Someone asked me the other day if we had a Facebook business page and they were not at all impressed when I said no (?!).

Even though we both have personal pages, we don’t go on there touting for business since it’s really a place that people go for a bit of down time or “me” time. Almost every photographer uses social networking to attract new clients but we can’t see ourselves doing that right now, even though some colleagues are saying it’s the smart thing to do.

As a wise old saying goes, when you see all your competitors going in the same direction, run like a crazy man the opposite way. That is partly why we hardly advertise at all now and also why we stopped attending the wedding fairs/shows years ago. Although I’d never say never, you won’t find us bragging or tagging on Facebook just yet

The World Press Photo organisation have archived a collection of images from the competitions beginning (WPP is a very prestigious awards body for photo journalism). Very little to do with wedding photography I know, but very powerful photography all the same. Even if this is not your thing, use the search funtion to find the overall winner for each year. There are some controversial images in there but certainly also an indication of the power of a single image. This is probably the best collection of this kind of work online:

http://www.archive.worldpressphoto.org/

I’m slowly building up a portfolio of semi-abstract fine art images for my LAUNELIGHT project. My aim is to launch a limited edition print set once I have a strong enough set. There are two recent additions below.

The first is the a view from the Iveragh Peninsula. I didn’t want any detail as it was the light and dark tones in the sea and far off mountains that caught my eye. You can just about make out the green fields being caught by the light in the left hand side.

The second was taken at Ballinskelligs burial ground. That place is steeped in history and has a very haunting feel overlooking the bay.

ps: someone asked about the blur on the second shot - I’m sure you can get some kind of plug in to re-create something similar afterwards but this is done at the time of taking the shot (same as all the other shots in this series) and not done in photoshop or any other software afterwards

I’ve added a new section to my main website under SAMPLES.

A common request is to explain the differences between albums and to have a peek at what’s available. Not everyone has the time to come and see them or simply can’t due to distance. I’ve uploaded some images as well as text to explain a bit about them, so have a look if you are unsure.

I will keep this updated as I add/replace products.

Thanks!

Today’s shot for my Launelight project:

Trawlers Rest

I followed the local hunt yesterday with the intention of getting a specific shot that I had in mind for a current project. I wanted to capture a shot like below but with horses instead of the hounds…

Never mind, I’m very pleased with the hounds shot and I will just have to wait for another day for the horses.