“The photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin knows the power of photography to connect us to our world. In a talk filled with glorious images, he talks about how we all use photos to tell our stories.”
Nothing much I need to add here. If you have 15 minutes to watch this video – it is well worth it.
Two of my pictures made it to the May 2010 issue of Food & Wine magazine including this one of Brendan from Augustine’s Rocket Soup (which actually appears three times including full page on page 51)
The recipe is there too if anyone fancies giving it a try!
The Misses and I had the pleasure of dining at Augustine’s @ The Clarion on Saturday night. Wow! We’re still talking about some of the dishes we had. Thanks so much to Brendan and Carol for a great night.
All this publicity is centred around the re-introduction of their tasting menu: six courses for €25. I can highly recommend it – 021 427 9375
http://www.clarionhotelcorkcity.com/eat-drink/augustines-restaurant/
A big thanks to Alison and her kids (and her Mum) who were the first to take part in the Spring Promo before Easter.
(you can click on each image to see a larger version)
The sessions for the Spring Promo are now in full swing. I’ve been having a lot of fun out and about around the County and there are some lovely pictures coming out of the sessions.
The only ‘problem’ so far being that with the great weather we’ve been having it looks a bit more like summer than spring!
A big thanks to those families who have already taken part – and I’m looking forward to the rest of the sessions this month.
The galleries from the first sessions are just going out to the families involved so once they’ve had a chance to have a good look at them I’ll post a few pictures up here.
In the meantime it looks like Spring is running late and I’m worried I might not get any bluebell pictures in April so I’m considering running a couple of weekday sessions in May.
So anyone still interested in a session who would be available on a weekday in May there is still a chance to take part in the promo. Remember the session is free and you get a free framed 8×12 print in return for you time. I will be using the pictures here on the blog, on the website and in future publicity material for the outdoor sessions.
So call or e-mail now rob@roblambphoto.com or 087 683 8511
Another successful day hunting for eggs in the garden on Sunday. Once again we ran the egg hunt with visual clues so that those kids who aren’t yet Readers can get there as quickly as those who can.
It’s a pretty simple set up: I wander around taking pictures of good places to hide things; print them small; cut them out; then hide them around the garden, one clue leading to another and eventually to some chocolate (it is easier if you work backwards).
I don’t usually post techy camera stuff on the blog (hey, it is all about me!) but a couple of things caught my eye this week.
There seems to be a bit of a clamor on the forums at the moment about the lack of a (possibly) overdue Nikon D700 upgrade or replacement. How Canon is kicking Nikon’s butt with the 5DMkII, ‘I’m moving to Canon’, ‘Nikon doesn’t love me’, blah, blah.
As a D700 user myself (and a very happy one) I’ve been tracking this a bit out of interest. I love the way people get so stirred up about the technology of cameras.
So enter this post which gives a credible and tangible background to something that seems to be coming out of a number of the more trusted and independent lens review sites: that the latest sensor resolutions in SLR cameras is starting to outperform the resolving ability of even best lenses (which most people aren’t using) and challenging the engineering of the small SLR sized bodies they are put into. The comparison to the cost of the cheapest cinema lenses is most telling. It is a simple question of engineering tolerances verses costs.
Then Thom Hogan hit the nail on the head (as usual) with his prioritised list of where to spend your money on upgrading: basically photographer first, camera last. I like Thom’s posts a lot. Although obviously a good techie, he is only interested in technology if it helps him take better pictures and he only moans about something if it prevents him taking better pictures – and he takes some pretty good ones!
So before you spend a few €1000 on a 18MP camera consider what you’re capable of with your current equipment. Consider what it is that is limiting your photography: odds on it’s not the equipment. For most photographers, the best investment you can make is time taking more pictures and critically reviewing them.
Now a new lens, that’s another story…
OK, so it seems like a long time ago but I have just posted the pictures from when it snowed back in January to a new gallery on the main web site.
My phone line went down yesterday and took my broadband connection with it.
Wow! It is only when you’re disconnected do you realise how many times a day you check something on-line.
Being ‘always-on’ makes you ‘always-on’.
But how much more productive was I yesterday because I wasn’t able to periodically check e-mail, news feeds, photo sites, magazine sites and all that? And what exactly did I miss out on yesterday because I wasn’t on-line? Well, not very much actually: a lot more e-mails and links to Crystal thingy.
In the days of continuous news feeds and 24-hour news channels it is easy to forget that (real) news doesn’t really happen 24 hours a day.
So thanks to Eric for a loan of his WLAN this morning. I really do need to be on-line for my business but probably not quite as much as I think I do!
And finally if anyone needs to contact me urgently please call. If I don’t answer, please leave a message. I’m not on regular e-mail until this is sorted. In fact given the nature of what I do, this is usually the case.
087 683 8511
I am looking to get new, fresh images of kids having fun outdoors this Spring. I’m thinking kids playing in bluebell woods, kids with daffodils, cherry blossom – all that kind of thing. I want to use these pictures on the web site and in promotional literature to publicise the outdoor sessions going forward.
So I’m looking for a number of families in the Cork area who are interested in getting involved in an outdoor photo session this Spring. In return for your involvement, you get a framed 8”x12” picture the shoot.
We’ll have some fun outdoors with the kids, I get some great photos to use for my own publicity and you get the artwork as a thank you.
Families of any size with kids of toddler age upwards can apply – just as long as you’re up for it rain or shine!
Just e-mail me your contact details, number and ages of children and rough geographical area. If you have a favourite park or forest (or a big garden) that would suit the session then I’m happy to take suggestions for locations as well.
Sessions will take place from mid March to the end of April, depending on the weather and when exactly spring actually ‘springs’. Weekends are fine if that’s the only time that suits your family.
I want to do as many of these sessions as I can before First Communions start in May so you only have a short time to book your session. Contact me now to set a date:
e-mail: rob@roblambphoto.com
call or text: 087 683 8511
