Right: Alex hard at work photographing Fr Moore’s Grace before REGINA’s High Tea in Dublin.
REGINA: How long have you been working in the industry?
ALEX: I’ve been working in the industry for close to six years now: two years on my own freelancing, before being invited by friends to join this company that I’ve been with for the last four years.
REGINA: Have you been to Ireland before?
ALEX: I had never been to Ireland before, but I’ve heard so much about it from various sources, from books and the stories on saints and St. Patrick, to things like the stories by the old Irish priests and nuns who were living in my country.
REGINA: What were your expectations going in (photographically speaking)?
ALEX: My expectations were that it would be a lot of green, rolling hills and wide open spaces. I prepared my camera and a few lenses and a drone to go in and capture the beauty of the place as much as possible. I also read up on all the laws regarding drone flight and usage.
REGINA: What made photographing Ireland unique from what you've done previously?
ALEX: This was the first time in many years that I would be operating alone without a team, and also in Europe. I’m more accustomed to having a group with me to bounce ideas off of and to cover one another…Also, I carried all my gear up a mountain. That’s new (we don’t have mountains back home).
REGINA: Any challenges?
ALEX: I think the hardest part was just keeping up or ahead of the group to get shots that were both dynamic and natural. I didn’t want anything to be posed, so despite being on holiday, I had to blend in and fit myself into even the tightest of corners with my large assembly of gear.
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