The Look, Dad, The Yawn

The Look, Dad, The Yawn An experiment in high-key cross processing. Pictured on Patrick Street, Cork. Howto and what is cross processing? Cross-processing has been around for as long as film has, and is a way of making your images more interesting and abstract by literally mixing colours. I followed the simple instructions here which …

Sunlit Web

Sunlit Web Sunlit Web On a foggy morning a web will sparkle in the ambient light because of the moisture in the air. I spent an inordinate amount of time crouched down shooting this dead bush!

Coats and Hat

Coats and Hat It’s unusual to see a man wearing a hat like the one above these days. I made this photo on Patrick Street a few weeks ago and love the different textures and the faces!

Lady on the phone

Lady on the phone Sometimes you’ll take a photo and think it’s not great. Occasionally you’ll spot a photo within the photo. I was attempting to photograph two lads walking down the street but when I saw the resulting image they were blurred by motion and out of focus. A closer look later showed this …

English Market Seller

English 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 …

Run around and around!

Run around and around! Children running around a labyrinth on The Grand Parade. Schools, churches, community groups and businesses around Cork were asked to design them as part of the closing ceremonies of Cork City of Culture 2005.

Audience

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)