Tag Archives: fine art photography

Seoul Reflections

Oct

2017

by Brendan Ó Sé | Comments Off

Continuing my blog posts of cities I visited this summer. Seoul is a great walking city and fantastic for shooting street photography. In putting together this blog post I am going to cheat a little and put up photos of shots I got in a short visit I had there in April of this year too. But a little different from the Hong Kong post – this time I am grouping together reflection shots.

Seoul (Shot on iPhone)

Being there two times this year did allow me to get back and try to improve on shots I had got the first time in April. However, I was not able to improve on the photograph above I got on iPhone in the Myeondong area of Seoul I got the first time around in April. When I got back there in July I tried to replicate this shot on the iPhone but found it really hard to control the light of the reflections of the neon advertisements and at the same time to get the taxi driver’s face exposed.

Seoul (Shot on iPhone)

On both trips, I stayed in Myeondong, which is one of Seoul’s main tourist and shopping areas. At the end of its pedestrian shopping area you can find the taxi rank. Directly opposite this you have a huge advertising screen throwing these wonderful reflections on to the taxis parked on the other side of the street. When I first noticed this I came alive and excited and the beautiful light show this created. On both nights, I stayed there for about a half hour trying to get the best shots I could on the iPhone. I got to say the taxi drivers were great fun and I loved seeing their surprise when they realised what it was I was photographing. Funny how people don’t see what is right in front of them, though.

A little further up from the taxi rank are the bus stops. I love how the neon light and colour reflects on the bus windows at night and how it creates these lovely layered and distorted effects. Seoul (Shot on iPhone)

Seoul (Shot on iPhone)

There is something I love about shooting through glass and the effect it creates.

Seoul (Shot on iPhone)

I like finding myself in these shots.

Seoul (Shot on iPhone)

In some shots, I am easier to find.

Seoul (Shot on iPhone)

Next stop – DAEGU…

Tokyo: Blur will save the world

Jun

2016

by Brendan Ó Sé | 1 Comment

Which of these photographs are iPhone 6s and which are Nikon D7000?

Imitation series: Tokyo, April 2016. Images shot on iPhone 6s and Nikon D7000. All edited on Snapseed on iPhone.

Tokyo: Blur will save the world

Posted in iPhone, photograph posts, Street Photography Also tagged abstract photography, art, blur photography, Blur will save the world, Brendan Ó Sé, Brendan Ó Sé Apple Photo, Brendan Ó Sé photography, creative photography, mobile photography, street photography, Tokyo, Tokyo Japan |

Blur will save the world

Jun

2016

by Brendan Ó Sé | Comments Off

Blur will save the world!

I remember being so apprehensive about posting purposely blurred photographs to Flickr, thinking people would ridicule the images. I felt I should adhere to some sort of photography ethos and try to keep everything in focus, but also felt so drawn to creating blurred imagery. Often asked about what it is about blur that I love so much and the simple answer is that I love the possibility that it allows. I have a simple belief about art – one that gets me into arguments (some people!). The belief is that once an artist shares their work, they cease to own the interpretation of it. The interpretation is transferred to the viewer, reader, etc. With blur, I feel, the viewer has a freedom that in-focus photography might limit. Blur has a beauty also. Ya, sure it is not for everyone, but that is a good thing, no?

For me, when I am creating blur images it is a more deliberate process; calmer and more patient than shooting street. A different experience; a different sense of being in the moment. I shot this series of images in about 5 minutes on a hot night in Jakarta on a Nikon D7000. All are processed in Lightroom.

Jakarta

Posted in photograph posts, Street Photography Also tagged Abstract art, blur, Blur will save the world, Brendan Ó Sé, Indonesia, Jakarta, Jakarta night, Monogram Asia, photography, street photography, travel |

iPhone 6S and Nikon D7000

Jan

2016

by Brendan Ó Sé | Comments Off

That’s the way it goes most times I post to Flickr. One iPhone 6s shot and either a Fuji X100T or Nikon D7000 image. Sometimes I feel I should just have the one Flickr account and post whatever photograph I want to that account, rather than separating iPhone from non-iPhone. I set up my original Flickr account back in 2007 and then when I first got on to Instagram I set up a second one just to populate it with images taken on Instagram. And ever since I have kept the two accounts separate. In some ways it makes sense.

Today – two photographs. This first one was shot on iPhone 6s and is straight out of the camera. Another for the series of images: Trees need to cheer the fuck up

Ya know the thing about trees

The Nikon image was taken at the Web Summit back in November. A little bit of fun.

Vacuuming decimal points

Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged blur photography, Brendan Ó Sé, Brendan Ó Sé Apple, Brendan Ó Sé photography, iPhone 6S, iPhone Photography, Landscape photography, Nature photography, Nikon D7000, Shot on iPhone 6s, trees, trees need to cheer the fuck up |

Best of 2015

Dec

2015

by Brendan Ó Sé | Comments Off

It has become tradition at this time of year to look back at the shots I posted to Flickr and choose my favourite 12 – one from each month, for both my Flickr accounts. I have been doing this for the past number of years. You can see the past five years in this Flickr album for DSLR photographs.

This year has been a little different. I have posted far fewer images to Flickr than previous years. In 2014, I posted over 600 photographs to Flickr between my two accounts. This year, just under 200 to both. Why the change? Not sure. Maybe time. It is a time-consuming endeavour to post each day two photographs.

Anyway, it is something I enjoy to look back at the images posted each month and see my photographic journey of the past year. Some shots just jump out at me and have no competition in being selected and then for others I chop and change my mind a lot before settling on an image. Am sure the ones I choose may not be the ones you would. Why not let me know in the comments below.

January, saw me continue with an ongoing series of images: The pip-pop life span of worries.

J A N U A R Y

In February, I lost a close friend – Liam. This is not a photograph of him, but the pose reminds me of him when he danced – the sexy motherfucker. Miss ya; every day…

F E B R U A R Y

March: Shot in Cork with the Fuji X100T.

M A R C H

April: I spent 4 days in Tokyo and when I was not sleeping or working, I was on the streets shooting. Another shot with the Fuji X100T.

A P R I L

Another from Tokyo for May. Another blurred image.

M A Y

June saw me go to Porto as part of my winning the Mira Mobile Prize. This image is titled: Rehearsing for a date.

J U N E

Back to Tokyo for July and another image I titled: Rehearsing for a date

J U L Y

To Tokyo again for August. What a location Shibuya is! How magical it is in the night rain.

A U G U S T

Becoming clear how much I love Tokyo. September:

S E P T E M B E R

In October, I had a very quick visit to the Tate Modern. This appeared in front of me.

O C T O B E R

Some things you can’t go. I still love these bokeh heads and still believe I will create the image the series deserves.

N O V E M B E R

Bringing the series to an end and I will cheat a little. This is a photo I shot in Kenmare on December 29th. It is my wife. Without her the lights go out. With her by my side, everything is possible. Kiss the future…

D E C E M B E R

A review of iPhone photography for 2015 tomorrow. Stay tuned!

Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Best of 2015, Best of Flickr, Brendan Ó Sé, Brendan Ó Sé Apple Photograph, Brendan Ó Sé photography, cork, DSLR, flickr, Fuji X100T, London, photography, Tokyo |

Photographs

Dec

2015

by Brendan Ó Sé | 2 Comments

We are making our way through the alphabet for storms this winter. F for Storm Frank has arrived and the rain and the wind is truly wild. This type of weather is so miserable, but then again with all the flooding it does make for some beautiful reflections. Out for a walk, braving the elements, with my brother yesterday we passed the flooded Lee fields and I had to stop to get a photograph of these beautiful reflections of the trees in the water. These images are straight out of the camera with only a flip applied in Snapseed.

Trees need to cheer the fuck up

Trees need to cheer the fuck up

This photograph was made on an autumn afternoon in Vilnius. I set out with the sole intention of creating blurred photography. The old town in Vilnius is a great location for this.

Unpopulating

Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged blur, Blur will save the world, Brendan Ó Sé, Brendan Ó Sé photography, Fine art, iPhone 6S, iPhone Photography, Nikon D7000, Shot on iPhone 6s, SOOC, trees, trees need to cheer the fuck up, Vilnius |

Two photographs

Dec

2015

by admin | Comments Off

Getting to that time of year when I look back and choose my favourite photographs posted to Flickr over the past year. I began to do this last night and the thing I noticed was this year I posted far fewer images to my two Flickr accounts than 2015. Last year, between the two accounts I posted close on 700 photographs. This year between the two it will just be over 200. Over the next few weeks, I will be choosing an iPhone photograph and a non-iPhone photograph from each month of the year and writing a little background as to why I have chosen those images.

For today, I am posting two shots. One DSLR, taken in Vilnius – part of a little series of images. The curious thing about this is that I had not a title ready for it, but when I uploaded to Flickr, from some reason the title I gave it was the same as the Apple shot. No reason why and not even sure why. But you have to go with these things at times.

God will send a sign. When he does, be prepared.

The iPhone image is from my trip to Porto back in June. I shot a lot from this scene. I like this particular one because of the bird in the scene. Hope you like it too.

Porto

Posted in Daily posts to Flickr, iPhone Also tagged art, black and white photography, blur photography, Blur will save the world, Brendan Ó Sé, Brendan Ó Sé photography, iPhone, photography, Porto, Shot on iPhone 6, street photography, Vilnius Photography |

January 11 2015

Jan

2015

by Brendan Ó Sé | 2 Comments

I like making New Year’s resolutions and usually I am quite good at keeping them. I don’t make many and I tend not to try to make radical changes. One of the resolutions I have made is in relation to my photography and involved, amongst other things, in deciding to look back before looking forward. I want to complete the series of images from Asia last year and also some others taken in 2014. Once that has been completed, the work begins. Stay tuned for updates.

Efforts to remain unseen

Here is the final one in the series of images. This one is unlike the others as it is in colour. Hope you like it. May come back to this style later in year. We will see.

This is another image from Berlin taken with the 1-hour Photo app on the iPhone. I like this app so much.

Getting closer

Posted in Daily posts to Flickr, iPhone, Street Photography Also tagged Abstract art, abstract photography, art, blur, Brendan Ó Sé, iPhone, iphoneography, love, mobile photography, street photography |

brendan ó sé photography

Tag Archives: fine art photography

Seoul Reflections

Tokyo: Blur will save the world

Blur will save the world

iPhone 6S and Nikon D7000

Best of 2015

Photographs

Two photographs

January 11 2015

Twitter

Post Categories

Instagram