It is the curse of being a photographer, that everyone gives you camera-related gifts. The trouble stems from the inevitable truth, that my children and friends are not going to buy me that new fast lens that I have been thinking of getting - or fork out for a new set of studio lights. So, based on years of experience, what I am likely to be given is a novelty mug shaped like a lens.
I quite liked the first one I got given – in fact it is still on my desk at home as a place to put my pens and pencils. But I certainly never needed two, or three, or four…
