‘I took a chance on the weather behaving itself as we head into winter and booked a late autumn fashion shoot with Carla (and Adrian assisting), and I’m very glad that I did. The weather was about as good as can be expected this time of year and I had a fantastic shoot. Mr & Mrs Crook did another excellent job of arranging this “assisted location shoot” (this is the second one that I’ve done with them) and chose some wonderful locations in the countryside near Swindon again. Even if there weren’t quite as many leaves left on the trees as a month ago, there were still plenty on the ground, providing an abundance of autumn colours.It goes without saying that Carla had all the looks to match the beautiful locations (numerous autumn/winter coats and more self-knitted hats, gloves and scarves than I could keep track of) and posed perfectly throughout as she always does. And Adrian did a sterling job of not only lugging my lighting gear around for me, but also holding up the flash in places that I could never have made it stand on its own, so even the trickiest of locations still had the benefit of the finishing touch that a flash can provide when the daylight isn’t at its best.We were accompanied most of the way round our three locations by a riot of robins (is that the correct collective noun?!), one of which did its best to mug me for my mince pie (very kindly an unexpectedly provided, along with a flask of coffee, by my hosts — I guess that’s one advantage to booking an autumn shoot so late Wink). All in all it was a lovely wander through the countryside in the company of equally lovely people. I’ve come home with another batch of great images, and can only look forward to doing it all again next year Smile Thanks again, guys Steve’