The wall was four sheets of ply, painted on the Friday and carried up the hill on the Saturday. Everything was shot between eleven and one, when the sun was hard enough to throw the shadow the client wanted.

Six people booked in half-hour slots, one light left where it was set at eight in the morning, and no retouching beyond dust.

The frames that came out best were the ones shot while the sitter was still settling.

No brief and no client. Shot for the studio, used everywhere since.

The whole shoot happened in the two hours the light crosses that wall. Nothing was added after.

One camera, one lens, and a route worked out the night before. The brief was to show the walking rather than the landmarks, so most of the frames are backs and shadows.

Shot between six and eight so the floor was clear. The rails were left exactly as the staff had set them the night before.

A record of the set-up rather than the shoot. It runs on the studio's own page and books more work than the portfolio does.

She stood where she wanted to stand. We moved the light once.

Up at five, in position by six, finished by eight. The rest of the day was spent editing in a cafe.