March 26, 2009

Fern Britton Quits This Morning

Today I had my first British newspaper front pages. Having woken up to the paper review on Sky News, I was elated to see some very familiar looking pictures on the front of three newspapers and used inside many others.

News emerged yesterday that television presenter Fern Britton had left her role at This Morning, where she and co-host Philip Schofield are loved by millions of viewers. I was asked to go to Fern's house with a reporter on behalf of a national newspaper.

I was to take a few shots from the road of Fern talking to the reporter, and hopefully take some posed pictures too. Looking through the lens I watched Fern in conversation with my colleague, and then watched in what seemed like slow motion as she saw me, stared straight at me, and looked a tad annoyed. Fern knows how to play the media game, and promptly stepped inside before emerging freshened up and ready for a picture she would be happy with. Fern walked straight towards me with a big smile.