SWM May 2017 – Drogheda Port

SWM May 2017 – Drogheda Port

Drogheda offers lots of photo-opps in a very small space, from medieval structure to industrial and Victorian viaducts and a river with widely varying tidal water levels. It rained a lot which made for challenging photography, but we did bump into local camera club...
SWM May 2017 – Docklands Walk

SWM May 2017 – Docklands Walk

This outing was a ‘stroll with me’ around the ever changing Docklands area. We started off at the 3Arena and strolled down as far as the Samuel Beckett Bridge, taking in the rapidly changing streetscape in the area. A very enjoyable morning of good company...
SWM May 2017 – Burning Steel Wool

SWM May 2017 – Burning Steel Wool

We got together to try Steel Wool Photography – by burning Steel wool and spinning it around it creates some very dramatic results. We had a great outing and were very happy with our panel. Click on an image below to enlarge:   by Liam Hainesby Colin...
SWM December 2016 – Light Painting

SWM December 2016 – Light Painting

The idea of this group was to use light at night-time to create some interesting images. This turned out to be great fun though, as with any outdoor project, it’s worth building in some contingency for the weather, which we did. Early on we used one of the Monday...
SWM December 2016 – Photo Stacking

SWM December 2016 – Photo Stacking

Getting a sharp image with a macro lens can be challenging. Photo stacking is a valuable technique to understand how to overcome some of these challenges. Together, we figured out lighting issues and other intricacies of getting a small item fully sharp. Good fun was...
SWM December 2016 – Portrait Silhouettes

SWM December 2016 – Portrait Silhouettes

This Shoot With Me group (Liz Roulston, Nigel Leyland, Tony Jobling and Joe Tulie) decided to shoot some portrait silhouettes. We tried shooting with natural light against a window, outdoors against a cloudy sunrise and indoors against a flash lit screen. Costumes and...