Monthly Archives: August 2013

Theme Spirit.

Posted on August 25, 2013 by briancooney123

Here is where I’ve got to so far on my idea for a theme.  Ireland’s coast is the border, the barrier, the edge between the geographic space known as Ireland.  It is where the very first settlers arrived over 10,000 … Continue reading →

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The edge of Light by Liam Blake.

Posted on August 25, 2013 by briancooney123

Liam Blake is an Irish photographer who trained as a Lithographic printer before becoming a photographer full time in 1978. The book is full of beautiful photographs of the Aran Islands taken over an extended period of time, quite a … Continue reading →

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Capturing Colour by Phil Malpas.

Posted on August 23, 2013 by briancooney123

This book is one of the Basics Photography series, no 03.  Here is a link to the book.  While I didn’t find any great revelation in it, it did answer some questions that I have had in the back of my head … Continue reading →

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Project 30: Telephoto lens technique.

Posted on August 22, 2013 by briancooney123

I found the act of undertaking this project quite cathartic and informative.  I admit that I started it, as I start most of the projects thinking I knew what to expect and I knew what I would see.  I started … Continue reading →

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Thomas Joshua Cooper.

Posted on August 22, 2013 by briancooney123

Yet another artist I came across through Land Matters by Liz Wells.  I found the piece on him in Land Matters left me feeling a bit detached from him and his work.  I looked at the pictures and I read about … Continue reading →

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Susan Derges

Posted on August 20, 2013 by briancooney123

In Land Matters Liz Wells introduces Susan Derges by saying “Susan Derges engages directly with the elements – like fire, water, earth, and air – and with their inter-relation, often using camera-less processes.  Science, psychology, metaphor and archetype are among her starting … Continue reading →

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Rephotographing an old photograph.

Posted on August 18, 2013 by briancooney123

Here is a copy of a John Hinde postcard of Greystones beach taken sometime in the 60’s or 70’s.  Here is pretty much the same view today.  The area has completely changed in the intervening time, to the point where it … Continue reading →

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Assignment 3 Reflections.

Posted on August 18, 2013 by briancooney123

I wrote to my tutor yesterday to tell him I wouldn’t make the deadline he set for assignment 3 in his last report.  This is part of what I said in my e-mail:  I have come from a place that felt … Continue reading →

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Jem Southam

Posted on August 14, 2013 by briancooney123

Yet another photographer that I had never heard of until I began to read Liz Wells book.  Using google I have found several interesting pieces about his method of working.  There is a good interview with him here where he … Continue reading →

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Project: Re Photographing a well known scene.

Posted on August 13, 2013 by briancooney123

I found this image of the old pier or quay in Enniscrone.  I notice several things about it the first is that the quay is busy with fishing boats and thats not so usual these days.  There are a lot … Continue reading →

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