Chris and Carole Brown run a small family cider farm from their home in North Curry, Somerset. Their daughter Alice contacted me after seeing my request online for people for this project.

Being a courteous chap, I’m always aware not to take up too much of people’s time. This probably stems from shooting corporate work, where you’re imposing to some degree and need to get the subject captured with the least fuss possible.

The Browns, like everyone I’ve shot for this project, were a lovely family and full of passion for what they were doing. I didn’t intrude that long, but did shoot a lot more images than normal, as the light was too beautiful to drag myself away from. In fact, every time I shut the camera off to call it a day, I’d spot something else — after the third or fourth time, even I got fed up with myself.

The Browns kindly invited me back to the farm a couple of weeks later, to photograph them pressing the apples in their historic barn, complete with their old oak cider press.