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    FROM ONE TO ANOTHER

    Jan 28, 2021 5 minutes
    WORDS: RODERICK EMERY
    PHOTOGRAPHY: ALAMY

    There are days’ shooting and there are shooting days, aren’t there? I think we all know that. We’ve been there.

    Any day’s shooting is a good day but some shooting days are better than others. Or perhaps a few are less good than the rest. Is that a better way to put it? But some shooting days are just epic. A cut above. In a different league. Cut from an altogether finer tweed.

    So the question arises: “Where does the magic come from and what are the things that make the difference?”

    In my view, the shooting day begins the day before.

    I find it exciting to pack the car before leaving for a shoot and if I get halfway there without remembering what I have left behind, that is a bonus which only adds to my general feeling

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