• The doctor is out

    The doctor is out, and won’t ever be in again.

    Photo of the half-demolished buildings that became the ugly grey building across from Carroll’s Quay carpark on Leitrim Street, Cork.
    Shot in April 2005.

    Aperture ƒ/4.5
    Camera Canon PowerShot A70
    Focal length 13.4375mm
    Shutter speed 1/200s
  • Eyes on Fregatte Köln

    Crewmen on the Fregatte Köln when it visited Cork in 2005 kept a close eye on me, Ryan and AJ as we photographed every inch of the ship we could see.

    Looking back over these photos reminds me that this was the day the cheap memory card I used at the time failed on me and I lost a number of fairly decent shots.

    Aperture ƒ/6.3
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 300mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/200s
  • Lots of Heineken

    Heineken. ’nuff said!

    Aperture ƒ/6.3
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 200mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/400s
  • Sean O Connor’s Dental Laboratory

    I never noticed this sign for a dental laboratory on Castle Street before. Maybe it’s the large gaping hole in the streetscape next to it that caught my eye? It must be a really old sign, that phone number had a “4” prefix added to it many years ago.

    Aperture ƒ/8
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 72mm
    ISO 400
    Shutter speed 1/125s
  • Derelict and red brick

    A long unused, derelict and run down red brick building on the Old Youghal Road. This was shot last September, first time I’d been up around this area in a few years. Nothing much had changed in all those years.

    Aperture ƒ/6.3
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 162mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/640s
  • Academy Street Under Rubble

    Academy Street, as it was back in August this year. Construction work has finished since. I wonder if it’ll ever start up again?

    Aperture ƒ/4
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 21mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/1250s
  • Magic Water

    Water laps the shore at Fountainstown Beach on a crisp September evening.

    Aperture ƒ/1.8
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 50mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/3200s
  • Unlock the Church

    The side gate to SS Peter and Paul’s Church in Cork City remains open during the day.

    Aperture ƒ/4
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 18mm
    ISO 400
    Shutter speed 1/40s
  • CELTIC FIShER

    The Celtic Fisher, out of Tralee, was docked in Dingle Harbour in early November.

    Aperture ƒ/6.3
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 200mm
    ISO 400
    Shutter speed 1/400s
  • Dolphin Ferry!

    If you want to see Fungie the Dingle Dolphin, you’ll have to queue up for the boat to bring you out into Dingle Bay!

    Aperture ƒ/3.5
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 18mm
    ISO 400
    Shutter speed 1/1000s
  • Silver Lining over Couminole

    No matter how bad the day, how crummy and wet the weather is, there’s always a silver lining. This day on the Slea Head the silver lining was the fact that our toddler slept the whole drive around, and of course this photo.

    This is the beach at Couminole on Slea Head in County Kerry. It had been pouring rain earlier in the day, it was very windy and cold but the waves pounded the sand and I lapped up the view. Love the countryside in County Kerry!

    Aperture ƒ/10
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 10mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/200s
  • Reflections of a fence

    That same fence again, this time against the setting sun and reflected in a pool of water from the recent rains. Loved taking this shot and others at the time, they turned out almost as good as I imagined they would!

    My sister-in-law’s husband Ed has published a short story and is using one of my photos to illustrate it! Read Almost a Murder Story, the story of two boys living in the North Side of Cork City who planned a murder.

    Aperture ƒ/11
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 10mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/250s