Is the title of our latest published work in the June 2010 issue of GoodHomes magazine…
.. on pages 70 to 79 – featuring Marie and Alan’s 1950s New England style cottage in Belfast.
Which I talked about shooting here when I asked the question: What difference does it make? – as this was basically my answer 
A big part of our time these days is spent preparing for the next shoot i.e. reccing the places, producing concept reports, working out shooting schedules, organizing props, models, etc.
So this week has been all about preparation and we are just back from reccing Ashford Castle in Cong.
What an amazing place..
So really looking forward to the actual shoot in May and working with Paula here…
Meanwhile, Marie is knee deep in cushions, bedspreads, lamps and rugs etc – that she has been gathering up in advance of us shooting a new range of bedroom & kitchens, for our old and valued client OS Doors.
Variety sure is the spice of life !!
Another great week’s work – which ended with us back working with Nick on the room sets…
.. at Balmoral Textile’s factory…
… where we completed the series of images…
.. like this one…
.. which is for the cover of their new fabric books – as well as some like this…
.. for their website.
Really enjoyed this one – but packing up was no fun at the end of the day – still… pleased with the results and it’s now the weekend 🙂
Cheers,
Ashley
www.ampimage.com
Shooting at Elizabeth Jonsson Beech’s home…
.. near Holywood in County Down yesterday – where the sun was shining and the sky was blue.
So with two top interior designers at work here…
.. it was no surprise we ended up with some great images both inside…
.. and outside…
.. this Norwegian timber-framed house.
So while the two girls worked away at getting each room ready…
.. I lit it up…
.. and as Good Homes magazine said ‘Yes please’ to it right away, I reckon it should look great in their summer issue 🙂
So congratulations girls – way to go.
Cheers,
Ashley
www.ashleymorrison.com
Started working on Balmoral’s new fabric books today, inside their factory..
.. with Marie & Nick.
So lots of test shots, hanging fabric…
.. fine tuning and tweaking…
.. before we arrived at the final result…
.. so that’s now 3 like this done…
.. which means only 2 the go.
So stay tuned – as we’ll do those later on this week.
Cheers,
Ashley
www.ampimage.com
Also shooting at South Court Hotel this week – which was the last of the 6 Lynch Hotels on this assignment.
Just 3 images to create here – the bar, which started out looking like this…
.. and end up looking like this…
.. with me, as usual, propping it up, while chatting-up a beautiful woman 🙂
The lobby area was next, which started out looking like this…
.. and end up looking like this…
.. and then one of the bedroom suites, which after some re-arranging of the furniture to suit the camera…
.. end up looking like this…
.. all of which took a longer to shoot than I thought.
Still, in and out in a day – before finally heading home for a well-deserved break.
Cheers,
Ashley
www.ampimage.com
Just back from shooting at the West County Hotel in Ennis this week…
.. with Renae, Frances and Aishleen from the hotel.
A tough one as the place was busy…
..and so we had to work around their guests…
.. to capture the different areas throughout this very popular County Clare hotel.
Anyway, here are some of the images produced – showing how it started out..
.. and then what the final image looked like – for example, the swimming pool…
.. the bar…
.. which as always took a while to set-up and light..
.. Cafe West restaurant…
.. which was fun…
.. plus the main restaurant…
.. which required a little bit of pushing and shoving…
.. plus one of the bedrooms…
.. where we put up a few pictures…
..and finally the large function room…
.. which we in the end decided to focus on one table…
.. yours – as it’s your big day after all.
A total of eight images produced in the end, before heading south to shoot the last of their hotels – so watch this space for more on that later – and in the meantime, we’d just like to say a big thanks to the everyone involved here at the West County Hotel, for their help and making us feel so welcome.
From Marie, Stuart & me.
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Brilliant job Andre … and thank you so much for keeping us all in the picture here.
‘We have spent this afternoon biting our nails hoping that the news that the Labour and Conservatives had agreed to drop Clause 43 was actually going to happen… Today, I can say I am proud to be a UK photographer… WE WON!!!’
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As it says: “You couldn’t make it up.”
Is the title of our published work in the May 2010 issue of 25 Beautiful Homes magazine…
.. on pages 134 to 138 – featuring Andrew Brennan and Simon Croal’s townhouse in Belfast.
“My nesting instincts got the better of me”
So way to go Andrew and Simon, from Marie & me 🙂
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