Back in January 2019 I was contacted by Creative Head the leading magazine in the UK and Ireland for hairdressing professionals. They wanted me to take the editorial brand photography of Mark O’Keefe’s salons Sugar Cubed and Brown Sugar in Dublin. I have to say I admire Mark so much. The salons and hair culture he has created in Dublin really stand out. When we walked through his salon you could really feel the warmth and affection his clients and his co-workers have for him. T
Read MoreEast Point Business Park is centrally located in Dublin’s docklands. The 40 acre business park is beautifully landscaped and contains many of the world’s top multi national companies. I was asked to photograph the exterior and the interior to show off the various buildings and how they fit into the local environment. Despite it’s city centre location this commercial business park is surrounded by beautiful landscaping with a diverse range of shrubs and trees.
Read MoreAIPCO is the Association of Irish Professional Conference Organisers. Their 2015 conference took place in The Powerscourt Resort Hotel in Enniskerry Co Wicklow Ireland and I was asked to be the official photographer and videographer fo the event. All the leading Irish hotels, conference organisers, events and meetings teams from the leading professional conference companies in Ireland were all there. The conference and events industry is such a strong tight knit family in Ireland it was great to see so many people I know there from events I have been lucky enough to work on as photographer. The brief was to capture all the speakers and then the discussion panels.
Read MoreCapturing the glitz and glamour of an event, conference or meeting can be difficult but this is the exact type of corporate photography I enjoy doing. Lots of lights, smoke machines and guests all dressed up and ready for the show. Nervous first timers and confident experienced award winners. This huge awards presentation event was held in the RDS Dublin. I was booked to photograph and capture these exact moments and also the details of the event as provided by the event organiser.
Read MoreI have been taking the headshots the headshots of the Croke Park Meeting and Events team for the last few years and the we always have great fun doing it. Indeed it is part of my brief as the headshot photographer to capture the personality of the Meetings and Events Team at Croke Park as well as the stadium itself. Here are some photographs from the last shoot there with some quick outtakes of behind the scenes. There is also a short video to show some of the set up to get the corporate portraits taken.
Read MoreIt was a great pleasure to be asked by local Greystones GAA club Éire Óg to photograph their Annual Awards Presentation and Dinner Dance in the Greystones Golf Club. This was the last corporate event I had before the Covid 19 shut down of events. It was great to see such a great community spirit and turnout for the event with many local dignitaries and sports people present from both the Greystones GAA club and neighbouring Greystones Rugby Football Club. Corporate awards photography by Roger Kenny Wicklow and Dublin Ireland.
Read MoreWell it sure has been a busy year for actor headshots. Thank you so much to all the actors who came to the studio and allowed me take their acting portraits. So many brilliant Irish actors. Some stepping in front of the camera for the first time others that have being doing it awhile. Last year I started doing more natural light headshots at my new studio in Greystones allowing me to offer actors two types of headshots with two different types of lighting. Natural light and studio lighting.
Read MoreCISCO’s annual Partner Forum is almost heading into legendary status! This is out third year covering the partner forum and our second time in Carlingford doing the photography and videography. This year we also brought back the very popular Headshot Lounge. This was where anyone could get a new headshot taken and emailed to them that day.
Read MoreIt is great to see so many corporate companies both national and international rewarding their employees. As a corporate photographer these event are great corporate events to attend. Often these events start with some team building event followed by a conference. Of course team building and conference photography are both two things I really enjoy photographing. This corporate award ceremony took place in Killashee Hotel in Naas Co Kildare just up the road from Dublin and close to Dublin Airport.
Read MoreAs a corporate photographer in Dublin I get to meet and work with some amazing companies. When Max from multi award winning Aughey O’Flaherty Architects got in touch to see if I would be interested in helping them update their website with some new headshots I jumped at the chance. The brief was to really show the architects in their office environment but also capture the relaxed and personable characters of everyone.
Read MoreCISCO have been a great client of mine for the last number of years and I am very proud of that fact. As a photographer I always get to see the very human side of companies and their people. CISCO are one of those companies that are such a great company to work with. I guess that comes from the top down and if there is one person at the top who alway impresses me (apart from Chuck Robbins)
Read MoreNothing I like more than putting on my tuxedo and heading to a charity ball. Especially one that is so close to my heart. I played rugby for 20 years and loved every minute of it firstly in Suttonians RFC then on to Belvedere and then back to Suttonians. A number of years ago I was asked to photograph a party being held in a marquee in the garden of a gentleman called Joe McGowan in Foxrock.
Read MoreI am the photographer for lots of different types of Award ceremonies in Dublin Ireland. They are one of my favourite type of corporate photography jobs to do. This was the Phone Watch Christmas party and Internal award ceremony wrapped into one. What a great night it was! The lively crowd were up for a laugh and all the award winners were well liked and deserved winners going on the crowds reactions. The Morrison Hotel was a great location for this event right in the centre of Dublin city. Whether working with an event company or PR agency hiring a professional photographer for these kind of events is so important.
Read MoreI was delighted recently to be asked to photograph the recently renovated Parkview Hotel in Newtownmountkennedy Co Wicklow. The client was in particular looking to update their wedding brochure as Wicklow is one of the most popular counties in Ireland to hold your wedding. By the way if you are looking for a wedding photographer be sure to take a visit to my sister website The Portrait Room.
Read MoreCroke Park are a great client of mine. I do all their events team headshots as well as the GAA board. They often ask me into to photograph important events or occasions for their staff. They asked me into to do a group shot of all the women who work in Croke Park to celebrate International Women's Day and also to celebrate the retirement of one their longest employees!
Read MoreHere are some photographs from a recent corporate event held in the offices of Toyota Ireland. They were launching Toyota Financial Services in Ireland and had invited guests from Japan, America and Europe as well as Minister Michael D'arcy to speak at the event.
Read MoreBetter late than never. Finally got around to picking out some of the many headshots I photographed in 2017. All a bit random here ..... just sit back and enjoy the slideshow! Otherwise go through them all one by one in the gallery. If you are an actor looking for new headshots or a musician, dancer, comedian, singer I would love to hear from you. Got some ideas for a shoot get in touch! Thank you folks! Roger
Read MoreEveryday we should celebrate the little things. Reward yourself for work well done. My reward is a cup of tea and a chocolate biscuit. It is amazing what that can do for my energy levels and motivates me to finish off a job or some editing.... answer that email I don't want to answer!
Read MoreFinal blog post on retouching. I just thought this was a recent good example of some retouching done to a corporate headshot. Here we have the original lightly retouched headshot followed by the high end retouching. Both beautiful photos but one just has a more polished feel to it.
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