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King of beers

Filed in Advertising, Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Signs, Sky, St. Patrick's Quay, Street, Urban, VehiclesTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

King of beers Crossing the street on St. Patrick’s Quay, Cork.

Guinness

Filed in Advertising, Bridge Street, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Signs, Street, Urban, VehiclesTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Guinness Guinness, world famous stout brewed in Dublin, Ireland. It’s also the tipple every tourist to the country samples but I prefer beer myself! This is a sign on a pub on Bridge Street. It’s the one on the corner near Vibes and Scribes. What’s it called?

Heatons Awaken Your Senses

Filed in Advertising, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, St Patrick's Street, Street, Urban, VehiclesTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Heatons Awaken Your Senses I jumped at the chance to make this photo when I saw the colour of the Heatons bag and the Super Valu advert on the bus shelter. Only later did I notice just how well the red or wine colours match! Is there a subtle marketing ploy at play here?

Ban Embryo Research

Filed in Advertising, Canon 20D, Cork, Emmet Place, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Signs, Street, UrbanTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Ban Embryo Research At the end of August last year these signs popped up around Cork City urging people to attend meetings against embryo research. In one fell swoop they reduced a very complex issue to the simple image of a smiling baby. The poster itself does have impact however. They needn’t worry too much [...]

The Collins Bookshop

Filed in Advertising, Architecture, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Paul Street, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Signs, UrbanTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Collins Bookshop If you walk past this area now, the Amacas Restaurant is in this building on Paul Street, Cork. At the time the building was empty, having been vacated by the Gingerbread House a few weeks previously. This sign is now gone too, but Collins Bookshop on Carey’s Lane is still there, I [...]

San Francisco Tram

Filed in Advertising, Black and White, California, Canon 20D, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, Street, Trains, United States, Urban, VehiclesTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

San Francisco Tram A tram waits for tourists a few blocks from Union Square in San Francisco. It’s a popular attraction. There was a long line of people waiting to board just behind me! Technique – I used a blurred layer with a layer mask and circular gradients to create the blurred background. Black and [...]

Stop for four

Filed in Abstract, Advertising, Architecture, California, Canon 20D, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, Signs, Sky, United States, Urban, VehiclesTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Stop for four The light says stop so we stop. A junction in downtown San Francisco as we walked about town. I just realised the vehicle in the picture is parked awfully close to the corner. There isn’t any driver staring madly at the camera. Hope he didn’t get a ticket. That’s Banana Republic across [...]

Ireland V England at Croke Park

Filed in Advertising, Canon 20D, Cork, Grand Parade, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Ireland V England at Croke Park Ireland played England in rugby at Croke Park yesterday, and Ireland won, 43 points to 13! This was an historic occasion. Landsowne Road, where rugby and soccer matches are normally played is being renovated. Croke Park is the headquarters of the GAA, the native Irish sports of football and [...]

Never mind the bollocks

Filed in Advertising, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Signs, Street, Urban, Washington StreetTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Never mind the bollocks A Sex Pistols fan on his bike last April. This was taken on Washington Street, Cork while waiting for the street lights to change. I was walking, not in a car! PS. Mallow Camera Club did really well yesterday at the SACC competition! The club won the event outright and also [...]

SF Weekly

Filed in Advertising, Architecture, California, Canon 20D, Look up, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, Signs, Sky, United States, UrbanTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

SF Weekly San Francisco Weekly is only one of a number of free publications available in that city. Not sure what day it’s out though. Doh! My photos went down reasonably well at Photography Ireland yesterday. There’s a good street photography forum there. It’s worth a visit if you’re looking for inspiration or critiques or [...]

 
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