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Breastway Ladies

Breastway Ladies
Canon 5d, 17mm, f11, 1/400, ISO 200

It’s been a busy few months for me – in case you hadn’t noticed by the serious lack of blogging I’ve been doing! Well, I took on an animation project back in May and it turned out to be a lot more time-consuming than I thought it was going to be. Waaaay more in fact so when I finally emerged from my office a few weeks ago having finished it, everything else that I had pushed to the side was waiting for me to get sorted. I’ve also been very busy with photography work; I’ve been shooting weddings, family portraits, business headshots and babies and I have to say, I’m loving every minute. It’s been a bit of a juggle though and I’m learning a lot about business and balance, not to mention pushing my comfort zones in photography.

So, I’ll post a few photographs over the next little while to try and catch up starting with the lovely ladies in this photo. Back in September a group of women from rollercoaster.ie decided to get together to promote the benefits of breastfeeding and to celebrate the launch of a new website – thebreastway.ie. Nothing militant or finger-wagging, just something to show that it’s normal, natural and all kinds of women do it. Unfortunately Ireland can be a little bit squeamish about breastfeeding and there are a lot of misconceptions out there about it being difficult or embarrassing.

For such a good cause I was happy to join them with the idea of capturing this positive image of breastfeeding and the women who do it. We had the most amazing day for it and about 50 women from all over the country made their way to Cabinteely park in Dublin for the shoot.

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Photography Weddings

Orchard Apples

Orchard Apples
Canon 5D, 85mm, f2.8, 1/200, ISO 1600

Taken at Matt and Nikki’s wedding in the Orchard Centre in Tinahely, Wicklow. Note to Matt and Nikki…your photos are nearly ready 🙂

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Photography

Family Portrait: Mother and Son

Mother
Canon 5D, 85mm, f/5, 1/250, ISO 400

My mum always gives out to me when I don’t update my blog and she has to keep logging on to see the same post. Sorry mum!

I’m so happy that Jessica has given me permission to post photographs from a session we did a couple of weeks ago. Jess is the incredibly hard-working mum that’s been the force behind getting Educate Together to Greystones and Ilyas is the lucky little boy who she’s doing it all for. We spent an hour on the beach before sneaking into a local farmer’s field for a few shots. This was one of the last ones we took and it’s my favourite of the day.

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Personal Photography

First Day Of School

First Day
Canon 5D, 85mm, f2.8, 1/400, ISO 800

First day of school today, lots of children going back to school, and Educate Together Greystones opened its doors for the very first time. I got to play fly on the wall for a little while and document the day.

Green Elephant
Canon 5D, 85mm, f2.8, 1/160, ISO 800

Hold Hands
Canon 5D, 85mm, f2.8, 1/800, ISO 800

Lámha Suas
Canon 5D, 85mm, f2.8, 1/400, ISO 800

Criss Cross
Canon 5D, 85mm, f2.8, 1/400, ISO 800

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Photography

Windows

Broken Windows
Canon 5D, 17mm, f5, 1/250, ISO 200

I have a thing about windows and old buildings. When we were out walking around over the weekend, I found myself drawn to the old, falling-down parts of Dublin, rather than the shiny new stuff.