One of the supports on the Shaky Bridge outside Fitzgerald Park in Cork.
Black and White
Black and white photography has been around for years but it continues to be popular. I love black and white pictures because the color doesn’t distract from the light, shape and texture of the subject.
2010Tue20Apr
Strength in Numbers
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Canon 50mm f1.8, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Urban
2010Sat10Apr
Self Portrait in Glass
Filed in Black and White, Canon 50mm f1.8, Cork, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, UrbanA portrait of myself shot in the mirrored column near the playground in Fitzgerald Park, Cork.
2010Fri26Mar
River Nore, Kilkenny
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Ireland, Kilkenny, Photography, Photos, River, Sigma 10-20, Urban, WaterThe River Nore runs through the city of Kilkenny where we spent a weekend earlier this month at WordCamp Ireland. In the photo you can see the Rivercourt Hotel where I stayed with my family on the opposite bank the famous Kilkenny Castle. Beautiful city, well worth a visit.
2010Fri19Mar
Patient Dog
Filed in Black and White, Blarney, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Street, UrbanPatient or not? A dog waits as his owner chats at the farmers market in Blarney on St. Patrick’s Day this year. More Photos.
2010Mon15Mar
1964 Morris Minor
Filed in Bantry, Black and White, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanA Morris Minor, registered in 1964, parked in Bantry town in County Cork. Pictured in September 2008 while on holiday there. After reading the Wikipedia page on the car this is probably a Minor 1000.
2010Wed03Mar
Unhappy in Dublin
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Dublin, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanGrim faced people walking along O’Connell Street in Dublin a month ago.
2010Sun24Jan
Abbeystrowry Cemetery
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, UrbanAbbeystrowry Cemetery is located near Skibereen in County Cork. It is the site of some of the mass graves used in the area during the famine around 1845. I didn’t know, or had forgotten there was a famine in 1740/1741 when 400,000 people died. That many people died on this little island of ours in [...]
2010Thu07Jan
Frosty morning in Blarney
Filed in Black and White, Blarney, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, UrbanAnother frosty morning in Blarney, County Cork. I’m glad I work from home. The roads are deadly now. Snow fell in Dublin yesterday and the city practically came to a stand still. It hasn’t snowed in Blarney yet but the roads have been bad. We had a Christmas Day adventure when the car didn’t make [...]
2010Mon04Jan
An Bhlarna
Filed in Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanThe sign points the way to Blarney or Blarna in Irish. If you’re interested, that’s pronounced “blawrnah” “Secrets”, an adult store, occupies the building at the centre of this photo.
2009Thu31Dec
The half finished Opera Lane
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, UrbanThe new Opera Lane in Cork City separates the gleaming buildings of the new development that was built right in the heart of the city and completed this year. Back in July it was a rugged dirty construction site, and this photo is a fitting end to 2009, and the Noughties. Not much construction work [...]
