05 FINDING THE SPOT

There are many ‘Brady reaction’ photos in the Bow archive, but this is perhaps my all-time favourite. It feels raw and uncontrived; essential. However, like many of Dean's picks, it wasn't a lucky shot. Brady Ellison always reacts to a win, and Dean knew that and got himself into the best possible spot in the previous end to catch the shot. Archery is all about repetition, and photographers should exploit that too. If an archer does something interesting once and you miss it, hang around in the same place – chances are they'll do it again.