TO ALL OF YOU…A BIG THANK YOU!
I have been sitting here for 20 minutes thinking of what could have been my first real post. As I am often asked I thought to write about how, when and why I started taking photos..
I will one day, but before anything else I really wanted to dedicate my first real post to say Thank You.
Building up a professional portfolio is not as easy when you work full time and surely it would have been impossible without the help of all the people who spent their time during weekends helping me in photo shoots.
Please forgive me should I forget any name!
A BIG THANK YOU TO:
Models: Tamara James, Marie Dullea, Rebecca Buckley, Amy Cole, Ruta Jonauskaite, Ruth Walsh, Robin Sibanda, Jenny Lagerqvist, Anne Marie Moran.
© Ivan Begala
Model Agencies: Vivienne Kelly, Emer O’Sullivan at Lockdown. Eva Borland at HotLook Model Management.
Make up artists: Kathryn O’Neill, Colette O’Sullivan.
Hair stylists: Kevin Ryan and Stephen Cronin at Wilton Hair and Beauty.
Designers: Caroline Atelier, Karyn Moriarty.
Boutiques: Brian McManagan, Hazel Buckley and Tina Scully at Amity Boutique.
Locations: Cork City Gaol, Waterworks Cork, Muckross Traditional Farms Killarney, Hayfield Manor Hotel Cork.
Newspapers/blogs: A big thank you as well to all editors: Martina O’Donoghue at Evening Echo, Deirdre O’Shaughnessy at Cork Independent, Bairbre Power at The Irish Independent and styebible.ie, stylefish.ie blogs.
A big thank you as well to all fans of my work that always supported me on my facebook page, with wonderful comments, a great motivation booster!
Everyone of you contributed to let me reach what I believe is a great achievement, having my work published in several local newspapers and now in the best selling national paper in Ireland, the Irish Independent!
A big thank you goes as well to my very patient girlfriend who always supported me in every moment.
So, again, THANK YOU everyone!
Ivan
The photo here is one of my images published in the Weekend Magazine of The Irish Independent. The fashion shoot was for award winning designer Karyn Moriarty.
Photo Ivan Begala
Designer: Karyn Moriarty
Hair: Stephen Cronin at Wilton Hair and Beauty
Model: Jenny Lagerqvist
Make up artists: Kathryn O’Neill.
Location: Muckross Traditional Farms, Killarney