Following on from Brian May’s pre birthday bash, the Isle of Wight Digital Imaging Group celebrated another special birthday at Dimbola last week.

Having discovered former Fleet Street celebrity snapper Larry Ellis shared the same birthday as Brian May, we could not let his 80th Birthday pass by without a friendly gesture from all his friends at the IWDIG.

When Amanda brought in the main Chocolate Torte, we dont know who was more surprised, as for the first time in history Larry seemed lost for words.

Due to the ever increasing attendance at the IWDIG we had two cakes on standby, suffice to say, both were polished off without the need of photoshop. 

Thanks to Mike Cooper for capturing the moment of silence 🙂

Larry is one of the less celebrated Fleet Street celebrity snappers of his era, he captured a period when stars and those capturing them on film mixed freely and easily and where there was mutual trust and respect. Needless to say,  a far cry from today’s celebrity obsessed media where invasion of privacy appears to be routine.