Straight forward.

Located in the Rosetta area of Belfast…

.. was where we were shooting recently, in Lisa & Conor’s detached house.

Which was a straightforward​ one for Marie…

.. Claudio…

.. and even for Lisa herself…

.. as we all felt this house suited this ‘straight down the middle’ type of style.

So while Marie posed in her usual way…

.. Claudio sorted out the wires…

.. and after some rearranging for the furniture, plus a wee touch of sunlight​…

.. it really was as simple as that.

The Storyline:

“Basically a major extension and renovation job !!!!
They specifically chose a popular suburb for good schools and links – and also, they welcomed the idea of a project.
They built a large extension to create a new kitchen and bathroom – and also a roof conversion.”

The bathroom was very impressive…

.. which once again was pretty straightforward to shoot, style & light – and the bedroom in the roof conversion was also pretty straightforward too…

.. so were in & out in record time on this one – and had a confirmed Yes please from the Editor at 25 Beautiful Homes magazine before lunchtime the following day – so a fantastic result all around

Overlooking Belfast Lough.

This week we headed to Holywood in County Down (as opposed to Hollywood in American) were we produce some images of this magnificent house…

.. which belongs to Anna & Jamie McMinnis.

Pretty stunning – as were the view too, as it looked out over Belfast Lough – which on a day like this, was something else.

Anyway, inside was equally impressive – to the eye anyway – but as can be seen here…

.. what looks good to the eye, doesn’t always look good for the camera – or at least not as good as one would like it to be sometimes.

So the team when to work on this one – Claudio set-up the lights and Marie…

.. well she posed for another ‘a behind the scenes’ image by the looks of it

Anyway, after both Marie & Claudio had done their thing, the transform was from the camera’s point of view, was now more like what my eye was seeing, i.e. a beautiful room which would look amazing especially if the sun was pouring in.
So once we had achieved that, then it was time for a shot of Anna – and this was the result…

.. as she posed to perfection, to complete the story we were trying to tell here.

The kitchen was next…

.. which as you can see here…

.. required very little work, besides the placement of a few very nice cups and the controlling of the light.

And so it was throughout this contemporary style house – Claudio worked on the lighting, Marie posed for another behind​ the sense shot…

.. as well as added the final touches too – which, joking aside, I think she is brilliant at – and I took lots of pictures like this…

.. to complete the story that we were all trying to tell – which was simply to say, it looks amazing, as you can see

Anna’s reply, after I sent her a link to preview our work, as well as her own of course:

“Thank you very much, Ashley, ​for sending us the photographs, they look stunning!”

“Praise is bread to an artist” – so thank you and thank you for inviting us in too – because we felt that your house and what you had done here inside it, was pretty stunning too – so great teamwork​ is how I would see it

From Marie, Claudio & me overlooking Belfast Lough in Holywood.