Feline eyes stare at me I love cats. There’s nothing quite as relaxing as rubbing a cat’s soft fur while he basks in the heat of the sun. Some people hate cats however and I’m non-plussed. Perhaps it’s a primal instinct in them? This is a friend’s cat as he was eating from a bowl. [...]
This is interesting. One of the benefits of a really wide angle lens is that taking self portraits with my wife Jacinta is rather easy. One of the down sides of having the camera at arm’s length is the distortion of the lens isn’t the most flattering thing in the world. Into the fray comes [...]
2007Tue03Apr
Girls on the street
Filed in Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, St Patrick's Festival, St Patrick's Street, Street, UrbanGirls on the street St. Patrick’s Day brought out a huge crowd onto the streets and here’s a group of girls we bumped into on Patrick’s Street. We were on our way to a cafe for refreshment when I spotted a bicycle chained to a pole, but it had fallen down. As is my way [...]
Richard Hearne offered some great tips for making Irish photoblog mcawilliams.com more visible on the search engines and they’re very good general search engine optimization tips that can be applied to any website. He has grouped his tips into the following categories: Site Architecture On-Page Optimisation Off-site Optimisation Richard’s post is well worth reading, even [...]
2007Mon02Apr
Animal Care Society Collection
Filed in Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Dogs, Ireland, lomo, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanAnimal Care Society Collection Volunteers from the Animal Care Society were out in force on Saturday collecting to raise funds. We bumped into Beamish and his owner and I forgot to ask her name, but hopefully she’ll see this picture as I gave her one of my cards. Beamish was lovely and very placid, perfect [...]
I would love to know who made an email attachment of my thieving duck and thank them. The Aflac Duck seems to be a well known part of American insurance marketing and people got a kick out of these ducks stealing money from a lady on the street! Apparently my thieving duck has become “the [...]
2007Sun01Apr
Alcatraz Control Center
Filed in Alcatraz, Architecture, California, Canon 20D, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, United StatesAlcatraz Control Center The Control Center in Alcatraz. This room is visible to all visitors to the prison and is beautifully preserved. I couldn’t find anything specific about this room but Alcatraz History has a very good site with lots of information about the prison on Alcatraz Island.
