January 3rd, 2012 by Rick | No Comments

I just wanted to put out a great big thank you to all the people that have helped make a great 2011 for First Focus Photography! To all the Models,Performers Make-up Artists, Hair Stylists, fashion Stylists, Model Agency’s, production companies, Print & Press publications, event management services customers and clients…… A big thank you to [...]
December 19th, 2011 by Rick | No Comments

The Book “Tattoo Vixens 2″ brought to you by Skin Deep magazine is now on sale in all good bookstores! it features a six page spread of my shoot with the amazing Melissa Hayward that took place at the beginning of the year and its just great to see the shots in print at last! [...]
December 13th, 2011 by Rick | No Comments

I had been wanting to do a woodland location shoot for quite sometime, with a real kind of Gothic style pin-up shoot that would allow me to turn day into night with the use of creative lighting effects and to utalize the “Bowen’s travel pak” that I have had for my studio lights to take [...]
November 18th, 2011 by Rick | No Comments

My latest shoot features Canadian Model Rex Cable who contacted me through Model Mayhem to arrange a shoot whilst he was on his travels to Ireland, he wanted to shoot with me as he said it was difficult to find a photographer who has experience shooting Male Models and that is indeed what I have!….. [...]
November 2nd, 2011 by Rick | No Comments

I am currently teaching an Introduction to Digital Photography course in MakeupFablicious Academy in Dublin, the course aims to provide a basic introduction to Digital SLR photography, camera techniques, technical settings and introduction to Photoshop. With an emphasis being on studio lighting techniques for fashion & portrait photography and what is possible from a basic [...]