Finds
I love this pretty and simple guide to camera settings from Milk and Crown. When I first started learning photography a friend recommended Bryan Peterson's Understanding Exposure, which was a brilliant, simple, grounded guide. But I still didn't get it. I had to learn about exposure
Food
We shot this cute spiced hot choc recipe for Image Daily, especially for Valentine's Day! Get it over here, and hope you keep cosy tonight. Styling: Marlene Wessels | Hot choc and hand-made marshmallows: Lesley Tumulty | Photography: Nathalie Marquez Courtney
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For the Jan/Feb issue of Image Interiors & Living, I got to shoot a delicious food story all about how to create three tasty meals from one chicken. Kinda perfect for January, right? Ben's mum, Lesley Tumulty (a super talented and passionate cook who trained at Ballymaole)
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Loved working on this glitter jar DIY for volume one of Bash Magazine, and the tutorial is now online! See it here. Styling: Ciara O'Halloran @ Style Serendipity DIYs: Nichola Doyle @ Ceri Rua Photography: Nathalie Marquez Courtney
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You may have noticed me excitedly tweeting, instagramming and blogging about the gorgeous new bridal mag that is Bash. I was lucky enough to shoot an insanely pretty DIY story, featuring paper blooms and colour-dipped jars. You'll have to pick up the issue to find out the super
Nature
On a recent shoot for Image Interiors & Living, we were right by this gorgeous collection of apple trees. Is there anything more autumnal?
Nature
I have still to go to on a leaf-kicking autumnal photo walk, but here are some pics I couldn't help snapping. I took these on the way to work one morning – the light literally made me stop and stare. I nearly missed my bus, but wasn't
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Some pics from a sun-soaked portrait session with Celtic Thunder's Colm Keegan. We squeezed these in around Colm's globe-trotting (he's currently back touring the US) and we lucked out with a scorcher of a day. Colm was brilliant, a total pro, and no ask
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Some sneak peek shots from yesterday's family portrait session. I've been photographing this family since the eldest was just a little bump in his mum's belly – and look at them now! I love how autumnal these shots look. We got seriously lucky with the
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When we were in London last month, Ben and I picked up a second-hand Canon 300V at a stall in Portobello. It's a film camera, but the brilliant thing about it is that it takes the EF lenses from our digital kit. We picked up some super cheap
Personal
Thinking about what inspires me, photography comes top of the list, but for more reasons than the obvious visual one. I love that it doesn't matter what camera you have, the beauty of photography is that the simple act of taking photos itself, on whatever device is available,
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For The August Break. Taken at Breddo's taco stand at Street Feast London.