Tag Archive for 'city'

Last Winter

Now that all the France holiday posts are done, I can get back to reviewing some of the more recent additions to my lightroom catalog. This was from a batch of Velvia I developed recently (and had been sitting on the shelf in the spare room for about a year previous to that). How do I know that? Because other shots on the roll were from Christmas/New Year 2010 at the Botanic Gardens. This was shot with the Diana, something I haven’t picked up in quite a while. I initially thought the light leaks this roll picked up from nearly a year sitting on a shelf would ruin the roll but once scanned some of the shots didn’t look too bad. Almost usable, like the above.

Published on November 9, 2011 in Diana, Dublin, Film and Landscape. 0 Comments

Half Moon

No, not the place Jaffa Cakes are made. Unfortunately. Cork’s Half Moon Street, just around the corner from the Opera house and across the road from the Cork City cherry coke emporium. Leading up to the photowalk, the week is now more than half over. Only a couple more days to go. YJCM3FU8H448

Published on August 10, 2011 in Cork and X100. 0 Comments

The Office Party

Top of the Rock, September 2009. We were anyway, they were slightly below us. Just after the sun went down over the horizon, this crowd came out to play. Hell of a place for an office party. Hell of a place for a photowalk come to think of it.

Published on July 20, 2011 in Canon 24-70, Canon 5D, Landscape and People. 1 Comment

Coffee & Beer

The inaugural ‘Coffee & Beer Photowalk’ (so obscure you probably haven’t heard of it) took place today in Dublin city. The guest list was severely limited by a committee formed specifically to decide on the Coffee & Beer Photowalk guest list. They’ve since been disbanded due to allegations of nepotism. The walk was carried out at a determined pace, planned out with military precision and executed with such preciseness (if that’s even a word) that it would have made baby cheeses cry if such cheeses were added to the guest list by the aforementioned committee.

The rules of the photowalk are simple. Buy a camera, meet in 3FE, drink coffee, walk at an accelerated pace to Against The Grain and drink beer. Photos are entirely optional. I broke with tradition by actually taking some photos, mostly after the beer had been consumed.

I took the opportunity on the long, torturous yet delightfully sunbathed walk home to test out this new camera with results I’m not too ashamed of. For a maiden voyage anyway. My brief moment on the wrong side of the (luas) tracks was productive yet terrifying. Terrifyingly productive.

I refuse to blather on about the camera until such time as I’ve learned how to use it. I almost said ‘until I’ve read the manual’ but I think we all know that’s never going to happen. Suffice to say that working with a 35mm fixed lens is an entirely new experience.

More of this kind of thing is available for your immediate perusal on Pix and Flickr.

Published on June 25, 2011 in Black and White, Dublin, Event, Landscape, People, Photowalk and X100. 2 Comments

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Somewhere in NYC, downtown I think. Going through all the shots from New York that I still haven\’t processed, now nearly a year later.

Published on August 16, 2010 in Canon 24-70 and Canon 5D. 2 Comments

Approaching Orange

Approaching Orange
Underground in Glasgow last year. Waiting for what the locals call \’The Clockwork Orange\’. It\’s orange and it goes around in a circle. Don\’t ask too many questions, I didn\’t. A decidedly more pleasant commuting experience when compared to the London Underground; Something I\’ve become all too familiar with in the last couple of years. Back to Scotland for a few days but on the move this time. Highlands & Island(s) specifically. Nice.

Published on July 15, 2010 in Canon 5D, People, Scotland and Sigma 12-24. 0 Comments

Liberty City

Liberty City
Been playing a LOT of Grand Theft Auto 4 recently. A lot.

Published on May 5, 2010 in Canon 5D and Landscape. 0 Comments

The Guinness Fire

The Guinness Fire
Earlier today, one of the buildings in the Guinness factory at St. James caught fire while work was being carried out on it\’s roof. While at work I got a photo on my phone of the plume of thick black smoke a few hundred yards from where the fire was. This shot was taken later in the evening showing the damage to the building once the fire had been put out.

Published on December 21, 2009 in Dublin, Event and Landscape. 2 Comments

so far so good

so far so good
On the way back from the park, climbing the steps for the long walk back across the Brooklyn bridge.

Published on December 6, 2009 in Canon 5D, Event and People. 1 Comment

West Side Storey

West Side Storey
An apartment building lit up by the sun. Passed by it while strolling around the west side on a mission of exploration.

Published on December 6, 2009 in Canon 5D, Event and Landscape. 0 Comments