St. Patrick’s Day Tricolour Girl A young girl leans on a traffic light where she has a bird’s eye view of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Cork.
2008Wed19Mar
St. Patrick’s Day Tricolour Girl
Filed in Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Look up, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, St Patrick's Street, St. Patrick's Day, Street, Urban
2008Tue18Mar
St Patrick’s Day 2008 in Cork
Filed in Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, St Patrick's Street, St. Patrick's Day, Street, UrbanA flavour of the St Patrick’s Day festivities and people who attended the Parade in Cork yesterday. Special Olympics Team Some of the Special Olympics Team took part in the parade and as I said yesterday, it was strange to see only them on the street with nobody else about. Everyone cheered them on however [...]
2008Sat23Feb
Face in the machine
Filed in Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photos, St Patrick's Street, Urban, VehiclesFace in the machine A cement mixer on Patrick Street coming out of Drawbridge Street stopped and I spotted the two faces in the poster.
2008Thu17Jan
Smiling pretty girls
Filed in Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, St Patrick's Street, Street, UrbanSmiling pretty girls On the night when firemen closed off Dorothy Perkins in Cork, a few people saw my camera and presumed I was a photojournalist. Some even asked what was happening but I didn’t know! Anyway, these two girls wanted their photo taken. They presumed I was with the Evening Echo but I told [...]
2008Tue15Jan
Girl on dad’s shoulders
Filed in Architecture, Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Houses, Ireland, Look up, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Signs, Sky, St Patrick's Street, Street, UrbanGirl on dad’s shoulders A small girl sits on (I presume) her dad’s shoulders on Patrick’s Street. In the background is the Savoy Shopping Center, and of course the building side behind Dunnes is clearly visible in the scaffolding supports to the far left.
2008Sat05Jan
Firemen in action
Filed in Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Night, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, St Patrick's Street, Street, Urban, VehiclesFiremen in action Cork City Fire Brigade were called out this evening to a shop on Patrick Street. I’m not sure what the emergency was but two fire engines were called to the scene and had a Garda escort on the way there. Maybe a gas leak? A huge crowd gathered around and when some [...]
2007Fri28Dec
Starlight headlights
Filed in Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, St Patrick's Street, Street, Urban, VehiclesStarlight headlights A long five second exposure at f/22 captured cars stuck on Patrick Street about a month ago. They’ve done some fabulous work on the pavements of Cork’s main thoroughfare but it hasn’t made a jot of difference to vehicular traffic, except to make it more dangerous to pedestrians as they saunter across junctions [...]
2007Tue25Dec
Christmas Baubles
Filed in Candid, Canon 20D, Christmas, Cork, Ireland, Lights, Night, People, Photos, Reflections, Sigma 18-200, St Patrick's Street, Street, UrbanChristmas Baubles Christmas Baubles hang in Porter’s newsagent, Cork. Christmas decoration is everywhere but reflective surfaces present an opportunity to take a self portrait. Yes, that’s me reflected! Hope you had a great Christmas Day. We went travelling and I must say it was the best Christmas Day in a long time. I think I [...]
2007Sun23Dec
A busy moment
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, St Patrick's Street, Street, Urban, VehiclesA busy moment Freeze what you’re doing. Right now. The world has stopped. A busy moment on Patrick’s Street, Cork captured forever. I liked this image because of the solitary motorcycle rider, but then I noticed all the activity: the people walking, cars *all over* the frame, the parked security truck with the driver leaning [...]
2007Mon10Dec
Lost in thought
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, St Patrick's Street, Street, UrbanLost in thought Two teenage girls on Patrick’s Street, Cork. One is lost in thought, while the other chats away. Do you recognise the Special K poster in the background?
