Some favourite shots from a recent colaboration with Buds and Berries on location at Bellinter House is Navan, Co. Meath. I used quite a bit of Polaroid this time around, the b&w images below are from a batch that expired over 30 years ago. It held up amazingly well.

Rodolphe from Best Day Productions was there to catch a look behind the scenes ..

The material was featured on the One Fab Day website and also was published in Confetti Magazine.

Credits:

PHOTOGRAPHER: Shane O’Neill www.aspectphotography.net
ASSISTED BY: Simon Curran www.iamacosmonaut.com
CINEMATOGRAPHY: www.bestdayproductions.com
CONCEPT ORIGINATION/STYLING AND FLORISTRY:
Felicity Brady/Paul Cullen, www.budsandberries.com
MODELS: Daniella Moyles and Neal Dempsey
LOCATION: Bellinteer House, Co Meath, www.bellinterhouse.com
MAKE UP: Hayley Mia McGowan, www.hayleymcgowan.com
HAIR:Lorraine Browne, www.lorrainebrownehair.com
DANIELLA’S CLOTHING: www.dirtyfabulous.com
www.larasfashion.com and shoes, www.rubyshoes.ie
JEWELLED HEADPIECE by Stacey Hannan, www.staceyhannandesigns.com
VESPA borrowed from John Martin Kenny at The Pit Stop Krew,
T: 085 7770048

Here is a look at some recent interior shots I did for the FBD Group shooting the Tower Hotel and Faithlegg House Hotel & Golf Club using a fairly complex multi-light set up.

Last April, I did a shoot with Sarah from vintage hire company Pearl & Godiva. Sarah, who is also a talented stylist went into overdrive and created a fantastic setting in Ballinatray House. A quick scout unearthed a few great locations on the grounds of the estate. Industry friends such as the award winning designer Bonzie Crotty, make-up artist Kate Rose Crean and cinematographer Rodolphe from Mary Best Day Productions helped to create a very unique shoot. The great weather helped a bit too.

The work was featured the popular blog http://www.100layercake.com/blog/ with some great comments like: “Delighted to see the best of Irish on 100 Layer Cake! Congrats guys!” and: “This is absolutely exquisite. Best shoot I’ve seen in forever.”

Here are some of my favourite images.

Also, this was the image board: http://aspectphotography.net/pearl/

Finally, the preview clip, shot by Rodolphe! preview

Last week I travelled to Bantry House in Co. Cork for a location shoot for Pearl & Godiva -a vintage china hire company. Accompanied by the sleepy make-up artist Kate Rose Crean, we had a two fold approach to the day - product and a seperate model shoot. The latter would be used to establish mood on the Pearl & Godiva website and it proved to be an excellent idea. Lockdown provided the models Maedbh & Ronan.

The shoot itself was almost entirely captured with the amazing natural light in Bantry House. I brought along the Polaroid 600SE and fired off some of the last batch of the legendary Type 100 669 bought from The Impossible Project. The surroundings were very conducive to the film, even if some exposures were 20 seconds+

Others involved in the shoot were:

Hair www.sobebrown.com

Flowers www.hanako.yolasite.com

Clothes and Accessories by www.dirtyfabulous.com

Beaded Bridal hair jewellery by www.staceyhannandesigns.com

Cupcakes by www.be-mycupcake.com

Macaroons by www.petitsfours.ie/

A big well done to Sarah from Pearl & Godiva from bringing it all together.

Here are some images:

(above - Polaroid Type 100 - 669 film - 20 second exposure @ f8)

(above - shot with a Camera Diana+ lens and Nikon adapter)

I’ve been chasing a good image of the completed N25 Bridge for quite a while now. People often call looking for an image and recently a good client requested one so I thought it was time to get the finger out. The best location to shoot the bridge (in my opinion) is on a stretch of bank facing west which is on private land so not only did I need to get permission to access the land, I also had to allow myself time to get in position. The recent volcanic ash cloud threw up a good chance for a spectacular sunset to use as a backdrop and with patience, I wasn’t disappointed. This image was captured just after sunset last Friday evening. The heron or herons in the frame were not a flock! Rather one bird that flew into the shot so I fired off a few frames as he passed through. I created a very simple composite to track his progress at the various stages throughout - I think it works quite well. Right, that’s another long term image to mark off the “to shoot” list. With thanks to Mitch for the assistance and Dan for the patience!

Interesting to see how my images are being used - in this case the result of a shoot of Mantra Bar & in Maynooth.

design by Zach Harpur @ Silvau

The idea for this shot has been around for a while, I just needed the time and a subject. Colm Dowling, an up and coming swimmer from WIT agreed to pose for this particular shot. The plan was to water-proof an SB-800 under the water and fire it with a radio control. At the same time, I decided (last minute) to include a backlight. There was so much to take into consideration with the shot that something unexpected had to happen. I needed to make sure the swimmer rose from the water at a precise location, the focus had to be nailed, the lights had to be balanced and positioned perfectly, would the background be too bright, what ISO to use etc. As it turned out the submerged flash would not trigger because of the density of the water. It would only work about 12 inches down so that meant aquiring a volunteer to hold it in position. The focus was extremly tricky too. I switched on the predictive focus and even that was too sensitive (instead it chose to focus on the water splashing in front of Colm). So this is what we ended up with ..    not a bad effort but not exactly what I wanted either. I have aquired a 10 mtr flash sync cable and an opaque lunchbox! That should do the trick, I’m going to try again next week. Watch this space.

(good luck to Colm on the 23^rd of July where is in qualifying for the European SC Championships 2009 which will be held in Istanbul, Turkey in December)

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 ..

The Tannery Restaurant, located in Dungarvan, Co Waterford in the south east of Ireland has long been regarded as one of Ireland’s leading restaurants. The Tannery was opened in 1997 by leading chef Paul Flynn and his wife Máire and was followed in 2005 by the opening of the boutique style Tannery Townhouse. Recently they converted an area of urban wasteland adjacent to the Cookery School where they grow a lot of their won produce. A night in the Townhouse along with dinner is highly recommended.

images copyright shane o’neill