Shooting people for PR work is a cool part of my work. About six months ago I photographed a guy who was the PR account manager Land Rover. The shoot with him went really well and I’m delighted that he opted to use me for his client.
This was my third shoot for Land Rover. Typically the shoots entail photographing a cool cause getting the keys to a new vehicle. The woman in the photo is Kathy Wilden of Biosphere Expeditions. Biosphere is an organization that runs excursions where the participants take part in conservation activities. They were having their year-end conference at Cambridge University and as part of it, got a vehicle in the process. Pretty cool.
Lee and I got up early on Saturday and made our way into Cambridge. The journey took a little over two hours and the roads were clear. We made it through east London in no time and after about an hour of in-town driving, were on the freeway heading north.
Though the fog was low as we drove through the countryside, when we hit Cambridge, the fog lifted and we were surrounded by a beautiful city.
I’d been to Cambridge a couple of times before, but just in and out of the train station. I was amazed at how picturesque the center is. After the main shot was done, Lee took off to search out our post-photography activity, that being Christmas shopping. It was fantastic mooching around the town. Only sad thing was while shopping was genuinely plentiful, it all seemed like it was the same slew of shops we have in London. There were a few local places that we stopped in. I found some American-style carmels (note: not caramels) and we pretty much finished off the pre-holiday madness in one full swoop.
After our exhausting adventure supporting the local economy through this terrible recession, we slinked back into the hall where the Biosphere people were continuing their session. (Our car was out back and it was the only way through). Armed with bags from an array of shops, we winked goodbye and were off. Oh yeah, Cambridge was really pretty and historical…
