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This shoot came about through Mike Gage of South West Deer Rescue Centre, who I’d worked with the previous year on a campaign for the agency Ice House Design, capturing a stag for a composite that went on to win Silver in The Graphis Advertising Awards.

I asked if I could return to shoot Mike for this project. The original plan was Mike and his mate Pete sat on the back of their well-used 4×4, surrounded by deer — but the truck was out of action with a broken axle. As is often the case on location, I had to think on my feet: a shot of the deer being fed their favourite Rich Tea biscuits, against the South Somerset backdrop, provided the image instead.