I am (as they say at Microsoft) super-excited this morning.  I have just ordered two prints from Michael Light from his Full Moon exhibition.  There is also a gorgeous book.

I have been a space enthusiast since I was a little boy (I joined the British Interplanetary Society aged 10).  I met Buzz Aldrin briefly once at a computer games trade show and Charlie Duke at a dinner in London.  I have signed photos of both on my wall in my study. I’ve been to KSC twice and Houston once (I flew NASA’s Space Shuttle simulator - cool!).  Like I said, I am a space enthusiast.

Michael Light pored over the NASA Apollo archive and converted over a hundred of the original negatives into stunning, bright prints which have been exhibited around the world.

The first is Walter Schirra gazing out of the Apollo 7 hatch window.  When I saw the exhibition for the first time in London, I was awestruck by this picture which seemed to capture exactly what it meant to be an astronaut.

The second image, which I cannot find on his website to share with you, is a picture of a command module in orbit over the moon.  For me, this captures the technology and ambition of the moon missions.  I agonised for a long time over the second choice.  I only have room and cash for two pictures and I thought of getting one of the more obvious images, like an Earth shot or a footprint on the moon, but I love spaceships and I wanted a picture of one. 

The pictures come soon and once they’re framed I’m putting them up in my study. I know they will inspire me.

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