Swan Lake

The sun came out for a few hours in Dublin this week and I was lucky enough to be in Marley Park to record the event!

At the end of the day

When evening comes and the family gets together around the table -

The tea is poured and everyone is relaxed.

There is plenty of camaraderie and friendly argument.

The stories begin and the laughter spreads.

Surely, this is what living is all about!

Still, at the end of the day, the washing up needs to be done!

From a recent "A day in the life of a family", photo shoot in Monkstown.

Windfall

I love this time of year...!

Well, I'm finally back to Dublin's cloudy skies from my travels in the sunny warmth of mainland Europe! Judging by the forecast, grey will continue to be our dominant colour this autumn. So in celebration of beautiful weather for portraits, here are a few personal favourites from the grey summer that was!

Blue skies are coming up soon... watch this space!

Framing it

I recently received a multi-frame back from Stephen, my framer in Churchtown. The quality of his work is truly amazing. We started working together last January and when I held up that first frame, it really brought it home to me how important it is to produce such high quality finishing when my clients want their images framed. The difference in finish between this and an off the shelf frame is light years!

The kids' parents were trilled with these images and in this 24" x 26" multi frame, they looked spectacular.

As indeed does this image in its 24" x 16" frame, that Lisa and Mary's parents ordered.

And while I offer a prints only service on all my portraits, there is no doubt that a photograph that has been bespoke framed with an archival mount, adds that something extra to a favourite image!

What happens when it rains on a portrait shoot?

What happens when it rains on a portrait shoot?First of all, you get to have a lot of fun!
Then you jump for joy.... and get very......very......very......

WET!!

From last week's fun shoot "down on the farm!"

Where does the time go?

I guess I've been doing this for a long time!

It almost feels like it was taken yesterday, but I shot this image of Gillian and Linda many years ago at a family party. I was still at collage and we all were just a little younger!

I find it a bit scary then, that the next time I photographed these two cousins in the same frame, was 20 years later, in a family group at Linda's wedding.

Where does the time go?