Film Photos From delft

If you haven't already read my blog about shooing in delft head over to and read it: Here.

So after a few weeks wait to get the films developed and get myself a scanner to scan the photos, I finally get to share them! I shot three film types and here are a few from each roll I shot.  Of all the films I shot during my time in Delft, I love the look and feel of the Ilford Delta more then any of the others and even preferred it over my digital shots. 

Ilford Delta 100ASA

Fuji Reala 120ASA

Lomography Colour  100ASA

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Travelling to Delf and some Medium Format Film

Delft

Recently I was lucky to get the chance to travel to Delft, a city in the Netherlands.  The city is a quite architecturally beautiful, with many of the building being centuries old and of typical Dutch styling.  The Small streets, the many canals and bridges along with the churches really do make Delft what it is. 

We spent a few days wondering around, sampling all that Delft has to offer, the food, the sights and the atmosphere.  We Explored both the Old and New churches, which have significant links back to Kells, Kilkenny through William of Orange. Below are a few shots of Delft and the final shot is of a walk way in Amsterdam on the way home 

While there I came across one of the coolest vintage camera shops I have seen, they had a wide selection of vintage film cameras, from the Nikon F to Hasselblad 500C's and everything in between. I was looking for a Medium format camera, although lusting after a Hasselblad, I knew they were out of my range starting at €700 just for the body with no lens. Looking around I seen some Bronica's, Lubitel's, Roleiflex to name a few.  After taking to the shop assistant, I finally decided on a Mamiya M645 camera.

Shooting with the Mamiya was a challenge in its self, with no metering and no hand held light meter I had to first test expose with my digital camera and then take the shoot with film,  The view from the waist level finder and ground glass was very similar to the experience I had shooting a Hasselblad 503C, Which is in a previous blog head over and check it out Here. I also found myself using the Sunny 16 rule and making an educated guess at what what the photos would come out like. Taking photos with this camera was a thrill, even more as I couldn't wait to find out what I had captured. 

Scanning the film presents another challenge as at the moment I havant got a backlight scanner, so I have to take a photo of them using my digital camera and my computer screen as a light source. It isn't the best quality so I haven't scanned many. but here is a small low quality sample of whats to come when I get a scanner. The films used are Fuji Reala 100 and Lomography Colour 100, 120 Rolls. and C41 processed. I do have some Ilford Delta 100 but that will take a while as it has been sent off to be hand processed.  Below The top picture is Kells, Kilkenny where I was using the end of the rolls, below that is Up a windmill in Delft with my Folks. 

Escape

The escape project was a collective idea between myself and a few friends, It started off as a shoot in an abandon house in Howth Co, Dublin and developed into a story shoot. The story is of the escape of Red Riding hood from her inprisonment in an old run down, abandon house. 

A few days before the shoot we set out on a location scout and decided on two rough locations. One location an abandon house in a woods, the second a beach looking out onto the Irish Sea. 

The Costume was designed and created by our model and stylist for the shoot Maria.  The chosen costume was a white dress, with a bright red cape, and brown boots which would be hardly noticeable in the different shots. 

The lantern was a key symbol in the series, the model uses it to light her path,  the only time the it wasn't lit was when the model was asleep. 

The series show the progression of a cautious subject from the original location as she moves through the forest towards the sea.  

En Pointé - A Ballet Project

The En Pointé series started out as a fascination of the art of ballet. The complex but beautiful moves and positions have been something that I have wanted to capture for a long time.  

After deciding to undertake this project with fellow photographer Colin Tonge,  a few weeks of planning started to prepare for the shoot. With the help of Colin he put me in contact with two ballerinas Caitríona and Loren Katie. 

With the help of Colin, the two ballerinas and a lot of searching on social media and photo sharing sites, I came up with a shot and location list. ( which I was hoping to stick to, but in the end didn't) 

I decided that I wanted to under take this project as a pure monochrome series that both contrasts and complemts in different ways. I was going to achieve this by juxtaposing the modes in different lighting and locations. along with contrasting clothing. While Colin shot on 35mm film for the duration of the shoot which added another level to the shoot. 

The girls leotards were key to the shoot, as there needed to be a good contrast between them. To get the look I was after I asked that they wear black and white, or bright and dark colours so that they would contrast when the image were turned into monochrome. 

The day of the shoot, the weather was looking like it was going to be against us. it was grey and a bit windy. Lucky this helped the shots, giving a natural breeze and a beautiful soft light, with very few shadows to work in.  

To get accurate exposure my assistant Richie metered the light using a hand held light meter as the cameras built in  meter could not give em an accurate value due to the colour of the leotards. 

Working with Caitríona and Loren Katie was an absolute pleasure, they both helped out by giving input into the shots, and even spotting some locational shots that I would have missed. To check out the full series head on over to the series gallery. Please head over to Facebook and give me page a like and share  

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Stencilize

One of the biggest shoots I have taken part in to date, well not just taken part but planned from scratch, done the location scout and organised models to be exact. The shoot involved 3 days in studio working with models and capturing still life photos of the products.  Below are a selection of the studio shots working with models. 

Kym 

Richie

Richie

Kym 

Working with the products, due to the design of the prints I had a shot idea where i wanted them hanging on string with pegs, to give an interesting look that draws you into the products, along with creating classic product images for publishing.

Day four of the shoot was location day. a week earlier i had done a quick location scout around Dublin city, picking out locations that might work and even sketching out some possible shots. For this shoot I had 9 people modelling, doing a mix of individual and group shots at the various locations.  Want to see more then head over and check out the products over on Stencilize's website.

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Fashion

A verity of Fashion photography both in studio and on location in various styles such as low key and high key and event coverage. Kilkenny Based Photographer 

Kells Series

Lately I have had some time to go around my lovely picturesque home village of Kells, in Co. Kilkenny. With the intimation of a new stone seat overlooking the priory i decided to take a few photos of the area. 

The chair, created by Kevin Fennelly, sits on the high point of the village overlooking the magnificant castles ruins, golden fields and lush landscape. 

The castle walk leads to Hutchinson's mill another picturesque location with  a weir on the kings river. 

All these photographs and more are available for print via my store. So head on over and check them out.  

Prints **Special Offer**

Last week I received my first Canvas Print along with my first fine art print. Each of the prints are limited edition landscape shots. Over the coming weeks I will be releasing various prints from different locations, Ireland, Germany, India to name a few. 

Comerford's  Cottage, available to buy in the print section. 

The shot above is Comerford's Cottage in Kilkenny. The print is available in a 100 print run series on fine art canvas. Head over to the store to check it out along with many other.

To celebrate the launch of my print store I'm giving 10% off your first order. Use the promo code  "F55UAT2" to get a 10% discount * 

Below are a section of my fine art works. Some are available for print. If you see a image youd like but isn't aviable in store, please contact me by email or via the contact page

*offer valid till the 30th of September 2014

Shooting Film with a Hasselblad 503C

I was invited out by fellow photographer Aidan Oliver to go street shooting with some film cameras, for the first time in over 15 years I got to shoot film. This wasn't like that time 15 years ago. Before I go on about the latest time  I shot film let me tell you about the last time i shot film.

I was around 5 years old and I went out shooting with my dad. At the time we had a Minolta 7000 35mm camera. We went out to kilkenny city to shoot some night time long exposure photography.  Sadly I don't have any of the film or prints from this night.

Our cameras on deck, I was using the Hasselblad 503C 

Shooting with the 503C was an amazing experience and like nothing I had ever experienced.  The waste level, ground glass view finder was simply amazing to look though, although it did take a bit of time to get used to. This was because the view left to right was inverted and a little confusing at first. Once I had had a few minuets to play with the camera it was fantastic. The view finder was so bright and clear. 

503C viewfinder shot with an iPhone. 

Make sure to catch part two of this blog when I get my negatives processed and scanned.