Here’s another video created for Top Produce with Pierce Communications. This time it’s a slightly more spooky affair, that features some strange goings on with sinister people carrying out an operation in a darkened room. Filmed over one day on location at Pierce Communications HQ. Thanks to everyone involved.

This is a short viral video that I created for Pierce Communications to promote a Halloween competition for Topfruit.com who are part of Total Produce, one of Europe’s largest fresh produce marketers. The video called ‘The Nut Who Came In From The Cold’ documents a lone Monkey Nut’s exciting journey back to his companions. The video was created using a mixture of stop frame animation and live footage.

If you want to take a guess on the number of nuts in the bowl and win yourself a Nintendo Wii go over to www.facebook.com/topfruit

Recently a good friend from art school days, Michelle Jubin got in contact and introduced me to the nice people at ArtStar. Here’s some background info;

ArtStar takes the guesswork out of collecting art. They have a team of curators who selected work from a broad range of artists from all over the world. ArtStar then collaborates with the chosen artist to create numbered, authenticated limited-edition prints of their work. Each print is professionally printed and is available in limited editions of 450 divided between three sizes as follows: 11″x14″ editon of 250 | 20″x24″ editon of 150 | 30″x40″ editon of 50.

Michelle has been working with ArtStar as a curator and was keen to put forward 4 prints from my Harland and Wolff series (see above). I’m really excited to be involved with ArtStar, if you are interested in having a look or even buying a print (they start at only $25.00 !!) click the link below.

http://www.artstar.com/artist/index/view/id/431/

Here’s a link to a short interview with Michelle Jubin where she talks about my work and nearly getting arrested with Andy Goldsworthy !

http://www.artstar.com/blog/2011/07/04/meet-the-curator-michelle-jubin/

Draven at Gravity commissioned some new photography for Galgorm Resort and Spa to showcase their new Four Seasons Suite. The extension features its own private entrance, reception area and exquisite main function room. It even has its own formal garden and is surely the ultimate in wedding venue chic !

Have a look at www.galgorm.com for more information.

Also check out the great work  at - www.creategravity.com

Lloyds TSB Foundation 2011

It’s that time of year again were I have the opportunity of working with the lovely people at Lloyds TSB Foundation NI. The foundation supports underfunded, grassroots charities that enable people, especially disabled and disadvantaged people, to play a fuller role in society. This is the 3^rd year in a row that Christine McKee and I have worked together producing their annual report. This year took me to the new Lyric Theatre where I photographed a very scary play by ‘Kids in Control’ and the Belfast Circus School as can be seen above. We also visited schemes that helped people with learning disabilities find employment and an Autism Initiative that provided the opportunity to work in a garden.

Have a look their website to see all the great work that is being supported.

The Outlet centre at Banbridge recently underwent a major rebrand and change to their marketing strategy thanks to the guys at Fleming Steele. I was commissioned to take a range of images onsite in Banbridge showing shoppers exploring the wide array of shops, cafes and restaurants. It’s safe to say that I have never spent so much time in or around clothes shops in my life and while I enjoyed the shoot I still don’t get the appeal !!

Have a look at their shinny new website - www.the-outlet.co.uk

Working with Esther at Type AB Consultancy we went off to Sheffield to photograph the Continental Market for Market Place Europe. Market Place are the people who organise everything from the stalls and where the market goes next and are the guys to thank for the beer tents at Belfast City Hall over Christmas !! They required a broad range of images focusing on all aspects of the market from the traders to the produce on sale.

The Ulster Flying Club helped me out with a Survitec photo-shoot earlier in the year by allowing me to photograph on one of their runways. In return I recently dropped by to document the activities of the club so that the images could be use for promotional purposes etc. I’ve never been up in a twin seater Cessna before but Michael Condron pictured above took good care of me and I resisted the temptation to press any of the buttons !!

Summer is here and it provided the perfect opportunity to create a mini stock library for the people at CAFRE. They required a collection of images that showcased the fantastic gardens, nature trails and horticulture department at their Greenmount Campus.

I have to admit that it wasn’t the most stressful job ever, walking around in the sun with the day to myself. The only issue was trying to figure out which leaf the dragonflies were going to land on next !

Balmoral Show required new photography to be used for a nation wide billboard campaign to promote the 2011 show. The new photography had to work along side last year’s hugely successful campaign, featuring animals getting ready for the show – (click here). This year’s concept didn’t involve any animals in rollers but did involve some larger than life props. Again working with Paul Allen from Whitenoise Design Studios the brief was to highlight the connection with the Balmoral Show and NI Good Food, which has a food pavilion at the show. After much thought and consideration it was decided that the way to do this was to feature chefs preparing a giant carrot for the show!! Here’s the final result.