Balbriggan Bay - Harbour

Balbriggan Bay - Harbour, a photo by Ian Keegan on Flickr.

Davids Portrait | Brother

Davids Portrait | Brother, a photo by Ian Keegan on Flickr.

It’s been ages since I posted a portrait!

So here’s one of my younger brother Dave ‘Shawdee’ Keegan, lookin all serious!

…..and I guarantee you he’ll hate me calling him that. It’s something else a little less cool I think but I really can’t remember, Hahaha!

Big Love,

iKeego

The Notas | Photoshoot | State Magazine

The Notas | Photoshoot | State Magazine, a photo by Ian Keegan on Flickr.

Late 2011.

Balbriggan Harbour.

A Photographer, a Six piece Band and an adventure in seeking out the perfect band promos.

N'joy,

iKeegs x

Aaron | College | Square Crop | 2011 Portraits

Aaron | College | Square Crop | 2011 Portraits, a photo by Ian Keegan on Flickr.

How to Square Crop a Portrait!

First time using a Sigma ring flash, the Nikon 35mm 1.8 and stackable close up glass!

Enjoy,
iKeegs x

Bad Ass / Revamp

Bad Ass / Revamp, a photo by Ian Keegan on Flickr.

Luas Arrival / Wynns Hotel / Abbey Street

Wynns Hotel / Abbey Street, a photo by Ian Keegan on Flickr.

Corner of Westmoreland & Aston Quay

Corner of Westmoreland & Aston Quay, a photo by Ian Keegan on Flickr.

Matt / Devils Brigade / Whelans

Matt / Devils Brigade / Whelans, a photo by Ian Keegan on Flickr.

Matt / Devils Brigade / Whelans

the Minutes

the Minutes, a photo by Ian Keegan on Flickr.

Interesting Book Covers

This is a combined material approach to putting together a book cover and looks fun. I would imagine it was put together by simply photographing a slice of bread and compositing it onto a blue gradient background layer. The most interesting part of the image I find is the typeface. Jam or some sort of syrup was used as a typeface.
I would say it was also photographed, then rendered in illustrator/Photoshop further before completing of the final design.




This book cover is very elegant, professional and I feel the ballet shoes are photographed on top of the sheet music to give the feel of a classically composed piece of music and the two-tone colour along with the ribbon, compliments it very nicely.
I also like the choice of uppercase serif typeface.




This book cover is very plain, simple and I would consider it to be affective.
In photographing just the pen, it gets the message across of what the book's theme is on,...'Creative Writing'

Chimera Project (Ongoing)

So to refresh,...
These are the items that I used for my chimera.






...and this is what I came up with step-by-step






And Finally,...the end result.

How Cameras interact with Stuntmen

I stumbled upon this video on Chase Jarvis's blog.
Chase Jarvis is a well renowned commercial Photographer of the "Web 2.0" generation.
His work is super sharp and he usually works with massive budgets and equipment photographers would only dream about having.
Heres an example of what he's capable of and the video itself.

"Sense the Place" Project Participants

In doing my part for the sense the place project , I was given the task to shoot the student portraits and macro eyeshots with the possibility of putting together a video slideshow of BOTH the progress and the participants.

We are Your Eye Candy :-)

The Life and Death of Jerry Straw Berry

The Life and Death of Jerry Straw Berry, is a tale about a lone fruit who roams the fruit clubs searching for comradeship or possibly even a soul mate.
Amongst the debris of a an old market, Jerry, our hero of this short lived story,....SPLAT!!!!!!

Fotos-For-Your-Viewing-Pleasure

These are a batch of photos from my Flickr account from protests I recently covered against the "Budget Cuts of 2010"

The first protest was held on Saturday the 27th, and was organised by several different trade unions of Dublin/Ireland in response to a bail-out package that was to be announced for Ireland from the IMF(International Monetary Fund).

The second, was a lash out against the Budget Cuts announced on the 7th December and was headed by Left Alliance Ireland, the Workers Party and Angry Students who were not able to keep up with the severe budget cuts and increase in Higher Education.

Water,...

Alphabet Design (for Typography Ideas)

So after weeks of photographing objects around the house, I finally have my 26 letter alphabet complete.
Im pretty happy with the outcome.

Lastly I have to complete a poster deign for this project displaying the use of letters creatively :-)
Here is the final result,....

Chimera Project (Ongoing)

When I started my research on what a Chimera could be defined as, it just so happened that I stumbled across a very cool website for a design firm with the same name as my search topic.
The firm was called CHIMERA DESIGN and they do some of the most well known advertisements for big companies, like the Coca-Cola company, the Lego company, Nintendo and Mc Donalds.

Check them out :-)

http://www.chimeradesign.com/

Photoshop CS5 Puppet Warp Tool

I discovered this tool while messing around with the latest Photoshop.
It allows the user to manipulate elements in a photo without pixelating them and making them look tacky.
After I had done this, I then proceeded to add a posterisation filter to add harsh outlines and noise.
here are two I worked using objects from the "In My Bag" Part of the assignment,....more to follow.

Assignment 2 - Chimera Digital Montage

Brief/Task:
Chimera - a hybrid creature or imaginary monster made up of grotesquely incongruous parts.

Create a digital montage to illustrate the above - continue the chimera theme through to a dust jacket design.

(Chimera 1 – chimera in a bag):
The brief/assignment asked me to use all or any of the objects I had in my bag on the day of assignment to create this chimera.

Here were the materials at my disposal,........