Back from India

It was f***ing awful. All my MF films have been destroyed by Air India along with the entire bag and it's content (negligence). Air India, by the way, hired pilots that are not pilots (fake licences), 8 of them arrested. They also have rats in the plane (seriously...) eating people's luggage.
Long story short, the trip was a nightmare, we lost half our stuff including the film rolls. Never loved Ireland as much as I do now. Every tourist facing person is a thief and a liar, not ONE honest person in 14 days. Attitude towards women is unbearable.
I travelled a lot, I seek cultural differences, my tolerance to hard traveling condition is very high, but this was just a never ending scam. I recommend Chile and Patagonia, Thailand, etc. Not this.

However this is a photoblog, so here are some of the few digital shots I had. Taken with a Nikon D80, 35mm F2 lens. You will probably never see the film shots, I'll try a couple of rolls to see if some shots can be recovered but I have little hope (rolls destroyed, exposed to light partially, wet with a alcohol based solution).











NEW: now giving photography lessons in Dublin !

Hi,

One of my friend bought an SLR lately, and asked me for tips. We spent an hour going thru the features, practicing, etc. Then she took the one day gift course offered by Canon, and she told me "man, I barely learned in a day what I learned with you in 1hour, you should give lessons".

Well so be it ! I'm know giving lessons in Dublin, on Saturdays and Sundays. But I won't make it a boring lecture, no no no. At the end of the day you will have :

  • shot real models
  • practiced studio lightning with professional equipment
  • tried different techniques that you can then apply as you wish
  • and even practice on medium format film cameras ! (you won't find that often)
  • learned (by practicing) the basics of good digital developing / editing. 
  • this will be focused on portrait and general use of a DSLR.




This will be a 4 hours group course (up to 5 people) or 1:1 if for a premium. Including:
  • 1 hour of theory
  • 2 hours of shooting (natural light, studio light)
  • 1 hour of editing
With breaks in the middle of course :)

The bad news: I will charge 150 / person (model's fee at my expense). You need to bring you camera !

Contact me at 08 33 17 35 19 (please not hidden number, I tend to not answer those :p)

I'll plan the first session in April (away in India in March)