I remember seeing the photographs of Christina Schmid as she waved and cheered the coffin of her husband Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid as his body returned to Wootton Bassett after he was killed defusing a road side bomb in Afghanistan. They were amazing pictures and it was great to see her smiling with such pride after such a tragic event.

I was sent by The Sun newspaper to photograph her the day before the funeral and she was still smiling. I wanted to get some nice portraits of her holding a picture of Olaf and I was pleased with the pictures.

Christina with a photo of beloved husband Oz on a tour in Afghanistan