Glyphs - Out To Sea

Brief - To create an interesting music video for the London based band Glyphs for their upcoming EP.

I was involved in the creative process of planning the music video. The band wanted to do something different from their past videos and to feature both members of the band. We decide to use timelapse, quick editing and a bit of humor to add to the fun and pop element to the song.

The video was premiered on Clash.

Directed, shot and edited by Ian Hurley

Diana Mini Redscale

These were taken in beautiful Dingle in the west of Ireland. Inch Strand is a gorgeous wide open flat beach were most of these shots were taken. The camera used is the Diana Mini which takes shots in half frame or square format. Film used is the Lomography Redscale.

A Redscale Morning

I've always loved redscale film and Lomography have made this new Redscale XR that I said I'd try out. I love the golden hues that you can get from the film, its delicious! I took these shots on an early foggy morning around the Lough in Cork. There's some blemishes in the shots but that's the beauty of film, you never know what you're going to get. 

Black and White Portraits

These are some black & white prints that I made last year. What I really like about analogue photography is the rawness of is. There's little idiosyncrasies with each photo, the odd blemish or scratch, no manipulation to achieve "perfection". It's real, tactile and I love it.

The first picture is my favourite. These are my two cousins and I love the plain almost emotionlessness about them. It's like a picture from decades ago. The other portraits are less posed and I hope they give off an impression of what the people were like at the time. The last one is a similar recreation of a colour photo I took of my cousin in the same spot some years earlier. I thought it would be nice to see the changes.

Black and White

I had a very productive week in printing photos at the night course. I got four prints done. It may not seem like much but it took over two hours to get the prints right.
These shots are going towards a small project about decay and old objects. How time effects things when they're not being used.
The last print is not really related but I wanted to print one with the snow.

Fisheye Camera

Here are some photos I took with my Lomo Fisheye camera. These were taken at christmas & new years 08/09. Check out the Fisheye camera here.

Bend Over Backwards

This is a documentary I made. It is a very serious problem and I am just trying to address it and get the word out. Hopefully this can make a difference.