SWM December 2016 – Post Processing

SWM December 2016 – Post Processing

Mary Ryder, Michael Lawlor and Larry Dalton went to Colimore Harbour for sunrise and each person took some pictures. In Lightroom all pictures had the horizon straightened and then were carefully cropped. In the case of Mary’s photo of the man in the boat, the camera...
SWM December 2016 – Blue Hour

SWM December 2016 – Blue Hour

Our ‘Blue Hour’ SWM Group met 3 times over the autumn months and explored the Halfpenny Bridge area in central Dublin, went to the West Pier in Dun Laoghaire and then on to Poolbeg Lighthouse. As the outings were all outdoors, the weather was a big factor...
SWM May 2016 – 1916 Celebrations

SWM May 2016 – 1916 Celebrations

The idea behind the 1916 SWM group was to try and capture some of the spirit and enthusiasm of the many activities related to 1916 this year. The main events were centered around Easter weekend with the big parade where we tried to capture the sense of occasion and...
SWM May 2016 – Burren and West Clare

SWM May 2016 – Burren and West Clare

On 8th April 5 OffShooters headed to West Clare to photograph the wild coast line and some of the Burren. We had a loan of a house in Lahinch, which was a great bonus. The weather was Irish, we were treated to rain, sleet and snow and high winds. We managed very well...
SWM May 2016 – Colour Popping

SWM May 2016 – Colour Popping

We used Photoshop tools to process images so that the subject of interest ‘popped’ out of the picture in colour against a black and white background. This was an exercise in image processing rather than in image-taking. We had a special street photography outing to...
SWM May 2016 – Natural Light Portraits

SWM May 2016 – Natural Light Portraits

The purpose of our Shoot With Me was to explore Natural Light Portraits. We wanted to experience as many variations on natural light as possible during the time we had. The intention was to see how versatile the light was and if it was possible to get acceptable...