Heatons Awaken Your Senses I jumped at the chance to make this photo when I saw the colour of the Heatons bag and the Super Valu advert on the bus shelter. Only later did I notice just how well the red or wine colours match! Is there a subtle marketing ploy at play here?
2007Wed16May
Heatons Awaken Your Senses
Filed in Advertising, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, St Patrick's Street, Street, Urban, Vehicles
2007Sun06May
Hula hoop dancer
Filed in Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Midleton, Midleton Food and Drink Festival, Music, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanHula hoop dancer A dancer entertained the crowds at the Midleton Food and Drink Festival last September. She was quite popular as you can imagine! Here’s a fascinating page on hula hoops courtesy of Wikipedia.
2006Tue07Nov
Looking onto Freedom
Filed in Black and White, California, Candid, People, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, United StatesLooking onto Freedom A young woman talks on her mobile phone while looking out a barred window in Alcatraz Prison, San Francisco. Walking through the prison was quite an experience, especially as tourists like myself took photos and listened to the audio tour while wandering. It was easy to imagine how awful incarceration must be [...]
2006Sun08Oct
Lady at the lights
Filed in Architecture, Black and White, Candid, Cork, Grand Parade, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, Urban, Vehicles, Washington StreetLady at the lights If looks could kill! I don’t know who she was looking at but she doesn’t look happy! Pictured on the corner of Washington Street and Grand Parade a few days ago while we waited for the traffic lights to change. Finn’s Corner, a sports clothes shop, has been on that corner [...]
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 [...]
2006Wed04Jan
Lady on the phone
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Street, UrbanLady 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 [...]
