Historic Conservation // English Heritage

It's rare that the most memorable part of a commission is the temperature. That's not to say that this commission at Goodrich Castle wasn't otherwise memorable, it definitely was, but this was the coldest outdoor portrait shoot I can remember in a nearly 20 year career! At points my fingers stopped responding to all brain input... David and Amanda are made of sterner stuff, they are historic conservationists whose task on this bitterly cold March day was to scale the 50 metre side walls of Goodrich Castle in Herefordshire, removing invasive vegetation and repairing damaged stone work. Covid lockdowns didn't come with many perks, but there is something very special about wandering around these historically significant sites with nobody else there. Be gone crowds.