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I may be a tree-hugger

September 29, 2010 Editorial photography

Or I may just have a tree fetish. Any chance I get it seems I’m using a tree in my images. I like to put my subjects in front of them, next to them, under them, behind them or even in them. I had another opportunity recently when I shot Munster Rugby’s Denis Leamy for [...]

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SuperHero..

September 6, 2010 Corporate photography

and super heroes. I recently read something by a PR contact of mine complaining about the fee that “celebrities” charge to attend/launch/endorse a product or service and it got me thinking about the times that I’ve done a shoot where the opposite is true. The difference? The celebs in my cases have been sports people, [...]

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Portrait of a Pianist

August 3, 2010 Editorial photography

Had an editorial shoot recently where I was asked to photograph a music student, at a piano. Nothing remarkable in the shoot, except it took me 3 lights to get the effect I wanted, and I’m not sure what I wanted was what the publication wanted, because the article didn’t run in the end! Oh [...]

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Day In The Life Of: Dungarvan Brewing Company

July 23, 2010 Ramblings

So, 3rd in the series and this one features a business. What’s more, much to my delight it involves beer! There’s music if you’re maybe at work and not really supposed to be reading this just at the moment, and it’s in monochrome. Yes, really it is. Don’t be fooled by the start, or.. er, [...]

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Day In The Life Of: Tattoo Show

July 9, 2010 Ramblings

Here we go then with the first of what will become a series, Day In The Life Of: Midleton Tattoo Show. A note of caution: There is a soundtrack, just in case you are messing around wasting time doing “valuable research” on the internet at work. Here’s a permalink to the Day In The Life [...]

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Mud, glorious mud

May 12, 2010 Corporate photography

Ladies, save money on those expensive mud-pack beauty treatments and just come out with me for a photo-shoot. This was the launch of the Munster Mud Run which takes place in the Ballyhoura Mountains near Doneraile in North County Cork. TTFN Tweet

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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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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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What’s the sport…

November 30, 2009 Corporate photography

…that’s played by men with odd-shaped balls? Rugby of course! OK OK, look don’t start getting picky-picky. I know women play rugby as well but then the pun doesn’t work does it? Jeez, some people! This was a promo for an upcoming U/19 rugby international between Ireland and Australia and I was working alongside my [...]

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