Former Constitution writer (he of the "Limelite" fame) is heading off to New York. He dropped by on Wednesday for a few shots to take with him. It was a good session, get 'em talking about what they love and they go real natural in front of the camera. All I had to ask Tim was what he was listening to at the moment.... shot after shot after shot after shot.
Monday 1 June 2009
Tim Ferris, next stop New York.
Former Constitution writer (he of the "Limelite" fame) is heading off to New York. He dropped by on Wednesday for a few shots to take with him. It was a good session, get 'em talking about what they love and they go real natural in front of the camera. All I had to ask Tim was what he was listening to at the moment.... shot after shot after shot after shot.
Sunday 31 May 2009
North West's What To Wear
Rapidly approaching on June 12th and is being held at Lush in Portrush, tickets are available from the usual outlets and retailers in the Coleraine area. As well the catwalk (yup I'll be up a step ladder again) I did the poster shots (the ones for Dumb Blonde Productions).
The wind, the rain, the Portrush weather just tried to kick our backsides but we were having non of it. Ultimate cheers to Ashling who just didn't let the weather phase her at all and just got on with, every ten shots or so I'd call for the blanket.
Though you can't really see it those clouds are coming in fast and they looking pretty dark. I just called out "last two shots" and as I pressed the shutter for the last shot a single drop of rain hit my eyelid, game over.
I can't wait to see the posters though, always perks the spirit to see your own stuff being used.
Getting Married In Northern Ireland magazine.
And now for the good news, there's a picture of Don and Natassia in the lastest issue of Getting Married In Northern Ireland magazine, it's out now.
Go have a quick sneaky peak at page 174 when you are in the newsagents next :) and the buy the magazine.
Friday 22 May 2009
Sunday 17 May 2009
Gimmicks eh! Good marketing more like.
One of my flickr contacts had put some images up and they were all generated by a website called http://www.photofunia.com/.
Select the setting you want and then select an image of yours you want splattered onto it. It's actually good fun, more than having a good photographic use.
Select the setting you want and then select an image of yours you want splattered onto it. It's actually good fun, more than having a good photographic use.
Friday 15 May 2009
How to turn Portrush weather into summer.
Portrush, the golden jewel of the North Coast. Known for it's rare sun, rare temperatures, motorbikes and Barry's Amusements. For kids the world over it's a BIG deal to get there.
As ever I keep an eye on the forecast which was cloudly, the odd rain shower but dry. Wrong. Over the Coleraine mountain there was a lot of rain, it was just trying to figure out which way it was going.... Portrush direction from my guessing.
When I arrived most of the crew (see above) were already there. All those people for one model, it was a good laugh as well, which always helps. Once latte's were consumed it was down to work. Now Ashleen was a total star considering that the temperature was not exactly the best, plus she has a small audience in the form of restaurant goers peering out of the window. Not to mention that it was practise lap night for the Northwest 200 so there were motorbikes everywhere apart from where we were.
In the car was my light kit: Sigma flash, Nikon Speedlight, Fuji S5 Pro, monopod, reflectors, two banks of 5ft striplights and a lot of gels, plus a laptop and lot of A clamps, muslins and assorted light shaping stuff. Come prepared! I hardly used any of it. In fact the one that was left on the living room floor at home was possible the one thing I needed.
So, how do you turn Portrush drab light into summer, half cut CTO over the Nikon Speedlight did the trick nicely. And with Ashleen having ginger hair the CTO just lifted everything up nicely, she was totally professional and didn't moan once, in fact I made more of a fuss by making her wear a blanket every five minutes and when I needed to setup the next shot.
I'm not going to put any images up until the posters are done for the catwalk show.
As ever I keep an eye on the forecast which was cloudly, the odd rain shower but dry. Wrong. Over the Coleraine mountain there was a lot of rain, it was just trying to figure out which way it was going.... Portrush direction from my guessing.
When I arrived most of the crew (see above) were already there. All those people for one model, it was a good laugh as well, which always helps. Once latte's were consumed it was down to work. Now Ashleen was a total star considering that the temperature was not exactly the best, plus she has a small audience in the form of restaurant goers peering out of the window. Not to mention that it was practise lap night for the Northwest 200 so there were motorbikes everywhere apart from where we were.
In the car was my light kit: Sigma flash, Nikon Speedlight, Fuji S5 Pro, monopod, reflectors, two banks of 5ft striplights and a lot of gels, plus a laptop and lot of A clamps, muslins and assorted light shaping stuff. Come prepared! I hardly used any of it. In fact the one that was left on the living room floor at home was possible the one thing I needed.
So, how do you turn Portrush drab light into summer, half cut CTO over the Nikon Speedlight did the trick nicely. And with Ashleen having ginger hair the CTO just lifted everything up nicely, she was totally professional and didn't moan once, in fact I made more of a fuss by making her wear a blanket every five minutes and when I needed to setup the next shot.
I'm not going to put any images up until the posters are done for the catwalk show.
Tuesday 12 May 2009
Lush & Dumb Blondes.
Ooooh you could read that wrong couldn't you? Dumb Blonde Productions is a new fresh faced and enthused client. So we all got together at Lush nightclub in Portrush to talk catwalk and promo materials. Now I personally think I'm a bit beyond the nightclub sort of things, I don't do loud noises very well any more (unless I'm making them via guitars).
Sunday afternoon, now you can imagine what a nightclub will be like the day after the night before.
Shooting wise I enjoyed myself, even though it wasn't a proper shoot just testing out locations, backgrounds and different ideas. It's a lovely building with different bars, locations and backgrounds and I could have walked around for a lot longer but a few of the rooms were locked. Ah well.
These gold cylinder like padded pillars were my favourite as they give a sense of shape. Georgina is the client but she didn't mind being the model for the hour while I tested a load of stuff out.
The problem with nightclubs, light, not the lack of but the amount of. Ontop of this is the varying types of light which kick around all sorts of colour casts. How do you control all that, well you just hang on for dear life and get on with it. During the evening I managed to put the question to Joe McNally who graciously gave me a few minutes of his time while sat in the airport. If anyone knows anything about light it's Joe...
To compensate I rigged up the new popular fashion light, two gangs of two 5ft flurescent tubes, couldn't get 5000K daylight balanced only 3500K ones but fine balancing the white balance is something I enjoy.
I'm really looking forward to the proper shoot now, and it's great to welcome Dumb Blonde Productions as a new client.
Sunday afternoon, now you can imagine what a nightclub will be like the day after the night before.
Shooting wise I enjoyed myself, even though it wasn't a proper shoot just testing out locations, backgrounds and different ideas. It's a lovely building with different bars, locations and backgrounds and I could have walked around for a lot longer but a few of the rooms were locked. Ah well.
These gold cylinder like padded pillars were my favourite as they give a sense of shape. Georgina is the client but she didn't mind being the model for the hour while I tested a load of stuff out.
The problem with nightclubs, light, not the lack of but the amount of. Ontop of this is the varying types of light which kick around all sorts of colour casts. How do you control all that, well you just hang on for dear life and get on with it. During the evening I managed to put the question to Joe McNally who graciously gave me a few minutes of his time while sat in the airport. If anyone knows anything about light it's Joe...
To compensate I rigged up the new popular fashion light, two gangs of two 5ft flurescent tubes, couldn't get 5000K daylight balanced only 3500K ones but fine balancing the white balance is something I enjoy.
I'm really looking forward to the proper shoot now, and it's great to welcome Dumb Blonde Productions as a new client.
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