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Rock photographer

May 25, 2010 Editorial photography

I’ve photographed some famous people, some unknown people, some Very Important People, both those who really are VIP and a few who are only legends in their own minds. I’ve photographed royalty, presidents, Taoisigh (Prime Ministers of Ireland) and lots and lots of common-or-garden people just like me. Recently was the first time I can [...]

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Inanimate objects

May 11, 2010 Editorial photography

Had an assignment recently for one of the Sunday newspaper magazines to feature some images of an art exhibition. It was in the Crawford Art Gallery in the city, which has 2 main gallery sections, the light bright section, and the dark moody section and on the way there I was wondering which one the [...]

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Gaelic footballer

April 27, 2010 Editorial photography

One light, one lens, one camera, 6 images, 15 minutes (includes handshake and setting up light). It wasn’t me that was under time pressure! Paul Kerrigan, Corner Forward (usually) on the Cork team. Shot for one of the Sundays a few days before the National Football League final against Mayo: Single flash (strobe), with no [...]

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Eye see you

April 1, 2010 Corporate photography

It was a lot trickier to line up all 4 eyes than you might imagine! TTFN Tweet

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White balance…

March 11, 2010 Ramblings

…is not a camera setting to be used when shooting Caucasian people This is one of the settings that a lot of people ignore, leaving a camera on “Auto” because they don’t understand it, or are just a teeny bit frightened of it. I have no intention of going into too much detail about it [...]

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They Shoot Horses…

March 4, 2010 Editorial photography

…Don’t They? Apologies if you’ve just used a search-engine and are looking for the 1969 Sydney Pollack directed film about a dance marathon, but this is nothing to do with it. This is about me shooting horses, actually more about shooting a horse-trainer, and only shooting with a camera. I was assigned last week by [...]

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Water water everywhere…

February 25, 2010 Editorial photography

…including completely flooding the basement of the prestigious Lewis Glucksman Gallery in University College Cork. Kind-of created a bit of a problem, as that’s where artworks are stored when an exhibition finishes, before being returned to their source. It rains a lot in Cork of course, but this was ever so slightly over-the-top rain. It [...]

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Launching a Cup…

February 18, 2010 Corporate photography

…metaphorically and literally. When on a commission I normally try and get the “safe” shots first, and then go for something more interesting. In this instance though, because of the timing being rapidly approaching dusk, I went the other way around. This commission was to create some images for the launch of the Ashbourne & [...]

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Playing the field…

February 11, 2010 Editorial photography

…no not that type of playing the field. Get your mind out of the gutter. This is more like playing ON the field. I was assigned the other day / week / can’t remember exactly, to get a few portraits of one of the Cork Gaelic footballers, or is it Cork Hurlers? Actually it’s both, [...]

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Arty facts…

February 4, 2010 Corporate photography

…or is that artefacts? I love it when a plan comes together (where have I heard that before?). Was commissioned last week to cover the launch of the UCC Library online guide to the archive of Murphy’s Brewery*. Worrying thing about PR Photography and anything that mentions “online” is you can end up with “Man [...]

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