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.

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.