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Tom Graham, actor who plays Tom Archer in The Archers, portrait by Mat Smith Photography at home

Just before Christmas 2010 I was invited to photograph Tom Archer from BBC Radio 4's epic radio soap, The Archers.

Although it was nothing to do with the highly publicised 60th Anniversary of the show, it was great catching up with a leading actor behind the soap opera that has seen through more British history than any other soap on TV or radio.

Tom (his name in real life too) has played a leading role in this quintessentially British drama for 13 years.

Here are a couple of shots from the session.

Tom Graham of The Archers, portrait by Mat Smith Photography outside in the December 2010 snow

Simple mobile lighting allows really great results even for family photography in the home. Here is a really tight crop of the first photograph shown above to show the detail and clarity in a higher resolution:

Close crop of Tom Graham's home studio headshot by Mat Smith Photography, showing sharpness and detail

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