Interesting piece in last weekend’s Guardian magazine about the project Tim Hetherington was working on in Libya before he was tragically killed -  http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/gallery/2011/dec/16/tim-hetherington-libya-war-pictures Written by James Brabazon.

Very interesting article from Saturday’s times by John Byrne, about a new book by Justin Carville – Photography and Ireland: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2011/1210/1224308852801.html

A few college buddies and myself are having a group exhibition as part of the Photo Ireland festival this year, from the 8th to the 31st of July at Gallery 53, Capel Street, Dublin – http://2011.photoireland.org/program/grey-area/

Looks like lots of other great exhibitions and workshops will be happening as part of the festival, check out http://2011.photoireland.org//

Here’s some photos from a shoot with the 2nd year Costume Design students from Inchicore College of Further Education from a few weeks back. Many thanks to the students and staff for all their help on the day…

A recent long exposure shot from Skerries – a 20 or 25″ exposure.

I always love getting photos back from the photo shop and finding an extra print that the minilab thought was a photo, but in fact was just an error. I’ve been collecting all these screw ups along with light leaks, weird flares from digital cameras, and where I’ve somehow managed to mess up a film developing it myself. These particular images are a result of film sticking together in the dev tank, accidental double exposures, emulsion weirdness and other things I can’t explain.
Sometimes you develop a roll of film and get frustrated because none of the photos are to your liking, but then you get something like this. You’re disappointed because the intended image is ruined, but there’s something more appealing about the flawed photo. Here’s some other situations where I was happy I got it wrong.