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  • Masked Normality: Life in Cork One Year After COVID-19

    Street photography showing a man wearing a white face mask and tan jacket with black backpack, sitting on a concrete street planter on a busy urban pavement in Cork, Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    A year after COVID-19 hit Irish shores and people were still being extra careful, even wearing masks outside where there was little risk of infection.

    Better to be safe than sorry.

    Here we are in 2026, and people are still denying that COVID-19 was a problem, while there’s a screenshot going around of a tweet by an “MD” who predicted that everyone who got the vaccine would be dead by the end of 2025. We’re still around. LOL.


    Apertureƒ/3.5
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO400
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • The Cat Who Rules the Hedgerow

    A friend’s cat wandering out of a hedgerow on to the gate of a field on a lovely July evening many years ago.


    Apertureƒ/5.6
    CameraCanon EOS 20D
    Focal length28mm
    ISO200
    Shutter speed1/60s

  • The Stunning Live at Cyprus Avenue

    The Stunning performing under intense orange and red starburst stage lighting, with the lead singer playing guitar centre stage, fellow band members on either side, The Stunning drum kit logo visible behind, and audience members' raised hands silhouetted in the foreground.
    The Stunning performing under intense orange and red starburst stage lighting, with the lead singer playing guitar centre stage, fellow band members on either side, The Stunning drum kit logo visible behind, and audience members' raised hands silhouetted in the foreground.
    Wide stage shot of The Stunning performing with warm orange and yellow lighting beams, featuring five musicians on stage including a guitarist with a red electric guitar on the left, a brass player, the drummer, the bassist walking across stage, and another guitarist on the right.
    Wide concert shot of The Stunning bathed in vibrant green stage lighting, with all four band members visible across the stage performing, The Stunning logo on the bass drum head, a Palestinian flag on the left side of the stage, and the silhouette of an audience member's head in the foreground.
    The Stunning performing live with dramatic orange and blue stage lighting, showing the lead singer centre stage playing guitar and singing, a guitarist with a red electric guitar on the left, the bassist bathed in golden light on the right, and the drummer visible behind The Stunning branded bass drum, with audience silhouettes in the foreground.
    Concert photograph of Irish band The Stunning performing on stage at Cyprus Avenue, Cork, with blue and magenta spotlights cutting through the darkness, featuring four band members including a guitarist with a red electric guitar, lead singer in a white hat and pale jacket, drummer behind a kit displaying The Stunning logo, and bassist on the right, with a Palestinian flag visible on stage.

    The Stunning have been part of Irish musical life since the late 80s with such hits as “Brewing up a Storm”, “Everything That Rises”, and “Half Past Two”. It was incredible to see them live in Cyprus Avenue!


    Apertureƒ/5
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO5000
    Shutter speed1/250s

  • When the City Blurs By

    Motion blur panning shot of a blue Volkswagen New Beetle driving through a city at night, with a blurred Christmas tree light display and warm glowing shopfronts in the background.
    Long exposure panning photograph of a dark blue Tesla driving at night with colourful light trails streaking across the background in cyan, red, orange and yellow, creating a sense of speed and motion.
    Panning photograph of an Irish HSE ambulance speeding through the city at night, showing yellow and blue Battenberg markings and text reading OTHARCHARR ÉIGEANDÁLA and HSE, with streaked urban lights in the background.
    Night-time panning shot of a dark red SUV driving through a city street, with motion-blurred neon signs and colourful urban lights creating horizontal streaks in the background.
    Motion blur photograph of a white hatchback car driving at night, captured using panning technique with vibrant bokeh and light trails from city signs and shopfronts blurred in the background.
    Motion blur panning shot of a blue Volkswagen New Beetle driving through a city at night, with a blurred Christmas tree light display and warm glowing shopfronts in the background.

    Panning photos is a nice way to burn through some photos and sometimes a photo or two will look half decent. It’s very hit-and-miss. You have to start panning your camera with the car and then hit the shutter while panning, hoping that you’re staying on your subject. A fun little exercise. 🙂

    These images were shot on Grand Parade in Cork on a cold December evening when I was out with Blarney Photography Club a few weeks ago.

    I created a new WordPress plugin. This one shows the archives on this blog as a (large) thumbnail gallery that will show each image in a lightbox. I had the idea of using the lightbox WordPress ships with to show gallery images, and it worked out!

    See it in action in the street photography archives. Grab your own copy from https://github.com/donnchawp/archive-lightbox-gallery by downloading the source and uploading it to your WordPress site in wp-content/plugins/archive-lightbox-gallery/.


    Apertureƒ/3.5
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length26mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/2.5s

  • Silk and Stone at Couminole

    Waves crash on the rocks at Couminole, Co Kerry but are made misty by a long exposure photo.


    Apertureƒ/6.3
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length175mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed4s

  • The Dead Man Sleeps

    Landscape photograph of An Fear Marbh (The Dead Man) rock formation viewed from the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland in December 2025. The distinctive island lies in the grey Atlantic waters, its silhouette resembling a human figure lying on their back. In the foreground, green and brown grass slopes down towards dark slate cliffs that drop to the sea. A rustic wooden post and wire fence runs along the hillside. To the left, a dark rocky headland frames the view, while smaller sea rocks break the surface of the calm water. The Blasket Islands are visible in the misty distance under an overcast grey sky. The scene is rendered in muted tones of grey, green and brown.

    An Fear Marbh as seen from the nearby Dingle Peninsula on a cold December afternoon.


    Apertureƒ/6.3
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length126mm
    ISO1000
    Shutter speed1/640s

  • Cool Against the Neon

    While the Haidilao facade throws everything it has at the pavement, all pandas and beer mugs and flashing Chinese characters competing for attention, this man just leans there in quiet command: blazer, open collar, white trousers, flat cap, phone in hand, utterly unbothered. He doesn’t need to compete with the lights because he’s already won.


    Apertureƒ/4
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO640
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • The Steel Wool Spirals

    Spirals of sparks as steel wool burns in a long exposure of about 20 seconds.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO400
    Shutter speed20s

  • Nollaig Shona Duit

    “Nollaig Shona Duit” through the years, from 2022, 2024 and 2025. From one end of St. Patrick Street to the other.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/2s

  • Santa on Bass

    A few more photos from the Cork Academy of Music night in Cyprus Avenue recently. They were so good!

    videos to watch


    Apertureƒ/1.8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length75mm
    ISO1600
    Shutter speed1/250s

  • Future Stars at Cyprus Avenue

    The students of Cork Academy of Music took over the stage in Cyprus Avenue last week for a fabulous Christmas concert. For most of them, it was their first time on stage and it was electrifying. The crowd went wild supporting their friends and family and everyone was dancing and having a great time!


    Apertureƒ/2.8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO6400
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • The Heart-Shaped Sunglasses Club

    A McDonald’s in London was the restaurant of choice for 3 ladies wearing identical heart-shaped sunglasses on this July day earlier this year. They were sitting in the window, above the McDonald’s arches. I couldn’t resist photographing them.

    McDonald’s restaurants in Europe, including the UK, use dark green exteriors rather than the bright red and yellow associated with the brand in the United States. This shift began around 2009 as part of a rebranding effort to appear more environmentally conscious and to blend better with European streetscapes, where planning regulations often require more muted commercial signage. The green is meant to evoke a commitment to sustainability though critics have called it “greenwashing.” Either way, it makes for a more photogenic backdrop than the garish American colour scheme, and those white arches pop beautifully against the forest green paint.

    TBH, I hadn’t noticed until this picture.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO1250
    Shutter speed1/500s

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