Shoot With Me
The purpose of the Shoot With Me (SWM) is to bring old and new members together, to share learning and to get members out shooting. The idea is that some of the members (between 12 and 16) volunteer to lead a small group of fellow photographers in a project of the leaders choice.
(The project could be anything. Portraits, Still Life, Landscape, Seascape, Silhouettes, Macro, Musicians, Pets, Killiney Bay, Reflections … The list is endless.)
WWM December 2014 – Star Trails
Having wanted to shoot star trails for a long time, Emily thought it would make a great WWM. However, it is more tricky than one would think to find a moonless dark night with no clouds. Emily had supplied links and information on what we were going to try and do in...
WWM December 2014 – Portraits / Lighting / Fashion
This WWM was customised to suit the group (Kyle Tunney, Emily Gallagher, Marie Neville, Ann O Dwyer, Keith Mitchell & Tony Jobling) & what they most wanted to learn/shoot. It focused mainly on lighting and planning a high-beauty studio shoot. We kept it very informal...
WWM December 2014 – Still Life and the Orton Effect
The Orton Effect, is a photography technique which blends two completely different photos of the same scene, resulting in a distinctive mix of high and low detail areas within the same photo. It was originated by photographer Michael Orton in the mid 1980s. The...
WWM December 2014 – Bracketing and Blending
The objective of the group (Denis Mahony, Laura Coughlan, Phil Tung, Stacey Neilson, Tony Jobling and Matt O’Brien) was to learn how to blend a number of images with different exposure settings. This allows the capture of a set of raw files which include the full...
WWM December 2014 – Windows and Doors
Mike Smith, Maria-Jose Gonzalez, Jean Hartin, George Balmer and Annette Cole set out on three outings to photograph the most common of subjects – Windows and Doors. The craic was mighty and the results were secondary to the common enjoyment. The craic is difficult to...
WWM December 2014 – Wicklow
Keith Mitchell organised a total of 4 shoots in the Wicklow area. These were: Glendalough – A frosty misty sunrise. Glenmacnass River – A mid day shoot that was just too bright on the day. Clonleagh – Autumn forest with the liffey and a Bride and Groom. Bray – An...
WWM December 2014 – Photographic Scavenger Hunt
Joe Tulie took this WWM group to Botanical Gardens. The plan was to scour the Gardens for 26 shots from a given alphabetical list. Joe tried to make it easier by giving several alternative choices and tried to pick titles that were likely to be found there. We finally...
WWM December 2014 – Still Life (Renaissance Vanitas Style)
This WWM explored the symbolism and lighting typical of the Vanitas genre of Still Life. The team members were:- Olive Gaughan Wendy Hannan Karen Rothwell Elisabeth Rowlette [imagetab width="900"...
WWM December 2014 – Painting with Light
It took us a while to get going but once we started we really enjoyed it. All together we tried three types of random stuff, from twirling lights on Killiney Beach to Tully Church. The high spot was a trip to Lough Boora Co Offaly. The full team were there for that...