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Rachel – Portrait

richard — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:54:55 +0000

Rachel – Portrait, originally uploaded by eibrandr.

Out of all the shots from last nights outing, I think this is my favourite.

Sure it could be anywhere, and not specifically in the hauntin Wicklow Gaol, but it just works for me. I look forward to doing more work with Rachel.

The story behind ‘The Beacon’

richard — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:51:26 +0000

The Beacon, originally uploaded by eibrandr.

This shot was taken on Sunday morning when I woke up at stupid o’clock (6am on a sunday…).

I was up, and while having my cup of coffee, looked out the window. The sky was relatively clear, and I figured that I had time to get to Dun Laoghaire to grab some sunrise shots.

The initial location I had thought of, by the martello tower was not the greatest, and although the colours were good, there was nothing I was able to capture that would make me happy. On top of that I had fears that my camera was going belly up, as the shutter mode had changed, it would not auto focus and other foibles had me worried.

Until I realised that is, that these were all the settings I had used when trying a tethering app for my D60 on Ubuntu (gtimelapse is the name). So got over that and switched to manual all the way …

I left that spot, and thouht of Dalkey quary, where I used to go climbing many moons ago now… I walked up to the top, and the sunrise was still nothing that got me. As I decided to walk back to the car, I saw the little enclosure pictured here. Something about this grabbed my attention, so I snapped away. It was not until this evening that I realised that I had seen something in this – just had to work on it a little – and here you go!

Lines II

richard — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:32:03 +0000

Lines II, originally uploaded by eibrandr.

Lines II – Two of Three potentials for upcoming club competition.

I’ve always had a fascination for bare trees in winter, delicate and hardy

Lines III

richard — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:31:38 +0000

Lines III, originally uploaded by eibrandr.

Lines III – Three of Three potentials for upcoming club competition

Lines I

richard — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:30:59 +0000

Lines I, originally uploaded by eibrandr.

Lines I – One of Three potentials for upcoming club competition

Treasa & Drew – Wedding Kiss – Revisited

richard — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:18:23 +0000

Treasa & Drew – Wedding Kiss – Revisited, originally uploaded by eibrandr.

I was going through some of favourite pics from Treasa and Drews Wedding, and this one hit my eye as something that could do with a revisit, and this is the result

Abbi & Miriam

richard — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:27:23 +0000

Abbi & Miriam, originally uploaded by eibrandr.

This is Abbi (my God daughter) and Miriam (neighbour and master behind the pizza’s… ) Out during the snow the other week

Miriam’s Pizzas

richard — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:50:45 +0000

These two shots were taken on Sunday, at my neighbours (Miriam) place.

Miriam is a chef and cooks some wonderful stuff. She also runs a business, Olvi Oils with her father where they make a selection of sauces and bits, some details can be found on this blog post.

Melting Drop

richard — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:58:31 +0000

Melting Drop, originally uploaded by eibrandr.

I took this shot last week, but perhaps it is more fitting with the current thaw we are having.

Confined III – The Lighting Diagram

richard — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:40:41 +0000

I recently added the following image to the Strobist group on flickr, and in my haste, forgot to add the actual lighting info (other than the link I added to previous post.

So to get the lighting in this image:

I used the following setup (lighting diagram from The Lighting Diagram Creator site:

The flash behind me was set to full power, and the one with the snoot pointing towards me was also on full power.

Both flashes were triggered with a cheap and cheerful remote wireless trigger purchased on ebay.

So I hope that helps a little more.