irish times: brian kerr

Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Production company: Speers Films
Client: The Irish Times



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photo: tracks in wheat

 

Tracks in Wheat 

This one is doing strangely well (for me anyway) on Flickr. I uploaded it sort of as a joke because it’s so like a photo by a photographer I admire called Catherine Jamieson from Canada. Click on the image to go to Flickr and all will be revealed.

photo: infrared idea redux

I suppose I’m a little despondent about the digital IR results to date, but there again it’s early days. Seeing that the old Yashica will be fixed sometime in the near future, I wonder what results I’d get if I loaded it with XP2 and used the Hoya R72. The Yashica also has the advantage of 28mm, 50mm and 70-210mm lenses. It will be interesting to see. I wonder if I can get into the grounds of the bowling event in Dun Laoghaire in September so that I don’t have to shoot through the fence. Although I suppose the fence gives credence to the perception of elitism around this sport in Ireland.

Hmm.

There’s always the bowling green in Herbert Park. I need some good light.

photo: infrared Dun Laoghaire Bowling Club

 

bowls in Dun Laoghaire 

Here’s the first IR shot I’m relatively pleased with. I’m finding it difficult to get the shots in focus, perhaps because of the long exposures involved. This one is no exception, but at least it’s relatively focused.

Exposure: 1 sec (1)
Aperture: f/4.9
Focal Length: 22.2 mm

I can’t remember what the ISO was but probably 50 or 100. It’s a shame that this info isn’t recorded (as far as I can work out) as part of the EXIF data. I must crank up the ISO to 400 and see if this helps with the exposure length and thus focus. I guess it’s a trade off between noise and focus.

editing: RTE “News” promo

Director: John Butler
Production company: RTE Promotional
Client: RTE News

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