Category: Photography

Canon 10D 85mm, f5.6, 1/750, ISO 100

Christmas morning this year we stayed in Greystones to see the swimmers. Ever since his Christmas dip last year, Matt has been going down to Greystones beach for his daily swim and has become a bit of a swimming addict. Usually it’s just the small group of hardcore faithful but on Christmas morning hundreds turn out to jump in the sea…and jump quickly out again. It was a beautiful day and the sun was almost painfully bright but I took so many photos I had a hard time choosing my favourites. Everyone was having so much fun and the consensus seemed to be that the best method was to run like the clappers and just throw yourself in! Would you do it?

(Wow, I know when I’ve not been good about updating my blog when I have a million and one spam comments about certain drugs to trawl through and delete!)

It’s a beautifully clear day, there’s frost on the ground and all I really want to do is go out and maybe take some photos. Christmas shopping can wait until maybe tomorrow…or the next day? See, this is why I always end up racing around the shops on Christmas Eve.

I recently had the opportunity to take some promotional shots for a dental clinic which was a lot of fun. I know, it sounds funny to say taking photos of teeth would be fun but it really was. I had a good laugh with Sarah, my model for the day, and I got to play around with some new camera toys that the dentist uses. Always fun for a geek like me. Here’s one of Sarah about to take a bite out of a nice juicy apple:

Canon 10D 85mm, f3.5, 1/250, ISO 100

For this photograph I stood Sarah in front of a white wall in the clinic with a window to her right which had handy frosted glass to diffuse the light, I then had her hold a white sheet of paper on her left side to reflect some of the light back onto the shadowed side of her face.

Sorry about the watermark, I don’t like to use them but with this being a business image I have to protect it. Sad but true that although many people get in touch and ask before they use images, it’s not always the case. Donncha‘s had his fair share of photos stolen, as has Redmum, and although it seems arrogant to think that anyone would want to steal mine I didn’t want to take the chance with this one.

I’m feeling a little nervous, you may remember a few months ago I asked for some help in choosing photographs to submit to an art show in aid of One In Four. Well tonight’s the night so I’m off to the Hibernian Club beside Stephen’s Green to see two of my photographs hanging at the exhibition. They’ve been there since Monday but I’ve not had a chance to get into town before tonight. This is a first for me so I’m all butterflies. It will be wonderful if either of the pieces is sold but just to see them hanging will be exciting enough for me! The two I chose (with your help) are Hands and Making a Splash.