Pamela & Brian's Wedding @ Emo Court

Brian & Pamela's Wedding Day.

On a beautiful Day in Emo Chapel, Brian Flanagan & Pamela Conroy came together with all their friends and family to say 'I Do'. It was a perfect setting and everything ran so smoothly, in no small part because of the lovely relaxed mood of everyone on the day. 

One of the nice things about shooting weddings is getting to know the extended family and friends of the couple. Feeling comfortable is essential for getting great shots on the day.  If I can get to know all the extended family it means they are happy to allow me to capture intimate moments..and also they feel confident enough to trust and ignore me!! Sometimes by ignoring me, they let me get on with the job of capturing those special moments.

James O'Connor Official Video - Lorraine.

Here is the official video for James O'Connor & the Friendly Stranger's new single 'Lorraine'.

We filmed it in Golden Egg Studios during the recording of the single a little while back. The single will be launched in Kavanagh's Pub next Saturday the 9th of May. 

I'd like to thank James for asking me to film and photograph the day. Also Niall Harney the great Laois Bassist, Matt Cross the most excellent drummer, Brian O'Mahoney the multi-talented singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer..who also editied the video.

I can't wait for the launch next week, and hope to see you all there to support a great talent.

Snow fall on the Downs..

Snowfall on the Downs,

During the recent snowfall I managed to get out around 8.30pm to try and capture a night pic (which I don't get enough time to do lately, and I must say, is probably my favourite type of photography).  

I thought it might be interesting to show how quickly and dramatically a scene can change in the space of a minute or two.

Below is a series of 5 pics which I took at around 9 pm at night. I had the camera on the tripod and took a test shot of a 30sec exposure @ f5.6 and 400iso..which is usually the first setting I'd use for a test shot at night, assuming there's a bit of moon

or street light. Then I'll either use a longer exposure, increase the aperture and/or (ideally) lower the ISO. I used a hand torch during the exposure to light up the foreground also, trying not to shine the torch for long in one spot, and trying to avoid any hotspots.

The pics below are unedited, straight from the camera, and were only converted from Raw to jpeg for this. The photos were taken in quick succession and each pic had the exact setting and duration as I said above, but as you can see they have all changed quite a lot. 

In the time it took to expose each shot (30 sec.) the scene has changed. I think the main reason for this is the cloud cover. When the clouds broke, the scene became darker. When the clouds started to pass over, the reflection from the light in the town gave it an Orange/Red glow. Then when the cloud cover was complete and it began to snow, the scene brightened up. The pic looked as if it had been taken in almost daylight.

I always find it amazing how quickly and dramatically a scene can change and when I looked at the results here I just thought it was a great example of why they say ''its all about the light!''. Thanks for visiting.