Pull the river back a few metres and London grows a beach. I caught this stretch of Thames foreshore at low tide, the water was a proper builder’s-tea brown, the City stacked up behind like someone had emptied a box of glass towers.
I love springer spaniels, so I had to photograph this.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7RM5 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 160 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
A surfer, fresh out of the water, with her body board while a couple nearby walk and photograph the beach.
What you might notice from the waves and the way the dress of the woman on the far left is whipped about is the wind. No wonder surfers love this part of the world! This beach is inside the Ericeira World Surfing Reserve so you’ll find surfers here when the waves rise and come thundering on to the sand.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7RM5 |
| Focal length | 120mm |
| ISO | 400 |
| Shutter speed | 1/5000s |
A quarter of a second is all it takes to turn a busy footpath into a river of ghosts. I planted myself on Henry Street, dropped the shutter speed right down, and let the lunchtime crowd smear themselves across the frame while the New Yorker models behind them stayed pin-sharp and perfectly bored. It’s the opposite of the shot I put up a few days ago, where I caught a Deliveroo cyclist mid-pedal.
| Aperture | ƒ/22 |
| Camera | ILCE-7RM5 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 1/4s |
The circus had pitched up in a field at Cashel, near Junction 8 on the motorway, with big top flying the flags of half a dozen nations.
I was taking photos of the circus when these two kids sped across the frame, probably headed to the shop at the nearby garage. I wonder if they went to the circus while it was there.
We passed through a few days later, and the tent was gone. Moving on to another town.
| Aperture | ƒ/2.4 |
| Camera | Galaxy S23 Ultra |
| Focal length | 7.9mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 1/1200s |
I was waiting on Henry Street and spotted the deep shadows cast by the buildings, so it occurred to me that silhouettes would become a good subject for a photo.
Luckily, a Deliveroo cyclist came along then and I captured him motionless as he rode past.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7RM5 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 320 |
| Shutter speed | 1/1600s |
Getting a shot like this is half luck and half persistence. You have to wait until the incoming tide is about to retreat to take the photo.
This one was at Kilfarrasy Beach in Co. Waterford in 2017. Blarney Photography Club was visiting the area and this was on the itinerary for the the evening shoot.
It was a very dull evening, but we made the most of it.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 21mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1.3s |
IT Repairs on Oliver Plunkett Street hopefully had some bargains the day this man was peering carefully at their phones.
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 17mm |
| ISO | 320 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
The tower of St. Anne’s Church has recently been renovated but this photo is from 2022, when it was still gritty. It looks all shiny now but I think it looked better back then. The clock faces all got a nice lick of paint though which is welcome!
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 78mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/40s |
I was surprised to see a news stand on O’Connell Street. It was just outside Eason’s too, where they sell newspapers and magazines as well.
What caught my eye first was the news stand, but then the man extending his arm with his phone to pay for his purchase. A new form of payment for an old form of news.
Dublin is great for street photography. So many opportunities for moments.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7RM5 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 400 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
Remember how impossible it was to get a hair cut during lockdown? Afterwards for some time the barber or hair dresser would have to wear a mask while grooming your hair. This was in February 2022, when we were still paranoid about COVID-19.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 8000 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
Mask pulled down to the chin, cigarette on the go is the small, very 2022 contradiction I couldn’t resist framing.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 2500 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
A young woman blew the smoke from a vape into the air as I walked past.
| Aperture | ƒ/1.8 |
| Camera | SM-G998B |
| Focal length | 6.7mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
