IPF Year Book & National Shield Competition
on Nov 18, 2009 in blog camera club competition ipf iveta monika This weekend gone, the Irish Photographic Federation (IPF) hosted a national competition called the National Shield. It is a competition for “non-advanced” workers, aimed at promoting the work and encouraging the development of photograph...

Boys With Toys
on Nov 8, 2009 in blog camera club car car park colour dublin ferrari flash katrina model strobist I haven’t had the opportunity to shoot much recently due to a pretty hectic workload, having to travel quite a bit and also having the weather scupper my plans for some location shoots But yesterday, a member of my camera club invited me alon...

Retouching?
on Oct 15, 2009 in blog colour dublin erika flash iveta model monika photoshop tanya On another forum I frequent, one topic that came up for debate, was how long photographers spent retouching images. Of course, given the variety of photographers on the forum, it came as no surprise that answers varied from anything between no time a...

Sunrise with Erika Val
on Oct 11, 2009 in blog colour dublin erika model Picture the scene: A beautiful serene lake on acres of landscaped grounds, with it’s own boat house and a 3 arch bridge crossing it at the end . Frost and mist clinging to the ground with soft beautiful golden light rising from the east. A more...

Controlling Ambient With Shutter Speed
on Sep 29, 2009 in blog ambient colour dublin flash model monika strobist work shop When shooting Monika at the weekend, I was very kindly assisted by Lola Gavin, a member of my camera club. Lola was also one of the participants at the most recent workshop I gave on flash photography. During the shoot I wanted to demonstrate the eff...

Monika Sledz, Three Flashes & An 86″ Refelective Umbrella
on Sep 26, 2009 in blog colour flash model monika nude strobist Impromptu shoots are becoming a bit of a habit for me. I had nothing at all planned for this weekend and with nothing to do, I ran the very real risk of getting sucked into work. So instead, on Thursday, I went in search of models that were local to...

Some More from the Liffey Descent 2009
on Sep 8, 2009 in blog canoe colour dublin liffey descent river I’ve had a huge response to my previous post about the Liffey Descent, having received numerous emails and many many hits to my blog via search engines from people looking for images of the day. I guess it’s really important to say that I...

Trigger Happy at the Liffey Descent
on Sep 6, 2009 in blog canoe colour dublin liffey descent river The Liffey Descent is an annual event where canoeists from all over Ireland and indeed the world, flock to Dublin to canoe 17 miles down the River Liffey. The many weirs on the river presents photographers a super opportunity to pick off the athletes...

An impromptu shoot
on Aug 30, 2009 in blog ambient colour monika If you’ve followed my blog or read any of my articles, it’s probably easy enough to figure out that I’m a pretty organised person - some would say even to the point of being slightly OCD When it comes to shoots, I like to bring thi...

iPhone 3GS - A Photographers Disappointment
on Aug 27, 2009 in blog iphone Photo copyright Apple (http://www.apple.com/iphone/gallery/) There are so many things to love about the iPhone from Apple. In a lot of ways it has revolutionised the mobile phone and the connectivity it offers is a huge plus for people doing business...