The Jumping Church

Over the past 12 months I have taken a series of photographs from different church ruins
across the North-East of Ireland but was drawn to return and focus my attention on one
particular place where I took many different types of images from all over the site at different
times of the day and year throughout the different seasons.
“Immersive Ruins.” is a series of panoramic photographs that capture the feelings of visiting
the church ruins at Kildemock, Co. Louth. Otherwise known as “The Jumping Church.”
After creating these panoramic images, I came up with the idea, that it would be nice to share
the feeling of visiting this site with others who may not be as fortunate to be able to travel to
locations like this. With that in mind, I decided to create a VR experience of this ruin.
Using images taken from the site I used a process called photogrammetry which is the
process of creating 3d assets from 2d photographs using dedicated software.
Photographs are used to create a 3D Model from a large number photographs taken in a
circular motion around the different parts of the Ruins. These photographs are then run
through the software to create an exact 3d replica of the ruin and its many different graves
and crosses.