Quote from: leaf on June 05, 2010, 09:45
The weather forecast is not looking good for Monday though   If it is pouring rain or even slightly constantly raining, we won't be shooting.  We dont' really have much choice.  perhaps some of the models will be free another day but no guarantees.

We should be able to find a location to shoot inside. I'll bring some cheap rain ponchos for the models. How watertight is your flash? The weather looks the same on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Unfortunately, the weather is not looking promising...on the sunny side, excuse the pun, the weather guys/gals do get it wrong! I'm thinking very quick on my feet just to post this...If it is raining, how about meeting in the National Art Gallery http://www.nationalgallery.ie/ in side the main entrance, as it has quite a big foyer & admission is free? Will get back later this evening. S:-)

Many thanks FD-amateur!

Quote from: Opla on June 05, 2010, 09:59

Quote from: leaf on June 05, 2010, 09:45
The weather forecast is not looking good for Monday though   If it is pouring rain or even slightly constantly raining, we won't be shooting.  We dont' really have much choice.  perhaps some of the models will be free another day but no guarantees.

We should be able to find a location to shoot inside. I'll bring some cheap rain ponchos for the models. How watertight is your flash? The weather looks the same on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The flash isn't water proof at all, if it is raining I won't be using the flash outdoors.  Very high amps and water don't mix well... at least not with me  

Shooting inside could work but it sounds like a bit more of a headache.  We would be 6 models and 6 photographers, which sounds like a lot of standing around time if we are all waiting to use one set of flashes and lots of time where models will be standing around as all the shots won't be taken with all the models.  If we were shooting outdoors we could have three groups of people shooting at the same time making use of all the models all the time and everyone could be shooting or assisting all the time.  Outside also lets us shoot in public spaces where we don't have to worry about getting permission. 

Thursday and Friday look like better weather.

We can see what Sarah finds out in regards to location but I am still tempted to cancel the model part (pending rain).  It seems like a lot of expense for minimal or sub-par shooting conditions.  I am totally game for just walking around and shooting ourselves though no matter what the weather.

I'm scheduled to leave on Thursday, it will probably be difficult to change.

How about some kind of compromise? Like 3 or 4 models for one shoot only. That way we would not loose too much money if it doesn't work out. 

I feel for me, it depends a bit on how bad it is raining.  If it looks like we 'might' have ok weather I am happy to just try it out.  If it looks like it is pouring rain, I'm not too interested in shooting.

Right now on this website though it says sun until noon
http://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/Dublin/Dublin/detailed_long.html
then only a little rain in the afternoon, then no rain in the evening so theres still hope.

If it ends up raining a lot and you still want to shoot I can give you the models contact info so those who still want to shoot can and I can set up a meeting place for everyone.

I guess we can see how it develops.  Models shouldn't be a problem though, I think we could have 6 for each shoot which is probably what I'll try to book so we can have 2 cancel and still end up with 4.  If we get all 6 models we will have a nice photographer / model ratio of 1:1

Your weather site looks a lot better than mine, let's stick to your's
Agreed, let's see how it looks tomorrow and plan from there.

Yep can't stress too much about these things.

For those around on Sunday, how is meeting up somewhere around 6:30pm?

Quote from: holgs on June 05, 2010, 16:54
Yep can't stress too much about these things.

For those around on Sunday, how is meeting up somewhere around 6:30pm?

Good plan, sounds like supper.
Any Irish got a suggestion?

now that weather site is saying no rain until later in the day on Monday and nice weather on Sunday.  Maybe the rain will take longer getting to Dublin that they originally thought
http://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/Dublin/Dublin/detailed_long.html

Quote from: Opla on June 05, 2010, 18:40

Quote from: holgs on June 05, 2010, 16:54
Yep can't stress too much about these things.

For those around on Sunday, how is meeting up somewhere around 6:30pm?

Good plan, sounds like supper.
Any Irish got a suggestion?

Hi Olivier,

A few suggestions for eateries:

-Elephant & Castle in Temple Bar...sublime chicken wings...u can't book but go in, put ur name down & go across 2 Gogarty's pub & have a pint while u wait!
-Milano's on Dawson street - Italian but consistently good & atmospheric
-Epicurean food hall on Abbey street for during the day - eclectic mix of restaurants

All of the above, not dear. Hope this helps!

S;-)

Thank you Sarah!

Let's meet at Epicurean food hall at 18:30. It is near http://www.phorest.com/ 

Quote from: Opla on June 06, 2010, 05:06
Thank you Sarah!

Let's meet at Epicurean food hall at 18:30. It is near http://www.phorest.com/ 

Hi Olivier, I nearly sure that the Epicurean food hall doesn't stay open in the evening! I hope you see this post before you venture in!

Sarah

Quote from: saswell on June 06, 2010, 10:38

Quote from: Opla on June 06, 2010, 05:06
Thank you Sarah!

Let's meet at Epicurean food hall at 18:30. It is near http://www.phorest.com/ 

Hi Olivier, I nearly sure that the Epicurean food hall doesn't stay open in the evening! I hope you see this post before you venture in!

Sarah

Ok... just got to Dublin! Lots of rain

Should we try for Elephant & Castle in Temple Bar if Epicurean is going to be closed?

Have fun there tonight guys.  See you tomorrow.

Tyler, I'm with you on the idea of canceling the shoots if it's raining.

I have a cell number for here now.  It is

+353 86 248 0195

Sure Elephant and Castle sound good since the other is closed.

The forecast for tomorrow isn't looking too good

Yes, let´s do that.

Just realised I forgot to bring a wall socket adapter 

Quote from: Opla on June 06, 2010, 14:26

Yes, let´s do that.

Just realised I forgot to bring a wall socket adapter 

The grocery store by the D4 hotels sell them

Enjoy Ellie & Castle...salivating at the thoughts of their chicken wings!!
Just to confirm that we are meeting at St. Stephen's green at Fusilier's Arch?

I'll be wearing a wetsuit!

S;-)

Quote from: saswell on June 06, 2010, 16:39
Enjoy Ellie & Castle...salivating at the thoughts of their chicken wings!!
Just to confirm that we are meeting at St. Stephen's green at Fusilier's Arch?

I'll be wearing a wetsuit!

S;-)

your not coming tonight then?

Yeah, tomorrow we 'would' be meeting at St. Stephen's green at Fusillier's Arch.. the forcast says rain rain rain though
http://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/Dublin/Dublin/hour_by_hour.html

I'll look again tonight and decide what I am going to do but if it is as much rain as it is showing now I won't plan to shoot.  Not with models anyhow.  If it is a rainy day and we still want to see something and take some shots we can meet later so we can sleep in and get a few emails out of the way in the morning.... maybe meet around noon or something

Quote from: michealo on May 21, 2010, 10:30
Just a couple of suggestions on what to see in Dublin

Take the DART (commuter rail) along the coast, costs about €5 and it give a lovely view of the coast.
The Guinness Store House (which is a museum to Guinness) and you can pour (and drink) your own pint of Guinness, plus they have a fabulous rooftop bar.

What direction to take DART, and to what station? Would it be worth to get out of the train at any stops along the coast for some nice views?

Although I am not meeting you on Monday, my number just in case: +32 497 591 707

Hi Miklav,

Dublin is probably one of the few cities where alot of the museums have a free admission! Especially, if you're not into travelling long distances on public transport but would like to amble at your leisure on foot...I couldn't recommend more highly the following museums(I don't work/or have any affilation with same!)

http://www.museum.ie/en/intro/natural-history.aspx
http://www.nationalgallery.ie/
http://www.nli.ie/en/homepage.aspx
http://www.sciencegallery.com/

The latter being in Trinity College...all within walking distance of each other

To answer re the DART, I would head South for the coastal views. Hope this helps.

S.

In regards to the shoot tommorow, Oliver (opla) taked me into shooting in the rain (I think Holger was conviced too) - but we are planning to just shoot for 2 hours and just have 2 models, so it will be pretty short, not much time to shoot really, but it will also be cheap.  It should give everyone a chance to get at least 1 or 2 concepts shot in some sort of shelter from the rain. like along a street under a canopy or something. It is pretty well guaranteed rain all day.

I haven't heard if any of the models are interested in the short shoot yet, this is all a little last minute so I guess we'll see what works out.  I'll keep this thread updated.

So, we plan to meet at 10:00 at the same place, unless I can't find any models...

Quote from: saswell on June 06, 2010, 22:13
Hi Miklav,

Thanks!