Crystal Palace Pool

I think Crystal Palace Pool might be my favourite place in London. Despite being in zone 43 and not particularly easy to get to I love going there. I'm sure lots of people hate the building, its very brutal and unforgiving but I love it with its wooden floors and huge concrete girders and massive windows letting the light stream in.

 

 If the building and 50m pool wasn't reason enough to go the Brazilian Olympic swimming team are using the pool for practice at the moment. They're swishing about, arriving in blacked out vans like the good people of Penge have a clue who they are. I keep hoping a member of staff might mistake me for a lost Brazilian but sadly not yet.

Henry

This image has just been selected to be part of the AOP Open Award which I'm really excited about. Thanks for posing for me Henry!

Mary Berry Book

For the first time an image of mine is being used for a book cover. Very exciting. I loved photographing Mary Berry. She's great, absolutely no nonsense but warm. I remember asking her what her husband thought of her success and she replied, "oh he's not interested dear, as long as his suppers ready on time". Brilliant!

Russell and Jordan's Flat

I love this flat, photographed for the Guardian a few weeks ago. It's stylish but its also really joyful and fun. It's made me realise though how unadventurous I am in my own flat. If I paint a wall light grey instead of white I feel like a crazy woman. Thanks to the lovely Russell and Jordan for letting us into their home.

 

Lanz-a-not-so-grotty

I spent last week driving badly round Lanzarote with my sister. I loved it. So barren and dramatic. One bonus is there are no adverts on the road. It was banned years ago by the island's most famous inhabitant, the architect Cesar Manrique. When he wasn't making incredible houses out of volcanic caves he was banning advertising. What a dude.

 

 

Din Dins

 

 

 

  

 

These were taken for the brilliantly named pet nutrition company Din Dins. Check them out at  www.dindins.co.uk.

Charlie's House

I've started to photograph more interiors, something I used to do quite a lot of a few years ago. A picture editor friend suggested I photograph a few friend's houses to get back in the swing of things. I thought that was a great idea, but whose? I don't really have many friends whose houses would fit into Living Etc or Elle Decoration. For some reason they're not mad about 2 bed flats like my own near Catford. And then it came to me, Charlie! Here are the results. Thank you Chop x