Saturday, July 6, 2024
A lot of my photography focusses on LARP- As a hobby of mine, it exposes you to a lot of people in odd costumes in pretty natural environments, so it dovetails nicely with taking photos (both analogue and digital). I went out to an event in May, camera in hand, with the intention of just documenting it. If I got any decent A-roll, I’d be happy. What I didn’t fully expect was to get some of my images used in the Irish Times for their coverage of the event!
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
I had the pleasure of shooting some folks at a social event for the UK-based Empire LRP that happened over here in Dublin. I got plenty of shots of people using my DSLR but also had a chance to use Portra 800 to capitalise on the admittedly crap lighting. The pub had maybe one or two spots wherein things actually looked lit at all, outside of the immediate bar area, and I doubt the bar staff would have appreciated me jumping behind the bar for a good angle.
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Monday, February 12, 2024
Yet more snaps using the Halina Paulette Electric with an inconsistent shutter. This time I was still using Ilford HP5 Plus 400 ISO film, but I tried to get a bit more ambitious with that Feet-measured focus ring instead of just going for deep focus, far away shots, and messed around with shutter speed a bit. That’s where we get the dynamic ‘birds in flight’ shot, and the close-up ‘Interruption’ sticker, which considering the limits of the camera I’m fairly proud of.
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Sunday, February 11, 2024
Shot on a Halina Paulette Electric, damaged, with Ilford HP5 Plus 400 ISO film. These are some of the better shots from the roll- The shutter speed was inconsistent at lower speeds (at least, based on the sounds the shutter made) so it’s fortunate that anything came out looking decent.