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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!


    Apertureƒ/2.8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO6400
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • 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 yellow associated with the brand in the United States. This shift began around 2009 as part of a rebranding effort to appear more environmentally conscious and to blend better with European streetscapes, where planning regulations often require more muted commercial signage. The green is meant to evoke a commitment to sustainability though critics have called it “greenwashing.” Either way, it makes for a more photogenic backdrop than the garish American colour scheme, and those white arches pop beautifully against the forest green paint.

    TBH, I hadn’t noticed until this picture.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO1250
    Shutter speed1/500s

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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 longest sandy beaches in Ireland, stretching for about 5 kilometres along the east Cork coast. The town itself has a remarkable history. It was once one of the most important ports in Ireland and served as Sir Walter Raleigh’s home in the late 16th century. Legend has it that Raleigh planted the first potatoes in Ireland in his Youghal garden, though historians debate whether this is true. What’s certain is that the town’s beach has been a beloved destination for Cork families for generations, and those old wooden groynes dotting the strand are remnants of various attempts over the centuries to manage the ever-shifting sands.


    Apertureƒ/36
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length83mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/2.5s

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  • Spinning Light on Grand Parade

    Long exposure photograph looking upward through bare winter tree branches at the Cork Christmas Ferris wheel at night in December 2017. The spinning wheel has created circular light trails in concentric rings of white, yellow, orange and red radiating from the bright centre. A leafless tree trunk rises through the centre of the frame, its delicate branches silhouetted against the glowing disc of light. The dark night sky forms the background above the tree canopy.

    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” on one of the buildings to the left of this photo.


    Apertureƒ/13
    CameraCanon EOS 6D
    Focal length24mm
    ISO50
    Shutter speed5s

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  • Chasing Light Trails on South Mall

    Long exposure night photograph showing a group of photographers with tripods spread along Grand Parade, Cork in December 2025. A bilingual "Ceantar Tosaíochta Coisithe / PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY ZONE" sign with bicycle and pedestrian symbol is visible on the left. Green and white light trails from a passing bus streak through the frame. The illuminated Cork Christmas ferris wheel and decorated Christmas trees are visible in the background near Bishop Lucey Park. One photographer stands alone on the left while a group of four cluster together on the right.
    Long exposure night photograph featuring a large black bicycle-shaped bike rack sculpture in the foreground on Grand Parade, Cork in December 2025. Behind it, photographers with tripods are visible as slightly blurred figures, with a woman in a red puffer coat prominent among them. White bus light trails streak across the scene. The Cork Christmas ferris wheel is illuminated in the background, and Christmas tree lights are visible. The wet pavement reflects the city lights.
    Long exposure night photograph of a black bicycle-shaped bike rack silhouetted against the lights of Grand Parade, Cork in December 2025. A Bus Éireann bus passes behind, creating horizontal red, cream and yellow light trails that reveal its livery through motion blur. The Cork Christmas ferris wheel is visible in the background. A blue pedestrian zone sign is partially visible on the left, and Christmas lights decorate buildings in the distance. Street lights create starburst effects in the dark sky.

    You’re not waiting for a bus and suddenly four busses come along! We had fun with some long exposure photography on. Thursday night.


    Apertureƒ/6.3
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed4s

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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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