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But there are presents under the tree! Nothing beats a bit of brown paper and red twine. {Photo nerd filter: I love the sparkles that shooting with a small aperture gives you, but also adore the dainty bokeh and shallow depth-of-field that shooting wide open allows. So for the top
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Poor Yvonne. She arrives at the apartment carrying a bag of nachos, some dip and a bottle of Diet Coke, innocently thinking that she has come to watch the X Factor final. But see, Yvonne has arrived as the sun does a pretty little golden dance across my balcony, and
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What do you do when it's too cold to go out, too dark to take pictures and there's nothing good on TV? Cut up some paper, get some duct tape and make some heart-shaped bokeh of course! These, I know, have been done (and done much
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A couple of pics from Gemma Hayes' Crawdaddy gig last Friday. I was utterly exhausted from Thursday night's celebrations (when KISS picked up the gong for Mag of the Year at the Magazines Ireland awards, go us!) but managed to drag myself across to meet Yvonne at
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I know very little about artificial lighting. I'm a massive lover of natural light, but really want to learn how to work with the man-made stuff. Over the past few months, I've been saving here and there and have invested in a few pieces and and
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This documentary looks amazing.
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I woke up to the pat, pat, pat of two toddler hands on my head. Ethan was up, and had decided it was high time I awoke too. There was really pretty morning light streaming through the window, so I grabbed my camera (I swear, I don't sleep
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Within the Frame by David duChemin Filled with lots of personal insights and simply stunning photography from around the world, this book really stands out from the rest. It's tough to talk about vision and creativity in a market packed with speedy how-to tomes without losing your reader,
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I thought I'd compile a list of possible photo pressies, for any one stuck hunting. If you have a photo-lover in your life (or, indeed, you are one) one of these awesome gifts might tickle their fancy. A mix of things I own and love, and things I&
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There's nothing like the buzz of an International rugby game to warm you up on a cold and foggy Saturday afternoon. Ireland were playing South Africa so off Eoghan and I trotted to the Davin stand for some roaring and some rugby. But before we left, I snapped
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Some shots from when I tagged along to the KISS photoshoot, shot on location at Circus Vegas way back in June - I have no idea why I didn't post these before. The show is run by my family, as many of you know, so I went along
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For weeks now I've been telling myself too soon and not yet. Christmas thoughts, ads and banter seem to creep in earlier and earlier and I've been trying hard to keep them at bay and suddenly - next week is Decemeber! Eek. I'm hoping
