Irish Photographers Blog
IPWS – Sneak Preview
Posted on Monday, Apr 21st, 2008 in The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy | 2 Comments
We are currently working on a new and even stronger website which will serve you better. The upgrade will feature many new and innovative features which will
maintain our position as Ireland's premier source of news for professional photographers. The introduction of the new site will involve a "little" work but we hope that you will see the gain out weighs the ... Read More »
How much are you worth?
Posted on Thursday, Apr 17th, 2008 in The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy
The PA make no apologies for charging for photographers - why do we. This website sets out clearly rates for photographers (in sterling) Too often I hear of photographers doing jobs for crazy prices. Get to know your costs and expenses, figure out a respectible fee which will give you a decent living and stick to your guns. Regards Alan M
The Good Ol’ Days by Dominic Lee
Posted on Saturday, Mar 29th, 2008 in The IPWS Blog by Dominic Lee | 1 Comment
My Aunt nabbed me at a wedding recently and complained that I never sent her the photos from the last family event as promised.
I told her I had emailed them to her son but his mailbox was full so they bounced back to me. To which she replied: “well send them to me; if my mail box is full the Postman will just knock at door”.
So it’s little wonder that ... Read More »
Joe Duffy – get a life! by Dominic Lee, AMPA
Posted on Friday, Feb 22nd, 2008 in The IPWS Blog by Dominic Lee | 2 Comments
If I received a voucher from Louis
Copeland’s Menswear for 50 Euro and I came out of the store having purchased
two new suits, several shirts & three ties, and if I then rang the Joe
Duffy Show to complain about having to spend thousands on top of the voucher
value, I would be told to get a life and stop wasting their time.
Please Joe, before you entertain
such trivial complaints about photographer’s prices ... Read More »
Bertie & Twink by Dominic Lee
Posted on Friday, Feb 8th, 2008 in The IPWS Blog by Dominic Lee
Carla Bruni got 60,000 Euro and French President Nicolas Sarkozy got 1 Euro but RyanAir just gave us a lesson in how to get a shit load of publicity in every newspaper and TV channel around the world for the price of one advert in a magazine and a petty fine of 60,001 Euro.
Now where is that photo I took of Bertie & Twink?
PS It’s worth mentioning that ... Read More »
Canon Spring Collection
Posted on Friday, Feb 1st, 2008 in The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy
I was at the Canon Spring collection in London last week. It was an impressive affair and Canon added two nice professional lenses to their range. For photographers starting out they also introduced an entry level SLR, the EOS 450D, which has many features which were historically the preserve of more expensive models. In addition they also launched ... Read More »
Charity! Why bother? by Dominic Lee, AMPA
Posted on Monday, Dec 24th, 2007 in The IPWS Blog by Dominic Lee
Would you select the “Bob The Builder” over the others to add on your house extension because Bob raised 3 grand and devoted a week’s hard labour building a house in an African Shanty Town for charity? Not likely, and it’s also unlikely that a client will choose you as their photographer simply because you ran the marathon or sold a hundred calendars for a charity.
After sponsoring an event I ... Read More »
Dáil to debate rights of Freelance Photographers
Posted on Thursday, Nov 22nd, 2007 in The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy
Earlier this year, Michael D Higgins TD described the Competition Authority’s ruling that freelance actors, musicians, photographers, artists, and all those involved in atypical work cannot be represented by a trade union in a collective agreement as “illegal and in breach of a number of regulations.”
Next week in the Dail, the Labour Party is introducing its own Competition (Amendment Bill) which aims to
1. enable trade unions to ... Read More »
Mooney doesn’t rate photographers by Alan Murphy
Posted on Thursday, Nov 8th, 2007 in The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy | 3 Comments
During a recent broadcast RTE 1's Derek Mooney made a rather throw away remark about wedding photographers. (Slide the timer across to 26:30 to hear the offending remark and the lead up) Mooney's argument was that all brides should simply collect images from guests - after all the mobile phone pictures "are fantastic - Get rid of the photographer altogether!!"
While I have no argument with ... Read More »
Death of the Wedding Photographer by Dominic Lee, AMPA
Posted on Wednesday, Oct 31st, 2007 in The IPWS Blog by Dominic Lee | 1 Comment
Last year many customers were asking, can you please shoot film? This year they would accuse you of being a dinosaur for not shooting digital.
But recording a wedding digitally is at least ten times more work than it was on film. Yet the price has not altered significantly in the past few years to cover the extra skills, equipment and time required.
We ... Read More »
Copyright Act, a waste of time! by Dominic Lee
Posted on Sunday, Oct 14th, 2007 in The IPWS Blog by Dominic Lee | 4 Comments
We recently photographed a group of 10 and after airbrushing all of them, changing heads on 3 of them, removing designer logos and adding a missing tooth, the client bought a 10x8 and asked for a high res file to be emailed to Snap Printing who would print a 30x40 inch canvas for 100 Euro including VAT!
Naturally I told them that they should ... Read More »
Catastrophe in the Studio! By Dominic Lee
Posted on Tuesday, Sep 11th, 2007 in The IPWS Blog by Dominic Lee | 7 Comments
Give me a dog to photograph any day, when you whistle they look at you and perk up their ears, perfect portrait every time.
Cats on the other hand are so dumb; no matter what you say or do they either ignore you or jump out of the frame leaving a trail of blood & tears on the poor child holding it.
A stupid moggy in a ... Read More »
Secondhand Digital Prices By Dominic Lee, AMPA
Posted on Wednesday, Aug 15th, 2007 in The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy
Earlier this year I bought a 4 gig compact flash card for 75 Euro now I can buy one for 36 Euro.
A 1gig USB Pen disk is now 9 Euro; same one last year was 39 Euro.
An 18x speed DVD/CD reader/writer (internal) is a mere 35 Euro, last year you would have been lucky to get change out of 100 Euro for a 16x speed version.
A 160 gig hard drive ... Read More »
My thoughts on the Drogheda Independent Agreement
Posted on Tuesday, Jul 17th, 2007 in The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy
Here is my thoughts on the Drogheda Agreement - You can download it on a pdf should you wish. Please feel to forward or read out at any branch meeting that is discussing this agreement.
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I do not want to focus in detail on all the Drogheda Independent House Agreement as it is for the local members, the NUJ and the Drogheda Independent. I know it contains many ... Read More »
Doing the Business! by Dominic Lee, AMPA
Posted on Friday, Jun 8th, 2007 in The IPWS Blog by Dominic Lee | 1 Comment
I remember years ago in the uk when a group of photographers suddenly lost a regular little earner from Auctioneers who got together and started taking their own property photographs. The photographers got together and threatened to set up an Estate Agency, using each of their shop fronts to display property for sale. The Auctioneers had a change of heart and went back to using professional photographers. Not so easy ... Read More »
