Gathering Storm over Bodium Castle

3. Gathering Storm, Bodium Castle & Still Morning Bodium Castle: I must have seen dozens Bodium Castle photographs and must admit that as common as they are I love the place and have always wanted to make my own images of what to my mind is the archetypal English medieval castle. So much so, that for two years running I persuaded my family that we should have a weeks holiday in East Sussex, my motivation being to be near the castle in the early morning. We arrived on the Friday and I planned to be up and out at first light the following day – but it was dull and overcast, and later rained. It was not until the third day of the holiday that I got the light I wanted. I was up at around 4.30am, drove the 3 miles from my holiday cottage and was set up and ready to make my image by 5am. I had the most wonderful light, with a good interesting sky and no people around. My only desire was to create images of the castle that in years to come people won’t be able to date. If I had people in my picture the image would be dated by the fashions people were wearing. I don’t care if there are hundreds of similar images of the castle; I have always to photograph it.