Absolut Original

Absolut is doing an Absolut Original Exhibition here in Dublin during the Fringe Festival. It is being curated by The Small Print. I was fortunate enough to be invited to submit a piece which is very exciting.

The brief was pretty loose and the only stipulation was to take inspiration from the bottle...so it was perfect for me to go crazy with all things pink, sweet and girly. Here are some behind the scenes (dodgy phone pics) of myself and food stylist Sharon Hearne Smith prop sourcing. Guiney's is a great spot, we sourced loads of fake flowers and lovely pink bedspreads that I stapled to the wall and with the help of a friend Florian, covered buttons and sewed them on to make the padded background. I will post the final image soon.

Creative Review Photography Annual 2009

Here are is a video from last year's launch (©William Pine)

I was really deighted to open my inbox and find an email from Creative Review to say that I had been selected for their 2009 Photography Annual again this year....the pressure is now on for 2010. The annual comes out in October. Last year I was away and unfortunately wasn't able to attend the launch in London but I'm definitely going to head over this year and have a nice break in London with lots of cake, galleries and a sneeky trip to Liberty.I'll post more about it in October.

Images (© Alex Forsey) from last year's launch.

Rankin

Southstudios had the privilege of doing a Q&A with Rankin...photographer to the stars. Myself and Yvette from the studio opened the Q&A, public speaking can be bit terrifying but we got through it. Rankin was over in Ireland launching his new exhibition Cheka Kidogo in conjunction with Oxfam. Big thanks to Claire Quinlan from Oxfam and G-Face for the photos. The event was recorded so hopefully when it's edited I will be able to post it here.....that is if it's not too mortifying!

Personal Project

Here are a couple images from an ongoing series that I am working on.

The Dry Crunchy Californian Central Valley

Here are a few pics from the Californian Central Valley. It was amazingly dry and has a massive agricultural industry which uses vast amounts of artificial irrigation. As it was only April when we were there it wasn't as hot and dry as it gets, it can get up to 104F, you see "rain for rent" signs everywhere....grand in California...in Ireland...no thanks.

Home again

I'm back from a great trip. I took this shot on the road into L.A. what a mental city, it was hot, hot, hot. We did lots of touristy things and hanging out but I think the best discovery was the bar Tiny K.O.s, it has the best juke box in the world, if you're in L.A. put it on your list. I'll post more pics from the trip during the week.....bye!

Irish Tatler Shoot

Some behind the scenes pics by Aoife Herrity

I never got to post this one. It was a shoot I did with Sarah Rickard for Irish Tatler. Her are a few pics from the shoot and some behind the scenes. It is pink, pink, pink to make the boys wink.

Photography: Clíona O'Flaherty
Assisted by: Aoife Herrity
Styling: Sarah Rickard
Assisted by: Eva Maguire
Makeup: Christine Lucignano
Hair: John Cheese for Toni and Guy
Models: Amanda@Models 1

Happy Happy, Sunny, Friday!

Cold day on the road.

Myself and Aisling Farinella were shooting together last week, we both wanted to keep it quite loose and when we were heading into the countryside we didn't have a definite plan. I was inspired by photographs my dad took of my mam in the 70's. They were shots like any couple have where they just hop out of the car on a drive and their lady/gentleman takes a snap of them, that's pretty much what we did. Aisling chose some brilliant pieces that popped against the rugged landscape.

It was bloody freezing so I took two giant flasks of tea and coffee, my MSR, some Rich Tea (can't beat the Rich Tea) and a hot water bottle....all pretty low key! Niamh K from 1st option was a super sport, I have to say she was a delight to work with and didn't let the cold stop here doing her thing.

Top of the mornin' to ya!

I got asked to do a very funny photshoot for OK magazine (NYC). The NBC Today Show were filming in Ireland for St Patricks day and I got to go and photograph the Al Roeker and Meriedeth Viera on a sheep farm in Wicklow. They were trying to learn how to herd sheep from Pat the farmer who was the most unique and amusing character, they couldn't have cast a better farmer!

The sheep were so cute and two little babies had been born that morning and they named them Al and Meriedeth. Pat the farmer will be seeing a lot more of me I tell ya, I'll be back. You can watch it here.

Crufts Woof!

So travel light was the name of the game. I have never travelled to the airport with such a small amount of luggage I am a "why bring one pair of sparkly shoes when you can bring 4?" kinda girl so it felt very strange going to Birmingham for Crufts with just a camera, my phone and some baby wipes for dog slober.

Wow what an event....they sure like their dogs at Crufts. They take it pretty seriously, I went for the Toy and Utility day and they were pretty pampered pooches.

Baddddd Blogger!!!!!!

Okay so I haven't been an A1 blogger really of late. It keeps getting put to the bottom of the list but I'll make a bigger effort now to get my bootie in gear. I have been doing lots of fun bits lately so hopefully I will get a chance to get some of them up here.

I feel a distinct sense of summer in the air and very excited about shooting lots of pretty summer clothes and getting motoring of some of my new projects. Bring on the Summer!