Photographer: Alan Murphy

Still going strong after 20 years the ProFoto Show is back in the Green Isle on the 14th & 15th of Feb 2012.   Whether you are looking for lighting, cameras, printers, albums or frames ProFoto is the place to be. Come and see your local Irish suppliers display the latest products from the best innovators of [...]

Three acclaimed photographers Daníel Bergmann, Iceland, the USA’s Charles Glatzer and our own Peter Cox have put together a most special photographic workshop which takes place in Autumn 2013. If you are into wildlife you will not want to miss this unique opportunity to photograph polar bears in Svalbard. Nowhere else can the polar bear be seen more reliably [...]

Photographer Training Day:  13th February, Aisling Hotel, Dublin A few years ago American photographer Sandy Puc set up an organisation called Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTS).  These Volunteer photographers provide remembrance photography to parents suffering the loss of a baby with the free gift of professional portraiture.  We believe these images serve as [...]

Unfortunately we are only just into the new year and already another photographer has had gear stolen. Here is the information I have at hand: Nikon D700 camera body Serial No. 2455646 Nikon AF-S f/2.8 GED Nikkor lens Serial No. 396469 Nikon SB-900 Flash Serial No. 2471993   If anyone is offered any of this equipment or sees it [...]

Castleconnell based landscape photographer Peter O’Donnell has launched an interesting subscription based learning platform at The Wider Eye TV . O’Donnell, who was IPPA 2010 Photographer of the Year, will deliver tutorials in Video and PDF formats which the subscriber can access at anytime. Tutorials will cover all the steps necessary to make stunning landcape images.     [...]

Jason Glennon gets this year’s “Stupid Photographer” Award. According to today’s Irish Times Glennon (34) was caught by police after he took a photograph of himself on a mobile phone he had stolen from a car. He  dropped  the pink Nokia  as he fled from a house he broke into later – he had woken [...]

A recent edition of Utah’s Standard Examiner featured a page one photograph that was manipulated by the photographer. Often photographers, as appears in this case, aren’t aware how simple manipulations undermine the value of photojournalism as bearing witness. As photographers, amateur or professional, we need to be aware of the difference between illustration and photojournalism. I [...]

Here is the full list of equipment stolen from Paul Sherwood last week. Please be on the lookout for it.

This weeks Friday Frame is from one of our “Real Weddings“. Photographed by Mark Capilitan this cracking indoor portrait is simple yet beautifully executed. It shows the bride relaxing in the reception venue Castle Dargan.

  Great photographers are always thinking about new and different opportunities to tell the story. Press Association photographer Julien Behal knew that another agency were in the studio for Enda Kenny’s state of the nation address and wanted to get something that would contrast with the politically controlled images of a statesman addressing the public. He recalled [...]

Last night Kenneth O’Halloran won the Terry O’Neill Tag Award – a competition of Contemporary Photography. 2nd place went to Maria Sancheztina Linqvist from Sweden and 3rd place went to Lucia Herrero from Madrid . The competition now in its fifth year, forms a showcase for both established and upcoming photographers, providing valuable exposure for their work and [...]