{"id":607,"date":"2018-02-12T11:53:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T11:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/?p=607"},"modified":"2018-02-12T11:53:05","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T11:53:05","slug":"featured-shoot-freshers-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/2018\/02\/12\/featured-shoot-freshers-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Shoot &#8211; Freshers&#8217; Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Freshers&#8217; Fair.<\/h2>\n<p>With this years Imperial Freshers&#8217; Fair rolling around, I wanted to revisit some of my favourite images from the event.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/01\/1400_406x276_wonder_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"511\" class=\"wp-image-626 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/01\/751_406x276_wonder_01.jpg\" alt=\"A cheerleader is held up in the air by three friends.\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9\u00a0Thomas Angus \/ Imperial College London\u00a0 [Click Image to expand]<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Freshers&#8217; Fair is a great event to cover as the campus erupts with colour and activity. Over 340 clubs and societies set out their stalls and run a host of activities to attract recruits from the new and returning students. It&#8217;s not everyday you see cheerleaders on the Queen&#8217;s Lawn, but Freshers&#8217; Fair is one of them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/01\/1400_161005_freshers_fair_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"wp-image-613 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/01\/751_161005_freshers_fair_001.jpg\" alt=\"Five students dancing on the Queen's Lawn cast shadows across the terrace.\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9\u00a0Thomas Angus \/ Imperial College London\u00a0 [Click Image to expand]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is one of my favourite Freshers&#8217; Fair images &#8211; students brightening up the Queen&#8217;s Lawn with an impromptu dance, making an excellent shadowplay on the pavement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/01\/1400_151006_freshers_fair_005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"wp-image-630 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/01\/751_151006_freshers_fair_005.jpg\" alt=\"A student dressed in a crocodile costume laughs with a friend at the Freshers' Fair.\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9\u00a0Thomas Angus \/ Imperial College London\u00a0 [Click Image to expand]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A giant furry green reptile in the Student union? It has to be Freshers&#8217; Fair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/01\/1400_151006_freshers_fair_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"wp-image-627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/01\/751_151006_freshers_fair_001.jpg\" alt=\"Students at the Imperial College Union stall.\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9\u00a0Thomas Angus \/ Imperial College London\u00a0 [Click Image to expand]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Imperial College Union sign up another year&#8217;s new recruits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/01\/1400_151006_freshers_fair_007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"wp-image-609 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/01\/751_151006_freshers_fair_007.jpg\" alt=\"A student about to throw an American football, with the Queen's Tower in the background.\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9\u00a0Thomas Angus \/ Imperial College London\u00a0 [Click Image to expand]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Imperial Immortals American Football Club drum up business underneath the Queen&#8217;s Tower.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/01\/1400_151006_freshers_fair_002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"501\" class=\"wp-image-614 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/01\/751_welcome-hp.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot of the Imperial College London website homepage, showing students at the Archery Club stall from Welcome Week 2015.\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9\u00a0Thomas Angus \/ Imperial College London\u00a0 [Click Image to expand]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Imperial College Archery Club always seem so cheerful, and here they are signing up a new recruit in an image that was used on the College&#8217;s website homepage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/01\/1400_151006_freshers_fair_021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"wp-image-612 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/01\/751_151006_freshers_fair_021.jpg\" alt=\"Two men using rowing machines and watched by other students.\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9\u00a0Thomas Angus \/ Imperial College London\u00a0 [Click Image to expand]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The expressions are great in this image. These lads were thrashing the rowing machines so hard in competition that they were lifting off the floor and bending in the middle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/01\/1400_151006_freshers_fair_014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"wp-image-611 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2018\/01\/751_151006_freshers_fair_014.jpg\" alt=\"A student on a bike cycles out of a lift.\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9\u00a0Thomas Angus \/ Imperial College London\u00a0 [Click Image to expand]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A very different day for the lifts in the Sherfield building.<\/p>\n<h3>View all the images from this set<\/h3>\n<p>Imperial staff and students can view all the original images featured in the post, along with others from this set on the <a href=\"https:\/\/asset-library.imperial.ac.uk\/assetbank-imperial\/action\/browseItems?categoryId=13367&amp;categoryTypeId=2\">Imperial College London Asset Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Learn more about photography<\/h3>\n<p>Learn more about how to get started in photography in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynda.com\/Photography-Night-Low-Light-tutorials\/Introduction-Photography\/376379-2.html?srchtrk=index%3a6%0alinktypeid%3a2%0aq%3aphotography+framing+for+beginners%0apage%3a1%0as%3arelevance%0asa%3atrue%0aproducttypeid%3a2\">introductory course<\/a> on Lynda.com. College users can access <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/staff-development\/development-options\/online-resources\/lynda-com\/\">Lynda courses<\/a> for free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freshers&#8217; Fair. With this years Imperial Freshers&#8217; Fair rolling around, I wanted to revisit some of my favourite images from the event. 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