La Boheme is an award winning restaurant situated in Georges St in the heart Waterford City. Run by Chef Eric Théze and his wife Christine, the object of this shoot was to maintain the ambience which the premises is renowned for.

My friends at Passion for Creative. This in demand marketing firm based in Waterford are literally a one stop shop for everything from brand design, marketing strategy all the way through to copywriting and public relations.

This is a recent group shot I did for them ..

Shot on location in Muckross Park Hotel & Cloisters Spa in Co Kerry.

needless to say the most difficult shot to get was the one that was not used! I had to get into my togs, get into the pool and tripod mount the camera about 4 inches above the water to get this shot.

And finally, one of my favourite shots of the day. Everything from ambient light to strobe to colour to composition is just nicely balanced ..

With thanks to: Siobhan O’Mahony (Make Up) Jessica Healy (Hair) and Norma O’Donaghue (Styling)

RSVP Vows magazine hit the shelves this week. I made a sizeable contribution to this edition.

Starting off with the cover. The beautiful Louise Ryan - a real life wedding and very fitting cover shot. Well done Louise ..

Guest Editor this month was TV personality and columist Sinead Desmond whom I have shot on two occaisions before. The magazine used a combination of the two previous sessions.

Then onto some of the Editiorial  …

Followed by a closer look at Louise & Jurgen’s Wedding …

Finally, head shots showing the latest trends in Bridal hair styles. I got to test a Hassleblad HD3ii-39 -I’ll go into detail on a seperate post some day!

and a closer look ..  (one shot with the Hassy, the other shot with a D3 and 85mm 1.4mm - can you guess which one is which??!)

Model: Nicky Bonass from Morgan The Agency

Hair: Michael Leong

Make-Up: Aishling Eyre

Editer: Sonja Mohlichs

Location: The Light Exchange

When I set out to make a blog I vowed to add a bit of variety to it. So while walking the dog recently I stumbled upon this tiny scene, backlit by the setting sun. Luckily I didn’t have far to go home to get my camera and come back again; this is what I got ..