Last Updated on Saturday, 02 November 2013
Welcome to the website of award winning landscape and seascape fine art photographer John Hooton FIPF, FRPS, MFIAP. Please take time to browse through the my images and if you see something you like you can purchase a high quality print from my on-line shop
For the last thirty years I have been captivated by the ever varying light and mood of Ireland's Atlantic coastline. Exploring this region has offered me an insight into the way out landscape has been transformed and evolved over centuries. The fragmented Atlantic coast from its mountains to the sea is a wealth of natural beauty. It is in this space that I find solitude. From the subtle colours of early morning light, the Irish landscape compels me to capture it. Irelans's notorious changeable weather provides a challenge and there is a depth and emotion which each ray of light imparts on this demanding landscape. My images reflect the changing light, and my use of a wide angle lens lends to it a better sense of place and location. The strong use of foreground intensifies the image, while the infinite expanse of ocean reminds us of the vastness of our world. It is here, in Ireland, with its wind and rain, sunshine and cloud, that I find inspiration for my work.
Mallow Man John Hooton to feature on RTE Nationwide
Friday November 1st
Local businessman and avid photographer John Hooton is to feature on RTE Nationwide on Friday November 1st. Presenter, Anne Casin came across a copy of John’s recently published book “Gathering Light on the Dingle Coast”and contacted John with the view of doing this feature on him. The programme will follow John at his business Mallow Fitted Furniture Ltd and will continue to Dingle in Co. Kerry where John runs photographic weekends for photographers of all levels.Anne Casin from RTE Nationwide spent a day with John last July at his workshop in Ballyviniter, Mallow following the process of design, cutting and assembling of kitchen and bedroom furniture. John established Mallow Fitted Furniture Ltd in 1982 and over the last 32 years has built up a strong business. Over the years he has trained and employed several apprentices and is well known for the high quality of his work.Many people will know John as a member of Mallow Camera Club and in recent years this hobby has taken a new turn. While continuing with his main business of furniture making John now also runs several weekend photographic workshops from Ballyferriter in Dingle teaching the art of landscape and seascape photography. Early in September Anne Casin and an RTE camera crew joined John on one of these weekends and together with a number of photographers from Ireland, the U.K. and Canada they explored the beauty of the Dingle Peninsula. These courses are open to all photographers of any level and have proven very successful.One of the more recent highlights in John’s photographic career is the publishing of his first book “Gathering Light on the Dingle Coast” which is available from local bookshops.
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