It’s remarkable that the politicians spend thousands of Euro on their posters but won’t spend 150 Euro for a decent portrait to start with.
Ask any child to choose whom they would vote for from the selection on one lampost and I guarantee they will pick a well-taken portrait.
Enda Kenny got his kid brother to step in for his photo shoot complete with a pitch black rug (in real life his hair is mousy ginger, grey and very thin).
The Sinn Fein posters look indistinguishable from Green Party posters (maybe they are planning something together!)
The PD’s posters are the most consistent and the photos are a big improvement on previous election attempts.
Labour is the outright winner (sorry Dad, I hated writing that and God help the country if they get a foot in the door). But that simple red curved line design means you can spot them at 100 meters.
Bertie’s Team aren’t much of a team when it comes to photography, their only criteria was obviously a green background but they failed to realise that there are 40 shades of green, which becomes 140 when you use a variety of bargain basement printers.
On Dublin’s Southside the Barry Andrews poster (FF) stands out in the crowd, the position and space is perfect, his portrait (taken by Barry Moore) is well lit, well posed and he has a friendly Statesman look. And my own photo of Maria Corrigan (FF) looks well if I may say so myself! And my skill may even have something to do with the fact that teenage boys have been seen stealing her posters in the Dundrum area!
The rest are a hotchpotch of scary criminal line-up snaps, many clearly taken by cowboys. In fact I’ve seen better Polaroids on Crime Watch.
Of course the printers will blame the photographers and the photographers will blame the printers. But ultimately the blame rests with the politicians and the blatant liar who told them they look good in that snap.
So all photographers are advised to place the following notice on their door:- “DON’T CANVASS HERE UNLESS YOUR POSTER PHOTO WAS TAKEN BY A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER”.
Regards, Dominic.
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