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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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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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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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