Favorite June Images

[Aidan Bradley]

Below are some of my favorite images from my June shoot in Ireland and Portugal. Heading back again next week for the month of August.

The Heritage....Seve/Jeff Howes.



Oitavos....Arthur Hills.



Royal Dublin....Harry Colt/Hawtree



Mount Juliet....Jack Nicklaus



Waterville...Eddie Hackett/John Mulcahy/Claude Harmon/Tom Fazio.



Skellig Bay....Ron Kirby



Headford....Christy O'Connor Jnr



Dingle....Eddie Hackett/Christy O'Connor Jnr

[Jordan Wall]

I love all of your pictures, you are very talented.
Thanks a lot!!!




And, if we are lucky, may we get favorite July, August, Sept. etc images as well?
 

[Geoffrey Childs]

Aidan

Your images never fail to put a smile on my face.  Thank you for taking the time and effort to showcase both your talent and these golf courses.

[Tim Pitner]

Aidan, fantastic, as always.

How is Hawtree's work at Royal Dublin coming along?  It tends to get criticized here, but I enjoyed the course.

[Aidan Bradley]

Thank you for the kind words.

Tim....the changes seemed to have been very favourably received. An article will appear in the next month or two in Links magazine highlighting RD and the changes that have been implemented.

[Tim Pitner]

Aidan,

Great, I'll watch for the article.  Thanks for the notice.  

[Bob Jenkins]

Wow!

Would love to follow you around for a few weeks.

Great work and thank you for sharing it.

Bob Jenkins

[PThomas]

always enjoy your work, thanks

[Scott Witter]

Aidan:

Your photographs are quite compelling and a just compliment is due I believe.  I have always thought your artistic use of depth of field is what separates you apart from many other in the bizz.  As I look over your work and especially in the photos in this thread, you have a great ability to compose a shot.  That isn't as easy as it sounds.  Many people do as well, however, they lose it in the end by attempting to capture the viewer's eye to a set focal point and miss out on the whole intent.  Your work draws the viewer into the shot through the combination of strong composition and an engaging depth of field.  As we look at the photos enclosed, the foreground starts our eyes and mind in motion and guides us right in the setting with a human scale sense because we can actually see the textures of the elements, the ever essential meat and potatos middle ground grabs our attention and is normally the main attraction and finally the background balances the composure and allows our eyes and minds to wander off into never-never land.  NOT THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT!  Now, my only wish is that I could afford you to photograph some of my work

[Nick Church]

Wow.  Thanks for sharing.

[Garland Bayley]

Hi Aidan,

A couple of questions.
Do you carry around a ladder to take pictures from?
Do you ever work in black and white?
Did you try to get the wave to line up with the back of the green at Waterville?

Enjoy your pictures.

[Aidan Bradley]

Garland,

1.....No ladders. Not stable/ steady enough to shoot at half a second.

2.....While, I do not shoot B&W film, all images can be output in B&W.    What the difference would be if I started with B&W as opposed to converting is an interesting question and one I shall pursue.
3.....I waited patiently for as close to the perfect set as possible.

Glad you enjoyed the images.

Aidan.

[Dan Kelly]

Great pictures.

Do all of the bunkers at The Heritage look like that, with random geometric cuts?

Where else in the world has anyone seen a bunker that looks like that one?

[Mike Nuzzo]

What beautiful pictures.
They obviously took a long time.
Would you share with the gang, how many hours it took to snap those 4 seconds of pictures.

Am I exempt from being critical on work outside the country?

I don't like bunkers edges, especially artistic, that have no relationship to the surrounding land.

Oitavos - i like the surrounds better than the golf... maybe they could have been incorporated a little better?

Headford - did you tie the swan's leg to the bottom of the lake?  

[Aidan Bradley]

Dan,

Here are some more examples of the bunkers at the Heritage.

[Scott Witter]

Mike N:

I happen to know that Aidan placed that swan in the water and anchored it to the bottom of the pond...good god man, you didn't think it was real did you?

I guess I don't know what you mean about the bunker edges at the Heritage, I think they relate quite nicely with the roof lines, dormers and edges of the housing track in the background!  Looks natural to me

Mike, hope your project is going well and you are having loads of fun.  Keep us up to date on progress, even photos of dirt are cool, especially for us architect types.

[Tim Gavrich]

Those bunkers are far-out.  They certainly don't look natural, but they are very interesting.  Kind of golf's answer to the Cubist movement in painting.  If The Heritage is a fairly new golf course, my guess is that over time, maintenance will preclude the preservation of such strict, sharp lines, and the bunkers will begin to look more like those of Grande Dunes (a Rulewich course in Myrtle Beach), which is the closest look I've ever seen to this.

[Craig Sweet]

Those bunkers look like Engh on acid.

[Aidan Bradley]

Mike,

If you include the plane rides, driving 2700 miles, sitting in pubs watching the World Cup while waiting for the sunshine, scouting time and shooting time  -  those 4 seconds too three and half weeks.

If you feel the need to criticize, away with you lad (that's Irish for "carry on").

At least you didn't accuse me of photoshopping in the swan. Just like the waves in Waterville, it took patience and timing.

The Heritage has been open for about 5 years. The conditioning and maintenance of the course is as fine as I have ever seen. Sam Torrance, playing in a seniors tournament a couple of years ago said the tee boxes were in better shape than most greens he had putted on.

[Dan Kelly]

Which "heritage" are we celebrating there?

The long and distinguished history of Irish jigsaw-puzzle design?

[Doug Wright]

Aidan,

Great photos--you could make Garbage Dump GC look beautiful...

What hole is that at Waterville?

[Aidan Bradley]

Doug,

#16, Liam's Ace

[Sean_Tully]

Great pictures.

Do all of the bunkers at The Heritage look like that, with random geometric cuts?

Where else in the world has anyone seen a bunker that looks like that one?

One would need to go back in time actually, I was always interested in some early photos of Riviera as some of the bunkers from the first couple of years had that look. Of course this is far more pronounced.

Aidan-
Nice pics, I like the Park course best.

Tully

[Jack_Marr]

Wonderful as always. What courses are you photographing upon your return?

[Aidan Bradley]

What courses are you photographing upon your return?

Jack,

Castle Dargan...a new Darren Clarke Co-design outside Sligo.
Blarney Castle...a new John Daly Co-design near Cork.
The new nine at Rosapenna.
The new Faldo holes at Ballyliffin.
Greystones, Elm Park, Tyrellspass, Milltown, Lepardstown..............
and a wish list of many more that only sunshine and time will permit me to accomplish. Slainte.