Christmas Rush

The Christmas Rush...

Believe it or not, Christmas is fast approaching, and judging by last years demand we are opening Sundays for appointments for the month of November. Ring now for an appointment as the dates fill up quickly. The Studio is also open late on Thursdays.

Portraits are a great unique present to give someone you love. Gift vouchers are also available. Corin Bishop Photography offers amazing value with framed packages starting from €295 - now you have no excuse.

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New Spa images for the Wineport Lodge

We've just finished shooting new images for the Spa at the Wineport lodge.


With the help from Gillian and Desmond we got a few nice ones.



Gillian looked like she was enjoying the process - nice and relaxing....


Some who follow the GAA might recognise the fella above.....


We were trying to create a soft and relaxing image and think we succeeded. It was important to show the new decor and products.

It's a tough life!


This was the 'steam treatment'. We wanted to show the steam as much as possible so had to light it from behind. We used a narrow reflector with a grid and then a large brolly above camera to fill in. As with all of these images, quite a bit of post-processing/editing has been done to smooth skin, adjust tone etc.



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Athlone Bower Graduation Photographs Online!

The Athlone Bower Graduation evening was a great success..

We set up a little studio where anyone could get their photograph taken for free!

The pictures are now online at www.corinbishop.com/grad2009

You can order them online using paypal or directly from the studio.

7x5 Prints are €18 each
8x10 Print are €25 each

Please note all prints to be collected from the studio. If you require postage or any special sizes/requests then please contact the studio directly on 090 6444 657.





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New Vouchers Launched!

Corin Bishop Photography Vouchers have been re-vamped and relaunched!

The new vouchers are beautifully presented in a gift box along with a brochure giving information about Corin Bishop Photography.These vouchers really look the part and are a perfect gift for all sorts of occasions. They can be used for a New Baby, Birthdays, Christenings, Weddings and more! They can be either a cash value or for something specific (e.g. portrait sitting and frames 8x10 print).

Vouchers can be collected from the studio in the The Left Bank Mall, Pearse Street, Athlone, Co. Westmeath or we can take orders over the phone*

For further information please contact the studio on +353 (0)90 644 4657 or email corin@corinbishop.com


*Please note that orders via the phone are subject to post & packing charge of €9.50 (registered post only). We cannot guarentee that vouchers sold over the phone can be shipped with the box. If this is the case then the voucher will be an envelope.

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High Chairs!

This week we've been photographing a lot of portraits. But one of our regular commercial clients came in with his latest creation.

Stephen Mitchell (http://www.irishwood.com/) is a fantastically talented carpenter. He makes bespoke one-off designs from all kinds of different woods. Each time he completes a project we take a photograph so he can keep a portfolio/record of his work.

His latest creation was four 'high chairs' made from walnut.

Lighting wood furniture can be a little tricky. The main thing is not to use too much 'soft' light. So lighting just using big softboxes isn't a great idea. The problem is that you need to show both the detail and depth in the wood and contrast is needed. So in most cases we use quite narrow lighting from odd angles in order to highlight the detail and show the different shades within the wood.

In this case the main light was a small (60cm) softbox back left and then a narrow reflector with a grid front left. We then used a large soft box as a fill on the right. NOTE! The softbox was just used as a fill, it's not the main light.

We're not trying to acheive something 'arty' here. This is a record of his creation and the main priority is to show the piece of furniture in detail and capture the wood colour..

Techy notes: Main exposure was around f8. Background is white cove which goes to light grey when partially lit. Canon 5D 24-70mm L2.8 lens. Processing from RAW in Capture One.

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Taking Photo's of Fairy's!!!

Our latest commercial photography project has been to produce a conceptual image for a Nail Salon competition/magazine cover.


Olivia from "Olivia's Nails, Tanning & Make Up Salon" commisioned the shoot. She had a concept of 'Fairy Ring'. The model's nails had a 'Fairy Ring/Fort' on her nails. One half on each hand so that when the hands were together they made the ring.


Lighting wise we started with simple 'butterfly' lighting with a large softbox above the model and a reflector below. The hair was looking quite dull and we needed some nice light on the face when she looked up/right so we added two smaller softboxes behind and above spaced evenly each side and the same power.



The background was a white wall which wasn't lit so ended up a medium grey. This is very useful for darkening/brighting/colouring afterwards.


Post-production. As usual with these kind of images a huge part of the photograph is the editing afterwards and there was no exception in this case. You can see from the 'Before' and 'After' below that a lot was done. We coloured the background, cleaned up the skin and nails, adjusted skin colour/tone, fixed hair and blemishes. It was also critical to make sure there was enough space at the top of the image for text/titles for the magazine cover.


It was a great shoot and thanks to Pamela (model) and Nicola (assistant) for their help.

For the techy readers it was shot on a Canon 5D, 100mm Macro lens at around f8. Bowens lighting.

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The Next Calvin Klein Model

So we had the Connolly Family in this week for their family portrait - at last! Joshua is almost 18 months old and good friends with our little boy Alex. Joshua wasn't exactly camera shy, as you can see from some of the poses he strikes. Mark my words, he is the next up and coming Calvin Klien model - watch this space! Here are a few of our favourite photographs from their portrait session....












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