Happy graduands just before entering Senate House to receive their BA degrees.
Cambridge BA Graduation
New Hall Garden Party
I’ve been commissioned by New Hall College to take photographs of college life for their new prospectus, with a particular request for photos of their Suicide Sunday garden party, “Junglebeats”. Ents at the event included face-painting, a samba band, and the funk band Bijoumiyo.
More photos from the New Hall garden party on CantabPhotos.com
Cambridge University Jewish Society Garden Party
Conference – The Progressive Generation
A leadership conference for American grad students in the UK, focussing on Healthcare, the Environment, and Education. These bright individuals may be the future policy makers and thinkers for America, and having listened in on their discussions, that future looks good.
The keynote speaker, Matthew Taylor, has been a key government advisor for the last 10 years, and now heads the RSA. The eloquence, insight and knowledge shown in his address proves why the UK has chosen him to make such important strategy and policy decisions.
More photos from the conference on CantabPhotos.com
The Progressive Generation’s Blog
CU Fashion Show Launch Party
The annual Cambridge University Fashion Show held its launch party at Vodka Rev with cocktails, models, and designer dresses on auction. I was asked to take a few promotional photos for the event’s sponsor, the Grand Arcade, to use in their publicity. I also got a couple of interesting photos on the dance floor, including a lovely shot of one of my portrait models, Hayley.
Hayley
More photos from the Fashion Show Launch Party on CantabPhotos
Campfire's Burning
Die Strandloper Beach Restaurant
Mark’s parents had made a reservation for lunch at a great seafood restaurant. Called “Die Strandloper” (the Beach Walker), tt’s an hour’s drive north of Cape Town at Langebaan, and there’s normally a several week wait for a table. One the way there, we stopped at Bloubergstrand (Blue Mountain Beach) for the oft-photographed, postcard-perfect view of Table Mountain and Cape Town.
The rest of the drive was through vast swathes of the Cape’s infamous Fynbos, and passing the occasional ostrich. The restaurant far exceeded my expectations – I’d been told that it was a great seafood restaurant, but I wasn’t prepared for what I found – completely open to the air, driftwood benches and tables, fishing boats and nets and buoys all around, and an incredible view over the boulders out to sea. There was no menu, no waiters, no cutlery – just several friendly staff preparing fresh bread, and multitudes of fish, and mussel shells with which to scoop and cut. They prepared over half a dozen different fish, and mussels and crayfish, one after another, all cooked to perfection on an open fire. I wouldn’t normally consider myself a fish fanatic, but every fish tasted different and amazing. To accompany the fish were warm farm-bread loaves and various jams. Any bones were to be thrown on the rocks for the seagulls to devour (in seconds).
In the late afternoon (after we’d eaten our fill and could walk again), we returned to Cape Town to drive along the famous Chapman’s Peak Drive, along the rocky Cape Town coastline, with stunning views of bays and cliffs.