Mostly you see my hands in my videos, here’s a chance to see me at my desk. Click the pictures to make them look bigger

Photographer, RENÉ MANSI, and Rebecca Swift from Getty Images came to see me last week. They were touring the country visiting home businesses.

Why visit me? The pictures are going to be used, with others, at the Home Business Summit organised by Enterprise Nation at Somerset House in London, next month.

As you can see, I work pretty messily – even though I had tidied up for the visit. The soft box lights on the ceiling are there in preparation for when I start live broadcasting – You may have seen my latest drawing channel subscriber shoutout with some of my new plans. I am finally getting fibre broadband which will make live drawing shows much more of a reality, so we will be able to interact and get drawing done live.

Seeing the photos, makes me realise quite how home-made my set up is. You don’t need expensive equipment to get going. My camera and lights are screwed to the ceiling with bits of scrap wood and my chair looks like it should have gone to the dump a long time ago – one of the wheels collapses daily – but it’s easier to fix that have to go and get a new one.

Many people think that they can’t get started or get anywhere without all the right equipment or the right surroundings. Well, you can. those are just excuses. You can always get the fancy gear later, but by then you will find that what you’ve made do with is quite often the better solution!

http://youtu.be/0e61KLMD4jA