Baby likes Wispa

Filed in Canon 20D, Cork, Food, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, UrbanTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Baby likes Wispa My little baby, Adam, likes the new Wispa bars. Well, he enjoyed throwing this one around and almost got it into his mouth before I stopped him! ‘Course, I gobbled it down shortly afterwards and it was every bit as good as I remembered! Wispa Bars were on sale in Ireland and [...]

Denis MacSweeney

Filed in Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Merchant's Quay, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Denis MacSweeney One of the few photography shops left in Cork City center, Denis MacSweeney’s shop in Merchant’s Quay is a simple photo development outfit. O’Leary’s Camera World and MacSweeney’s on Oliver Plunkett St. will sell you cameras and all sorts of other photography bits. Unfortunately both shops were out of 77mm filters the last [...]

Are you off to Dingle then?

Filed in Canon 20D, Cross Processed, Ireland, Kerry, Milltown, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Signs, UrbanTags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Are you off to Dingle then? One of the more hair-brained ideas of Eamon O Cuiv, the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs was to proclaim that the official names of all towns in Gaeltacht areas would be the Irish names. I’m all for efforts to make Irish more appealing and stronger but what [...]

Cork Film Festival

Filed in Advertising, Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Signs, St Patrick's Street, UrbanTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Cork Film Festival Cork Film Festival starts on the 14th of October this year and will run until the 21st. They’ve obviously spent quite a bit on advertising as these banners are visible all the way up Patrick Street. Still, I’ve never been to a film during the festival. Others take time off work and [...]

The Evening Echo seller

Filed in Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, St Patrick's Street, Street, UrbanTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Evening Echo seller This man has been selling the Evening Echo on Cork’s Patrick’s Street for years. Here’s a photo of him back in August 2005!

Couminole View

Filed in Canon 20D, Dingle, Ireland, Kerry, Photos, Rocks, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Sky, WaterTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Couminole View Looking out to sea from the steep walkway down to Couminole Strand on Slea Head, the Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry. The film Ryan’s Daughter was filmed in this area and the beach behind me was featured in the gun running scene! Check it out on Youtube. About 2 minutes into the second clip [...]

Sun peaking out in SF

Filed in Architecture, Black and White, California, Candid, Canon 20D, Look up, People, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Street, United States, UrbanTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Sun peaking out in SF The sun is hidden by a tall building in San Francisco while mother and daughter wait for the lights to change.

My laughing baby

Filed in Blarney, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

My laughing baby My little baby, Adam, was in great mood when I shot this in the Castle Hotel, Blarney a few weeks ago.