In what may be the best or most ‘happy accident’ case of coincidence (Alanis Morisette may even call it ironic), I had to use a few days of holiday allowance before the end of June. So I picked this week, thinking I’d book a last minute ferry and go to Wales or maybe even go […]
Read moreI’m going to be lazy here and repost exactly what I posted to Instagram, because I’m not so secretly just a hack. But because I have reserved a special place in my heart for people that still read blogs, you get some extra context (waffle). It’s late 2007, maybe it’s early 2008. I’m sitting in […]
Read moreI found that an idle Friday morning is often the best time to visit Harper’s Island wetlands, and often the best time to do anything that doesn’t involve the necessity to be around other people. It was my first time there in about a year, having previously become frustrated by my lack of ability to […]
Read moreAs is my wont, I am forever driven by my misguided sense of obligation. I took the first ride of 2025 on the motorbike because I’d just paid my insurance and felt like I better get some use out of it. I opened Lightroom for the first time in a year back in December because […]
Read moreBack in April, just as we got a stint of good weather. Evening’s getting a bit longer so both the bike and the drone came out to play. Always nice to have scenery like this so close to home.
Read moreI’m limiting myself to one photo in this post, mostly because it’s all the only photo from this set that I’ve put any thought into. As usual, I’m posting it here because it feels I need to do it more justice than a simple Instagram post that’ll be viewed at the size of a stamp. […]
Read moreI love shooting film (especially 120). I love that it forces me to be more decisive about each frame, because there are a very limited number available at any one time. It’s not like I carry around pockets full of film with me, not at recent prices anyway. The process forces a much slower and […]
Read moreIt wasn’t until we were back at the car after our first time out of the house in 2023 that my phone helpfully pinged and told me what we were doing at this very time in 2022. No surprises, it was the very same thing we’d just done. I suppose that makes it an unofficial […]
Read moreA little while ago, I came down with a very serious case of nostalgia. I think it started right around the time I was watching some film photography videos on YouTube. The nostalgia built over the course of a few days, at which time I could take it no longer and dug around in the […]
Read moreThe marina area in Cork has long been a favourite destination of mine for photographing general grime and grunge that everything down there is covered in thick layers of. So I was a little disappointed but not entirely surprised today to read that a developer is looking to spend upward of €350m to restore/rebuild/rejuvenate the […]
Read moreAlthough the first set of photos I took with my new Fuji-X to FD mount adaptor haven’t made it here yet, here is the second set, taken with the FD 50 f1.8 during a short walk around Crosshaven. Because I got a sudden attack of nostalgia for black & white (and because I haven’t shot […]
Read moreA little bit of a spur of the moment walk by the sea with the camera in early August. This location blends together two of my favourite things; The sea and industrial grime. It also works out quite well for my general sense of laziness, not being that far from home. This feels a little […]
Read moreThe latest in the long list of things that was “bound to happen eventually” is buying a drone. I went a bit too far down the drone landscape photography rabbit hole on youtube and instagram, then before I know it I’d hopped on the bike and was making my way to the nearest shop that […]
Read moreIt’s been a while since I was at Inniscarra with a camera. It’s been a while since I was at Inniscarra at all. Shameful to admit, but I didn’t actually realise there was much more to this place than just taking the 2 minute walk to see the dam, stalk some herons, and then hopping […]
Read moreThe Bluebells may have been out, but as usual I was taking pictures of everything else. Taken mostly in Ballinspittle woods with a small amount of Old Head of Kinsale thrown in for good measure. I’ve been thinking that a telephoto is missing from my landscape lens line up. Might have to rectify that problem.
Read morePhotos may be unrelated to text, as I’m sick and tired of hearing, thinking and writing about how much of a pain in the ass it is jumping from one covid-19 lockdown to another. With that out of the way, here are some photos of a pre-Christmas (2020) jaunt to Currabinny to engage in one […]
Read moreWhen my mind drifts, it’s usually to the same old recurring thought. “Wouldn’t it be grand to live on the doorstep of the Alps”. Even my wandering subconscious is ruled entirely by thoughts of being on the bike. To be able to ride into the tallest mountains on perfect roads at the drop of a […]
Read moreFountainstown beach, Monday night. A walk on the beach to kick some stones and poke whatever washed up on the shore with a stick. Also an excuse to stroll around a bit with the X-T3. No, I’m not sure if that crab was dead or alive. I didn’t poke it with a stick.
Read moreYou wouldn’t think it to look at me, but I’m a very big fan of filthy things. Dirty, grimy, covered in beastly mud and oomska. Oh yes. If I’m going to be particular about it, old filth is far superior to new filth. The older the better. Rust is a close second to filth. But […]
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