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  • The Umbrella Photographer

    Sunday’s storm on the Dingle Peninsula was the kind that turns sensible people around at the car park, but photographers are rarely sensible. I was down at Clogher Strand when the rain properly opened up. My friend and I both grabbed umbrellas trying to keep the gear dry while still getting the shot. The blue umbrella was doing most of the heavy lifting, swallowing them whole against that wall of ancient slate. What struck me was the colour contrast: that vivid blue
    popping against the muted greys and ochres of the cliff face, with the smooth sand beneath acting like a stage. They never knew they’d wandered straight into my frame, which is probably for the best. Sometimes the best subjects are the ones who don’t know they’re performing.

    Clogher Strand was used as a filming location for David Lean’s Ryan’s Daughter (1970). The production spent nearly a year on the Dingle Peninsula waiting for suitably dramatic weather. We had that on Sunday!


    Apertureƒ/5
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length63mm
    ISO800
    Shutter speed1/2000s

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  • 1864 Meets 2026: Old Iron, New Glass

    Look up and notice that 160 years of history are stacked vertically in the same sightline in London. At the bottom of the frame is the ornate ironwork crest of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, dated 1864, sitting on its stone parapet like it’s been there forever (because it basically has). And rising directly behind it, filling the rest of the frame, is One Blackfriars. That’s a 50-storey residential tower clad in curved glass that Londoners have nicknamed “the Vase” because of its shape.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length65mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/250s

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  • Tiny People in a Giant City

    This is what I love about shooting London with a telephoto lens. You compress the layers of the city together and suddenly the relationship between people and architecture becomes absurd.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length87mm
    ISO125
    Shutter speed1/500s

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  • Cool and Curly: Two Strangers on the South Bank

    Just after we walked across Millenium Bridge in London I came across these two people watching something behind me. I think it may have been two women who had a couple of dogs with them.

    An interesting pair. I couldn’t resist making a candid photo of the moment.


    Apertureƒ/4
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/1250s

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  • Wish You Were Here

    We stopped for a break in St. John’s Church Garden where I spotted an art installation mounted on a rotary clothes line. A bit eye-catching!


    Apertureƒ/6.3
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length187mm
    ISO500
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • Walking Into the Storm on the Dunes

    A storm was rapidly approaching but the sun was still shining when I took this. Moments later the dark clouds in the background had blown over, leaving some of us drenched, and then it was bright and sunny again.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length139mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/1000s

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  • This is Dunnes in 2008

    The Dunnes Stores on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork was only a muddy construction site in March 2008. Only the distinctive yellow front of the building remained at this time.


    Apertureƒ/9
    CameraCanon EOS 20D
    Focal length18mm
    ISO200
    Shutter speed1/200s

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  • It’s Big, Ben!

    Every tourist in London has a photo of Big Ben, so here’s another one. 🙂


    Apertureƒ/5
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length62mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/640s

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  • The Sacred and the Street: St. Augustine’s Before It Closes

    Photograph taken from inside the entrance porch of St Augustine's Church on Grand Parade, Cork, looking out through the open dark blue panelled doors onto the street. A yellow CAUTION WET FLOOR sign stands on the tiled floor of the porch. Beyond the doorway, pedestrians walk past on the pavement, a pigeon stands to the left, and the shopfronts of Phelans Pharmacy and other businesses are visible across Grand Parade. Bare winter trees and a bus shelter are in the middle ground.

    The news broke at the end of last month that St Augustine’s Church in Cork would be closing later this year.

    Despite walking past there hundreds of times while out walking I’ve only been in there a couple of times. I happened to call in about a week before that announcement and took the photos above.

    The building has been featured here before. Jeremiah Cronin sold the Echo in this porch for many years until he retired during the pandemic. He passed away in 2022.

    I wonder what will happen to the building now?


    Apertureƒ/1.8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length50mm
    ISO12800
    Shutter speed1/800s

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  • The Wheels Go Around

    Photograph of people gathered around a red novelty photo booth shaped like a small vehicle on a London street. Three women wearing white headscarves stand at the booth's curtained entrance, one in a pink top and jeans, one in a long blue dress, and one in a pink outfit. A boy in a grey hoodie and a younger boy in a green cap and grey jacket plays with the red wheels on the side. Other pedestrians stand nearby. A London landmark backdrop is visible through the booth's window.

    I love when I spot something like this happening on the street. It happened near the London Eye where there’s a novelty photo booth shaped like a bus. Two kids were at the back, with one pointing at the wheels, and then they go and spin the wheels!


    Apertureƒ/4
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length29mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/640s

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  • Going Underground at Piccadilly Circus

    Every photographer who visits London takes a shot of Piccadilly Circus. It’s practically a rite of passage. The neon screens, the crowds, and the Eros statue somewhere off to the side are iconic. So is the famous UNDERGROUND branding seen all over the city so I wanted to get a mix of the two in this photo.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO400
    Shutter speed1/500s

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  • Arms Wide, Knives Out

    The audience at Covent Garden really appreciated this knife juggler. He’d just been throwing knifes in the air above the body of a willing volunteer. I’m not sure if I’d have volunteered!


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length63mm
    ISO1600
    Shutter speed1/500s

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