Love is all around

Sydney July 2013

I was standing in a street plaza just photographing into the distance. I decided to turn around and I saw this couple behind me, doing what couples do. Well, I was still on infinity focus when this happened so I kept turning around (pretending to be a tourist) but adjusted my manual focus to 3 metres at the same time. By the time I had the couple in sight again, they were just gazing but I took the photo anyway. It wasn’t until I got home and reviewed my images from the day, that I realised that a woman with a rather appropriate cardigan design had walked between me and the couple. Chance? Good luck? Or the work of Cupid? I guess it’s true: love is all around.

I feel it in my fingers I feel it in my toes Love is all around me And so the feeling grows

It’s written on the wind It’s everywhere I go, So if you really love me Come on and let it show

You know I love you, I always will My mind’s made up by the Way that I feel There’s no beginning, There’ll be no end ’cause on my love you can depend

“Love Is All Around” composed by Reg Presley and originally performed by The Troggs, in D-major in 1967. It has been covered by numerous artists, including Wet Wet Wet, for the soundtrack to the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral.