Handing it over I expect there are three generations of one family here: grandmother, mother and child. A moment in time captured on Paul Street, Cork.
2006Fri30Jun
Handing it over
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, Urban
2006Thu29Jun
Yeah! I’m in town!
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Cork, Dawnt Square, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanYeah! I’m in town! A girl on the phone in Dawnt Square Cork, dressed in the height of youth fashion: the obligatory tracksuit!
Thomas Hawk is defending himself from Jill Greenberg’s attacks and threats of court action because, in his opinion, what she is doing is abusing children. Her photos capture emotional children who are distraught and frightened. Tears run down their faces, hands are held to eyes to hide tears. She apparently works them up to this [...]
2006Wed28Jun
Mick Flannery at the Spiegeltent
Filed in Black and White, Cork, Events, Ireland, Music, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200Mick Flannery at the Spiegeltent The Lynch Mob join Mick Flannery Mick Flannery played to a sold out audience in the Spiegeltent last night. He has an amazing voice, he’s a great song writer and the audience were up in arms crying and shouting for encores at the end of the gig. The Lynch Mob [...]
2006Tue27Jun
Cone and Barrow
Filed in Black and White, Cork, Grand Parade, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanCone and Barrow A workman lifts his wheelbarrow on Grand Parade, Cork a few weeks back. No more Fred photos yet, I’ve been way too busy, and we’re headed to the Spiegeltent tonight to see Mick Flannery so tomorrow will be another street shot!
You may have seen this already, it’s on delicious, but it’s something I’ll read over later so I want to mention it. This airbrush tutorial is very detailed, showing each step with accompanying screenshots. The result is quite a stunning image in the Playboy tradition of perfect skin and tones. Fake but it’s what people [...]
PSPI has long been the best way of running Photoshop in the Win32 version of GIMP. I’ve waited for a Linux version with anticipation and it has now been ported! Not all plugins will work, but I tried the trial version of PTLens and once I pointed it at the .dat file it worked perfectly, [...]
The Tin Pub in Ahakista One of the highlights of Ahakista in Co. Cork is the Tin Pub set in the middle of an area lush with vegetation, flowers, trees and lovely West Cork Scenery. Jacinta visited here several years ago with her friend Mary when they had a picnic in the back garden. We [...]
2006Sun25Jun
Fat Boy Harley
Filed in Blarney, Cork, Events, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, UrbanFat Boy Harley The 15th annual H.O.G. Rally took place this weekend in Killarney, Co. Kerry. 10,000 Harley Davidson riders were expected. For the last few days I’ve seen Harleys around Cork sporting flags from all over Europe. Here are two of them on their way back, pictured in Blarney! Jacinta and I were going [...]
2006Sat24Jun
Bonfire Night
Filed in Blarney, Candid, Cork, Events, Ireland, Night, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200Bonfire Night It was Bonfire Night in Cork yesterday. It’s celebrated on St. John’s Eve and there have been bonfires lit in Cork for as long as I remember. Not all parts of the country celebrate the night, and I heard on the radio 2 days ago that there may be a by-law passed in [...]
