For the third time in one week, I found myself heading to the meadows at sunrise to get some photos. On the way to Grantchester, this was how the famous view of King’s College chapel appeared.
Damselflies at Dawn (II)
Maybe it was getting up at 4:30am two days ago to take photos of damselflies in Grantchester Meadows, but my body clock’s a bit messed up.
Went to bed at 2, still awake at 3, playing piano didn’t help, so at 4 I cycled to Fen Ditton meadows in search of more damselflies to photograph. I didn’t find as many this time, but got some artier photos of the beautiful bugs I did find :)
I must be crazy…
It was still dark enough to require flash, which really shows off the iridescent colours
This crafty critter was surprisingly awake – he’d always move so he was on the far side of the plant stem from me. You can run, but you can’t hide…
Sunrise over the River Cam
Weevil on a nettle leaf
Damselflies at Dawn
4:30am, stirring after 2hrs sleep. Greg calls – “Want to come photograph damselflies?” Sure. Cycling to Grantchester meadows 5 mins later at sunrise. Wading through the nettles on the riverbank, start spotting lots of black wing-tips. Snap snap snap. As it warms up 3 hours later, dozens of damselflies fly around you as you stir the nettles.
Sunrise over the River Cam, Grantchester
Mayfly at sunrise
Close-up of male demoiselle damselfly
Male demoiselle damselfly, covered in dew drops
Female demoiselle damselfly feeding
Scooterworks Café
I went to Scooterworks Café in Waterloo with some friends – it’s a fantastic combination of a scooter workshop and coffee shop. Lots of character, great decor, and really good coffee – from an authentic 1957 Italian coffee machine.
Sarah, being a great model, as usual
Coffee ripples and brownie
Sarah, coffee ripples, and the coffee machine
Behind the bar
The coffee menu
Photoshoot with Lucy
Here are the rest of the photos from my photoshoot with Sarah and her sister Lucy.
FHM eat your heart out…
You wouldn’t guess that Lucy was rather shy and unsure at the beginning of the photoshoot…
Photoshoot with Sarah (Studio 2)
One of my favourite muses, Sarah, had asked me to do a photoshoot for her sister. Those are coming soon, but in the mean time, now online – here are some of my favourites of Sarah from the shoot.
This first photo is an updated headshot to add to Sarah’s portfolio, as she’s doing more theatre and film these days.
At the end of the shoot, Lucy took the camera to get a few photos of the photographer with his muse :)
Acting Headshot for Laura
The first portrait/headshot photoshoot I’ve done since December (which was one of my best ever, before my photo-mojo went walkabout).
Laura was at St. John’s, and is one of the stars of BBC’s Wannabes.
As with the Selwyn chapel candle-lit photos, huge thanks to Greg for his reflector skills in helping me get the golden lighting for these photos :)
Here are two processed photos that Laura chose as headshots:
Selwyn Chapel by Candle-Light
A photographer friend has been taking HDR photos of each college’s chapel in Cambridge, and invited me along to take some photos with him. He’d set up candles in Selwyn College’s chapel. While he was working on taking photos of the eagle lectern, I took a couple of wide shots of the organ and pews.
Seven Sisters bathing in Earthshine
The 1-day-old moon looked rather pretty at twilight tonight, so I got my mojo on and took some photos from Castle Mound. The very visible Earthshine would have been enough to make for an interesting photo, but the conjunction with the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) seals it.
Jardin Botanico
