Ship Shape

Is the title of our latest published work in the March 2017 issue of Ireland’s Homes Interiors & Living magazine…

.. on pages 60 to 71, as well as on the cover too – featuring Eleanor and Stephen Blayney’s mid terraced house called ‘Marathon’ in the County Down coastal town of Donaghadee.

“Eleanor and Stephen have used colour and light to make their coastal home a favourite port of call for friends and family.”

So just want to say a big Congratulations to Eleanor and Stephen here…

.. for not only making it all Ship Shape for us to shoot, but also for making it onto the cover of this top selling Irish magazine too – from Marie, Mandi, me and the rest of the team here @ ampimage.com

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The kitchen is now the heart of our home.

Is the title of our most recent published work in the November 2015 issue of Style at Home magazine…

.. on pages 90 to 92 – featuring the kitchen in Nicola and Ray Anderson’s period house in the County Down town of Donaghadee.

‘Stylist at Home Nicola, 44, put together a contemporary open-plan kitchen with a vintage twist to match her 1920s home’.

Which we talked about shooting here: Free-standing.

So congratulations to Ray and Nicola here…

.. your kitchen is now in the heart of many Style at Home readers too

From Marie, Mandi & me.

Free-standing.

An easy one to end the month, as it was a Saturday after all – but nevertheless for me it was a tricky enough one to light – as you can see this kitchen was basically split in two…

.. the extended part, which was closer to the camera, is filled with natural light – while the part that I want the viewer’s eye to be drawn through to, is dark.

So it was my ass on the line here…

.. as other than that, there was very little else needed to be done here, in this lovely free-standing unit kitchen.

Anyway, a blast of ‘sunlight’ and a touch of fill – and we were pretty much here as you can see…

.. so other than a few mini teaks, we were ready for Nicola to strike the pose…

.. in her perfectly colour coordinated outfit – which without doubt, will be the image that an Editor will want to go big on.

So with the main shot in the bag and the lighting already set-up for this area…

.. it didn’t really take us to long to create this next image…

.. along with some nice detail shots – before swinging back around…

.. to capture this cooker area…

.. which meant moving the table and re-lighting – but other than that, it was ready to shoot…

.. and so this was a nice easy one to end the month – thanks mainly to Nicola & Ray who had done a great job here.

Thereby giving Marie plenty of time to take some great behind (the scenes) shots

Escape to the Country…

.. sounds good to me – so when we when to shoot Sonya & Glen’s converted barn near Donaghadee in County Down…

.. I was really looking forward to seeing what they had done inside, as this sort of thing really appeals to me – being the son of a farmer and all that.

The storyline:

An “Escape to the Country” storyline along with a massive re-furb.
The barn and stables were derelict and had never been used for residential dwellings when the couple bought them.
They hit major problems with planning consents, etc, but “hung in there”.
Sonya loves pattern and colour and had great fun adding the finishing touches.

Well let me start by saying I sure wasn’t disappointed; however, it was a tricky one to light for a number of reasons – so we started with the kitchen…

.. which being a Chalon style kitchen with a large 4-oven AGA Classic cast-iron range cooker…

.. got two thumbs up from me.

Then pulling back a bit…

.. we captured the kitchen table…

.. with the kitchen behind – before pulled right back to shoot the whole room…

.. which as you can see just looked amazing…

.. especially with how Sonya had furnished it, with different patterns and colours.

Turning around to shoot it in the other direction…

.. looked equally as good…

.. as did the rest of the place – which probably explains why it made it onto the cover of Ireland’s Homes Interiors & Living magazine…

.. at the start of last year.

So why did I forget to write about this one?
Well a few days later we were in the south of France…

.. which I did write about here: Day 4 – so can you blame me

Anyway, as I look back at the start of this New Year, I came across this one – and I’d still have to say this was one of my all-time favourite homes – so better late than never as they say – I’d now like to thank both Sonya & Glen here, for our wee escape to the Country.

From Marie, me and the rest of the team at ampimage.com.

Field of Dreams.

Is the title of our latest published work in the February 2013 issue of Ireland’s Homes Interiors & Living magazine…

.. on pages 90 to 101, plus on the cover too – featuring Sonya and Glenn McDowell’s century-old cottage near the seaside town of Donaghadee in County Down.

“Sonya and Glen bought a century-old cottage in a rural idyll near the seaside town of Donaghadee, County Down – but ended up living in it’s barn and stables.”

Which we talked about shooting here: Escape to the Country.

I loved this place and I loved how it had been styled & decorated too – so yes for me, this was a dream home sitting in the green fields of Ireland.

Anyway, a huge thanks to everyone involved for their hard work here – and a huge congratulations to Glen and Sonya here…

.. especially for making it onto the cover too, of this beautifully printed Irish magazine.

From Marie, Mandi & me @ ampimage.com