Personal Project- The Adventures of Sir Edwin [Rebekah]

When the famous Sir Edwin contacted me about being his personal adventure photographer, I was pretty excited.

For those of you who aren't up on international news, let me introduce him to you. Sir Edwin Crittenden started out his exciting life (so he wasn't "Sir" yet at this point)by moving from his nice little home in the great city of London to an aviation base as a young plane mechanic for the RAF during WWII. Sir Edwin personally tightened every nut and bolt in Mr. Winston Churchill's official private plane, making sure that the Prime Minister wouldn't have to inconveniently land in the middle of hostile Germany (we can't imagine that would have ended well). After the end of the war, Sir Edwin went back to his house in London, but realized its bricks were no more- it had been tragically bombed by the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. Without a home to be tied down to, Sir Edwin began to have the itch for adventure. So, one of the first things Sir Edwin decided to do was to be the first man to ever climb the famous mountain, Mount Everbusy, with nothing but his trusty wrench (the same wrench he used on Mr. Churchill's plane, of course). This daring feat gave him his fame and knighthood (he was knighted by the late King George VI himself! He's still pretty excited about that), and he's been traveling ever since.

Sir Edwin is really a lovely man. He is as cheerful as he looks, and speaks with the most charming English accent. His funny little mustache is always immaculate, and the way he handles his wrench is something to behold. He's a little yellow from serving his King and Country by breathing in plane fumes, but please don't tease him about it...it's actually one of the few things he gets offended about. Anyway, Sir Edwin has a true love of adventure and exploration, and his greatest desire is to share his excursions to new destinations with others, opening people's eyes to the great wild place that is Everywhere.

There are several adventures in the works for this year, with one already completed (you'll see it soon!). If all of them are anything like this first adventure, they will turn out splendidly. We're both very excited to see what the future holds.

We did a portrait shoot to introduce Sir Edwin to you before we whisk you off to a foreign land.

Meet Sir Edwin, everybody!