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Audience

Through a break in the crowd I spotted a little girl watching a band play on the street in front of Brown Thomas.

Nollaig Shona daoibh! (translation)

Santa’s on his way!

Tonight Santa visits as the Christian world celebrates the birth of Jesus over 2000 years ago.

Scapa Flo, Blackpool Shopping Center

Scapa Flo played for free in aid of the Belarussian Orphanage Project. Pictured here are 3 of the band members.

Christmas Goods For Sale

At Blackpool shopping center there was a charity event for the Belarussian Orphanage Project. A band played inside and just inside the main doors they were selling Christmas cards and small gifts. Not sure if I should have left this as a colour image but I think as a character study of the boy and woman it works much better in black and
white.

Off The Wall

Pictured at the Blarney Woollen Mills a week ago.

Links of the Day

• Retouching Magazine Cover - magazine photos have to feature pixel perfect beautiful men and women. This girlpower Flash presentation goes through all the little touch ups that go into improving a model’s eye, nose, cheeks, lips, breasts, waist and more until she is not the person who stood in the studio. (via)
• Digital Photography World has published some great articles recently including image management now that he’s gone completely digital.
• John Engler’s photography section of his blog has lots of good stuff, including 3 introductory articles: What’s an SLR Anyways?, Film Speed, Aperture. (via)
• I posted the last two US photos: Chatting and Shopping and Crowded Cork. The collection is complete!

Don’t go to bed reading a photographic book, you’ll get up again to “try out” the new techniques you read about.

A rose by any other colour

One of the Blarney Castle roses.
The original was very saturated and detail was lost in the bright red of the petals. Making a monochrome image made the detail stand out and drops became visible again.
A little dodge and burn to finish.

Smile Please!

Guy in a clown suit walking around town. Not everyone was amused!

Wet Day Shopping

Couple walking along Patricks Street Cork on Saturday.

Castle in Monochrome

Blarney Castle, taken moments before clouds completely covered the sky.

The Claw

A tree in Blarney Castle Gardens