A very happy crew member of the Köln when she docked in Cork in 2005. Now that I’ve archived my photo collection to DVD (only 41 DVDs for 2009 so far!) I’m converting RAW files to Jpeg to reduce the insane storage requirements of 179GB of data for 2009 alone. As an example, I squashed [...]
2009Tue15Dec
Thumbs up for Comandante João Belo
Filed in Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, UrbanMembers of the crew of the F480 Comandante João Belo as the ship was known in 2005. In 2008 it was sold to Uruguay, with official transfer on 8th April 2008, renamed ROU-01 URUGUAY.
2009Sun06Dec
Digging up Daunt Square
Filed in Black and White, Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, Street, UrbanFlash back to 2005 if you will. Ireland is in the grip of the Celtic Tiger boom. Cork is undergoing a transformation. The city’s streets were dug up and remolded with apparently improved drainage (didn’t help recently unfortunately) and the revamping of the city centre was in full swing. Here’s the construction on Daunt Square, [...]
2009Fri04Dec
Eyes on Fregatte Köln
Filed in Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, UrbanCrewmen on the Fregatte Köln when it visited Cork in 2005 kept a close eye on me, Ryan and AJ as we photographed every inch of the ship we could see. Looking back over these photos reminds me that this was the day the cheap memory card I used at the time failed on me [...]
The Chicago Theatre on State Street in the city of the same name. The sign in front is hard to miss but I’ve never been in there. Maybe next time I visit Chicago. More info on the theatre’s history page. Love that Netscape favicon! This was shot in 2005 but I know I have shot [...]
Barack Obama’s family probably had some help from America’s Secret Service when they moved from Chicago to Washington but for the rest of us, that journey would be a lot more mundane and would involve the services of a company like Hollander. Photographed somewhere in Chicago in May 2005. PS. Thank you if you nominated [...]
2008Tue16Dec
Construction in Chicago
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Chicago, People, Photography, Photos, Street, United States, UrbanConstruction work on the Trump Tower in 2005.
2008Mon08Dec
Look up at Marina City
Filed in Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Chicago, Look up, Photography, Photos, United States, UrbanMarina City, the round shaped buildings in Chicago that sit on the river make an imposing sight when viewed up close. Good thing there’s valet parking, you certainly wouldn’t want to be scared of heights driving around inside them!
2008Sun07Dec
Shoe Shopper Heaven
Filed in Candid, Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Chicago, People, Photography, Photos, United States, UrbanI’m reliably informed that many women enjoy the occasional trip to shoe shops and other establishments were garments and other finery may be purchased. Thankfully my wife isn’t one of them and hates shopping almost as much as I do. Nevertheless we found ourselves inside this shoe shop in Chicago so I decided to make [...]
2008Fri05Dec
Chicago Spaces
Filed in Architecture, Black and White, Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Chicago, Photography, Photos, United States, UrbanDespite being a major city, or perhaps because of it, Chicago has plenty of open spaces and broad streets. I love this shot for it’s wide open space bordered by tall buildings. If the photo looks slightly odd, that’s because I used the perspective tool, but never dragged it the other way..
