Palmer, Stowe House, Bucks. August 2000.
16. Tan, a friend in Bristol, Novemberish 2000.
17. Gavin, a buddy, standing on some Art of the Phoenix Trail. Sept. 2002.
18. Jermaine Campbell, MK karting track, September 2001.
19. Lissy, a friend, West Wycombe churchyard, February 2003.
20. Scooter-rider (or is it all about the little girl?) Rhodes, August 2002.
21. Patriotic climber, Rhodes, August 2002.
22. Chagmi, an American lady, strikes a pose in Bergamo, Italy. March 2003.
23. Gavin looks unenthusiastic on the roof of the Duomo, Milan. March 2003.
24. An unknown woman with a reflection in her glasses. Found in March 2003.
25. Not looking for business, Chagmi, Nicolee and Gavin in March 2003.
26. Adam on a police car from an American airforce base, March 2003.
27. Judith, Ethrope Park during a cycle-ride, 1999/2000?
28. A few historic friends and I relax on Eastbourne beach. August 2003.
29. Medieval knights at Herstmonceux Castle. August 2003.
30. Annie, a secretarial friend. September 2003.
31. Judith with stick, 1999.

Many more (and many better) shots can be found on the pages of my main site. Have a shufty at the Naked Photo Album, Arty Farty, Cycle-Art, Stowe, or Home pages.

And, for no better reason than I'm always there ready to be photographed, or in other cases drawn or sculpted, here are some self-portraits. The ego has landed.

All of the following photographs were taken by me (by holding the camera at arms length, by using a tripod and the self-timer or in one case, by balancing it on top of a gravestone) and are unedited ('cept the girly one) except for size, contrast and cropping, as required.

1. Paul Smith, shooting myself2. Paul Smith, with too much time on my hands3. Paul Smith having a grave moment.4. I was born to snarl5. See number four.
6. Can you hear me?7. Church, tree, gate, fool.8. Up on the roof9. In touch with my inner woman?
10. Paul 'The Force is strong in this one' Smith.11. Paul Smith, The new Alexi Sayle!12. Eyeball at a Milton Keynes Karting track. September 2001.
13. Paul curses the gap in the curtains. August 2002.14. Rhodes arch frames Paul. August 2002.15. Coach ride back to Rhodes airport. August 2002.16. Outside 'The Big Lock-Up' in May 2002.
17. This is as close as I've ever got to shopping in Prada. Shot from a tub with a small tree in it in Milan during a trip there in March 2003.18. Sleepy, Doppy and Bashful, all in one. It was 3am in an Italian airport concourse and I was feeling the effects of the lack of sleep... Later on I felt like I needed a Doc. Just three more dwarves to go, dammit...19. Air Smiles. After snatching a couple of hours sleep on the hard steel benches of the airport concourse, I felt some how better.20. Drawn in pen when I was about 15 and had hair. See my 'ARTY FARTY' Page too!
21. Taken in the National Trust grounds of Stowe House public school on March 31st 2003.22. Taken with my old Casio camera/brick in the National Trust grounds of Stowe House public school in May 2001.23. Just messing about with my Casio camera when I'd just bought it. October 2000.
24. In April 2003 I took out some armed bankrobbers. We went dancing.25. For Red Nose Day 2003 I went Ginger. It's not an experience I'm in any hurry to repeat.26. This, like many of the things I've done in my life, seemed like a good idea at the time.
27. May 2003. While helping my dad at one of his autojumbles, I blagged a free flight in a helicopter over Aylesbury. Game on.28. Geocacher, I. May 2003 in the overgrown remains of a church long since gone...29. I blend in inside Fleet Marston church, May 2003.30. On a day out at The Chiltern Sculpture Trail, April 2003.31. Self portrait in a Easter Island stylee. Made from builders waste with a screwdriver by Paul in June 2003.
32. June 2003. I sneaked into Stowe again, this time with my mate Gavin and our bikes. What larks!33. August 2003. After a day out to Herstmonceux Castle to watch a Medieval battle and joust, I relax on Eastbourne beach.34. October 2002. Standing 874 miles from John o'Graots at Land's End, while on my Wild-Wild-West-Country Adventure.35. July 2003. Standing 874 miles from Land's End at John o'Groats, while on my Scotish Adventure.
36. October 2002. I revisited the village in Cornwall that was named after me for my services to a greatful nation.37. July 2003. Here I am looking like poop about 1,300 feet up Ben Nevis. Only another 3,000 feet to go... No, I didn't make it.38. July 2003. While at Doune Castle, where a lot of Monty Python and the Holy Grail was filmed, I borrowed their coconuts to take this study which I like to call 'Idiot with coconut halves'.39. September 2003. My heart was pounding while I explored a nuclear bomb shelter. Geocaching takes you fun places.
40. Spetember 2003. I *am* a horny devil, and here's the proof.
Left to right, top to bottom:

1. Work ethic. MK Office, August 2002.
2. Too much time on my hands. Home, December 2001.
3. Grave moment. West Wycombe Churchyard, Bucks, July 2001.
4. Unhappy face. My bathroom, June 2002?
5. Snarling for the lens. Back bedroom, October 2000.
6. Greatstone-on-Sea Listening Device, Kent. November 2000.
7. Hartwell Church, Bucks. Spring 2002.
8. Heads on the roof of Casa Mila, Barcelona. April 2002. 25Mb video clip.
9. The devil makes work for idle hands. December 2000.
10. Paul 'The Force is strong in this one' Smith. 'Somewhere in 2002'.
11. Paul Smith, The new Alexi Sayle! Depressed in the year 1999.
12. Eyeball at Karting track.September 2001.
13. Paul asleep in Rhodes, August 2002.
14. Paul and arch-enemy in Rhodes, August 2002.
15. Coach ride back to the Airport. Rhodes, August 2002.
16. Outside 'The Big Lock-Up'. May 2002.
17. Grinning in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan, Italy. March 2003.
18. Very sleepy in Bergamo airport at 3am. March 2003.
19. Somewhat happier a few hours later, flying home. March 2003.
20. Drawn in pen when I was about 15. See my Arty Farty Page for more.
21. The last day of March 2003, in the grounds of Stowe House.
22. May 2001, in the Pebble Alcove, also in the grounds of Stowe House.
23. October 2000. Messing about with my Casio camera when I'd just got it.
24. April 2003. I take out some armed bankrobbers. For drinks and dinner.
25. For Red Nose Day 2003 I went Ginger. It's not something I'd recommend.
26. Too much time on my hands, part II. Home, April 2003.
27. King of the Air! A blagged chopper flight over Aylesbury, May 2003.
28. Out Geocaching in spooky abandoned graveyard, May 2003.
29. Less spooky, but another disused church. Fleet Marston, May 2003.
30. A historic moment at The Chiltern Sculpture Trail. April 2003.
31. Self portrait in a Easter Island style. Made by Paul in June 2003. More...
32. June 2003, with a shaved head in the grounds of Stowe House, again.
33. August 2003. After a day watching a Medieval battle, I relax in Eastbourne.
34. October 2002. 874 miles from John o'Groats at Land's End.
35. July 2003. 874 miles from Land's End at John o'Groats. Video clip.
36. October 2002. The village named after me by a greatful nation. Video clip.
37. 'Nevised'. Here I am about 1,300 feet up Ben Nevis in July 2003.
38. Idiot with coconuts at Doune Castle in Scotland. July 2003. Video clip.
39. September 2003. While geocaching I explored a scary bomb shelter.
40. September 2003. I am a horny devil, and here's the proof.

There are lots more silly 'Jedi' shots of me on the Too Much Time On My Hands page on my main site. Take a sneaky peek, you won't regret it. Much.

Or there's always my Web-Cam, Picture of the Month and Videoramascope pages, where you can see me moving, hugging a tree and on the last one, much to my shame, singing. As a final treat, here's a link to an animated picture page, LondonPix (166k) but you'll need to use your handy back button to return to this page.