It's not always you come away from a job as friends with the subject. But that happened with Jeannie, a lovely lady who Suzy and I visited out in sunny Suffolk the other day. Jeannie had a rough time in her first marriage when she was just 18 years old-her partner used to beat her up and even threw her down the stairs when she was pregnant.

Now Jeannie campaigns against domestic violence. Speaking to her you would never realise what she has been through all those years ago. Thank goodness she is married to a lovely bloke now and enjoying her life in a sleepy little Suffolk village. We photographed her in her garden and even performed a spot of chicken wrangling when the hen I'd asked her to hold on one shot made a bid for freedom. She was really pleased with the photo and story in The Guardian and that is always good to hear.

The Telegraph shoot was a rather quick one in the brick library at a Travis and Perkins outlet. Geoff, the Chief Exec., turned out to live just a mile or so down the road from me. He didn't have a lot of time to spare, but very sportingly agreed to go for a different image than the usual 'man in a suit' city pic which Business Telegraph tries hard to get away from.