It wasn't really much of a challenge getting some sleep last night after all the fun and frivolities of the last couple of days.  After waking semi early, breakfast and a couple of Mars Bars just to pep me up rehearsals began at Joes Garage studio.  Was just a quick  run through as most of the rehearsals had gone on before I arrived in Dublin but the guys sounded great and ready to go and were just ironing out a few last parts of the set list and run through of songs.  Everyone was in good spirits and the band sounded great as they ran through the set.  Just walked around the room shooting with a wide angle lens as they played.  I did keep sneaking off to the kitchen to steal chocolate biscuits though...  After the run through I managed to corral the guys and get them outside to do a quick shoot together on the grounds at Joes.  Getting all of the guys together when they're not playing is a little like herding kittens.

After a relatively short amount of time doing that Phil and I got in his little rental car and ran into Dublin to pick up some rental lights as we decided to move the Man Raze photo shoot to today as the weather was so nice.  The rental place was privately owned and was located in a residential part of Dublin..  Phil thought he was still in the Aston Martin instead of a Nissan and pulled some slick moves in traffic but we survived, picked up the equipment and headed back to the remote cottages that he Simon and Cookie were staying at.  Got set up and shot the guys in various parts around the cottages.  Really beautiful part of the Irish countryside and the weather was perfect.  Kept the guys entertained with some mucky limericks and sheep innuendo as there were tons of the fluffy buggers being nosey and looking over the stone walls watching us do the shoot.  Got some great shots and shared many a laugh with the guys, ended up finishing off the shoot down a spooky wooded country lane in total darkness, used only strobes on this one and it lit the trees just great.  A very full and good day in all, Simon Laffy took me back  where I promptly launched my jet lagged self into bed.