The Job From Heaven

After telling you about The Job From Hell the other day I thought I should balance that out by telling you about one that went really well.

Today I had the pleasure of photographing Maureen Mackay and Iain Nesbitt, a couple who will be going to Everest base camp in November to raise money for a children's charity. I called Maureen yesterday to confirm a time for the photo and it was obvious from the start that this was going to be a good shoot: I was going to ask if the two of them would be willing to put their climbing gear on for the photo, but Maureen suggested it first. I was going to ask if there were any steep hills or mountains nearby, but Maureen already had somewhere in mind. And would we be pushed for time? No, no rush at all. I do love going in to a shoot knowing that the people I'm photographing are enthusiastic to get the job done right.

So this afternoon we met at the arranged time, had a coffee and a chat, then drove three miles to the Cat's Back and spent about 10 freezing cold minutes on two different set-ups. Back to Maureen's place for another coffee and the end result of the perfect shoot was a pretty nice photo…