Trying my hand to portraits.

So I went home at the weekend and my cousin Ella happened to be there. So I decided to turn my hand to portrait photography. It turns out that keeping the attention of a 1 year old is not an easy task. But here's the result...

Making little of it.

Over the past few hours I've been messing around with blurs in Photoshop to try and replicate the effects of Tilt and Shift lens. Making full scale pictures look like miniature models. Here's some of my first attempts.

Life's a beach!

A quick snap from a Sunday walk along Killiney beach.

St. Patrick's Festival 2009

10 hours and numerous beers later, I finally get the chance to post my pictures from the St. Patrick's Day festival Parade in Dublin. The weather was great, the people were in flying form and the day went off brilliantly. With 675,000 people attending the parade on Tuesday, it's not surprising that there's the odd head stuck in the frame, but I did what I could. Enjoy, Gary.

Spheres - Dublin Docklands.

Never one to miss a photo opportunity, I ventured down to Grand Canal Dock for a public performance piece titled Spheres. Co presented by St Patrick's Festival and the Docklands Authority The Spheres is a unique spectacle performance which has broad family appeal. According to the Dublin Docklands website; "Creation, exultation, liberation, life, the universe and everything. The show takes a whimsical look at physics, the miracle of birth and humanity's existential relationship to our planet.

Performed by Strange Fruit a Melbourne-based performing arts company that produces and performs a remarkable style of work that fuses theatre, dance and circus, using a unique elevated medium."

Anyway, Here's my shots. enjoy.

DCU Fashion show - What's in a year?

As the DCU Fashion Show 2009 hurtles towards us, I've decided it would be a good idea to upload some of my photos from last years show. I hope to wrangle a press pass for this years show, so watch out for photos on this blog after April 1st.
For more information on this years show, and for tickets visit THE HELIX WEBSITE or call the Helix Box office on 01 700 7000

Dingle Harbour

A quick snap of the boats in dingle harbour. I love how blue the rust on the boat tie is. Just after I took this photo the heavens opened and I (and camera) got very VERY wet!

DCU Prospectus Photoshoot

So a little while ago, when I was working for Student Affairs in DCU, I got involved in a few publicity projects for the university.

The following are a few studio shots I took for the A-Z guide to DCU. These are just 3 images from a roll of about 250. Thanks to John, Tamara, Eimear, Dave & Deirdre who volunteered to get in front of the lens for the shoot.

Walking In The Air: the amazing art of Li Wei

Artist Li Wei uses a series of mirrors and thin wires to compose these interesting and gravity defying images. His work is a mixture of performance art and photography that creates illusions of a sometimes dangerous reality.












































Li Wei states that these images are not computer montages and works with the help of props. He also jumps into the odd one himself to show off his years of Marshall arts training. Check out his website here

Morocco

Some shots from a recent trip to Morocco. Hoped that I'd get a few more than I did, but morocco has 360 days of sunshine per year and it seemed I was there for the other 5!
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