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June 14, 2014 / / Cambridge

Cambridge has a strong rowing tradition, and the May Bumps is one of the big events of the year when thousands of people gather at the river to watch the students race. This race is…

June 9, 2014 / / Cambridge

Yesterday I went and photographed Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra at the Queen’s Building in Emmanuel College. Chris McMurran had organised a concert where both the current CUJO orchestra and an alumni band were playing. I…

June 7, 2014 / / Cambridge

Today I helped Karys Orman and CUMS with some portrait photos for their brochure for the next season.  This involved photographing musicians against a white background, and a few other shots. My set-up was pretty straight…

June 6, 2014 / / Cambridge

I went out yesterday and photographed Joanna Vymeris, who you might have seen in a couple of my previous posts (see Thing with Feathers and Cirque de Bombay). We had talked about doing an outdoor photo…

June 4, 2014 / / Cambridge

Natasha Cutler, who I had met when photographing Saturnalia, contacted me asking if I could help with some promotional photos for the play The Importance of Being Earnest that she was directing. After taking a…

June 2, 2014 / / Photography

It is not every day that you get teleported back into the Dark Ages. This past Sunday I went to Norfolk with Andrea Thorn and Florian Platzmann. Their passion is dressing up in Dark Age clothes…

June 2, 2014 / / Cambridge

Who knew you could play beach volleyball without a beach? Today I went to Barn Elms with Christiana, Ana, Froso and Xenia to photograph them playing. After some adventure on the way we finally made…

May 27, 2014 / / Cambridge

Yesterday I went to Fulbourn for the first time. It is a village outside Cambridge and the home of St John’s Players, which is a theatre group that has been putting on plays since 1947. My…

May 25, 2014 / / Cambridge

Yesterday I was photographing a tied up girl in a gas mask. Perhaps not the most normal subject, but I can explain. I got a message on Friday afternoon from Alex O’Bryan-Tear who is setting up…

May 22, 2014 / / Cambridge

The dress rehearsal for “Cirque de Bombay” was yesterday, this time on the big ADC Theatre stage. I arrived just as the tech rehearsal was finishing, so I ended up standing around talking to Lucy…