{"id":1112,"date":"2013-03-01T19:06:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T19:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonjnewburyphotography.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1112"},"modified":"2013-03-01T19:06:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T19:06:22","slug":"sir-alex-ferguson-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonjnewburyphotography.co.uk\/blog\/sir-alex-ferguson-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait Photography: Sir Alex Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday was quite an unusual day! Not only did I get to visit Media City in Manchester, I also got to meet and do a portrait of Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. I took a late booking to head up to Media City to do a portrait of Sir Alex. As a football fan it was quite a nice prospect. As always with these celebrity portraits there isn&#8217;t a great deal of time set aside for the photography. If you ever saw the BBC film on The Queen being photographed by Annie Leibovitz you will know what I mean! A private audience with Sir Alex was something of a pleasure! Despite all the tales of &#8220;hair dryers&#8221; I found Sir Alex to be pleasant and engaging. We talked very briefly about Nantwich Town, where I am the official photographer, and then on to the shoot. I was thinking that the shot would end up in monochrome (it&#8217;s nice to have the freedom to choose). When I saw the colour version of my chosen portrait I felt it had a lot about it and so went for that choice. This is my portrait of Sir Alex Ferguson CBE<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1113\" style=\"width: 383px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1113\" class=\"  wp-image-1113\" title=\"Sir Alex Ferguson Portrait by Simon J. Newbury Photography\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sjncheshirephotography.co.uk\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3174-low-sat-TAGRS.jpg\" alt=\"Sir Alex Ferguson Portrait Simon J. Newbury Photography Manchester United. 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