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Ashton Adult Education

My new Adult Education Class has kicked off in Ashton and I think it’s going well.  It’s designed as an introduction to taking better pictures using whatever camera you have available: phone, compact, DSLR or whatever.

We’re looking at what goes into making a good photo as well as some of the technical aspects – but the course isn’t intended to get too technical and aims to stay focussed on what you need to learn next to get better photos.

I have added a reources link to the blog site to hold all the info for the course.

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GDPR and me

“Anyone know of a good GDPR consultant?”

“I do but I can’t give you her details”

Aparently GDPR is a big deal.  A significant piece of new legislation that gives us new rights over our own information.  Sounds good to me.  I also quite like the fact that I’m being automatically opted out of all those emails I don’t remember asking for and delete anyway.

As far as Rob Lamb Photography is concerned:

  • The only client information we keep is your contact details: Names, Phone Numbers, email addresses, location of the session
  • Payments are logged in our accounts system but we do not retain card or account details.
  • We use a mixture of paper and electronic storage for this information.  We maintain secure access to our email system.  All other records are not accessible via the internet.
  • We do not share this information with any third parties
  • We do not send unsolicited messages via email or otherwise
  • We retain this information for as long as you are an active client.  For most clients, they are active while we retain their images on file.  For most clients we retain their images indefinitely as part of our archival service (which allows people to contact us looking for their images indefinitely)
  • If a client wishes to be ‘forgotten’ then we will comply with this request and delete their contact details and their images from the Archive.  Please contact us via email at rob@roblambphoto.com to make such a request
  • “Client Data” does not include images.  Images are our Intelliectual Property and we retain copyright in all circumstances.

 

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First Communions 2018 – Studio Sesssions Available

We are delighted to announce that we will again be running our very popular Communion Mini Sessions on the following days:

  • Saturday 21st April 2018
  • Saturday 28th April 2018
  • Saturday 26th May 2018

This year the sessions will be held in the Scout Hall, next to Ballinlough Community Centre and the Tennis Club.

We have some bookings already but there is still availability on all these days.

The sessions will run as previous years with each family being allocated a 15 minute timeslot with sessions running from around 12:30 onwards.

Call us now on 087 683 8511 to make a booking.

More info on Communion Sessions and Packages are available at https://roblambphoto.com/?page_id=789

 

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A New Home

From today, 11th September 2017, Rob Lamb Photography has moved to

Unit G6
Enterprise House
Marina Commercial Park
Centre Park Road
Cork

We’re waiting to get the old landline number transferred so for now the best way to contact me is on the mobile

087 683 8511   or

rob@roblambphoto.com    as usual.

Still a bit to do on the new place to find homes for everything and hang a few pictures but I’ll be taking appointments and viewings here as before.

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Irish Youth Dance Festival 2017

I had the pleasure of photographing the New Moon Dance company at the Irish Youth Dance Festival in Dun Laoghaire, last weekend.  As usual Tina’s dancers were amazing.

It was the only (brief) rehearsal they got on the stage and it was during lighting setup so let’s just say there wasn’t a lot of time – or light – and what light there was got better as the lighting guy worked things out.

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Turbulance

I’m experimenting with WordPress at the moment to decide whether to move the whole website over.  I’m looking for something more responsive and a little more modern without getting too flashy and unusable.

So you may see some weird stuff going on with random template changes and it’s possible that at times the blog may be busted while I play with something in WordPress.

Generally the feedback on the website is that people like it’s simplicity – which is pretty much were the original design was aimed at.  Easy access to photo portfolio, some useful info on who I am and what I do.

But although I transferred the image galleries to be mobile friendly some time ago, the bulk of the site is unchanged for many years.  So maybe it’s time to take a look.

It’s soooo hard to choose pics for the web site.  Even harder to talk about yourself and what you do!

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Can you make me look younger?

Of course I can, but are you sure that’s what you want?

None of us are as young as we used to be and it’s pretty common for someone getting a Professional Headshot taken to say something off-the-cuff about photoshop when we start the shoot.

That’s a pretty normal, self-concious reaction to being put under the lights.

But some people are serious: they want me to make them look younger.

Of course with Photoshop, anything is possible. But remember that a Profile Image is all about establishing trust. With age comes experience, wisdom and pragmatism. All good things for a professional in a service industry.

Also remember that at some stage, if you get your marketing right, this potential client is going to meet you in the flesh. If they discover they’ve been mislead by your profile image, how much more will they trust you?

Most of the work on an image is done in camera: lighting, posture, presentation, expression and engagement. I do just enough finishing in photoshop to make sure you look ‘your best’.

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More of Me

Some nice reaction to my last self-portrait post.

Now it’s Friday again and I’m messing with the studio set-up to give some more options for Business Headshots.  There’s a lot of them about at the moment.

So out with the Clamshell lighting.  A simple but effective beauty lighting: one light and a shiney reflector (in this case the triflector and stand).

And what Beauty is on hand to try it out?  Well just me actually.

Last time someone asked that I smiled a bit.  Trying to pull a natural smile on your own in a dark room isn’t easy but I tried.

Only that lovely clamshell lighting picked up all those wrinkles – I look like a pug!  Time for some delicate photoshop!!!

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One of these might actually work for a new profile image?  Text your votes now!

For the interested, I also tested out the tethered set-up for another job on next week.   This allowed me to trigger the camera remotely with the wireless mouse and review the images in Lightroom without leaving my seat.  I just had to trust the autofocus – which did a very good job at f2 on the 85mmf1.4.  You may also spot that I added a small backlight so I have a slightly better edge to my hairline in the later photos (click the image for the higher res version).  I just the Lowel video light but it’s hard to direct on your own.  The background is a dark pop-up but it’s getting no light so it’s gone practically black.  Liking the Black more and more…