I had two shoots today ... always fatal (well, not literally obviously) and guaranteed to make me drop from exhaustion. Lucky for me I had some great people in that day.

There would have been a time when I would have said my favourite Russian was my wife, but divorce a few years ago put paid to that. Now it is Yulia who is one of the few models I socialise with away from work. Her husband is a compelling debater too - and many an evening we have spent pulling apart politics and society.

Anyway ... at the time of writing this post I have only processed one shot from our shoot and here it is.