Well, I didn't but I found one, a beautiful Burmese Albino Python called "Blayney".
Now the thing about Pythons is if they decide you look good enough to eat, it's like the weight of 2 double decker buses crushing your chest. The thing about Blayney is he's lovely and has been hand reared since he was a mere 12 inches long and taught that it's very naughty to wrap himself around someones neck.
Now the thing about photographing a snake with someone is it looks best when it's wrapped around someones neck, especially a neck as beautiful as Cathy Davey's, but try as we might, we couldn't get Blayney to stay put. It's quite an amazing feeling having this 14 foot very heavy pure muscule thing constantly moving at both ends, while the tail is wrapping itself around you upper thigh, the head end is trying to unwind and get off your neck!
Fair play to Cathy, she was very gentle with Blayney and eventually we got enough, but not the shot I had in my head.
We then switched to a Victorian look that Cathy was interested in exploring. It's fantastic when the subject is really into photography themselves and willing to collaborate in the process to make something good. We had a great time and I can't wait to work with her again, as she kindly said she wanted to.
