Sorry for the lack of updates in almost a month!
We have been busy, between Easter visitors and the holidays plus a few big projects all rolling together I haven’t had much time to update everything!
The workshop at Daingean went well with plenty of enthused families that got a taste for photography, history and archaeology all in one neat drop in workshop which I organised and ran with “The Gathering”. There is another workshop as part of this project to come in May, but that is a private one for a school and I am taking a slightly different approach - we are going to run it as a full photography project with them coming up with the concept (with a touch of guidance) and execution and I will help them along and teach them some basic photography fundamentals as we go!
The next project was some photography for a local B&B looking for some high end photography to reflect the luxurious accommodation that they offer their guests. The previous photographer had not managed to capture this essence of the place, they were not bad pictures - but they were just a little sterile. The owners are delighted with what I have produced as it just conveys that sumptuous feel that they are offering.
I kept everything dark with loads of chocolatey tones in the images to try and give that enveloping luxurious feel to the rooms and think they worked well. We are going to do a few more shots on an evening at some stage to try and work more with the atmospheric lighting and candles as well as shooting their holiday cottage and do another exterior video for them once the leaves are out.
Next up it was some more work on the Polmailly House video, which is coming on really nicely now - we have been shooting sections each season and will finish off with a summer shoot in a few months. We may add in an evening shoot too, mainly stills I think, to try and give it a little extra presence on the websites.
The housing side of things has been a little quiet of late so it has been nice to be working on something a little different whilst I am waiting for that to pick back up again. I am also looking for new clients to drive that side of the business forward through this year whilst also developing the hospitality industry side of things which is more likely to arise from word of mouth and reputation building.
Then we have the big fine art projects that are slowly starting to come together, my professional qualification submissions to build up, an upgrade to my drone licence to work through and some workshop offerings to develop for later this year and into next!
Busy times, I hope!