Duncan Raban

A day in the life of the Rolling Stones I was in a pub at 8:30 having a pint with some friends on a Tuesday evening it was pouring down with rain. My mobile rang and it was a publicist I know for Mick Jagger, from the Rolling Stones. He said Duncan can you go to Ireland tomorrow morning to photograph a few a quick photos of the Rolling Stones. I said are you joking! He said “no”. If you can go you need to snap them at 12 o’clock tomorrow standing at the gate of Ronnie Woods’s house in cork. You will be picked up at the airport security at 11am and  be driven to Ronnie’s house, where you will wait at the gate with security and the band will come down the drive for a couple of photos. It will take you five minutes to do, and then you will be driven back

Hi there. I just had a fabulous day today shooting a gorgeous 80 year old ... What fun! And it made me think... there's no time like the present - you got to get photographing the people you love. My pal Beverley, who's 57, was telling me how wonderful her mother is and that her 80th was approaching. I said "you are so lucky to have your mum. Please, please, please have yourself photographed with her doing some shopping, having a cup of tea in a cafe and hugging and kissing her and laughing together - just doing ordinary things that will keep her with you when she's no longer here." We arranged to do it that week, on her mum's birthday. We could have a real laugh re-creating a day in Molly's life, doing ordinary stuff like the weekly shop. So today, I picked them up at Molly's cute little