Early this morning, my small cocker spaniel and I headed deep into the woods on trails seldom travelled – she jumped and squirmed through the briers while they scratched me and pulled at my clothes. I had been given an old camera yesterday by a close friend and had managed to attach the helios lens […]
Anyway, as you can imagen many of these photos I know well, they have been viewed many times over the years, however the positive slides I have not seen since I was a child, the viewer got lost or broken and these images slipped out of memory and they would have stayed there had it not been for a lucky coincidence. Last weekend I found myself […]
When it comes to portrait lighting there are many different styles Clamshell, Beauty, Three point, Rembrandt … They all have their own unique characteristics which play a large part in the mood of your image. I’ve been looking for lighting inspiration everywhere over the years from cinema to graphic novels and of course, the Grand […]
Landscape photography is a tricky one, At first glance, it seems fairly straightforward, I mean we have all been out and seen a local beauty spot and thought what a wonderful picture it would make but actually making a photograph that captures that can be far more difficult than it seems, I think this often comes down to […]
A few shots from a recent shoot with the one and only Jay- Model, DJ and an all around great guy. We were dam late starting on this one to be totally honest and by the time we got to location the light was fading fast. However, I love dark moody shots and the […]
I headed out yesterday to the local hill – Bray Head. It’s a beautiful part of County Wicklow and perfect for an hour or two hike, escape the computer and the busy life. I bought the camera with some idea of shooting a landscape but on my way through the forest it was all the little details […]
Since the birth of landscape photography filters have been an essential part of the kit, as Ansel Adams said about photographing the face of half dome Yosemite 1927 “The red filter did what I expected it to do…I can still recall the excitement of seeing the visualization ‘come true’ “ but these days much of […]
Vintage lenses make a comeback So you went out and spent a big chunk of your hard earned cash on a fancy new camera only to realize a few weeks later that is only half the deal, You need lenses and they are not cheap…. and the ones you really want are f2.8 […]
I recently had the opportunity to do some commercial product photography for Systemlink Technologies. The products were shot on location and later they were removed from the background and dropped into the flyers and other promotional material. The company wanted high-resolution files to use in their print marketing. All the products were lit with […]
The peculiar part about telling this story is that it is hard to know where to begin. It seems like long before the invention of the medium, photography had existed in our consciousness We desired a way to capture the fleeting moments, gestures and details which eluded the painters canvas. We wanted to flay the […]
I recently took part in “The Swap” an ongoing portrait project. It’s a simple idea two photographers agree to do a portrait of each other. I was approached to take part by a photographer I have worked with a few times now Oxana Kiryashoff. So we meet up on a morning in Bray, County Wicklow. […]
I have wanted to post about this shoot for some time. After shooting Ricky Mangala some time back we both were eager to work together again. He got the wonderful Deborah Bux to do the styling and on a very cold and wet day in Moxie we set about doing a fun and somewhat experimental […]