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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

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.