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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

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Photoshoot with Greg (Mr Darcy)

Yet another photoshoot, taking advantage of the glorious weather. Unfortunately this one had been postponed a couple of times, and the weather has started to get a bit cloudier and colder. Breaking from my usual photoshoot habit, I thought I’d photograph a male model, partly so that I don’t focus solely on photographing beautiful women. I first met Greg at a formal dinner at his college, and he stood out for a couple of reasons – firstly, he’s well over 6 feet tall, he has long flowing hair, and at the time was wearing a top hat, tux and tails. I then bumped into him again at the CU Fashion Show Launch Party, where he was one of the models. Again, wearing his trademark outfit. I don’t think anyone but Greg could pull it off…

Photoshoot with Greg

Photoshoot with Greg

Photoshoot with Greg

Photoshoot with Greg

Photoshoot with Greg

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Photoshoot with Rebecca (Meadows)

I’ve been taking advantage of the glorious weather, and have been doing more photoshoots with my muses (5 this week). This is my third photoshoot with Rebecca (see photos from the first photoshoot, and of her acting headshots). The meadows on Lammas Land and Castle Mound were covered in Cow Parsley, which made for similar photos to the first shoot, but pretty much every photo I take of Rebecca is stunning, so I don’t mind repeating myself.

Photoshoot with Rebecca

Photoshoot with Rebecca

Photoshoot with Rebecca

Photoshoot with Rebecca

Photoshoot with Rebecca
My favourite of the shoot

Photoshoot with Rebecca

More photos from this photoshoot with Rebecca, on CantabPhotos

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Rock'n'Roll – Sunset Silhouettes

A few hours after the orchard photoshoot with Sarah, and after a Rock’n’Roll practice, I invited a couple from the team back to mine for dinner. As we were walking up Castle Hill, I realised that the sun was about to set, we were right next to Castle Mound, and the couple were capable of doing some great acro. About a year ago, I started planning a set of photos of Cambridge Rock’n’Rollers striking acro poses in various parts of Cambridge, and one of the ideas was to get acro silhouettes on Castle Mound, especially a move called “Dirty Dancing”. The photos came out even better than I had envisaged last year, so now more team members are keen for their own photoshoots ;)

If you’d like to learn how to do some of these moves, come along to some of the excellent Rock’n’Roll classes – check out the team website:
www.CambridgeRockandRoll.co.uk

Rock'n'Roll Silhouettes at Sunset
Dirty Dancing

Rock'n'Roll Silhouettes at Sunset
Double Straddle

Rock'n'Roll Silhouettes at Sunset
Straddle

Rock'n'Roll Silhouettes at Sunset
Swan

Rock'n'Roll Silhouettes at Sunset
Hip Flick

Rock'n'Roll Silhouettes at Sunset
Shoulder Sit

More photos from this photoshoot on CantabPhotos

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Photoshoot with Sarah (Orchard)

After the brief but beautiful photoshoot with my friend Sarah a few days ago, we decided to arrage a proper photoshoot. As the weather has stayed warm and sunny, we had a picnic in the orchard at the back of her college, St. Edmund’s, followed by some more photos, which again look fantastic. The mid-afternoon sun wasn’t ideal for direct-light photos, but there were plenty of trees to provide some shade. I normally prefer shooting portraits at magic hour, just before sunset, as the light is golden, and if there’s a clear horizon towards the setting sun, you can often get a pretty backdrop for photos, as I did a couple of hours later…

Photoshoot with Sarah

Photoshoot with Sarah

Photoshoot with Sarah

Photoshoot with Sarah

Photoshoot with Sarah

More photos from this photoshoot with Sarah

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Photoshoot with Sarah (Castle Mound)

I met Sarah through some of the dance shows that I’ve photographed this year – she was in Perspectives, this year’s CUCDW show, as well as the CU Ballet Show. I’d taken a quick portrait of her a few weeks ago, and was keen to take a few more photos of her. The weather has been rather sunny recently, so with half an hour to spare before I had to be elsewhere, we went up to Castle Mound and took a few photos. I also found out that she she’d been scouted by Select modelling agency…not only does she look pretty stunning, but she’s also a natural model, striking poses like a pro.

Photoshoot with Sarah

Photoshoot with Sarah

Photoshoot with Sarah

Photoshoot with Sarah

Photoshoot with Sarah

Photoshoot with Sarah

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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.

CU Fashion Show Launch Party

CU Fashion Show Launch Party

Hayley
Hayley

More photos from the Fashion Show Launch Party on CantabPhotos

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Rock'n'Roll Photoshoot

Again, this isn’t one of my photos, but I’m in it, hitting a pose from the Acrobatic Rock’n’Roll routine that I dance with my partner, Emily. The Cambridge Dancers’ Club booked a photoshoot with Andrew Carruth of Ely Photo Factory, and some ballroom, dancesport, salsa and Rock’n’Roll couples dressed up and danced (or posed) for the camera. This is one of my favourite photos of Emily and I from the shoot, Emily getting into the splits as I do a straddle jump behind her. Along with many other people, I wasn’t sure that the photo hadn’t been photoshopped when the photographer gave us the CD, but thankfully one of the other RnR dancers at the shoot assured us that it is indeed genuine :)

Rock'n'Roll Photoshoot

More photos from the shoot are on the Cambridge Dancers’ Club website