Stumped

DaireQuinlan

Took a shot of the kids on this tree stump last week, and going back through my flickr stream I notice I've gotten great mileage out of it.

In reverse chronological order...

2012






2011


2010




2009
(mark, with another kid)

lisatiffany

Brilliant I love shots like that which utilize a familiar place or object over a series of years. there was a flickr group like that but I can't for the life of me remember the name. It's a fantastic way to show a real passage of time and its even better when people are included in the shots. Most of the time its done through a procession of different camera and film/editing types too which really adds to the energy of the shots.

zerohamster

Great Shots with lovely use of depth of field! Mudt get me a tree stump to shoot at hahaha

AnimalRights

From a different POV maybe u need a new direction...I feel like I know ur family and ur tree stump better then my own.

DaireQuinlan

AnimalRights wrote: »

From a different POV maybe u need a new direction...I feel like I know ur family and ur tree stump better then my own.

sineadw

I couldn't agree less with janer - seeing your family grow up is a lovely document (and great photography). I've had quite a few discussions on how important shots like these are, and consistency is something that's lacking these days. It's so easy to jump around projects and technologies (I'm looking at myself most of all there...).

I remember you posting that last one of Mark

(also, makes mental note to draw up prototypes for inflatable tree stump).

run_Forrest_run

the stump of life.
Great way to capture progress in the children's lives, I wish I had a tree stump in the back garden

Hugh_C

crackin shots DQ, great kids, lovely stump, perfect bokeh

artyeva

i like it. the tree stump as the motif of your oeuvre....

infinitely more interesting than a series of your kids wearing jeans and matching tops taken on white backrounds with that rarely-done-well-high-key nonsense.

pete4130

AnimalRights wrote: »

From a different POV maybe u need a new direction...I feel like I know ur family and ur tree stump better then my own.

It could be argued that a from a 450D, 5D, 5Dii and 5Diii your images still fit the same formula of wide angle, close up, flash gun at punk gigs the past few years with the odd picture of a pub local drinking a pint. Thats just from an outside POV of course. I feel I know Paranoid Visions intimately.

I guess your punk gig work is an ongoing work in progress like DQ's growing family is for him?

DaireQuinlan

Thanks all. Though one important note: IT'S NOT MY STUMP ! It's actually in the grounds of Avoca Handweavers near my parents place in wicklow, which has gifted me many other great photographic setpieces (they have great cast-iron benches scattered around the grounds when are fantastic for shots as well).

AR, I take your point In my defense though I do try and switcheroo. I go through phases of alternating between posting family shots and non-family shots. I do tend to get stuck in a rut sometimes though. Shooting the kids is fun and easy, so it's a bit of a comfort zone if I think I haven't shot anything worthwhile in a while. I always feel faintly disappointed in myself though if I develop a roll and the entire thing is family shots.

Mountainsandh

They're beautiful, both the kids and the shots. I love the idea of having a landmark spot through the ages too. It reminds me of these old pics of kids on the stairs/front steps of houses, where you can see what colour the house was that year, what was lying around, flower pots one year, tricycle the other, the family dog...
Actually, ditch the stump, get the steps

humberklog

I'm just so happy you started a thread and people responded:D.

Just gorgeous photos.

It's funny how some see repetitive and others see growth. I'm in the growth bracket.

alfalad

Lovely shots to have alright, but what I'm curious about is how did you manage to get them to stay still enough?? That's the real beauty of them!

melekalikimaka

that helios is a beaut :-)

beautiful series, can only get better, be nice side byside, love the hue in 2011

thebaz

those ones from 2009 are super , especially the one with the other kid --


just realise I am being active on boards :rolleyes:

AnimalRights

pete4130 wrote: »

It could be argued that a from a 450D, 5D, 5Dii and 5Diii your images still fit the same formula of wide angle, close up, flash gun at punk gigs the past few years with the odd picture of a pub local drinking a pint. Thats just from an outside POV of course. I feel I know Paranoid Visions intimately.

I guess your punk gig work is an ongoing work in progress like DQ's growing family is for him?

Where to start....The Punk scene in Ireland at the moment has the least amount of quality worthwhile bands in the last dozen or so years that I've ever known...

Punk is a very small music scene as you would know, especially what I term Punk.
I am off to a festival this weekend in Galway and guess who is headlining?


Yep...them again. (think there are 4 what I would class as bands I would be interested in)
Now that I think of it I am sure there are less Punk bands then the fingers on my hands!

I have had a few offers of work photographing non Punk bands but after I tried it once in some pub in Camden street I legged it after 3 or so songs...it just wasn't me, I know my music inside out so I know when to predict, which is why I don't need burst mode....
Maybe you can give me a challenge for this weekends festival?
A certain angle/story on shots?
Because of the 9-10 Punk bands I have photographed them all many many times, Maybe I shoudl cut down on my gigs :eek:

Referring Daire that was tongue in cheek, I think his oldest lad has a lot of character in his face and I am fairly sure I said this in 2009
I think I said he had an old lads face full of character which brings us onto Pub shots and same said characters....my 2012 Pub shots vol 1 folder on Pixie is more or less empty not cos I have gave up alcohol but rather that I haven't seen that new angle/story....
I will always photo gigs as I love music/photography whereas Pub portraits are kinda different....

In fact my shooting of non gigs is literally at a trickle now....I must get some inspiration from somewhere but it won't be landscapes or that fecking Samuel Beckett bridge..

DaireQuinlan

thebaz wrote: »

those ones from 2009 are super , especially the one with the other kid --


just realise I am being active on boards :rolleyes:

It didn't end well ...



Just back from a 10 day holiday in Sicily, I'll refrain from posting a flood of kid+beach shots

IsMiseLisa

The photo of your daughter on the stump from this year is one of my favourite shots on boards. It may not be one of the most technically amazing or whatever, but the laughter in her face is such a joy to see. It's just such a simply beautiful photo!

djgaillimh

melekalikimaka wrote: »

that helios is a beaut :-)

The first thing I thought as I scrolled past those two photos was 'I recognise that bokeh'! Cool little lens. Amazing that you can get them (usually still attached to a Zenit) for 10-30 quid.

Is there an explanation for that distinctive look? I sometimes get a slight barrel swirl on the 50mm but nothing as dramatic as I see on my 44-2.

BlastedGlute

Didn't read anything posted here, even in the top post, but what a collection of images. When I find myself swamped by heavily stylized, artistic, commercial and often clique photography in our modern digital era I forget what it all means. I've always found your work brings my head back down to earth and reminds me about how meaningful photography can be on an emotional human level. Great work and thanks.

DaireQuinlan

djgaillimh wrote: »

Is there an explanation for that distinctive look? I sometimes get a slight barrel swirl on the 50mm but nothing as dramatic as I see on my 44-2.

A soupcon of mechanical vignetting wide open (Which gives the oval shaped OOF highlights in the corners & sides) and a sprinkle of spherical aberration that gives that characteristic hard edge to the (ahem) 'bokeh' that emphasises the swirl. Technically that makes for 'bad bokeh', at least for some definition of the word 'bad'. Or indeed, 'bokeh'. I don't sweat the details too much.