Striking Images

>Thanks a million to all those who attended the wedding and honeymoon show in the RDS this past weekend. It really was a pleasure to talk to all who spoke with us. The downside of course is that today i have no voice!

Anyway, to those who gave us contact details, please rest assured we will be in touch by email over the coming days and if you have any queries in the meantime, just give us a call.

Thanks again

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Just some shots of a great day in Wicklow with the newly married Clare and Ger who are currently honeymooning in Alaska!

Here’s some of my favourites!

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Just take a look!

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Once again, this year we will be at the Wedding & Honeymoon show in the main hall of the RDS. The show runs from September 5th and 6th and opens from 11.30am until 5.00pm.

We will be there this year with “Show Only” offers, including the Graphistudio original Italian Storybook at a very special price. If you are a bride, bridesmaid or the mother of the bride it is a show not to be missed. Everything you will need on your big day can be booked under one roof.

Drag your “husband to be” away from the football and along to the RDS. Make him show you how much he loves you, by attending the show.

Really looking forward to meeting you there so make sure you come along to the
“Striking Images Photography” stand and have a chat.

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I have added some images to one of my albums on facebook and you can have a look by clicking on the link/title above. Short and sweet this time….

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>Let me now which of the images below you like the best. Also you can vote in the poll I have on facebook. This one is just for fun whilst I try out the FB poll application. But I would really like to know what you think! More to follow…..

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As a follow up to my last post and how I wanted to shoot the wedding of this couple in the US, well, suffice to say it didn’t work out. Check it out.

You win some …….. You lose some……… Thats just the way it goes.

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C

PS: Well done guys.

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All the weddings I have shot, all the fun I have had with brides, grooms, family and friends on the big day, this takes some beating.

This is one wedding I wish I had been shooting at – the day is only beginning and just take a look at the video captured.

If you brides and grooms to be are like this couple, I would love to hear from you.

Well done Jill and Kevin whoever you are!!! You got it made!

Just take a look.

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Finally got around to the whole tweeting thing so you can see my inane ramblings on Twitter at the following address. Sign up yourself and start Tweeting.

http://twitter.com/strikingimages

You can sign up for your own account at:

http://twitter.com/home

>You can talk about creativity but its all nothing once you have seen this … amazing piece of work combining photography and video.

Just take a look – Trust me, you will be impressed.

Well done guys whoever you are.

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>This is a great piece by the great (Genius, Monster and Legend) Harlan Ellison, a writer who works in the movie business, from the USA and his rant about getting paid for his work on one project. Whilst Harlan is a creative writer, it really speaks volumes about any creative and the work that they do. I am sure we can all relate to this in some shape or form. If you twist and turn his comments I am sure you can apply it to some client or customer in the recent past who wants something for nothing.

Taken from “Dreams with Sharp Teeth – A film about Harlan Ellison”

The phrase “Do I get the disc of images included at that price” springs to my mind.

If you have thoughts or comments on this let me know.

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>This is an interesting little piece which equates the photographer v client relationship to a real (and different) life situation. Amusing but with subtle and serious undertones. Have a look and send me your thoughts and comments about it. I have to say, now more than ever it is true.

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>Last month we read about the “Red” video camera which shot the cover of Esquire magazine with Megan Fox and now an image taken on an Iphone and manipulated with a program bought at the Apple “Apps” store has made the cover of The New Yorker magazine.

Let me spell it out for you.

The profession of photography, with the introduction of high end video cameras shooting high enough resolution to print still images perfectly and the low end (if you can call a €600 Iphone low end) making the cover of high profile magazines means that the world of “professional” photography just got a whole lot bigger.

As Ferris Bueller said: Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I would add that you need to then stay on top of your game and run like hell to keep up. If you are standing still, you are falling behind.

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>http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3246934&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

INNOCENCE – Sri Lanka’s Child Soldiers from Benjamin Chesterton on Vimeo.

Read, write, kill – the Sri Lankan conflict has long been made notorious for the use of suicide bombers and child soldiers.

INNOCENCE is the story of David White’s journey to photograph the child soldiers of Sri Lanka and his anger at the world’s indifference to their plight.

>Some Ideas!

1. Shoot personal work. Call in some favors, get creative with no budget, and shoot something for yourself.

2. Set free that idea you’ve been holding onto. Write a blog post about it. Ask your friends what they think. Tell the world.

3. Learn about video. Don’t have a camera? Buy drip coffee for a month instead of lattes, and buy a video camera with the money you save. Experiment.

4. Connect with your peers. Start a blog, dig into your Facebook. Or, hell, gather your photo friends for beers and a slide show.

5. Walk around with your camera. You don’t need sunshine. Interesting weather makes interesting pictures. iPhone or one dSLR body with one lens. There is no “client”. Just take pictures.

6. Rent a piece of equipment you’ve been wanting to learn about. Or try this rental secret: pick it up on Friday after 3pm, pay for Saturday. Sunday’s are often free because the camera store is closed. Return Monday by 10am. 3 days for the price of 1.

7. Put together a book of your work. Blurb or Asuka, whatever. Affordable. Even if you don’t print 10 or 100, print 1. Put it in your studio for visitors to flip through, or leave on it your coffee table at home.

8. Do the thing on your list that you most dread doing. Call that client who hasn’t paid. Sign up for Twitter. Develop a marketing plan. Go to the ASMP meeting.

9. Remind yourself that the gear you can’t afford is not the barrier keeping you from success. Gear has very little to do with photography.

10. Read up online about the history of photography and it’s masters. Weston. Steichen. Arbus. Mapplethorpe. Adams. Doisneau. Cartier-Bresson. Avedon.

11. Admit to yourself that you don’t know about something you’ve been pretending to know about. Sit down and do the research yourself. Learn it.

12. Go sit in front of the newsstand at some mega book store. Flip through all the magazines that interest you. Go beyond photo magazines. Generally speaking they limit your imagination rather than expand it. Spend at least an hour.

13. Make a list of 5 clients you want in the next 24 months. Shoot for the moon.

14. Rent a medium format film camera and shoot two rolls of 120. Slow down. Places will process your negs and give you scans these days for pretty cheap.

15. Look through the pictures in my portfolio and appropriate an idea. Tweak the concept and go make a better picture. It’s okay. We all do it. I’m probably looking at your work right now and am grateful for the inspiration.

16. Take 100 pictures with your iPhone. Or your Samsung phone. Or your point and shoot. Whatever camera is the closest to you right this minute. The best camera is the one that’s with you.

17. Refresh your website with at least one new picture. Or dig up an old one, re-process it and make it a new one.

18. Take a picture of something wherever you are when you read this post. Share it somehow, even if it isn’t your favorite. Post it to your blog, twitter, or link it in the comments below. Email or MMS it to somebody who will appreciate it.

19. Quit your day job if you hate it and can live without it. People say it’s a bad time to start a new business or go in a new direction. On the flipside, I think it’s a great time if you’ve got a clear vision and a little cushion.

20. Concept, shoot, and edit a short film (video) in a single day. Keep it cheap. Keep it short. Use whatever camera you have access to.

21. Show somebody your portfolio or a selection of pictures. Let them tell you which ones they like, but also be sure to ask them which ones they don’t like and why. You’ll likely learn something.

22. Back up your work. It’s not that hard and it’ll probably save your arse at some point in the very near future.

From the Chase Jarvis Blog