Cape Minstrels / Kaapse Klopse Performing at Newlands Cricket Stadium
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Cape Minstrels / Kaapse Klopse Performing at Newlands Cricket Stadium
This image was captured 10 years ago during the Festival of Cricket (2015) at Newlands, Cape Town during the night innings of a T20 Day / Night match. Handheld with no flash.
It is a definite reminder of the colourful vibrancy and cultural roots of our Cape Town people. This Kaapse Klopse / Cape Minstrels group was winners of their 2015 Carnival competition in some capacity. They were invited by WPC / CSA to attend the Festival of Cricket soon afterwards to entertain the faithful Newlands crowd (at one of the oldest sporting stadiums in South Africa).
What a privilege to be part of this colourful event and to experience Cape Town’s multi-cultural freedom and pride first-hand… I was the local social events photographer for the WPC Marketing team (as official WPC Internet Marketing / Social Media consultant) during the 2013 – 2015 local / international cricket seasons (Newlands / Paarl).
During this period I met and worked with many of my schoolboy South African cricket hero’s, coaches and at the time, SuperSport cricket administrators / cricket writers.
It was a surreal feeling being there to also photograph and watch many thrilling games of local / international cricket from a totally different perspective.
Image Copyright: Vernon Chalmers for WPC
With Canon EOS 700D / Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens. An effective combination for images for both the WPC and SuperSport websites.
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With Canon EOS 700D / Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens. An effective combination for images for both the WPC and SuperSport websites.
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