Pig’s Head Apparently there’s a market for pig’s heads. I’ll eat all sorts of meat products, and I’ll eat them with little prompting but a pig’s head? I shot these two heads in the English Market last weekend. An American couple were looking at me as I shot this and afterwards the girl posed while [...]
2008Sun17Feb
Pig’s Head
Filed in Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, English Market, Ireland, Photos, Urban
2007Thu29Nov
Carrots!
Filed in Canon 20D, Cork, English Market, Ireland, Market, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanCarrots! All sorts of produce is for sale in the organic shop in the English Market, Cork. Including these carrots.
2007Thu03May
A shark at Kay O’Connell’s fishmongers
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, English Market, Ireland, Market, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, UrbanA shark at Kay O’Connell’s fishmongers A shark’s deadly grin greeted customers to the fishmongers in the English Market on the day this photo was taken. Don’t you just love the expression on the fishmonger’s face? PS. Claire took some great portraits on Saturday!
2006Sun27Aug
Staring at me
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Cork, English Market, Food, Ireland, Market, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanStaring at me Am I feeling conspicuous or what? I tried shooting from the hip yesterday with the strap of my camera over my shoulder and my camera in a horizontal position instead of being wrapped around my hand in a vertical orientation. It proved useful, but I found that: More of my shots were [...]
2006Sat15Jul
Surreal in the market
Filed in Abstract, Candid, Cork, English Market, Ireland, Market, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20Surreal in the market A woman walking in the English Market is the perfect subject for a bit of surreal experimentation with the GIMP!
2006Sun02Jul
Moynihan’s Poultry
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Cork, English Market, Food, Ireland, Long Exposure, Market, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanMoynihan’s Poultry A long exposure shot in the English Market in the vicinity of one of the many chicken meat shops. The camera was set to f/8.0 and placed on top of a wall. In this semi-dark passage the exposure was 1/4 second blurring the passing people nicely but capturing the relatively motionless shop keepers.
2006Sat01Jul
Kay O’Connell
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Cork, English Market, Food, Ireland, Long Exposure, Market, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanKay O’Connell Kay O’Connell’s is probably the biggest of the fishmongers in the English Market, Cork.
2006Sun15Jan
Look Mommy!
Filed in Candid, Cork, English Market, Ireland, Market, People, Photos, UrbanLook Mommy! At one of the butchers in the English Market a week ago. This butcher sells great honey collected from bees in Co. Cork! I spotted the joint of meat on the counter as I was leaving.
2005Thu29Dec
English Market Seller
Filed in Candid, Cork, English Market, Ireland, Market, People, Photos, UrbanEnglish Market Seller There’s a wonderful looking olive and spice stall in the English Market! Unfortunately it is always mobbed with customers making it difficult to capture a photo of it but I raised my camera into the air and shot this blind. The original is quite grainy as I used a high ISO of [...]
