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Cool Against the Neon
While the Haidilao facade throws everything it has at the pavement, all pandas and beer mugs and flashing Chinese characters competing for attention, this man just leans there in quiet command: blazer, open collar, white trousers, flat cap, phone in hand, utterly unbothered. He doesn’t need to compete with the lights because he’s already won.…
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The Steel Wool Spirals
Spirals of sparks as steel wool burns in a long exposure of about 20 seconds. Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 24mm ISO 400 Shutter speed 20s
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Nollaig Shona Duit
“Nollaig Shona Duit” through the years, from 2022, 2024 and 2025. From one end of St. Patrick Street to the other. Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 24mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/2s
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Santa on Bass
A few more photos from the Cork Academy of Music night in Cyprus Avenue recently. They were so good! videos to watch Aperture ƒ/1.8 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 75mm ISO 1600 Shutter speed 1/250s
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Future Stars at Cyprus Avenue
The students of Cork Academy of Music took over the stage in Cyprus Avenue last week for a fabulous Christmas concert. For most of them, it was their first time on stage and it was electrifying. The crowd went wild supporting their friends and family and everyone was dancing and having a great time! Aperture…
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The Heart-Shaped Sunglasses Club
A McDonald’s in London was the restaurant of choice for 3 ladies wearing identical heart-shaped sunglasses on this July day earlier this year. They were sitting in the window, above the McDonald’s arches. I couldn’t resist photographing them. McDonald’s restaurants in Europe, including the UK, use dark green exteriors rather than the bright red and…
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December Light at Youghal
I love taking photos on the beach at Youghal, especially at sunset. This is from a few days ago when the sun was really low in the sky, and it was shining directly along the beach, rather than from behind the beach as it is during the summer! Youghal (pronounced “Yawl”) has one of the…
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Spinning Light on Grand Parade
The Big Wheel or Ferris wheel, is back in the Grand Parade in Cork, but these photos are from December 2017! You’d hardly know, except for the posters on the buildings behind. This was before Ukraine was attacked by Russia and there is now a flag of Ukraine with the text, “We’re with you Ukraine”…
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Chasing Light Trails on South Mall
You’re not waiting for a bus and suddenly four busses come along! We had fun with some long exposure photography on. Thursday night. Aperture ƒ/6.3 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 24mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 4s
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How are you?
I would like to say I knew the sign in the background said, “How are you?” but it’s more likely I did not. I’m glad it worked out, and it just proves that you have to be ready to take the photograph when you’re doing street photography or you’ll miss the moment. In 2004, Ireland…
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A Life Well Lived
Portrait of a man outside a coffee shop on Daunt Square, Cork, in 2004. Aperture ƒ/4 Camera CYBERSHOT Focal length 48.5mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/250s
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Racing Through the Dandelions
Horses charge past at the Dawstown Point-to-Point in 2018, County Cork. Aperture ƒ/5.6 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 154mm ISO 1000 Shutter speed 1/2000s