Category Archives: Photographs
Behind The Scenes At Rachid Zaouia’s Recipe Book Shoot
This evening, Fota Island Resort’s executive pastry chef, Rachid Zaouia, will launch his recipe book Simply Pastry. I’ve written before that this excites me greatly. He asked me to do the photography. It was one of the best commissions I’ve … Continue reading
Filed under Dessert, Food, Food Photography, Photographs
Lapland Wedding – Day 4: The 3200
Yesterday I was in uncharted waters, far outside my comfort zone. Lapland is a dim place this time of year. It is even dimmer when it’s overcast. And that dimness only lasts for six hours or so. Otherwise it is … Continue reading
Filed under It Can't All Go Right, Photographs, Photography, Wedding, Wedding Days, Wedding Photography
Housekeeping
Non-photographers would be astonished at the amount of hard disk space photography consumes. It’s an insatiable beast. I don’t want to bore you, but I do need to throw some numbers out there. My own office system has at its … Continue reading
A Dog’s Life
Life for the middle-aged goes by very quickly. Lately, it has accelerated to an alarmingly fast pace. I feel like I’m living my life in dog years. Before you know it, several months have passed. As a for instance, the … Continue reading
Filed under Food Photography, Meat, Personal Work, Photographs
Three In A Row – Day 3
There were two subplots to today’s wedding story. The first involved an injury to the groom, sustained in the run-up to the day; the second concerned the weather, which was horrid. The air was filled with particles of water that … Continue reading
Filed under Photographs, Photography, Weather, Wedding, Wedding Days, Wedding Photography
Three In A Row – Day 2
The picture below is a complicated one. It was shot on day two of my three-day wedding marathon and is so packed with story you’d almost think it was a mess. Yet it does hang together. What drew me in … Continue reading
Filed under Other photographers, Photographs, Photography, Wedding, Wedding Photography
Three In A Row – Day 1
Every wedding season for the past four years, I’ve had one week when I’ve been booked to photograph weddings on three consecutive days. Mentally and physically, that’s a tough ask. At the moment, I’m young enough and fit enough to … Continue reading
Les Rencontres Arles Scrapbook – The Last Page
This final post comprises quotes and photographs from the 2011 Arles photography festival. The quotes are from conversations that I had with photographers from around Europe during my week in Arles, or snippets I picked up at the exhibits. The … Continue reading
Filed under Arles, Personal Work, Photographs, Photography
Behind The Scenes At Fota Island Resort – Part 2: The Golf Course
One of the key attractions of a stay at Fota Island Resort is its original championship-level golf course designed by Christy O’Connor Jr and Peter McEvoy. The great and the good of golf have played here. Padraig, Monty, you’d recognize … Continue reading
Food Friday – Inch House Black And White Puddings
My daughter has been described by her art teacher at school as “a ticket”. I think that means she’s a character. Or, more exactly, a disobedient charmer. Yesterday she charmed her way into a free batch of Inch House black … Continue reading
Filed under Black Pudding, Food, Photographs, Photography
