At Home with the Eto'o's

Barcelona, March 12th, 3pm. Its warm, sleepy, and the pace is easy going.
Barca's centre forward wants coverage. FourFourTwo want Samuel Eto'o for a cover.
Puma put us together, but the lad is not in the mood. He wants to go back to sleep.
For a few precious minutes I'm on my own, shaded on a narrow balcony by his security blinds, with one of football's biggest names and I'm not letting him go until he tries one of the AD's ideas.
It's half hearted, I'm feeling guilty and let him go.

Essien v Fabregas

Two delightful & charming midfield generals. Fabregas the Matador - a play maker, Essien - a reputation for sticking the tackle in.
Always with these shoots, when you meet the person in the flesh, you get a completely different perspective.
This FourFourTwo shoot was piggybacking a Nike one in the same studios. Unfortunatley, it meant the Fabregas was over running into his French Lesson booking (Is this so he can understand the boss?) and was not really in the room with me in the 4 minutes he breezed through.
Essien had all the time in the world. It's always a pleasure to spend un-pressured time in such cheerful company. Makes portraiture the best job in the world.