Dr Oetker packaging and side dish shoot

Caroline Burton, Marketing Manager at Dr Oetker has commissioned  Marco Roccasalvo, award winning chef and owner of Campo De'Fiori restaurant, Bray, to come up with 7 starters to accompany each of the pizzas in the Ristorante range. Myself and food stylist Sally Dunne photographed each of the dishes with Marco's supervision. If you're looking for  a fresh alternative to garlic bread, check out their  website for the recipes.

 

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Jane Bown 'Exposures'

I started taking pictures in 1978 after my parents gave me a Zenith E for Christmas. I suppose my uncle John in Australia also inspired me to be a photographer but more by the stories of his glorious Australian lifestyle than the pictures themselves. It was't news or sports photography that interested me anyway. It was the portraits of Jane Bown published each week in the Sunday Observer. Her portraits were starkly graphic and visually simple. You may have seen hundreds of pictures of any one of her subjects but never one like hers. At the time I was 13 and unable to articulate the sensitivity and emotion that Jane was able to deliver every week in her portraits, and it hadn't really struck me that she was 'a woman in a mans world' competing with male photographers. I was only aware of my desire to photograph like her. This was what I wanted to do. When she stopped taking pictures I would take over, get a job on The Observer and that would be it. All very possible as far as I was concerned. Then years later I realised those male contemporaries of hers were running to keep up, she wasn't competing at all. She was and is an artist despite her own insistence that she's a 'hack'. Perhaps that was a term she used just to provide for herself a place of safety in which she could work. Each week being left to do her own thing and deliver another beautiful portrait for her editor and the their readers unencumbered by the pressures put on an artist to deliver a new kind of genius in every new piece of work. Jane Bown's new book 'Exposures' makes a beautiful collection of portraits both published and until now, unselected from a vast archive of contact sheets. The book shows an incredible range of subjects over a long career. Above all it reminds us of her real genius, a unique view point and insight that she delivered again and again.

If that is the job of the 'hack' then I aspire to be a hack and leave the attempt at art to other photographers.

 











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Erin Quinn - 'Dreaming'

Photographer Erin Quinn has made a beautiful series of images. She asked people to record their dreams and write down the most vivid of them on a card for the photograph. She photographed each person in their own bed. With simple lighting and her sensitive approach she has created an atmosphere which for me sums up those few glorious moments between waking and actually getting up. The images are available to view at www.wooloo.org/erinquinn











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It's a wake up call for the whole country David!

I was looking through my archive recently and found this ad from a series I did with John Martin for Newstalk back in about 2003?? In years to come our kids may not remember the names of the 4-in-a row Kilkenny hurling team but they'll be taught the name of David McWilliams. And the Geansaí? Well the marketing director at Newstalk was really into the idea of photographing David in his 'Saturday' jersey to make him look more 'approachable'. It wasn't the right look really and even David's wife called the show to say that she thought she'd given it to Oxfam! Oh happy, happy, spend-thrift days.

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Lifestyle photography,  Dublin, Ireland,   commercial photography,  still life photographer, casting, billboard photography,  food photography, dublin photographer, ireland, food and drinks photography, people and places photographer, on location photography, portraits, studio photographer, Editorial photography, retouching, high resolution imaging, food packaging, advertising photographer, liquid photography, product photographer, still life photography, leaf capture, high definition photography, large format photography,  clients - Cawley Nea, Ogilvy,  Irish International, Brando, BMW, Rothco, McCann Erickson, Bank of Ireland, Barrys Tea, Bord Gais, Carmen wines - Edward Dillon, Image magazine, Dr Oetker, ESB Electric Ireland, Guinness / Diageo, Irish Examiner, Kerry Foods, Ulster Bank, Cara Magazine, Aer Lingus

Landscape Photographer, Eoghan Kavanagh

Since opening a studio in Dublin in ‘95, Eoghan has worked extensively in commercial photography for design and advertising clients. His passion though has always been Landscape Photography and in 2005 he began exhibiting his portfolio throughout Ireland.

Eoghan has since relocated to Kenmare, Co. Kerry and established the Gallery there. Living in close proximity to some of Ireland’s most magnificent locations has allowed him the freedom to frequently expand his collection.

Evergreen Forest from Skyline Gallery on Vimeo.

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Fragrances shoot for Arnotts Magazine Published by Image

Here is a selection from a recent shoot for Arnotts department store in Dublin. We shot the bottles on vinyl sheets in various colours and then used two Profoto Strip lights to create some interesting highlights and sharp reflections. Fortunately the print quality of the magazine did them justice.

 



































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Product photographer, Editorial photography, Dublin, Ireland, Cara Magazine, lifestyle photography,  commercial photography, Image magazine, still life photographer, casting, billboard photography, advertising photographer, food photography, dublin photographer, ireland, food and drinks photography, people and places photographer, on location photography, portraits, studio photographer, retouching, high resolution imaging, food packaging, liquid photography, still life photography, high definition photography, large format photography, leaf capture, clients - Cawley Nea, Ogilvy,  Irish International, Brando, BMW, Rothco, McCann Erickson, Bank of Ireland, Barrys Tea, Bord Gais, Carmen wines - Edward Dillon, Dr Oetker, ESB Electric Ireland, Guinness / Diageo, Irish Examiner, Kerry Foods, Ulster Bank, Aer Lingus

Happy Days with Jon Steed On Bulmers

 



























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Model Maker Jon Steed has died.

Jon Steed, model maker died earlier today. He was a great friend for the last 20 years and a great model maker. We worked together on many Irish ad campaigns and he had just completed work on models for a campaign I am shooting in the coming weeks. I met him for lunch a few weeks ago in Islington to discuss the job and we had a great chat and a good lunch together. I'll miss him very much and I send my love to his family. A fantastic bloke and a highly talented man will be missed.

Image Man Portraits

I'm really happy with the spread in Image Man, a supplement in the Sunday Business Post last week-end. Thanks to Richard Power for commissioning me and Ingmar Kiang for staying the day to help, interview and coax our subjects along. I hope this may be a regularly commissioned magazine by Image Publications for L'Oréal.

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RIP Duffy

Sleep well Duffy, I wanted to shoot like you when I started taking pictures in 1978. To be able to shoot ads and record covers and incredible reportage as well as you was my goal back then.
(image courtesy http://www.duffyphotographer.com/)

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