December 09

Its been a while since I updated here.  Firstly I need to mention the loss of my Nanny Harte who is sadly missed by all.  My Nanny passed away after a long and happy life with a lovely family who all adored her.  We are grateful that she was taken in the night just as she would have wanted. 

 

 

Lately I have been working hard at model portfolio sessions.  I have been lucky enough to work with some lovely girls to achieve some shots I am more than happy with.  I have been spending so much time on weddings now we are into the off season I have time to focus on other areas also.  Its so much fun getting stuck in and I have had a great time working with various girls.  Antoinette has now dug her heels in far enough to obtain a lovely title, she is my 'creative director' for fashion shoots.  Antoinette has a great eye for clothes and accessories

 

Both myself and Anti are now really looking forward to our next step which will be couple shoots.  We have set up a few inexperienced models to get together with us and do a steamy shoot.  Its a really exciting concept and although I know in my head exactly what I am looking to achieve I am going to keep that to myself for now.

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A different approach

I have been a bit tired of late with the back to school hours, I was getting very comfortable with my lie ins.  After editing all evening yesterday I awoke this morning with no pizazz.  There was nothing in me today it was like every ounce of creativity had left my body. 

 

In order to revive myself I went off out to Dun Laoighaire.  My husband thought a change of scenery would help and the lovely Paul Walsh insisted if I got some nice flower shots I might get going again.  So I took their advice and off I went.  After just an hour casually taking photos I returned home delighted with my accomplishments.

 

Along the way I did take a couple of 'flower' shots to please Paul, however I have never been known to shoot landscape or scenery pictures.  Some people may go out and take amazing shots of just a bird in flight, or a different view of a statue or whatever people do when they go out photographing a city or town.  So I decided on going a little abstract, I took pictures of some inanimate objects, like bins and broken gates.  As much as I know the seaside is a great portrayal of our lovely country there are many parts that are hidden.  I would not be into street photography as it has become known i.e. shooting people as they sit having a drink etc.  I do feel though the shots today represent the normal parts of each town that we look past and ignore.  Almost an urban feel with my selective processing and I am happy with the results.  And here is one to share......

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Busy week

I have been very busy this last week catching up on edits from the previous week and also shooting each day this weekend. 

 

I enjoyed myself on Friday evening take photos of Finbarr & Rachel at their wedding party here in Dublin.  We spent an hour or so taking some family pictures which they did not get at the main wedding in Cyprus.  This time was focussed on getting some good pictures of the lovely couple with their children. 

 

On Sunday morning we met up again for some more pictures, this time very much in a trash the dress styale.  I will include one picture in particular due to the fact that it is the same location as the main picture on this page.  I spent my editing time focussing on a certain style.  It has long been my aim to adapt a style that will be mine and make me unique.  I think through heavy concentration on this shoot I have settled on my direction and I am now working towards including this style in all my weddings.  These pictures have been very well received up to now and I hope will continue to be well received. 

 

On another note my website is almost finished, thanks to Leanne Harte who has continuously been working very hard and dedicating a lot of time and energy to getting it spic and span.  I can't wait to announce the finished site, I am really looking forward to it and I am sure it will be a HUGE improvement on what I have already.

 

I also enjoyed shooting the lovely Amie and her family, we were specifically getting a picture of Amie and her cousins to give to her grandparents as a gift.  We all had a great time out in the park and got some lovely group and individual shots.  I met with Amiw and her mother and aunts last night and was delighted as always to see the reaction as they went through the shots.

As always I am sure there will be plenty more occasions where I shoot Amie, surely she will feature in another post some time soon.

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Re: First Post

Welcome all to my blog and thanks for reading my first post and visiting here.  Any information you need to know about me and my work will most likely be covered in the about me section.  So for my first post I think I will just aim to start as I go on and review the past week or so.

 

So in the last 11 days I have had a fair amount of work on.  I covered 2 weddings, Siobhan & Mark and Fidelma & Dave.  As always I thoroughly enjoyed each day and could not compare the two.  Every wedding hits me differently, I have shot friends and family wed, complete strangers who I will never meet again and sometimes, such as in the case of Fidelma, I am lucky enough to say that I have met people I know I will keep contact with.  Both weddings were completely different in every way and I can't wait to show the results to both brides.

 

Also this week I delivered an album to Emma & Peter, I always enjoy the look on the bride & grooms faces as they look over their album for the first time, the little gigles and the memories coming back. 

 

On the other side of my work I was thrilled to work with Glyder twice in this period.  Glyder is a band who I am glad to say I am good friends with.  I first met the lads when they went by the name Hollywood, before they even released their first album and even then I liked them.  It's amazing to see the journey they have gone on since first meeting them and in actual fact even the difference in myself, when I first met them I never imagined I would be photographing them since I hadn't even began photography then. 

 

Last week Glyder supported Metallica and I was delighted to be given a pass to photograph them on the big stage.  I enjoyed it so much and even found myself stand back and clap along with the crowd.  In those moments I was very proud of the lads and what they had achieved, and being so close to them on the stage I could see how much they were enjoying it.  I have to say it was probably the most I have enjoyed photographing any band, I even put it above Nuno Bettencourt now! 

So the lads asked me previously would I photograh them for their album.  A million and one ideas were going through my head and there are so may variations you can cover but I wasnted to be sure that I photographer them in a way that would reflect their style and their music.  We took a trip to the Guinness storehous early on Saturday morning.  It was an amazing location with such a variety of shots.  We went straight to the top for a pic in the skybar before it got too busy and made our way down from there.  We took some shots outside and then we went on to St. Peregrine's clubhouse for some more shots.  The last set of shots taken were ones that I had planned specifically beforehand and were harder to take than those at Guinness.  The lads didnt understand exactly what I was going for with these shots but gave me the chance to shoot anyway and do my thing.  Attached is an example of this, meet Davy from Glyder. 

 

Anyone interested in checking them out can do so at www.myspace.com/glyder

 

....and thats a wrap!

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