London - Architecture

It's not often that I get to get out of Ireland for a trip and with the pressure of University at the moment , a break to London for a day was a nice getaway.  While we were there we visited The Radical Eye Exhibition in the TATE Modern, to see part of Sir Elton John's Collection of photographs. We also did the touristy thing and went around taking photos of the sights. Among the ideas I wanted to try and shoot while I was there, was to capture the architecture. I decided to focus on the modern buildings of the city. Below are the set of ten images that show what the buildings in London are like.

Big Brother is Watching

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. 

Vantage Point

Taken on Kodak Colour Plus 200 using a Canon AE-1 Program, with 50mm ƒ1.4 lens

Detail

Taken on Kodak Colour Plus 200 using a Canon AE-1 Program, with 50mm ƒ1.4 lens

The Frame

Taken on Kodak Colour Plus 200 using a Canon AE-1 Program, with 50mm ƒ1.4 lens

The Thing It's Self

Taken on Agfa Vista 200 using a Canon AE-1 Program, with 50mm ƒ1.4 lens

Time

Taken on Kodak Colour Plus 200 using a Canon AE-1 Program, with 50mm ƒ1.4 lens

Dublin - Street shooting

Deirbhile getting to grips with the waist love view finder on the Mamyia. Photo Taken with a Canon AE-1 with a Canon 50mm ƒ1.4 lens on Kodak T-Max 400 (TMY) 

Myself and a few friends decided to meet up to go street shooing and introduce one of the girls to the wonderful world of film photography.  Myself and Colin also decided to swap cameras, with Colin taking my Hasselblad 500C/M and me taking his Canon AE-1. I handed my Mamyia M645 to Deirbhile and quickly showed her how to use it before losing it with a roll of tri-x. 

Being a typical Irish summer day it rained nearly non stop for the whole day. With everywhere grey and dull I decided to shot a medium speed black and white film.  I had a large choice of films from Fuji, Ilford and Kodak. I took a roll of Kodak T-Max 400 to see what the modern equivalent of Tri-X was like. 

We had planned to do a "one roll of film" style project using my Hasselblad. The project entailed taking 12 frames and be proud to keep and print each one. However this didnt happen as we all were shooting very carefully, which made us take out time with our shots. Along with this it was difficult to shoot all 36 exposures on the 35mm Canon AE-1, and manage to get 36 shots that I would be proud to keep and print with in the time we were shooting. 

Knowing that it was going to be a difficult day shooting I decided to try and get at least 12 of the 36 shots at a standard that I would be happy to keep and print.  All the shots below have been taken with a Canon AE-1 with a Canon 50mm ƒ1.4 lens on Kodak T-Max 400 (TMY) 

through the window of The Butcher Barber,  Just off Grafton street.  Colin's reflection as he was spectating me shooting. Photo Taken with a Canon AE-1 with a Canon 50mm ƒ1.4 lens on Kodak T-Max 400 (TMY) 

I set out to capture some of the interesting things I seen when walking around. After running between rain showers, in and out of buildings and 4 hours of walking I shot all 36 shots. above and below are some of the shots I liked and would be proud, these shots are from the first part of the roll of film where i was striving to make each shot count. 

The monk at the church door. I feel like this was an ominous scene compound with the grey, rainy day.

The decisive moment, a quick shot as the woman explores the lanes of dublin

Through the arch at Trinity College Dublin.

The Spire between the buildings of Temple bar

To me this shot feels very metropolitan, encompassing many of the things we associate with european city. 

My reflection, taken in one of the many Gino's Ice-cream parlors around Dublin. 

Necklaces hanging in georges st. arcade 

The radio tower, from Grafton st. 

An interesting celling in Trinity College Dublin

Lines and people on Grafton St. 

A quick portrait of Colin and Deirbhile

Kells - A Portrait of A Community

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. 

Taken on a Hasselblad 500C/M using Zeiss Planar T* 80mm f2.8 on Fuji Provia 100F

Taken on a Hasselblad 500C/M using Zeiss Planar T* 80mm f2.8 on Fuji Provia 100F

Taken on a Hasselblad 500C/M using Zeiss Planar T* 80mm f2.8 on Fuji Provia 100F

Taken on a Hasselblad 500C/M using Zeiss Planar T* 80mm f2.8 on Fuji Provia 100F

The river walk, Kells Co.Kilkenny. such a beuituf place to live. Check out my latests blogs over at www.photocps.ie/blog Taken on a Hasselblad 500C/M using Zeiss Planar 80mm f2.8T* on Lomography Colour Negitive Film

The thatch cottage in kells, Co Kilkenny, Taken on a Hasselblad 500C/M with zeiss 80mm F2.8T* Planer lens using Lomography Colour negitive film.

The sheep grazing in the fields around kells, Co. Kilkenny Taken using a Hasselblad 500C/M and Zeiss Planer 80mm ƒ2.8T* on Kodak Ektar 100 film.

Taken using a Hasselblad 500C/M and Zeiss Planer 80mm ƒ2.8T* on Kodak Ektar 100 film.

Taken using a Hasselblad 500C/M and Zeiss Planer 80mm ƒ2.8T* on Kodak Ektar 100 film.

Taken using a Hasselblad 500C/M and Zeiss Planer 80mm ƒ2.8T* on Kodak Ektar 100 film.

The old cemetery in Kells, Co. Kilkenny. Next to the 11th century priory Taken using a Hasselblad 500C/M and Zeiss Planer 80mm ƒ2.8T* on Kodak Ektar 100 film.

Taken on a Hasselblad 500C/M using Zeiss Planar T* 80mm f2.8 on Fuji Provia 100F

The Church in the Priory ruin, Kells, Co. Kilkenny Taken using a Hasselblad 500C/M and Zeiss Planer 80mm ƒ2.8T* on Kodak Ektar 100 film.

The weir at the mill in Kells, Co. kilkenny. Taken using a Hasselblad 500C/M and Zeiss Planer 80mm ƒ2.8T* on Kodak Ektar 100 film.

The Tatch cottage, Kells Village, Killenny. Taken using a Hasselblad 500C/M and Zeiss Planer 80mm ƒ2.8T* on Kodak Ektar 100 film.

Taken using a Hasselblad 500C/M and Zeiss Planer 80mm ƒ2.8T* on Kodak Ektar 100 film.

Shooting The Night Sky

I am finally getting around too finishing this blog post, I have been so busy since then i just didn't have a chance. During the week of the 12th of August people around the word were treated to the pressed meteor shower. After the first night I went out to have a look I decide it would be a nice time to try out some Astro photography. 

This was one of the funnest type shoots I have done, the cold, clear August night really helped letting us all see this wonder. Capturing the stars alone isn't easy, but capturing a meteor streaking across the sky is a whole other ball game. The meteors are only in the sky for a second or two and in random locations around the sky making it even more tricky to capture the shots.  I hope you enjoy looking at these photographs as much as I did capturing them. All the shots below are available as fine art prints, simply use the contact form at the bottom of the page to get a quote for a once off print. 

1 - Fly by

2 - Streak

3 - group streak

4 - Sun Set

5 - Creeping Clouds

6 - Past the Milkeyway

7 - Two is better then one

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