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Gilding the Door on Popes Quay
A man is repainting the front door of St Mary’s Dominican Church on Popes Quay. It can be easy to forget that massive buildings that have been there all the time need constant maintenance.
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The Photographer and the Cliff
The cliff below the Baltimore Beacon drops a long way, and the only way to show that was to put a person at the top of the frame. Luckily, a fellow photographer was busy doing the same thing I was doing. I walked over afterwards and spoke to him and his wife. They are Swiss,…
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The Drinks Queue
The Cure came on in full sun, which is not the weather anyone associates with them. While waiting for the line for the bar to move on, I turned round to photograph the crowd. A sea of people stretched all the way to the distant trees and a manor in the background. Wow.
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The Beacon Through the Gorse
I got down low in the gorse to photograph the Baltimore Beacon, so most of the frame is flowers and wire rather than the beacon itself. A few groups came and went as I photographed the Beacon, but I don’t think any of them stooped down low and put their camera in the gorse!
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Evening Light on Sheep’s Head
Sunset on the north side of Sheep’s Head last night, looking over towards the Beara Peninsula. I didn’t expect much colour, but a break in the clouds let the light through. It was gone within minutes, but not before I had shot it dozens of times!
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Sitting in the Sun at Bantry Market
The van was parked side on to the sun on a warm February day in Bantry last year. Sun shone for a brief moment and I caught a moment where he looked up from his phone.
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The Stones Arches of Ballydehob
The tide was full, and the water had gone completely flat, so the stone arches came out twice in the frame. We were lucky. The weather back home in Blarney was atrocious, with rain falling from cloudy skies.
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Shandon from the Dunnes Stores restaurant
The best view of Shandon in the city centre is from the restaurant upstairs in Dunnes Stores on St Patrick’s Street, above the trays and the tea urns. I stared out the window, above the building site that is the Crawford Gallery.
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Zebra Print in Whitehall
The Trans+ Pride filled the streets of central London in July 2025, and after the march we were walking up past Whitehall accompanied by many who took part. There was plenty of glamour and beautiful people around, and I was so happy that this lady allowed me to take a photo of her!
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Boudicca and the Fridge Magnets
The souvenir stall is built right up against the plinth, so the caps and the fridge magnets sit at eye level and Boudicca is above them with her spear raised. She led the revolt that burned Roman London to the ground, and here she is now, the roof over a rack of I ♥ LONDON…
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The Horses of Helios
Four bronze horses rear out of a fountain at the bottom of Haymarket and they’re just the background of a busy day in London.
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Heads Down on the River Lee
Two swans were feeding at the edge of the Lee Fields when I stopped. Both had their necks down in the shallows, working the seeds and crumbs in the same posture a second or two apart. It was exceptionally bright so I exposed for the highlights and everything else went dark.