Robins are so familiar that it is easy to stop seeing them properly, which is probably why a good photograph of one can still catch you off guard. I have photographed them both at home and in Norway, and they seem to carry the same confidence wherever they turn up. They are small, characterful birds that suit soft light particularly well. Slightly annoyingly, after travelling to photograph all sorts of supposedly more exciting species, it is often the Robin that ends up being everyone's favourite.