Photography

Big Brother is Watching

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These images were taken as part of my first  project In IADT. The images are based on John Szarkowski essay, "Introduction to the Photographers Eye." In which he talked about the five issues apparent with the medium of photography. Below is my final exploration of the five issues. 

Kells - A Portrait of A Community

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Kells, A quaint, picturesque village in the heart of the Kilkenny countryside. Set on the banks of the Kings river and back drop to the 12th Century Augustine priory. I spent the summer taking photos of this wonderful place so this blog has been a few months in the making, I want the photos to do the talking in this one. Fore the techies and photographers like me all images were captured using a Hasselblad 500C/M with various types of film both in date and expired.  All images viable for print on request. 

Serenity Fashion Editoral

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Serenity.
The state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled.
"an oasis of serenity amidst the bustling city"

Serenity, The state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled. Being a free spirit and one with nature allows a feeling of pure unrivalled piece and calm. Mixing the pureness and simplicity of a white dress, in the fantastic picturesque location of the mine, Glendalough Co. Wicklow, Ireland, helps to create this serene mood.

I started by sketching some ideas, then I creating a mood board with the concept of the shoot in mind. With the Ideas and feeling of the shoot set in my head, I then went out on a location scout. I have wanted to shoot in Glendalough for some time, so this made my choice of location much easier. The feeling of calmness there really suited the ideas I had. I then contacted the model and stylist, sending on the mood board, and then began to source a dress, the make up look we would use and simple jewellery to complement the dress and location.

I decide early on that I was going to shoot film on this occasion. I began to research different film stocks and deciding if I should shoot in colour or black and white. After doing a large amount of research and testing out a range of films I decided that Kodak Portra 160 colour film would give the look and I was working towards. The next choice I had to make was whether to shoot square or rectangular format. I choose to shoot square format, as it isn't seen as much and would help the photographs to stand out.

Dress: Forever 21 kimono - €32
Foundation: luminous silk foundation number 5.5 from Giorgio Armani
EyeShadow: Estée Lauder pure colour eyeshadow palette using 'Sugar Biscuit' (no.60) 'Riviera Rose' (no.11) 'Ivory Slipper' (no.10) and 'Hot Cinnamon' (no.35)
Jewellery: Hand crafted by designer Heather Marie Baldwin

Location: Glendalough Upper lake and Mine, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.
Photographer: Conor Palin-Stewart - website
Assistant Photographer: Colin Tonge, Mark Finn
Model/MUA: Loren-Katie Logan
Stylist: Naiose Jo - Facebook
Assistant Stylist: Jessica Brennan

Dalkey Vintage Fashion - Revist

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Looking back through my photo I realised that after this made it to publication in Ondine magazine, I never released my own blog of the editorial. So nearly a year later here it is. For this shoot I shot both Analog and Digital, Make sure to have a look down the end where the Analog shots are, Which were taken using a Mamyia M645 with 80mm ƒ2.8 Sekor lens on Ilford Delta 100ASA film. 

Dalkey is an area of Dublin that I have always found to be very picturesque Whether it’s castles, sea side scenery, theatre or markets, Dalkey  seems to give a moment to capture and scenery that takes your breath away. That’s why I have always wanted to incorporate the area into one of my shoots and took this opportunity to do so. Especially the striking rock faces of the near by quarry that tell a simple but magical story of their own. With the help of the talented Carina from Cherie Styling Studio, we were able to make this vision became a reality. With the amazing scenery we decided a vintage inspired shoot would be most fitting to capture the raw beauty of Dalkey.

For this first look, we decided to go for more of a traditional luxury winter feel. With Tweeds, wools and hats that glimmer with vintage glamour, with a just touch of antique fur that emphasises the feel of luxury. In this first look, colours such as camels greys, browns and creams were used to enhance the raw beauty of Dalkey, making the outfit and scenery compliment one another. With such colours, one knows that they will forever stay fashionable and bring that touch of class to any outfit, for any age, for any gender.

The second look, we decided to have a little fun with, we wanted a fight to happen with the colours the models were wearing and the natural colours of the scenery. One might say battle to be noticed. This look is more of a raw and edgy one compared to our first look. . To do this we used classic black and white  houndstooth. This holds an ageless quality and has the ability to always looks fantastic when mixed with shades of reds, blacks and whites! We used red pain tent ankle boots and fur trimmed ankle boots, to tie in our luxury vintage feel, with the addition of hats from Rosemary Keating helped to finish the outfits giving it more class and definition. Timeless fashion captured in an Iconic Location.

Models: Ally Archbold, Ben O'Beirne and Síofra Ní Chléirigh.
Styling and Clothing by Carina Cunningham, Cherie Styling Studio.
Hats Supplied by milliner Rosemary Keating.
Assistant Photographer: Lauren Thomas.
Videographer: Colin Tonge and Assistant Mark Crabbe.

Bee Keeping

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Earlier this year I got my hands on a Hasselblad 500C/M medium format film camera, I decide to test it out and shoot some places and activities that happen in my local village. I started off with something very close to home, my dad; and his bee keeping and egg farming. 

Taken on Fuji Neopan 400, Carl and Cormac getting ready to go into the hives and inspect the bees, Carl lighting the smoker while Cormac takes a look at the tools and metraials for making frames. 

Taken on Fuji Neopan 400, Carl and Cormac getting ready to go into the hives and inspect the bees, Carl lighting the smoker while Cormac takes a look at the tools and metraials for making frames. 

All the different parts that go into making frames for the bees. The frames contain a foundation wax which the bees use to build honey comb.

All the different parts that go into making frames for the bees. The frames contain a foundation wax which the bees use to build honey comb.

These pictures show a small glimpse into what goes into both making parts of the hive and maintaining the bees to get a good yield of honey.  With over sixty thousand bees per hive, and not having a suit I decided to be quick and get a few shots before the real work began, and the bees became agitated.

Taken on Kodak Tri-X, Carl and Cormac talking about what they are going to do, Carl holding a nuke box with some empty frames already inside.

Taken on Kodak Tri-X, Carl and Cormac talking about what they are going to do, Carl holding a nuke box with some empty frames already inside.

Fine art - Flowers

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Sometimes beauty can be seen in the simplest of things. Here is a selection of flowers that I have shot.  All the shots below were captured using a Mamyia M645 medium format film camera.  The monochrome shots were taken on Kodak Tri-X and the colour shots on an out of date roll of Fuji Provia Slide film.  Shooting out of date film has given the film a strange washed out look, along with a strange but interesting  colour cast.