Eugene Langan Photography: 2013

Friday, June 14, 2013

You are cordially invited to the opening of my latest exhibition - All things undying.

If you have some free time on Wednesday 26 June at 6.30pm you might drop in for the opening of my latest exhibition All things undying. It opens in the beautiful

darc space Gallery,
26 North Great Georges St.,
Dublin 1.

Just off Parnell Street. Come on in for a chat and a glass of wine. The exhibition is the first to open in the month long PhotoIreland festival of photography which takes place across the country for the month of July. There is more information on my earlier bolg if you are interested: http://eugenelangan.blogspot.pt/2013/06/new-exhibition-all-things-undying-opens.html

All things undying is open weekdays from 10.00am to 5.30pm. And Saturdays from 12 noon until 3.00pm. The exhibition ends 18th July.

Contact me if you wish to discuss any aspect of photography:

Eugene Langan Photography

Studio Eight,

32 Northbrunswick St.,

Dublin 7.

Tel. 01.7645753 Mob. 087.2597907

e-mail. langan@indigo.ie

web. http://www.eugenelangan.com

Foodblog: http://foodphotographytips.blogspot.com

New Exhibition - All things undying. Opens June 26th.

'All things undying' is a series of photographs from the War Memorial Park in Islandbridge, Dublin. It was built to commemorate the dead of the First World War, later the soldiers who died in the Second World War were also acknowledged.
During nightly winter walks in the War Memorial I was struck by the strange beauty and quiet of the location.The granite buildings and monuments lit by the sodium lamps from the roadway and occasional moonlight. The structures eerily appeared and disappeared in the darkness. Thoughts moved easily to the bleak horror of war and the first world war trenches. Thoughts of the misery suffered by the young men who never made it home. The absolute waste of young lives.
I look at this beautifully kept memorial as an outstanding place of contemplation and beauty but also see it as something inadequate when compared to the sacrifice of these men.

The title of the exhibition, 'All things undying', is taken from the extract of Rupert Brooke's poem 'Safety' and is inscribed under the cupola by the River Liffey.

'Becalmed' is a single piece made up of 9 images. I was struck by the intense beauty of the flat sea where only a gentle breeze disturbed the reflection of the sky. When I saw the final images I was moved and excited by there beauty and meditative quality. While widely contrasting with the War Memorial work in style and technique, the innate sense of the contemplative profoundly connects the two works.

All things undying is open week days from 10.00am to 5.30pm. And Saturdays from 12 noon until 3.00pm. The exhibition ends 18th July.

Contact me if you wish to discuss any aspect of photography:

Eugene Langan Photography

Studio Eight,

32 Northbrunswick St.,

Dublin 7.

Tel. 01.4163837

Mob. 087.2597907

e-mail. langan@indigo.ie

web. http://www.eugenelangan.com

Foodblog: http://foodphotographytips.blogspot.com

NEW WEB SITE IS UP AND RUNNING

If you have a few free moments I'd love if you could check out my newly uploaded web site.
Lots of new work to be seen under the different catagories. You can go straight to the home page from this link: http://www.eugenelangan.com

Contact me if you wish to discuss any aspect of photography:

Eugene Langan Photography

Studio Eight,

32 Northbrunswick St.,

Dublin 7.

Tel. 01.4163837

Mob. 087.2597907

e-mail. langan@indigo.ie

web. http://www.eugenelangan.com

Foodblog: http://foodphotographytips.blogspot.com

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

And I'd like to thank my great, great granny and my mom and......

For a second time over the last couple of years my photography has been recognised in international competition. Yes, 'Honorable Mention" in The Photography Masters Cup. More than 8500 entries form 89 countries. So not bad really. Next year I'll go for gold! 'Promise' was shot for an exhibition last year 'Punt Nua' as a response to the economic down turn.

Contact me if you wish to discuss any aspect of photography:

Eugene Langan Photography

Studio Eight,

32 Northbrunswick St.,

Dublin 7.

Tel. 01.4163837

Mob. 087.2597907

e-mail. langan@indigo.ie

web. http://www.eugenelangan.com

Foodblog: http://foodphotographytips.blogspot.com

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Horta Writing Centre

Being dragged away to a spectacular location two hours inland from Barcelona could hardly be deemed a chore. Thats what happened last September. Fours days shooting in a most beautiful location - Horta de Sant Joan. The sun shone throughout the whole experience, lighting up the rocky mountains, the vineyards, the olive groves. Stupendous. Meeting the very friendly and extremely helpful people from the town was an unexpected bonus, they helped us out in every way they could. The project was shot for a creative writing centre - http://www.hortawriting.com - which has recently opened their school and guest house to visitors. Well worth checking out. And look at their impressive list of tutors.

Contact me if you wish to discuss any aspect of photography:

Eugene Langan Photography

Studio Eight,

32 Northbrunswick St.,

Dublin 7.

Tel. 01.4163837

Mob. 087.2597907

e-mail. langan@indigo.ie

web. http://www.eugenelangan.com

Foodblog: http://foodphotographytips.blogspot.com

Fresh Fruit

A lovely selection of labels for Dunnes Stores Yogurts. It is nice to get such lovely subject matter to photograph. Not that all the fruit was in season at the time of shooting. Nevertheless we got a lovely series of close up images that could appear on any poster as well as their intended labels.

Contact me if you wish to discuss any aspect of photography:

Eugene Langan Photography

Studio Eight,

32 Northbrunswick St.,

Dublin 7.

Tel. 01.4163837

Mob. 087.2597907

e-mail. langan@indigo.ie

web. http://www.eugenelangan.com

Foodblog: http://foodphotographytips.blogspot.com

Green Dragon 'Round the World' Racing Yacht

During a year of many highs this particular project stood out. Sailing on the Green Dragon for three days in Dublin Bay and then off to Galway and sail out to the Aran Islands, down to the spectacular Cliffs of Moher and back to over night in the never ending party town of Galway. It was terrific. We had all weathers over the four trips - calm and sunny to blustery winds with rain. The boat itself is an equivalent, in motoring terms, to a formula one racing car - very big at 21m, but sparse with little in terms of human comfort- this is a racing machine. She successfully sailed around the world in the 2008/09 Volvo Ocean Race.

Contact me if you wish to discuss any aspect of photography:

Eugene Langan Photography

Studio Eight,

32 Northbrunswick St.,

Dublin 7.

Tel. 01.4163837

Mob. 087.2597907

e-mail. langan@indigo.ie

web. http://www.eugenelangan.com

Foodblog: http://foodphotographytips.blogspot.com

A Brisk Day at the Beach.

A storm force wind is blowing. The sun is shining. And I'm walking on Portmarnock beach, just north of the city of Dublin. What a view. The Martello tower on Ireland's Eye is half lit by bright sunlight. Flocks of brent geese and oyster catchers struggle in the breeze. A fishing boat heads for the safety of Howth Harbour before the worst of the storm.

Eh! No, actually.

The photograph is made up of 10 different photographs. (Mainly shot on a Canon Eos 1DS Mk iii.)The back ground of sea, sky and island is a panoramic photograph made up of 4 different shots joined together using Photoshop:

The 2 flocks of birds were shot at the same occasion but are made up of 4 different photographs.

Each bird was cut out of the background and then dropped into the final seascape.

The little fishing boat being thrown about by a rough sea and strong winds was actually photographed 250km away, on the Atlantic coast a week later, in much calmer conditions with a nifty little snap camera - Canon G12.

And the boat's wake in the final photograph was made up of a composite of waves from the original shot.

And hey presto! Can we believe anything in a photograph?

Contact me if you wish to discuss any aspect of photography:

Eugene Langan Photography

Studio Eight,

32 Northbrunswick St.,

Dublin 7.

Tel. 01.4163837

Mob. 087.2597907

e-mail. langan@indigo.ie

web. http://www.eugenelangan.com

Foodblog: http://foodphotographytips.blogspot.com

National Digital Research Centre Annual Report.

The NDRC is an amazing organisation. It supports digital entrepreneurs both on the technical and business end and all the way to venture capital - supporting new innovative digital projects. It was a joy photographing the different and talented people in their offices in the Digital Hub, a location full of atmosphere and enthusiasm. Above is a selection of some of the photographic spreads from the recent annual report. The full report is available on the NDRC website where more of the photography we shot is used to great effect.

Contact me if you wish to discuss any aspect of photography:

Eugene Langan Photography

Studio Eight,

32 Northbrunswick St.,

Dublin 7.

Tel. 01.4163837

Mob. 087.2597907

e-mail. langan@indigo.ie

web. http://www.eugenelangan.com

Foodblog: http://foodphotographytips.blogspot.com

O2 Christmas Campaign.

We spent some time photographing a range of mobile phones and accessories for O2 again this year. Mobile phones are technically challenging. Their reflective surfaces don't make the job easy and add to that the different types of reflective surfaces on a single phone; red ones, black ones, glass and metal, all make for an even more entertaining days work.
But thats what we are here for - we just love a challenge.