Ryan and Lucy, Studio Portrait, Ark Photography 2012 copyrighted.

This shoot took a long time to happen. Maybe when you’re out shooting for a living, sometimes taking the camera out for your own kids can be put on the long finger. Lucy my second has been completely neglected, due to a house move and other things like life that got in the way.We have only one picture of her on our walls, while Ryan who was papped every week since birth is everywhere around the house.

So I eventually got the backdrop up for them and did a shoot at our house. We’re lucky to have plenty of natural light at the back of the house, but no direct sun at certain times of the day, so just one soft box and a few reflectors did the job. I then set up a black backdrop in another room with one soft box and again a reflector for a completely different look.

My favorite is the one with Lucy’s feet and Ryan in the foreground, she wouldn’t step off the backdrop once she realised what was going on! A little Diva in the making )

Ryan and Lucy, Studio Portrait, Ark Photography 2012 copyrighted

Ryan and Lucy, Studio Portrait, Ark Photography 2012 copyrighted

Ryan and Lucy, Studio Portrait, Ark Photography 2012 copyrighted.

Eurotoque Young Chef of the Year, Kamil Dubanik and his fellow four finalists, Aisling Gallagher, Ballynahinch Castle, Galway, Kyle Greer, No 27 Talbot Street, Belfast, Michael HArley, Rathmullen House, Donegal and David Magaeen, Restaurant Victoria, Belfast. enjoy learning all about locally caught seafood in Kilmore Quay.The seafood day was part of an overall Food Tourism road trip around the Southeast sponsored by Failte Ireland and BIM.

Had one of those jobs yesterday where you didn’t mind getting up to go to work, a trip to the sunny south east in the blazing sunshine. In between the sun breaks and lunch in the Crazy Crab, Kilmore Quay I was photographing fish producers, processors and the Eurotoques Young Chef of the Year finalists as they took part in the Failte  Ireland Food Tourism road trip sponsored by Failte Ireland and BIM, Bord Iascaigh Mhara.

Eurotoque Young Chef of the Year, Kamil Dubanik and his fellow four finalists, Aisling Gallagher, Ballynahinch Castle, Galway, Kyle Greer, No 27 Talbot Street, Belfast, Michael HArley, Rathmullen House, Donegal and David Magaeen, Restaurant Victoria, Belfast. enjoy learning all about locally caught seafood in Kilmore Quay from BIM Regional Officer, John Hickey. The seafood day was part of an overall Food Tourism road trip around the Southeast sponsored by Failte Ireland and BIM.

Eurotoque Young Chef of the Year, Kamil Dubanik enjoys learning all about locally caught seafood in Kilmore Quay from BIM Regional Officer, John Hickey. . The seafood day was part of an overall Food Tourism road trip around the Southeast sponsored by Failte Ireland and BIM.

Eurotoque Young Chef of the Year, Kamil Dubanik accompanied by Caoimhe N’ Dhuibhinn of Failte Ireland enjoys learning all about locally caught seafood in Kilmore Quay from BIM Regional Officer, John Hickey. . The seafood day was part of an overall Food Tourism road trip around the Southeast sponsored by Failte Ireland and BIM.

Kilmore Quay Wexford

Kilmore Quay, Wexford

Nuala and Stuart Byrne

It’s that time of year again as we build up to the Irish Professional Photographer of the Year 2012 competition. Here are a few favorites…….

Nuala Byrne

Siobhan Quigley

Siobhan Quigley

Miriam Cremin

James and Miriam Cremin

Kevin and Jennifer Fagan

Karol and Siobhan Quigley

Busy day yesterday but worth the rushing around. Got a nice shot in the Independent this morning from the All Ireland Craft Beerfest. Delighted to get a bit of publicity for the event which is coming up from the 23rd – 25th of September in the RDS Dublin. For more info on this event check out www.beoir.org a website dedicated to lovers of craft beer, who’ll be keeping you posted on the event.