http://aspectphotography.net/blog The blog of Waterford Professional Photographer, Shane O'Neill Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:33:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some images from a recent wedding in Carraigaline in Co Cork. Congratulations to Lorcan & Michelle. Rain is not always a bad thing for documentary wedding photography. It often adds an unexpected dimension to the story telling process. http://aspectphotography.net/blog/2010/09/rainy-cork-wedding/ While travelling between meetings in East Cork yesterday I managed to shoot a pack of Polaroid Type 100 Blue Film (Paul Giambarba Edition) into my Polaroid 600SE. This film produces gentle monochromatic blue tones ranging from lilac to deep blue. My plan was to keep the landscape work ... http://aspectphotography.net/blog/2010/08/polaroid-100-blue-film/ Ballycotton in East Cork is a hidden gem and I encourage anyone to visit there . Edell & Jonathan tied the knot there last summer. They spent a long time scouting locations and it is easy to see why they chose Star of the Sea Church with spectacular views of ... http://aspectphotography.net/blog/2010/07/bayview-ballycotton-wedding-some-favourites/ Images from 2005, the legendary bassist from New Order & Joy Division : Peter Hook played a DJ set in Electric Avenue, Waterford. Eccentricity personified. http://aspectphotography.net/blog/2010/06/from-the-archive-peter-hook/ The results came through this morning, this was my first submission to an ISPWP quarterly contest. I did ok for an international competition considering the standard is high as are the amount of submissions. Here were my placings: Bridal Party Portrait, 4th Place. Pure Art, 8th place. Venue/Location, 10th place: Bride Portrait, 18th place: http://aspectphotography.net/blog/2010/05/ispwp-wedding-photography-contest-spring-2010-placings/ extract from an email from Erick Danzer, Executive Director of http://www.bestofweddingphotography.com/ "We just finished up the review process a week or so ago, and we're just in the process of sending out invitations for the second round right now. I'm happy to tell you that our board voted to ... http://aspectphotography.net/blog/2010/05/a-nice-way-to-start-the-week-extract-from-an-email-from-erick-danzer/ The saddest aspect of the decline of this building is the potential it has to great. Frustrating planning systems, vandalism and now a lack of finance keeps the question mark hovering. I photographed the building early this year after I was given permission to access. It was a surreal experience. ... http://aspectphotography.net/blog/2010/05/ard-ri-hotel-waterford-taken-in-january-2010/ 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 ... http://aspectphotography.net/blog/2010/04/n25-bridge-waterford/ Shot on Tramore beach this morning. With thanks to model Emma Sinnott, Kate Rose Crean (make-up) & Michael & Lyndsey from Foxy Chopper. Can't decide if I prefer the b&w or colour close-up so I included both! http://aspectphotography.net/blog/2010/03/from-this-mornings-shoot/ Too hard to pin a name on this one, basically it was a colaboration of collective creative talents in and around Waterford (Foxy Chopper, Muse, Kate Rose Crean, Yvonne Crotty, Keith Fitzgerald). More details and images to follow but here are a few images first .. http://aspectphotography.net/blog/2010/02/a-colaboration-of-collective-creative-talents/