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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 was in the midst of a mobile phone boom. The average Irish person was sending lots of text messages per month. The phones of the era were mostly Nokia models and early flip phones. The iPhone wouldn’t arrive for another three years. Making an actual voice call, as this woman is doing, was still the primary use of a mobile phone, rather than the app-launching, social-media-scrolling pocket computers we carry today.


    Apertureƒ/2.4
    CameraCYBERSHOT
    Focal length28.5mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/1000s

  • A Life Well Lived

    Close-up portrait photograph of an elderly man shot from below as he looks upward, taken outside a cafe on Daunt Square in Cork, Ireland in 2004. The image captures his weathered face in profile, showing deep wrinkles and aged skin texture in rich detail. He wears rectangular glasses with metal frames that catch reflections of buildings and sky, and a dark flat cap. Wisps of grey hair are visible at the back of his head. He wears a checked shirt. The photograph has a dark vignette around the edges with dramatic lighting emphasising the contours of his face.

    Portrait of a man outside a coffee shop on Daunt Square, Cork, in 2004.


    Apertureƒ/4
    CameraCYBERSHOT
    Focal length48.5mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/250s

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  • Racing Through the Dandelions

    Horses charge past at the Dawstown Point-to-Point in 2018, County Cork.


    Apertureƒ/5.6
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length154mm
    ISO1000
    Shutter speed1/2000s

  • The Crowd on Pana

    A huge crowd gathered around a man on stilts holding 3 flaming torches on St. Patrick Street, Cork in 2006. See how homogeneous the crowd is? A similar photo today would show a much more diverse set of people in modern Ireland.

    Edit: Since this caused quite a commotion on Facebook, I just want to make it clear that I think a diverse population made of people from different places is better and healthier than a single homogeneous one.


    Apertureƒ/11
    CameraCanon EOS 20D
    Focal length10mm
    ISO200
    Shutter speed1/250s

  • Communion Day on Patrick Street

    This was twenty years ago on St. Patrick Street, Cork. Not in December obviously, but in May when children all over the country were celebrating their first communion.


    Apertureƒ/13
    CameraCanon EOS 20D
    Focal length55mm
    ISO400
    Shutter speed1/320s

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  • Marching for Housing

    Protesting the housing crisis in Cork in 2019. We still have a housing crisis.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length35mm
    ISO1000
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • Surfing in Munich

    Surfers on the Isar or Eisbach canal in Munich, Germany. It was bizarre seeing people surfing in the middle of a city but the river was perfect for it. Unfortunately, the wave seems to have disappeared recently and they don’t know why.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length25mm
    ISO12800
    Shutter speed1/250s

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  • The Boat Cove Boys

    In the middle of July when Ireland was moderately warm and the sea was, if not warm, ok to swim in for a few minutes at a time. A bunch of lads were jumping off the pier at Ardmore Boat Cove, but when we walked by, they were playing football and I think one team had scored a goal a moment before. ๐Ÿ™‚


    Apertureƒ/4.9
    CameraGalaxy S23 Ultra
    Focal length27.2mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/100s

  • The Swan Whisperer of Galway

    If you’ve ever wandered down to the Claddagh in Galway, you’ll know the swans are less “graceful wild creatures” and more “assertive locals who know exactly when the bread’s coming out.”

    That’s what happened on this day in 2005 when we visited and saw a young woman feeding those swans. Other birds wanted crumbs of bread too! Now we know that bread is not an ideal food for birds. Green vegetables are better for them.


    Apertureƒ/3.5
    CameraCYBERSHOT
    Focal length17.2mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/125s

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  • Then and Now on Dufferin Terrace

    I haven’t been back to Canada in many years but 2009 was my first visit there and we stayed near Quebec and took a tour of the city on a wet and cloudy autumn day.


    Apertureƒ/7.1
    CameraCanon EOS 40D
    Focal length20mm
    ISO400
    Shutter speed1/50s

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  • Bridge Jumping Season

    When the rare Irish sun decides to grace Graiguenamanagh with its presence, the locals know exactly what to do: head straight for the old stone bridge over the River Barrow.

    At least it was in the summer of 2013. I doubt they’re doing it today, in the middle of December.


    Apertureƒ/7.1
    CameraCanon EOS 6D
    Focal length105mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/320s

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  • We’re Always Connected

    A woman completely absorbed in her phone, standing directly beneath a massive Vodafone billboard promising “Always Connected Technology”. I guess we are always connected. Even if alone.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO1250
    Shutter speed1/500s

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