While on a shoot for this project at withy growers P.H Coate’s, I came across a very dark but atmospheric room. In it, three guys were busy working in dim light, with plenty of banter exchanged in their strong Somerset accents — especially once I was introduced, followed by the words “photographing you” being mentioned.

It wasn’t a landscape, but the room had a rustic, historic charm and bags of atmosphere, and I could visualise the final lifestyle portrait — complete with Matthew Godfrey, one of the guys skilfully weaving wicker fences in the room. The image was tricky to capture in one frame, given the dim light and the elements I wanted visible to help tell the story, without over-lighting and killing the whole ambience of the place.