journal

I fell as if my life is in constant motion. Everything picked up one day and never got set back down, and I only begin to realize that when i come back to the place were it all began. I can only dream about the upbeat rhythm my life had at that time. The sound of the ocean in the summer, kids and family gathering in the “passerella” to lay out and play on the big rocks. It was only last summer that I remember having my first 35mm that my mom gave me for my birthday and taking it out for a stroll to show my friends and expiriment with the f-stops and shutterspeeds which intreegued the hell out of me. It was the beginning of summer and I was so ready to dive right in, living  up every second of my last season in Sicily.

Growing work

Shacks in Ireland live and breath, they have a history unimaginable

Click Here for My Ireland Photographs

computer store

Reason

I have not updated my blog in quite some time. However, I feel like I have grown as a photographer. I’m working on some new work, street photography and the street’s people, as I think of it. I have also been realizing the importance of selection and cropping of my images instead of throwing all my images online I have began to pick and choose the really special one. Any who my dad made this really great slide show here of the work I have done since I was not able to do it, being on a boat and all I don’t have enough time on the internet.  click on the link below, Enjoy!

http://web.carteret.edu/keoughp/PKeough/Bahamaweb/

iner city Nassau life, the thug life.

Night Photography

When you listen to the radio do look for songs you already know or do you search for something you have never heard befor? I suppose it’s kinda like that. Makeing annonomus objects come alive, haveing a sence of feeling within it’s own space is what crosses over to the observer; transfering a feeling that they put into their own perspective. I have been reading “Sleepwalkers” by Doug Aitken; he has such a sence for the places he shoots, he feels it breeth and captures it’s energy. I’m trying to find my place in time and this is just the way i do it.

Solitude

I have been feeling rather inverted lately, solitude is creeping up on me. I go to watch the sun set on the dock, reflecting my thoughts. The ocean reaches across the horizon and is so vast, full of opportunity, and yet no way of reaching it. It’s nice being here but i feel so small and everything becomes impossible, foreign countries that use to make me enthralled with hope now seem distant and scary. I wish to find that light that once sparked me lighting me up. for now its just solitude. 

Upcoming Show

Hey everyone I would like to announce that i will be having my first show at the CCC library from the 1st of november to the 15th of december. I will be presenting my photography taken in Sicily for the first time outside the web. I am so thrilled to have my first show! It is so astonishing to see how much effort goes into putting a show together. From buying and putting together frames to printing and matting I have learned so much thanks my dad! I hope to see everybody November 6th at  5pm for the reception!

New trick

 

I was placing the two and a quarter film into my holga camera when I realized as I put the backing on my camera no numbers showed up to show me what exposure I was at. This was fine because I wanted to do some experimenting with double exposures anyways. Come to find out it was 220 film not 120, I thought it strange when in the dark room placing it into the canister there was no paper on the back of the roll. I would have exposed film since on holgas there is a little red box where light can get in. I put it through the scanner, really exited to see how they would come out. Looking at my first image “Jesuscandle” made me realize that there are sooo many things to experiment with Holga cameras and any camera for that mater! I have so much to explore and figure out to master the art of photography. Every second is a learning experience! Even when I mess up or do something wrong it can turn out to be a good thing, like this light leaked exposed film! Bah! Who knew? I can’t wait to learn how to control a light exposed shot to the degree that I want it. It will be fun researching this new trick J

 

 

 

 

A New Segment

I don’t necessarily feel like i should say that being in North Carolina is a new segment of my life as much as a new path in life. I enjoy occupying my time with studying and photography.I am definitely content with how i am spending my time here in my hometown. I suppose I have a new respect for this city. Any place that has such a beautiful sunset as this deserves some credit. I wish that everybody could say the same about their life. can you?

Photo taken by the lovely Hanna Toler

A well return.

Yes, I have finally returned to North Carolina. Almost didn’t make it for various reasons on part of the air port but finally got here, even if my bags didn’t. I haven’t wasted any time. My first day in the states I spent developing my Holga film and then scanning it for the blog. I will make my finally decisions for hanging in galleries once I am done.  Tomorrow morning I am going to check on a job at a coffee shop, where I will also be able to hang my pictures. I feel very chill yet serious for starting all these new experiences. I hope for it to go well. YO!