A TALE ABOUT ME
HELLO.
MY NAME IS RICHARD.
And, as a hilarious programme was called, I AM 'Married...with children'
My favourite poem is 'Self pity' by D.H. Lawrence.
I first heard it in the movie 'G.I. Jane' starring the great Demi Moore, and it struck home. We are all guilty of self-pity. I know I am, but this poem tells you there is no real need for it. Brilliant.
APART FROM MY LOVE OF PHOTOGRAPHY; I AM VERY MUCH INTO ALL SORTS OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES......I QUESTION ALL THAT WE ARE TOLD !!
( YES, I'M THAT PERSON WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT MAN LANDED ON THE MOON ! ).
I AM ALSO FASCINATED BY OLD BUILDINGS, AND I ADORE MOVIES AND OLD TV SHOWS
MY COLLECTION OF DVDs GETS BIGGER BY THE DAY, WEEK and MONTH.
I NOW HAVE A ROOM IN MY HOUSE WHICH IS ALMOST FULL OF JUST DVDs !!!
AS FOR MUSIC, GIVE ME THE BEATLES AND THE BLUES BROTHERS ANY TIME.
I CAN LISTEN TO THEIR SOUNDS ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT.
My biggest moan though with those in showbusiness, is when they get too big for their own boots. Those who refuse to sign autographs or mix with "Joe Public".
If it was not for us "ordinary folk" buying their records, reading their books and watching their films; they would be nothing !!
Many celebrities seem to forget that it is us who put them where they are today.
BUT FOR MY FUNERAL, I INSIST THAT THE FOLLOWING BE PLAYED :
"ALBATROSS" by FLEETWOOD MAC
"WONDERFUL WORLD" by LOUIS ARMSTRONG
"KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR" by BOB DYLAN
"DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME" by THE MAMAS AND PAPAS.
I MUST INSIST THAT THEY BE PLAYED IN THAT ORDER, OR ELSE THERE'LL BE TROUBLE !!!!!. I WILL COME BACK AND HAUNT WHOEVER FORGETS TO PLAY THESE INCREDIBLE PIECES OF MUSIC AT MY FUNERAL, AND WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD WANT TO BE HAUNTED BY A STAMMERING GHOST ? !!!!!
ESPECIALLY ONE WHO'S WELSH !!!!
I WILL NOT BE YOUR FRIENDLY GHOST IF THESE PIECES OF MUSIC ARE NOT PLAYED..........I WILL BE LIKE THOSE POLTERGEISTS AND CAUSE MAYHEM !!
TALKING OF FUNERALS, I WANT MY ASHES TO BE SCATTERED FROM WHITBY CLIFF, WHERE THE ABBEY IS, SO THEY FLY INTO THE AIR AND SEA. I ADORE WHITBY AND THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO END UP.
MY FAVOURITE DECADE FOR MUSIC HAS TO BE THE 60s. SUCH CLASSICS, BUT THE SONG THAT SUMS UP THE 60s FOR ME HAS TO BE " DANCIN' IN THE STREET" BY MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS. I COULD LISTEN TO THIS CLASSIC A THOUSAND TIMES A DAY !!
I LOVE WATCHING THE 'LOONEY TUNES' CARTOONS - MY FAVOURITE HAS TO BE THE GREAT BUGS BUNNY - AS HIS ONE-LINERS ALWAYS MAKE ME CRACK UP WITH LAUGHTER.
I DO, HOWEVER, HOLD PORKY PIG RESPONSIBLE FOR MY STAMMER !!!!!
ALTHOUGH I MUST ADMIT THAT I DO SOMETIMES COPY HIS HABIT OF REPLACING DIFFICULT WORDS WITH THOSE THAT ARE EASIER.
SO THANKS FOR THAT MR. PIG !!
I LOVE TO WATCH THE SWANS AT THE BOTTOM OF MY GARDEN.
SWANS ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CREATURES ON EARTH; AND IF I HAD TIME I'D WATCH THEM ALL DAY LONG.
PHOTOGRAPHY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE, AND I'VE BEEN LUCKY TO HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW PICTURES PRINTED IN NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES OVER THE YEARS.
I HOPE YOU LIKE MY WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU ASAP
When photographing people, I do like to try and capture that unspoken, natural moment.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't but when it does......it's just pure MAGIC
If you like my photographs, hopefully you will wish to purchase one or more of them.
richard.lloyd62@yahoo.co.uk
MY NAME IS RICHARD.
And, as a hilarious programme was called, I AM 'Married...with children'
My favourite poem is 'Self pity' by D.H. Lawrence.
I first heard it in the movie 'G.I. Jane' starring the great Demi Moore, and it struck home. We are all guilty of self-pity. I know I am, but this poem tells you there is no real need for it. Brilliant.
APART FROM MY LOVE OF PHOTOGRAPHY; I AM VERY MUCH INTO ALL SORTS OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES......I QUESTION ALL THAT WE ARE TOLD !!
( YES, I'M THAT PERSON WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT MAN LANDED ON THE MOON ! ).
I AM ALSO FASCINATED BY OLD BUILDINGS, AND I ADORE MOVIES AND OLD TV SHOWS
MY COLLECTION OF DVDs GETS BIGGER BY THE DAY, WEEK and MONTH.
I NOW HAVE A ROOM IN MY HOUSE WHICH IS ALMOST FULL OF JUST DVDs !!!
AS FOR MUSIC, GIVE ME THE BEATLES AND THE BLUES BROTHERS ANY TIME.
I CAN LISTEN TO THEIR SOUNDS ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT.
My biggest moan though with those in showbusiness, is when they get too big for their own boots. Those who refuse to sign autographs or mix with "Joe Public".
If it was not for us "ordinary folk" buying their records, reading their books and watching their films; they would be nothing !!
Many celebrities seem to forget that it is us who put them where they are today.
BUT FOR MY FUNERAL, I INSIST THAT THE FOLLOWING BE PLAYED :
"ALBATROSS" by FLEETWOOD MAC
"WONDERFUL WORLD" by LOUIS ARMSTRONG
"KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR" by BOB DYLAN
"DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME" by THE MAMAS AND PAPAS.
I MUST INSIST THAT THEY BE PLAYED IN THAT ORDER, OR ELSE THERE'LL BE TROUBLE !!!!!. I WILL COME BACK AND HAUNT WHOEVER FORGETS TO PLAY THESE INCREDIBLE PIECES OF MUSIC AT MY FUNERAL, AND WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD WANT TO BE HAUNTED BY A STAMMERING GHOST ? !!!!!
ESPECIALLY ONE WHO'S WELSH !!!!
I WILL NOT BE YOUR FRIENDLY GHOST IF THESE PIECES OF MUSIC ARE NOT PLAYED..........I WILL BE LIKE THOSE POLTERGEISTS AND CAUSE MAYHEM !!
TALKING OF FUNERALS, I WANT MY ASHES TO BE SCATTERED FROM WHITBY CLIFF, WHERE THE ABBEY IS, SO THEY FLY INTO THE AIR AND SEA. I ADORE WHITBY AND THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO END UP.
MY FAVOURITE DECADE FOR MUSIC HAS TO BE THE 60s. SUCH CLASSICS, BUT THE SONG THAT SUMS UP THE 60s FOR ME HAS TO BE " DANCIN' IN THE STREET" BY MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS. I COULD LISTEN TO THIS CLASSIC A THOUSAND TIMES A DAY !!
I LOVE WATCHING THE 'LOONEY TUNES' CARTOONS - MY FAVOURITE HAS TO BE THE GREAT BUGS BUNNY - AS HIS ONE-LINERS ALWAYS MAKE ME CRACK UP WITH LAUGHTER.
I DO, HOWEVER, HOLD PORKY PIG RESPONSIBLE FOR MY STAMMER !!!!!
ALTHOUGH I MUST ADMIT THAT I DO SOMETIMES COPY HIS HABIT OF REPLACING DIFFICULT WORDS WITH THOSE THAT ARE EASIER.
SO THANKS FOR THAT MR. PIG !!
I LOVE TO WATCH THE SWANS AT THE BOTTOM OF MY GARDEN.
SWANS ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CREATURES ON EARTH; AND IF I HAD TIME I'D WATCH THEM ALL DAY LONG.
PHOTOGRAPHY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE, AND I'VE BEEN LUCKY TO HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW PICTURES PRINTED IN NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES OVER THE YEARS.
I HOPE YOU LIKE MY WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU ASAP
When photographing people, I do like to try and capture that unspoken, natural moment.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't but when it does......it's just pure MAGIC
If you like my photographs, hopefully you will wish to purchase one or more of them.
richard.lloyd62@yahoo.co.uk