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Photo Contest Bulgaria 2016
I was delighted this week to receive results of my latest salon entry in Bulgaria; a new country, a new image, and it’s first award: “Rachelle on point” recieved an HM on it’s first day out. I received 12 acceptances out of 16 images submitted.
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EFIAP Home “Stretch”
My plan this year was to enter 2 or 3 salons a month to add to the ones I received acceptances in last year and my EFIAP would be in the bag in 2017. Well, I think I was a bit too laid back with that plan… 2 months of salons left and I find…
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Model Portrait Video
So I finally managed to put together a Model Portraits video featuring some of the Model Portraiture work I’ve done over the years with some excellent touring models. Took a few edits, but managed to create it using Lightroom CC. Very easy process, selecting the images was the hard part. I wanted a hi res…
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Bangalore
It’s been six years since my last trip to Bangalore. With a recent change in jobs, I’ll probably be heading there more often now. I was keen to try my Olympus out for some travel photography and I managed to squeeze in two days where I had a few hours to spare. …
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Successful print salon
I received good news yesterday from the 37th Northern Counties International Photo Salon. 6 of my 8 prints were accepted and two of them received awards: “Raphaella on Points” was NCPF Ribbon (Commended) “Hands Laid Bare” was NCPF Ribbon (Commended) I also received two more acceptances in the Projected Image Monochrome category, so a total…
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Thematic shoot – Draughts
During the build out of the “Boat House Studio” as it’s no dubbed, I discovered Garett is not only a Plasterer by trade but has also represented Ireland in the Mind Olympics as a master Draughts player. So when he mentioned he was planning to attempt a world record for winning 500 simultaneous games of…
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1st Circular Exhibition of Photography – “ACRUVIUM CIRCUIT 2016”
I was delighted today to receive the results of the Acruvium Circuit 2016: 29 acceptances in total, including 2 awards. I received a Salon Silver Medal for “Raphaella on Point” I also received an honorable mention for “Anne” My EFIAP acceptances continue to grow, and I am now about half way there in terms…
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Seafarers Bride
Shot with the lovely Artemus Fauna in studio and on location, Dublin July 2016. Click on the images below for a better view.
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Outside the comfort zone…
For me it’s simple, if you’re not working outside your comfort zone, you’re not learning! Last week, I learned a lot. I finally got my 45mm lens for my Olympus OM-D MK5 II, so I wanted to try some portraits to see if both new camera and lens lived up to expectations. My initial test…
