http://www.pflanaganphoto.com All the latest from Paul Flanagan Photography en-gb Copyright: (C) Paul Flanagan. All rights reserved. images/photographybypaulflanagan2.png I haven't really been keeping this feed up to date lately. I have posted a few new shoots in the gallery and updated the portfolio galleries with more recent material. I have also taken out the model contacts section as it was too cumbersome to keep up to date. Any photographers who wish to work with any of the models featured, you can probably find them on the usual sites (listed in the Resources section). If you can't find them, give me your details and I will pass them on to the model. I will not give out models' contact details without their permission. Had an amazing shoot with the wonderful and delightful Adhbhe in Redeye studios in Galway. Fantastic day. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/adhbhe2/index.html Congratulations to Spookshow Baby on her first shoot - always a nerve wracking experience for any model. I think you'll agrere she did a great job. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/spookshow_baby/index.html I'd shot Rachel a couple of times before and was upset to hear she had left our shores for the summer. So as soon as she got back she was unceremoniously bundled into a studio for a shoot. Here are the results. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/rachel/index.html Cork Rehearsal Studios yet again with Tahti. A lovely lady and a fantastic model. Positively crackles with energy. Makeup by the talented and ever smiling Dawn. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/tahti/index.html Back in Cork Rehearsal Studios with the beautiful Wiolet who brings great energy and creativity to a shoot. An absolute pleasure to work with. Thanks to Kestas for assistance with wardrobe, roadie-ing and general good humour. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/wiolet/index.html Great shoot with Ellen in the Light Exchange. Had an absolute blast. Thanks to T for acting as wardrobe assistant, lighting tech, roadie, bouncer and all round decent guy. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/ellen/index.html Unfortunately I only had a very short shoot with Kat but I sincerely hope to shoot this gorgeous lady again soon. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/kat/index.html Bright, happy and cheerful just like her namesake, ladies and gentlemen I give you the amazing Missy Rainbow. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/missy_rainbow/index.html Had my second shoot with Grace. An absolutely adorable model to work with. Professional, relaxed, creative, great poser and best of all, laughs at my jokes. Cannot recommend her highly enough. Makeup by the delightful Megan Hughes (see Contacts page). Thanks again Grace and Megan for a really fun shoot. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/grace2/index.html Another shoot with the delightful Stoned Siren. She just gets more beautiful every time I shoot her. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/stoned_siren3/index.html First, but hopefully not last, shoot with the gorgeous Cat. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/cat/index.html Fantastic shoot with the lovely Smalltwinkle in Cork Rehearsal Studios. As soon as their website is up I'll add it to the contacts section. Thanks to Richard for the hospitality. Smalltwinkle was, as always, a joy to work with. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/smalltwinkle2/index.html Last Saturday it was also my pleasure to work with the womnderful Lareina. A great sense of humour and a great look. What more can a photographer ask? http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/lareina/index.html Last Saturday I had the pleasure to shoot the amazing Aurelija. Grace and elegance personified. A stunningly talented model and a pleasure to work with. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/aurelija/index.html Despite much adversity, just completed a great shoot with the wonderful Gillian. Fashion styling by Jade and makeup by Sarah of Cocoon. Links to both on my contacts page. All three are fantastic to work with http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/gillian2/index.html Something a little different. Cindy has an interest in archery so for her first nude shoot we decided to go with a warrior theme. From my perspective it was a little unnerving having that much weaponry aimed at me, but thankfully Cindy is a total professional. A thoroughly memorable and enjoyable shoot. Thank you Cindy, and also Simon for assistance with the weapons training. Shot at Light Exchange in Dublin. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/cindy/index.html A stunning young lady who hails from Galway. Steve Earle could almost have written THAT song about her (no, it wasn't written by Mundy - listen to the original to hear how it should be done). Once more, thanks to Redeye Studios for the hospitality. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/lisamarie/index.html Some more shots of the lovely Stoned Siren. And no, the sunshine is not Photoshopped in - it really was sunny! http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/stoned_siren2/index.html A veritable deluge - four new sets in one go. I promised myself I'd leave a good gap between shoots but of course in the last two and a half weeks I did six shoots with seven models in total. I'll have the other three (Stoned Siren, LisaMarie and Cindy) up over the next few days I hope. Every shoot was different but each was great fun in it's own way and all of the models were fantastic - putting up with my sense of humour, strange ideas (check out Sandra's outfits!) and tyrannical bossiness. Thanks also to Jade Gavin (her link is on my contacts page) for styling Aisling's shoot. Thanks to Patrick for his patience. OK I'm starting to do a Gwynnie now. Thanks also to Glen in Redeye, Galway and Emer and Susan in Light Exchange, Dublin for two lovely studios. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/galleries.html Some more notes on preparing for a shoot. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/preparation.html I do my best to keep my model index up to date. This is a list of of models with whom I've worked, with links to their online portfolios where applicable. I've now taken out a few of the sites (Jurgita and StarNow) as it was too much to maintain, and more importantly these are sites I no longer use. Mayhem, OMP and Net-Model have long been my favourite sites, pretty much in that order. I've only started using Purestorm recently but I like it. Folio has its good and bad points, but I include it because it's local. Hopefully if you see a model in my portfolio that you would like to work with, this will help you get in touch. I try to include all models with whom I've worked, even if they have no other online presence. This is not a list of approvals or recommendations, just a list of those with whom I have worked. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/model_index.html Just completed a shoot with the lovely Aisling D. Pics not ready yet but it was a crackin' shoot. Jade Gavin (see the contacts section) assisted with the image and fashion styling. Aisling's first shoot and she was fantastic. Once over the initial nerves she really threw herself into it. A lady with great potential. Look out for some pics soon. At the end of June I shot the deliciously named Stoned Siren at Tim and Pete's studio in sunny Wexford. Relaxed, agreeable, chirpy and totally at ease in front of a camera, she is pure joy to work with. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/stoned_siren/index.html I have been remiss about keeping things up to date. Then again things have also been quiet on the shooting front. In mid June I did an outdoor shoot with the lovely Sazie. Thanks to our weather it was my first outdoor shoot in a long time and I had forgotten the challenges. However it was fun to have her puppy along for the shoot - not something I could get away with in many studios! http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/sazie/index.html Just finished editing the shots from my third shoot with the phenomenal Miss James. Four hours flew by in a whirlwind of laughter and good fun. Along the way we managed to create some great photos. A wonderful model and a great person. Thanks also to Sandie for the patience, laughter and help with the food run. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/jorja3/index.html I've added Purestorm to the list of sites on my model contacts page. This lists the portfolios for the various models with whom I've worked. Hopefully it's reasonably complete and accurate but with so many models and so many sites it's hard to be completely up to date. Purestorm was no fun as not only do they list Ireland as a region of the country Europe, but they list each Irish county as a region of the United Kingdom! Somebody badly needs a geography lesson. Most sites seem to use the same drop-down lists of countries so I'm guessing somebody at Purrestorm had to go in and work really hard to make it this wrong. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/model_index.html The wonderful Morrigan - patient, beautiful, and a pure joy to work with. Thanks also to Grant for acting as bodyguard, assistant, stylist and makeup artist. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/morrigan/index.html As promised, Cara's shots from the Bank Holiday weekend http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/cara/index.html Had two great shoots over the weekend with Cara and Jen. These are the results of the shoot with Jen. Cara's shoot will be up, hopefully in the next few days. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/jen/index.html I have been awarded the Irish Photographic Federation Licentiate distinction. This is the IPF's basic award. Thanks are due to the models who helped create the shots, and the members of the Shannon Camera Club whose advice and support were invaluable. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/ipf.html On Sunday, 20 April 2008 one of my images was printed as a half page, full colour shot in the North and South editions of the Sunday World, with a circulation of approximately 280,000 copies. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/sunday_world.html Gillian, a former Miss Limerick contestant, shot in Redeye Studios in Galway. with.Her first shoot, but only the first of many I suspect. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/gillian/index.html Kira, aka "Raveness", shot in Redeye Studios in Galway. A great model and a lovely person. Overall a fun shoot, and some photos I'm really happy with. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/kira/index.html Included under "Misc.", some great examples of what can be done with Photoshop. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/resources_web_general.html Some new links with good information on lighting and portraiture. Also the dg28.com site included under General has a selection of excellent articles. A wonderful site. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/resources_web_photo.html Now includes a "Posing" section with a selection of articles from around the web. "Modelling Information" now includes a link to a series of articles from the DISPLAYMATE site. Great reading. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/resources_web_model.html Shoot with the delightful Ice at Redeye Studios in Galway on 30 March. A fantastic model and a wonderful person. A cracking performance for her first shoot. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/slideshows/ice/index.html Details of the models, studios, makeup artists etc. with whom I have worked. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/contacts.html Websites, software, books and magazines of interest to photographers and models. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/resources.html Galleries have been reorganised and updated. Now hosted here using Flash rather than on PBase. Check out both the Portfolio galleries, and the samples from recent shoots. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/galleries.html Updated the content of the home page, particularly in relation to my photographic interests.Details on what you can expect if working with me can also be found here. http://www.pflanaganphoto.com/main.html