Esther Rantzen was invited to speak.
It was interesting to photograph her as she had stipulated that I didn't photograph her whilst she was speaking. This I fully understood, and complied with. What was interesting for me was that Esther obviously wasn't comfortable being photographed at all. It was obvious to me that she was very aware of where I was and made it quite difficult to get good images as she positioned herself away from the camera.
I found this a little disconcerting as her talk was very much about her work and, rightly so, Childline. Esther stated she actually new little about MHFA England and the YMHFA. The problem for me was her willingness to use the event as a platform for her work but appeared less interested in helping promote the YMHFA - especially by being helpful with the images.
This was a useful expereince for me in listening to the request of the person being photographed, but also keeping to the requirements of who asked me to create the photographs. MHFA England were very pleased with the images.
I've not heard from Esther.
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