Shooting on location in England during the winter months can be a test of endurance at the best of times, and Sunday's shoot with alternative model Akasha Asylum was no exception. The theme was witches and the location was Harrow. So armed with a camera, tripod and a selection of prime lenses I followed Akasha and the shoot director into the cold and slightly muddy woods. Akasha, dressed in black and with suitably witchy hair and make up struck poses from her catalogue of awe

The day was a Wednesday, the time was lunchtime and the model was Saffron Juniper. She knocked on my door like a woman with a hand that wanted to get my attention, and when she entered she used her legs. Her eyes were so big and blue that they could have been home to the entire world's sea life, but her head was small like it could have only fit a cod that was folded in half. She was an enigma. She told me that she wasn't Australian while speaking in a thick Australian accent