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AFL team photo days are always hectic. In between the mayhem, we try to capture some creative individual portraits of the high profile players to add to our image library. And there aren't many with a profile higher than new Richmond recruit, Ben Cousins.

Time is always tight on such shoots, and this was no exception. Ninety seconds was all I had with the new Tiger. Fortunately, Cousins was a natural, very polite and posed perfectly to create a striking image.

Being an exclusive image and one of the first of Cousins in full kit, The Herald Sun ran the image on its February 26th cover. To see the image get such prominent exposure was personally very satisfying.