[richiehatch]

July 11, 2012 at 10:10 pm

Very graphic image. Nice…!

Richie

[richiehatch]

July 11, 2012 at 10:08 pm

Super stuff. Very unusual and interesting perspective. A place I would love to go to. Very jealous…! haha

Richie

[richiehatch]

July 11, 2012 at 10:06 pm

I like this a lot. Love the colours and composition. The positioning of the items in the frame is excellent too. Shot from a similar spot a few years back and got eaten alive by flies…! Had to give up eventually and had got nothing like this.

Great stuff

Richie

[richiehatch]

July 11, 2012 at 10:03 pm

Nice colours and composition. Different than other shots of the causeway as you have found a position that you dont see much of the very defined shaped stones of rock formations. Regardless I like it…!

Richie

[richiehatch]

September 7, 2011 at 10:44 pm

I like this image a lot… but…. and its a small ‘but’ that I generally follow…. If I find a prop (branch, bottle etc etc…) and have to move it, I’ll either move it enough that it looks like its in a fresh position or move it and gently move/sweep the sand around it to make it look that it was naturally in that position. In this shot the branch looks like it was dragged into position leaving the trail behind it…! You possibly found it like this which is fine but I’m nuts about stuff like that…! hahaha

Nice one anyway

Richie

[richiehatch]

September 7, 2011 at 10:35 pm

2 for me mate. Just cant see past them amazing tones…!

[richiehatch]

July 27, 2011 at 10:45 pm

Careful of the tides at the Baltray wreck. If the tide is in you wont get near it…! You might still get shots from a distance but probably not what you are after. If ye need any more details drop me a message…!

Richie

[richiehatch]

May 17, 2011 at 10:30 pm

Superb as usual Gary. Love the choice of white balance in these. Really suits the scene.

Richie

[richiehatch]

May 2, 2011 at 9:52 pm

You’ve photographed a few of Irelands (and possibly Europe’s) best graffiti artists. Sums, Rask and Maser… all part of TDA Klann. They are 20 years together now so this was part of a small celebration paint. I’m mates with Rask… the 3rd being his…! These guys have painted all over the world and are very well known. At this stage getting there pics taken isn’t much of a problem as people know who they are anyway. A lot of their work is actually commissioned…! An extremely talented bunch and a super friendly bunch. I shot Rask’s wedding…!

Richie

[richiehatch]

May 2, 2011 at 9:24 pm

Thanks for the comments everyone… appreciated…!

guitarplayinman… funny you ask that. Myself and 2 friends met this man a few times over the day we where in Birmingham and we spoke with him every time. A great character and true gent. No problems at all with taking the pics. In fact once he found out we where photographers he nearly insisted…! These where taken with a 17-40 lens so I was very close… probably about 12 inches at most away from him. It is nerve wrecking asking but most dont really mind. If they dont want a photo taken then thank them and just walk away.

Richie

[richiehatch]

March 18, 2011 at 1:47 pm

Thanks so much for the comments people…! I just wanna get out and do some more of these now.

Richie

[richiehatch]

March 10, 2011 at 3:24 pm

Is this still available…? Might know someone interested.

Thanks

Richie

[richiehatch]

March 1, 2011 at 10:02 am

Thanks for the comments guys. A feel of ‘City Life’ is what I am after and as such is a work in progress. Street photography is something I love to look at but am still slightly nervous about….

Steveb…. thanks for your comments…. I try to compose my shots carefully in camera and generally wait for someone to move into postion in a frame rather than shoot and crop later. Where possible I also tried to locate these images by including something that is familiar to its location… boardwalk, ha’penny bridge etc etc…. As for the overcooking could you elaborate? You mean the dodging and burning? I try to make my blacks black and my whites white without loosing much detail etc etc. I like a really good contrasty feel to my images. As for the homeless people remark… I’m not sure I did shoot a homeless person..! Regardless I spoke with him and gave him enough money for a decent lunch. I’m not one to shoot and run. I’ve read your other thread over in the General Photography section. Its an interesting debate and I know I sit on the sympathetic side of the fence but only where there’s an obvious ‘hit and run’ style photograph or where the photographer has photographed a person in a compromising state (regardless of their wealth or situation). If permission was sought and given to take and use a photograph then I dont see any problem. I’m not sure its any different to documentary journalistic style photography showing for example somebody grieving a loved one (like in the PPAI Photojournalism Exhibition 2011 http://www.photographers.ie/2011/02/category-winners-and-the-ppai-photojournalism-exhibition-2011/” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;)…. Regardless yes its an edgy issue…!

Anyway thanks for the comments….. and yes I’ll try to “Keep it up”…! A little condescending dont you think…?

Richie

[richiehatch]

February 28, 2011 at 10:12 pm

Thanks Sirvad.. I have to say I completely agree with you on the second… maybe a letterbox style crop would suit it…!

Thanks again

Richie

[richiehatch]

February 28, 2011 at 1:53 pm

Thanks people…. BM…. I found with the B+W that there was always an odd warm cast that was quiet tricky to remove in processing. Also because it was screw in it was a nightmare to use with graduated ND’s. I used it maybe 3 times and decide it wasnt for me. Then there was the 1 year wait on the big stopper…! Now I’m sorta gone off the reeeaaaalllllyyyyy long exposed wooly water shots. Hahaha

Thanks

Richie