ORIGINAL | Rescue me

More of my photography I'm afraid... I took this series in Cornwall on the beach where I learnt to surf. I managed a good week of surfing but not without injury - I spent the last four days with my eyes nearly swollen shut after a run-in with the devil in the guise of a small boy with a pointy surfboard. He cut me up, I bailed to stop myself mowing down others, and the wave swept my board over the top of me and smashed me in the face. When I got up, a guy on the shore was beckoning to me, who I ignored initially (stranger danger and all that) however I realised that he was trying to get me to come onshore because I had blood all over my face where I'd split my eyebrow. What a great look to face the attractive surf instructor with. Good fun though!

Unfortunately the guy this helicopter came for wasn't as lucky. Rumour was he had a broken leg or back. Morbidly I loved photographing this, mainly for people's reactions. Some people stopped to take pictures, some children just stood transfixed, some rushed to get a closer look. However my favourite was a couple, one with an arm around the other, watching the scene. Something about them made me feel that they were thinking about how lucky they were.