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Bright back drops and canine cameos featured in this edition’s photo shoot

Perhaps fittingly, for an edition themed around failure, not everything went to plan during the October/November Optometry Today (OT) photo shoot.

Manoeuvring backdrops into compact spaces required some creative thinking, while optometrist Deepak Oberai shared that the spectacle of a photo shoot outside his Albert Road Opticians practice in Wilmslow “almost caused a small traffic jam.”

“There were lots of curious looks,” Oberai observed.

Oberai’s passion for eyewear (his email signature is ‘Saving the world from mediocre glasses’) was reflected in the fact that he brought three pairs of frames to provide variety within the shoot, alongside two dress shirts. “The photoshoot was a lot of fun. There were more outfit changes than expected but the photographer was excellent to work with,” he said.

Optometrist Stephanie Lipsey-Liu was accompanied by her two dogs for part of the photo shoot at Charles Lea Opticians in Mapperley.

“They were very excited to be in a new place with new people and would barely even sit still,” she shared.

After some initial challenges setting up within a narrow practice, Lipsey-Liu shared that the photo shoot went smoothly.

She said: “The photographer was so nice and instantly put me at ease.

Thanks

Optometrists Stephanie Lipsey-Liu, Deepak Oberai

Photographer Mark Newton

Art director Grant Pearce