New Wedding Belle Magazine

I have been very lucky this year with magazines publishing my work, and the team from Wedding Belle Magazine have picked another one of my weddings to be featured in the Magazine....yippee!

Its the Winter issue and it should be in The Shops next week, and its the wedding of Ruth and Alan! So if you see a mag with this lady on the cover, go buy it..:) ( cover image is not my work i will find out who did it.)

The Clown!

Its nearing the end of 2006, and as i am busy putting out album designs, its time for some reflection. The reason for this was sparked because off a recent visit with my son, to a medical clinic (don't worry the baba is OK , but he needs a small operation in January 2007. I tried to find a parking space and after 10 min of driving spotted a space, well of course i wasn't the only one and someone got in there before me. That did not really make me happy, and of course i blamed the universe and Dublin traffic, for the great injustice that was brought upon me...:) I did manage to look at the guy getting out of the car, and he was a Clown! ( no really) he had the full gear on funny trousers the painted face the whole lot. I found a spot anyway, and me and The Clown met again, as we were buying our parking tickets. When i was walking to the medical clinic i just saw The Clown again, almost running in to the Children's Hospital! And of course that's where it hits me, Mr Clown was urgently called to the Hospital to relieve some poor kids, suffering, bringing at least a smile to their faces, and i realised again that no matter how shitty lives sometimes gets, theire are children and parents at this time, who are a lot worse off than i am. So i think reflection is important, so make sure to enjoy the Holiday season, have some great time with your loved ones...:) and think about the kids and parentsevery where around the world that need our support. Eddie

Hey another scam e-mail...:)

Ever heard about scam-emails?

Yep that's the disadvantage of the world wide inter web, i used to get one every 2 months, now i am getting one almost every 2 weeks.

This one had me on the floor laughing, hope you enjoy it as well...:)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear sir, My name is Tunde from West Africa,the princess of King Alake of Egba Land.I and my sweetheart princess Mary of Olueko Land are preparing for a wedding which will come up on the 14th of November 2006 at location (Dublin). by 11.00 am to 2.00 pm, As i was searching for the best photographer who will come and snapshot on the D-day. I saw your advert and i was told you are one of best photographer pls let me know your prices if you are to snapshoting for us in the reception.We want about 200 copies which will be 5 by 7 size.And there are up to 40 people inivited.Just give me the estimate price,i will be paying or amount you will collect for your service.Mind you we shall be paying by a (Ireland cheque) in your name.And also if the venue location is far from you we shall take care of transport,hotel and feeding expenses. I will be looking forward for your reply. for more details. Bride--------------Princess Mary Olueko Bridegroom name----Prince Tunde Alake Time-----------14th of November 2006 at location (Dublin). by 11.00 am Wedding venue-------we Shall inform you about the wedding location 2weeks before the D-day.(if the venue location is far from you we shall take care of transport,hotel and feeding expenses.) Regards Prince Phone +2340834302376 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Joy..:)

DVD of the week:

Good Night, and Good Luck *****

CD of the week:

John Legend-Once again *****

Site Updates 2006 part 2!

Screenshot from the updated site, still upgrading, I think it will be done by the end of next week. Its a bit sad that I have to say goodbye to some of my 2005 weddings, but they will replaced with some nice ones from 2006, and of course really hope you like them.

Say again how much?

Regarding the previous post, I think the book is sort of sold out, and another edition is at the moment not in sight. Just because Thom contacted me to check out the price, I did a quick search on google, and the book is going from 75 to 400 dollar, wauw, that made it for me the best investment in years because I bought it for 50 euro. So forget about shares by books...:)

March 2001 in Galway

Front cover NewYork at night 1948 by Ted Crooner . March 2001, walking in Galway (one of my favourite cities over here) and I passed a second hand bookshop. My eye caught a book that was displayed in the window, an image of another City that I admire New York was printed on the cover, walked in, started to read the book, bought it, and from that moment on my whole look on photography changed forever! The book is one of the best examples of street photography, it has images that range from film noir to die hard crime coverage, above al the images are sometimes not perfect but capture so much more because of this. Words fall short so I will see if I can publish some images here later, if you see this book anywhere pick it up and be inspired, I know I was, it gave me a new direction on how to cover weddings. 3 years later I was rewarded with the honour of becoming a member of one of the most profound and sought after associations the www.wpja.com , as I realized again today, how your direction can change buy just one single moment..:)

Dancing in the moonlight..:)

The First Dance....

In one of my packages I have the choice to stay until the first dance, why? Just look at this image, at Alisons and Peters wedding, because sometimes its not a kiss, its the look...:)

Site Updates 2006

Today i will start the process of updating my site i think its important to keep my images as fresh as possible so every 6 months images will be added and deleted. So check in over the next days to see the new site, hope you like it...:)

In The Press

Just off the phone with Sara Ryan from Wedding Belle Magazine, and they are going to run a 4 page story on one of my weddings that i did, woehoe! If the magazine is anything like the example pages they showed me its going to be super, (and thats not because one of my weddings is in it..:) its just a realy nice magazine! It should be out at the end of this month!

Go on be an artist..:)

http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

Gear Update!!!

For the tech's (I know you are reading this:),got my new 18-200 vr lens in today from Nikon, at last, going to test, and will post up the images of course. This lens has a waiting time of almost 3 months!!! So I am happy as a kid that I got mine..:)

New Logo

Summer has been great, super weddings, great couples, most recently i was shooting a wedding in Markree Castle in Sligo, i was looking around and said to myself, i can not believe i am doing this for my job, i am so lucky...:) More pics of weddings later, i have been busy redesigning my Logo, so i just wanted to give you all a a sneak preview... Here is the new one....Like it? let me know..:)

Got it again...:)

What's so special about a wedding in April? For one the Sun! If you are lucky and you have a perfect sunny day, the Sun is still very low in the sky, and that can create some really special backlight as seen in this image. ( Irish visitors to my site, the Sun, its that yellow round thing up in the sky that sometimes appears...:) ok just kidding. Here is the image...:) I hope to share some more images later this week of this fantastic wedding!

Whats Duotone/Sepia again?

Sepia, is as you can see from this sample above a browny/dark orange colour (forgive, my poor description) it can give a nice warm feeling to an image if used well. And in a wedding album always with moderation, because overkill is never good. This image was shot at the wedding from Tina and Brian who got married in March 2006, and i hope to publish some more images of that wedding when all the editing is done.

Got it!

A good wedding shoot is also about getting the details right. In my efforts to get even more creative with rings, i think this is a nice one.

Getting Shot!

Nope , dont worry its not me i am still hopping on my 2 legs. Thats not what i can say for my fellow www.wpja.com member Toby Morris, he thought is was a good idea to go to Iraq to capture events over there, no not weddings ofcourse. While on patrol with his unit, a sniper took aim at him and shot him in the leg, twice! After being flown to Germany he is now at home in the US recovering from his injuries. In the last e-mail that i got from Toby he wrote that he was very happy to be at home and i quote ''Yea, I am sticking to weddings for a while'' Good man Toby, and ofcourse a speedy recovery. Weddings can be eventfull, but at least we dont get shot!

The smile says it all...

This Image was taken from one of my last weddings that i did in 2005, i like it for its simple and stylish feel.

Reportage

Sometimes during editing an image just grabs me. This is just one of them, its describes in one image what i am trying to do with the Reportage style, being there like a fly on the wall, taking images as they happen.

Birthday Boy

My Sons birthday is coming up he is almost 3, I asked what he wanted for his birthday.After being silent for 3 seconds ( that's a worldrecord by the way) he came up with the following items, a cake, a flower and a candle. So sweet, but I think next year he's going to have his list ready..:) I am going to by him a big castle by the way, so his dad is happy to, and next year he is going to have a pooltable on his list as well, but please don't ask me how it got on the list!

Blog me up before you Go Go....

Blog me up before you GoGo, that's the most original thought I came up with to start my blogging career, it should say something about my age because I was around when Wham! was. Follow the ups and downs of myself and read about my big passion Photography. Well there is many other passions as well, but he just start reading and you will discover it...:) Eddie