Heres a set of photographs from "Sheep 2018 Farm to Fork" in Teagasc, Athenry.
A domesticated ruminant mammal with a thick woolly coat and (typically only in the male) curving horns. It is kept in flocks for its wool or meat, and is proverbial for its tendency to follow others in the flock.
Heres my pick of photographs from the jobs I shot for the The Irish Farmers Journal over the past year. They show the variety of work and range of farming in the west of Ireland.
Summer 2016 Carol Dunne, Picture Editor at the Farmers Journal (http://www.farmersjournal.ie/)invited me to work for them in The West. Heres a few shots from the past few months.
Artist Paddy D'Arcy created this mural of DubCulture Ireland founder DJ Steve Concannon.
This work can be seen on the canal walk near Dominick Street, Galway.
The high resolution files below can be downloaded for free.
More about Paddy D'Arcy
http://www.newirishart.com/irish-artists/paddy-darcy-artist.htm
Always a family business, Samuel Booth Co Ltd, Cheapside, Birmingham first started manufacturing gaslight and water fittings in the latter half of the 19th century. The premises were in a merchants house in Cheapside, B,ham this was expanded and extended to adjacent Bradford Street becoming a self contained manufacturing unit. The raw materials were delivered and finished products left the dispatch dept, all research and development/design was done in-house.
Work for Supermacs Galway Plaza, Kiltullagh, Co Galway.
PDF version of a short book of photographs of Microbiologist, Prof Harry Smith at Birmingham University Medical School, 1998.
Shot on Fuji Neopan 400 with a 2.8 Rolleiflex.
]]>There are two Oyster Festivals in County Galway each year one is in the village of Clarenbridge the other in Galway City.
These images are from the Clarenbridge Festival Sept 2002 there's more emphasis on the fate of the oysters than the attending "Punters".
Easyfix, (http://www.easyfix.ie/ ) Ballinasloe, Co Galway commissioned me to shoot most of their new Equine Brochure.
Heres a few pages and a few stills.
An Exhibition of Photographs of Kilcornan House, the adjacent Bungalow Village and Demesne.
Since April 2015 I've worked with The Brothers of Charity Services to document Kilcornan House, life in the Bungalow Village and Kilcornan Demesne.
The Brothers of Charity Services, here since the 1950’s are now going through a period of great change. Our aim is to document these changes using still photography, audio and video against the “backdrop” of the Redington Estate in Clarenbridge, Co Galway.
This Exhibition of still photographs can be viewed in the Swimming Pool complex at Kilcornan House, Clarenbridge, Co Galway. Open during office hours weekdays and weekends 9am-5pm.
Feature photographs of castle owner Suzie Gwyn-Jones, Lough Cutra, Gort. Portraits shot for Lesley Emerson of PR West http://www.prwest.ie/
I was asked by Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland to produce photographs for a press release. The release image chosen is below, under this are a few others I shot from the dogs point of view.
Press Release
Dogs View
Kilcornan House was originally owned by the Redington family during the 19th century. The Brothers of Charity Services took over the property in the 1950's to provide care to individuals in the local community. The house still has many of the Redington family's fixtures and fittings and these are "layered" with modern contemporary furniture and equipment of a large charitable organization.
This ongoing photographic investigation serves to document this changing process throughout the old house and its demesne.
Black and White Film
Colour
People
I found these leaf skeletons fixed in the frost on a garden table. I used a 60mm Macro-Elmarit (Leitz) mounted via an adapter on one of my Canon 5D mk2's. The disc like out of focus patterns occur when using this lens wide open at f2.8.
There used to be a Rolls Royce Dealer in Moseley Village, Birmingham (Opposite the Bulls Head Pub). I asked to photograph inside the showroom one Saturday morning September 1982. Looking at the negatives now I'm intrigued by the patterned carpet under the wheels of these iconic vehicles.
Technical details, Mamiya RB67, Ilford HP5 rated at 650 iso dev in Microphen developer. Nikkormat FT3 28mm Nikkor using Ilford XP2 film.
Tripod-of course!
]]>Since the Banking Crash in Ireland many new houses and developments were left unfinished heres a few in rural locations.
Galway Entrepeneurs and Political figures for a series of Sunday Business Post features.
See below for who's who
Siblings Natalie and Eoin McCambridge, http://www.mccambridges.com/
John McGuire, inventor of Game Golf http://www.gamegolf.com/products/en-ie/gamegolf
Cáit Curran, Biodynamic and Organic Grower http://homepage.eircom.net/~galwaymarket/fruitandflowers.htm
Derek Nolan, Labour TD http://www.labour.ie/dereknolan/
Simon Heaslip, Director, Connacht Rugby http://www.connachtrugby.ie/splash/
]]>Len Horton's Butchers Shop was on the Alum Rock Road, Saltley, Birmingham. The premises were originally built as a butchers and date back to the 19th century. Len took over the business from being an apprentice in 1942 he retired on Valentines Day (Feb 14th) 1998.
These photographs were taken with a primitive Kodak DC40 digital camera, the quality is low compared to modern cameras. As part of an exploration into digital photography this was my first documentary study using this technology. Titled "Blue Brick, Red Paint & Sawdust" this work formed part of the work for my MA degree at BIAD, Birmingham. UK. Birmingham Central Library Photographic Archive have a digital copy their collection.
At the suggestion of Jennie Ricketts (http://www.jenniericketts.com/ ) I have begun to contact musicians and people I photographed during the 80's Pub Rock era in Birmingham to shoot a collection of portraits contrasting their images from nearly thirty four years ago with the present. This is Nik Lloyd shot at the Hare & Hounds, King's Heath, 2014 and his photograph from The Railway, Curzon St, 1981.
Images from the RSCI, 123 St Stephens Green, Dublin.
Whilst working through my negatives from late 70/80's I discovered this shot. I was photographing Blues band "No Faith" at rehearsal in the Lozells Leisure Centre, Birmingham, UK, Sept 1979. This group of very young Mods came in to listen and asked me to take a group photograph. Shot on Ilford HP5 with an Exakta RTL1000 camera.
Photographs from Western Region Brass and Military Band Festival 4th May 2014. Hosted by St Patricks Brass Band, Galway. The festival is reviving the annual festivals which took place throughout the 80's. Launched in Eyre Square, bands then went The Meyrick Hotel to perform later in the afternoon.
more info here http://www.thebandroom.ie/
This is Mr Fintan Connolly of Craughwell, Co Galway with his Harley and Castle.
Dan Moran, age 96 with "Dell",Co Roscommon, Ireland. Sheepdog Trainer of nearly sixty years experience.
This feature shot for forthcoming story, Dogs Magazine (Berlin)
https://shop.dogs-magazin.de/DE
Photography for "100 Marathon Runner", Jarlath Fitzgerald's book
"Loughrea's Marathon Man : How I Ran 100 Marathons all around the world"
I worked in collaboration with Journalist/Writer John Hearne.
See it on Amazon
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On February 22nd Cois Cladaigh held a choral concert in aid of the Order of Malta's Ambulance Fund (Craughwell Unit) in Craughwell Church. These photographs were shot at iso 5000 with a Canon 5D mk2 the lighting was very low, using an exposure 25th of a second at F4.
https://www.facebook.com/omaccraughwell?ref=br_tf
Front cover shoot for Business Insider Magazine at The Manufacturing Technology Centre, Coventry, UK.
Shows Paul Hetherington, Senior Research Technician in the 3D Modelling Suite.
http://www.the-mtc.org/resources/3d-sourcing-gives-midlands-manufacturers-global-advantage
