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Shades of Ireland
Black & White Film Photography from Ireland
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We see in colour all the time. Black and white is therefore immediately an interpretation of the world, rather than a copy.
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Shades of Ireland
Shades of Ireland is a visual and poetic journey through the heart of the Emerald Isle, captured in over 70 evocative black and white photographs.
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Trees in the Landscape
Trees in the Landscape is a photographic meditation on trees as quiet, enduring presences within the Irish countryside
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Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.
Abandoned
Abandoned - (adjective) to leave behind or run away from something, or to give up something
The Ramparts
The Ramparts walk is a 7km walk from Ramparts, Navan, Co Meath to Stackallen Bridge along the Navigation path running alone The River Boyne.
Read MoreThe Black Valley
The Black Valley or Cummeenduff is a remote valley at the southern end of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mountain range in Kerry, situated south of the Gap of Dunloe and north of Moll's Gap; it is used as a southerly access into the Gap of Dunloe.
Read MoreLough Dan
Lough Dan is a scenic boomerang-shaped ribbon lake largely set on private property, in the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. Lough Dan lake lies at the base of Luggala and Knocknacloghoge mountains.
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The Ramparts
The Black Valley
Lough Dan
Mononeil
What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are time and light.
I have changed my process of developing & scanning 35mm over the past year. I think I have found the perfect solution for me.
I’ve had the chemicals and equipment to develop B&W film at home ( #developathome ) for a couple of months now but kept putting if off as it was easier to drop the film off at the
I have finally done it. The complete change over and back to shooting B&W Film Photography. Why ?
Back in August 2019 I took a couple days off work and headed down to Co Kerry with a backpack full of Olympus OM film cameras and a bunch of B&W 35mm rolls of film. Here's that story.
The difference between what you see and what I see in the final image in Black & White.
About Me
To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.
I live on the island of Ireland with thousands of kilometers of coast line, and hundreds of lakes rivers and mountains. Mother nature has shaped the landscape into what we see today. Through the medium of black & white photography I have captured this wonderful shape, form and texture.
We see in colour but through the art of visualization I see the final image with the deep rich blacks of the shadows down to the whites of the clouds. I do not add or takeaway from the image I capture but use what is there in front of me. I may have to wait for hours or even days until I am happy with the final photograph.
My work has just begun.
Neil McShane
