DAVID Shepherd is one of the UK’s most accomplished motoring photographers with a hugely impressive CV that includes some of the world’s leading magazines and vehicle manufacturers. Right at the top of that list of clients is Jaguar Land Rover and for nearly 15 years, Shepherd has been one of a select number of photographers responsible for shooting the firm’s latest models – in fact, there is a good chance that when you open a motoring magazine and see the newest incarnation of a Range Rover or Discovery, it will either have been this man behind the camera, or regular LRM contributor Nick Dimbleby, with whom Shepherd has worked closely for a considerable number of years.
Given his link with JLR, it may come as no surprise to find that Shepherd’s humble garage in a quiet corner of Berkshire is occupied by an 88in Series II. Of course, it would perhaps be simple to assume that Shepherd’s Land Rover journey began with