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Gillian Beth (from ShowOffDublin) and I decided to collaborate on a brilliant grunge styled shoot recently. We had the beautiful rlf Rachel Lavelle-Fee modelling and amazingly professional Lisa Shannon as head make up artist. The following are some of the fashion shots and portraits from the day.
It was a beautiful day for the first be5k run at Russborough House. It was run by Body Evolution in aid of Barretstown. All the women did really well and the race was made that little bit easier with such a scenic course. You can find more photos over at Body Evolution.
‘Open to the public‘ promises to be a fantastic photography exhibition. It is a group exhibition run by year two photography students from IADT, there is a huge variety of photographers, so expect to be blown away!
Runs daily 12-6pm
05th May – 12th May
The Joinery
6 Rosemount Terrace, Arbour Hill, Dublin 7.
“At a time when public and private places coalesce and where private life is blurred by access to the virtual, photography is both reassessing its role and confirming its heritage. Open to the Public, an exhibition of photographs by year two photography students from IADT-Dun Laoghaire explores these notions through a diverse collection of images. From street photographs to conntemporary interiors the work tries to assess what is public and what is private.“
This opening is part of First Thursdays Dublin.
A quick ten/fifteen minute photo stroll around Dublin city centre one late night in March. It left me with this beautiful image which was begging to be converted to black and white! When walking around this area I almost always stop and look at the tower, it’s so impressive!!
Photo by James Foley
Last week I was lucky enough to have been included in the final 5 for ‘Photographer of the year‘ at the Irish student media awards. It was a super night and absolutely amazing to win. I wanted to say a quick thanks to Oxygen & all the sponsors, IADT and a big shout out to anybody who has shot with me, gone on a photowalk, in essence all the photographers I’ve met over the past few years. In my opinion it is meeting and networking with other photographers that makes us push ourselves to be better photographers!!
Society Publication of the Year- Sponsored: Evening Herald
Winner: QUB, The Verdict – Craig Fagan
Short Story of the year
Winner: TCD, The Long Finger – David Lynch
Web Designer of the Year-Sponsored – Irishtimes.com
Winner: DCU, www.dcufm.com, Denis McEvoy
Blog of the Year -Sponsored: Myhome.ie
Winner: DIT Aungier Street www.teaandtoast.ie, Graham Ó Maonaigh
Small College Publication of the Year
Winner: BCFE, The Bcfe Bulletin, Lynn Corrigan
Radio Production – Arts & Features – Sponsored: Phantom FM
Winner: DCU, Action replay, Stephen Long
Headline award for Journalism relating to Mental heath and Suicide prevention - Sponsored: Headline, HSE
Winner: UCD, University Observer: Eating Disorders, Leanne Waters
Magazine of the Year - Sponsored: The Gloss
Winner: TCD, Trinity News The Ball Guide, Aoife Crowley & Karl McDonald
Animation of the Year
Winner: BCFE, The Apple tree, Alex Sherwood
Colour Writer of the Year
Winner: UCC, UCC Express, Keavy O’Sullivan
Sports Photographer of the Year – Sponsored: O2
Winner: University College Dublin, Daire Brennan
Film Script of the Year
Winner: IAD, Small Change, Cathy Brady
Leiriuchain Teilifise i nGaeilge – Faisnéis & Drámaíocht - Sponsored: TG4 & Udaras
Winner: NUIG, Laoch Lán-Aimsire, Eoin Kelly Smith
Radio Documentary of the Year
Winner: ITT , Roscommon’s Hero, Rachel Hardiman
Website of the Year – Sponsored: O2
Winner: DCU, www.dcufm.com, Denis McEvoy and Alan Regan
RSA Award for Journalism relating to Road Safety – Sponsored: RSA
Winner: UCD, University Observer: Driving and Thriving, Sarah Doran
News Photographer of the Year
Winner: GCD, Dylan Madden
Layout & Design of the Year
Winner: TCD, Trinity News, Aoife Crowley & Martin McKenna
Short Film of the year - Sponsored: Irish Film Board
Winner: IAD, Small Change, Cathy Brady, Tommy Fitzpatrick, Luca Rochinni Conor Fitzpatrick, Kelly McGuill, Pete Walker
TV Production – Sponsored: 3e FYI
Winner: GCD The Irish Pub Industry – Mathias Odden
Features Writer – Art & Pop Culture – Sponsored: The Irish Daily Mirror
Winner: TCD, Trinity News 2, Karl McDonald
Radio DJ of the year
Winner: DIT Aungier St, Recession Tunes/ AW Tune, Soccer PM, Domhnall Marnell
Journalist of the year – National Press – Sponsored: Irish Examiner
Winner: DCU, GCN – Gay Community News, Cormac O’Brien
Radio Production – News & Current Affairs - Sponsored: BAI
Winner: DCU, Newswire Budget 2011, Alan Regan and Denis McEvoy
Features Writer – News & Politics – Sponsored: Irish Daily Mail
Winner: UCD, The University Observer, Sarah Doran
Travel Writer of the Year – Sponsored: Hostelworld.com
Winner: UCC, European Inter-rail trip – Robert Fehilly
People’s Choice Awards – Sponsored: Bus Eireann
Winner: An Focal Finn McDuiffe
Sports Writer of the Year – Sponsored: The Irish Daily Mirror
Winner: TCD, Trinity News, Killian McCarthy
Journalist of the Year – Sponsored: Oxygen.ie
Winner: TCD, The University Times, Tom Lowe
Photographer of the Year
Winner: IADT, Kyle Tunney
Editor of the Year – Sponsored: The Irish Independent
Winner: TCD, Trinity News, Aoife Crowley
Newspaper of the Year - Sponsored: The Irish Times
Winner: TCD, The University Times, Tom Lowe
A big congratulations to Ruth & Michael, what an amazing wedding. A truely young at heart family and so much fun to photograph!
Last July some awesome people over at boards.ie came up with an idea to shoot, process, design and publish an online magazine within 24 hours. I loved the idea and decided to get on board (Honestly no pun intended, that actually just came out when I was typing!). Rowan and I decided to do it together and challenge ourself. Armed with a red fullface helmet, the other photographer as a model and given five shots to tell a story. I was very interested to see the two sides and individuality our narratives would take on.
I wanted to create an action/comic styled photo for the magazine. Quite a funky look after a minute of playing in photoshop.
Last night was the opening of my solo photography exhibition Earthy Creatures. First thing is first! I would like to give out a HUGE thank you to everyone who has helped me in the past few years. To family, friends, models, photographers, reviewers, make up artists, stylists, followers on and offline – I really and truly appreciate all your help. Your advice, comments, critique and honesty has helped me to take this small step in my photographic life.
Earthy Creatures is running till Sunday March 13th
**EDIT :: Filmbase has asked me to extend the exhibition one week, it will now be running till Sunday March 13th
Admission :: Free
Where :: Filmbase, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 –
Filmbase is seconds walk from the IFI & the Gallery Of Photography
>> Google Maps <<
Opening Hours
Mon to Fri 9.30am-5.30pm
Sat 10.30am-5pm
Sun. 11am-5.30pm
All photographs from the night were taken by the brilliant Caroline Connaughton << Check her out.
This was a shot taken in December 2009 at the Arenae/sand shoot.
The following is all the information for the Earthy Creatures Exhibition running in Filmbase, Dublin.
Opening Night :: Tuesday, March 1st, 19:00 – 21:00
Running Till :: Sunday, March 13th
**EDIT :: Filmbase has asked me to extend the exhibition one week, it will now be running till Sunday March 13th
Admission :: Free
Where :: Filmbase, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 –
Filmbase is seconds walk from the IFI & the Gallery Of Photography
Google Maps
Opening Hours
Mon to Fri 9.30am-5.30pm
Sat 10.30am-5pm
Sun. 11am-5.30pm
All are welcome!! On the opening night we will be heading to the Porter House, Temple Bar between 21:00/22:00. This will be an amazing chance to talk to lots of photographers, bloggers, models, stylists, make up artists, curators, agency’s and all round amazing people! This is a party/networking opportunity not to be missed!!
Hopefully by now, you have all heard about my first solo photography exhibition ‘Earthy Creatures‘ which takes place in Filmbase, on Tuesday March 1st at 19:00.
On the lead up to the exhibition I have been documenting a few of the mini-projects I have been working on while getting ready for the photography exhibition. This gives you a glimpse into how much thought, work and detail I put into my work, not just my photography but minute details such as the colour and texture of the paper on my invites. It’s easy to do a job well but to excel & stand out, you have to do mix it up and do things differently. I paid visit to a number of stationary shops around Dublin to find the best material I could for the invites. I wanted quality paper that had texture and strength for when people received their invites.
Everything to do with the series/exhibition I wanted to include my earthy theme throughout. You can see this by having a look the competition I ran last week in Dublin too. Every invite had a leaf hand glued to the paper it was typed on. Gold ribbon was tied around each invite for a rich exclusive touch. A few weeks before the making of the VIP invites, I requested my very own wax stamper/sealer to be created in Canada with my photography logo engraved on it. I wanted these invites to feel very personalised, rich, to ooze luxury and above all, stand out from the crowd. I’m really happy with how they’ve come out.
