Irish Photographers Blog
My New Zorro Look
Posted on Friday, Jun 4th, 2010 in The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy
I am on Twitter - and for the month of June I will sporting a Zorro look. This is to show my support for the upcoming PhotoIreland Festival which takes place around Dublin from the 1st to the 11th of July. The Festival still has some sponsorship opportunities - contact Chloe if you are interested.
Dominic and Family present 20,000e to Irish Cancer Society.
Posted on Wednesday, Jun 2nd, 2010 in The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy
Congratulations to Dominic Lee of Priory Studios, Stillorgan and his family who last night made a donation of 20,000 euro - the proceeds from his book "Out of Your Tree 2" to the Irish Cancer Society. For some time now Dominic has worked on this project and I am delighted to acknowledge his work here. Well done, Dominic.
Try getting personal to improve.
Posted on Monday, May 31st, 2010 in Photographer Blogs, The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy
Are you unchallenged by your photography? Maybe it is not inspiring you or it simply bores you.
All creatives go through dry periods from time to time - but it is how you deal with it that sets you apart.
Recently award winning photographer David Cantwell told photographers.ie that in late 2008 he was experiencing a low period in his creativity. He felt his photography was stale (despite winning numerous awards) ... Read More »
Don’t Worry, Be Happy! By Dominic Lee, Priory Studios
Posted on Saturday, May 29th, 2010 in The IPWS Blog by Dominic Lee | 2 Comments
So now we have Happy Faces Day and National Family Portrait Day, (Client pays a fee to a charity and studio supplies a free Portrait).
We just need 3 more so we photographers can do all our work in National Happy Photo Week and then chill out for the rest of the year scratching our backsides and being happy!
How about National Pet Photo Day, National Bonny Baby Photo ... Read More »
Some things you shouldn’t try….
Posted on Thursday, May 20th, 2010 in The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy
For all those photographers who live near water here is a video which you should always bear in mind when you pose a wedding party on a pier, bridge etc
Real Weddings – Show People Your Real Talent!
Posted on Friday, May 7th, 2010 in Photography News, The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy
It takes real talent to go out every week and shoot real weddings.
At photographers.ie we appreciate this and we want to see more of your work. We also want to showcase the work of real professional wedding photographers.
That is why we are introducing our feature Real Weddings. This new and exciting feature will showcase your work - an additional shop window to show off your talent.
So prepare up to ... Read More »
Out of Your Tree 2 – A page from the diary of Photographer Dominic Lee, Priory Studios
Posted on Thursday, Apr 29th, 2010 in The IPWS Blog by Dominic Lee | 2 Comments
Frank Quinn in South Georgia & Rob Lee in Argentina.
Traveling to Antarctica with my 16 yr old son Rob we first spent a week in Buenos Aries, with an overnight stay at The Iguazú Falls on the Brazil-Argentina border, it’s the widest waterfall in the world (featured in the Mission, Moonraker and the most recent Indiana Jones movie). It was particularly spectacular due to recent heavy rain and the trips ... Read More »
Wedding Photography Charges
Posted on Saturday, Apr 24th, 2010 in The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy
Budgets are very topical in Ireland - I know - photographers have bills too.
Bling is out and modest is in. Wedding couples are looking for ways to get their wedding budget down. Maybe the wine is a new world or the wedding dress, which is still beautiful, has not been flown in from London or Paris.
But there is one area where I would caution the couple going for the cheapest ... Read More »
Forget the surgeon’s knife – Get a photographer!
Posted on Tuesday, Apr 13th, 2010 in The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy | 1 Comment
In today's Irish Times Edel Morgan has an interesting article on retouching wedding and portrait photographers. Studio and social photographers have always done retouching and the degree of retouching has varied over the years.
At Focus earlier this year I was astounded by the number of photographers falling over themselves to buy software which, with a couple of clicks, could transform the jaw line, thin the face, raise the cheek ... Read More »
Collateral Murder
Posted on Thursday, Apr 8th, 2010 in The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy
WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad -- including two Reuters news staff. Reuters has been ... Read More »
How to use a photograph – in the UK
Posted on Thursday, Apr 1st, 2010 in Photography News, The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy
Stress Levels on the Up
Posted on Thursday, Apr 1st, 2010 in The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy
It's enough to say that stress levels at photographers.ie have been rising of late. I won't go into too much detail but we all know the types of things that can cause this. Some are significant and some not so, some I have control over and some I can only ride the wave, some I can fix today and some I have to wait for others to respond. So ... Read More »
Another Irish Photographers Association!
Posted on Monday, Mar 22nd, 2010 in The IPWS Blog by Dominic Lee | 6 Comments
"Not the right time" I hear them say, well when is the right time?
I bought the Priory Studios building in the early 90s when interest rates were around 15% and so many people said "it´s not the right time".
Judging from the amount of flack the Irish Professional Photographers Association was getting on the Licence for photographers blog on this site (many were so nasty I refused to publish ... Read More »
Photography can be a Dangerous Business
Posted on Sunday, Mar 21st, 2010 in The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy | 3 Comments
Well dangerous in that you can be caught on national television falling on your butt. Who was the photographer in question?
New Association for Photographers in Ireland
Posted on Friday, Mar 19th, 2010 in Photography News, The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy | 25 Comments
A new photographic association, The National Association of Irish Photographers, is launching on the 21st of April at the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel on the Naas Road starting at 10:00 with registration at 9:00am.
This new association will be taking in all photographers both amateur and professional into its ranks. The organisers claim it will provide regular seminars and education programs to members and encourage them to buy Irish products and services.
After ... Read More »
