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Hello!

My name is Thomas David Kavanagh, a photographer that shoots wedding, lifestyle and commercial portraiture. I was born and bred in Dublin, Ireland but have been living in Birmingham, England for the past decade.

I have started a photography business called Saol Photography. Saol (pronounced 'Sail') is the Irish word for 'life'. I chose this as it represents how important photography is to me as well as the type of photographs I want to make.

In this blog I will share details of how my business progresses and also the projects that I am working on. Your views and comments are greatly appreciated. All of the writing and images seen in this blog are created by me and I retain the copyright. Should you wish to use any of my images, please contact me for permission.

Thank you for taking the time to visit,
Tom :-)

Saturday 26 May 2012

Manifest Live ft. Cat Chinn


So I've been a busy little snapper lately. So much to blog and so little time! Will have to remedy that.

Before April was out I shot my first live music event. The very talented Cat Chinn launched her EP 'The Roads We Chose' in the O2 Academy Birmingham.

I always like to use available light where I can, so I can capture the atmosphere better. Flash when it's too strong can overpower other sources of light and you end up losing the ambient colour that sometimes makes an image.

I knew the low-light would be a bit of a challenge during the performances and brought some fast lenses and a good flash. Even so I was still surprised to find the none of the stage lights pointed towards the singer of each act (the front of the drums were perfectly lit!?!). Good thing I'd prepared.

I'm quite happy with the results but really looking forward to doing some more live music. It's such a great feeling to be doing something you love while your enjoying fantastic music and a great atmosphere. I was particularly blown away by Jasper In The Company Of Others and the headline act Cat Chinn.

At the moment I've been working on some lifestyle and commercial portraiture, will be sharing some of that soon. Here's some images of the acts that performed on the night, each of the names is also a link to their music.

Scott Yoko Churchill





















Happy listening, Tom :)

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