He has a website simonfeilder [.] com where he describes himself as
Your classic modern multi-hyphenate comedian, Simon has appeared on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel5 and has lent his voice to a multitude of commericals, idents & (BAFTA-winning!) TV shows.
Tobias Wolfe at the book signing after a talk at the Edinburgh Book Festival a couple of years ago. Eighteen months later and I decided to add a few words. I looked up his collections of short stories and see that Hunters in the Snow was first published in 1981.
I am amazed: I don’t see how that can be. I am convinced I read it at an earlier stage of my life, in different circumstances. And that The Barracks Thief was published in 1984. Amazing to me that I was reading these books then; I thought I was heavily involved in getting ahead.
I photographed her on the Royal Mile in 2013. She is one of the players from Youth Action Theatre appearing in William Congreve’s Restoration comedy, The Way Of The World.
It’s a play about two lovers endeavouring to marry against all the odds. It’s a comedy set in a society where everyone despises everyone and acceptability depends upon being socially superior and having an acid comment ready at one’s lips.
I shot it on an Olympus EPM1 with a 45mm lens. Looking at the colours and the sharpness, I continue to like what Olympus does with its micro-four-thirds cameras.
We went to see him talk about his book ‘Shylock Is My Name’ and I took his photo at the book signing afterwards. I asked whether I could take his photo and he was gracious about it.
He’s talking to my wife in this photo.
I shot this with my Fuji X100s under mixed lighting and the EXIF data tells me I shot it at 1/58 second at f2 and ISO 800.
Knowing how some people in religious communities are reluctant to be photographed, I was surprised how this man responded so graciously. It was not that I expected him to be rude, but he was obliging without playing to the camera.
