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  • Gallery and exhibit updates

    I met Haydn today at Garettstown Beach where he showed me some of the prints that will be going on display in the gallery within a few weeks. Since I last mentioned this, he has moved into Kinsale and has a store right on the quay in a prime location! I’m looking forward to the opening, and taking a proper look around.

    The prints were gorgeous. One was from Ryan, and the other three were mine. They’re printed on a lovely thick paper by HP printers, with a guaranteed lifetime of 150 years. It’s mind-blowing for me to think that some of my prints may well be hanging on walls long after I’m gone! More on the printers, and the gallery later.

    Mallow Camera Club will be exhibiting in Mallow Town Library from this week for a short period. Prints are for sale, and all proceeds go to the “Niall Mellon Township Trust” who build houses in South Africa. One of the members is heading out there with the trust. My shot of Brendan O’Carroll will be on display there, and for sale of course.

  • Mannix and Culhane


    Mannix and Culhanne

    Mannix and Culhanne on Washington St, Cork.

    Aperture ƒ/4
    Camera DMC-FZ5
    Focal length 6mm
    ISO 80
    Shutter speed 1/400s

  • Shih Tzu and the Ball


    Shih Tzu and the Ball

    Shih Tzu dogs love to play ball! We only found this out after a dog trainer came to the house and “ruffled his fur” a bit and in the process Oscar became a lot more relaxed.

    Now he adores playing ball and even one mention of, “where’s the ball?” and his tail wags and he looks up expectantly for the ball!

    This was a bit of an experiment. I’m not so sure how this will look on the web, but full screen the textures of the grass and his fur contrast nicely – rough, hard, and sharp versus soft and cloudy. Not your usual pet photo but why be boring and ordinary eh?

    Aperture ƒ/8
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 59mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/160s

  • Mulley’s guest photobloggers

    Damien invited a number of Irish photobloggers to guest blog on mulley.net this week and their posts make for good reading. I’ve mentioned them all from time to time here so some may be familiar and all make for a good read.

    Wonderful photos, and great reading. Damien said he asked more than 5 photobloggers so I guess the series may go on until next week!

  • The groomed Shih Tzu


    The groomed Shih Tzu

    Our pet Shih Tzu, Oscar, has been suffering under the unusual August weather. It’s actually quite warm, and his long coat is more useful for colder weather. So this morning we had him groomed and doesn’t he look cute?

    Aperture ƒ/7.1
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 200mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/250s

  • Children on the merry-go-round


    Children on the merry-go-round

    Children smile and laugh as the fairground ride goes around and around! Linda and myself spent a good few minutes shooting this ride.

    I combined a long exposure and flash to capture the action and hoped to get a glimpse of a child’s smile. I think I was lucky to get this one!

    Aperture ƒ/7.1
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 10mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/25s

  • The importance of writing

    10) customers spend as much time reading the blurb that comes with the print as they do looking at the images – so make a point of supplying a ‘history’ with each image describing the circumstances and location, but don’t bother with technical details, that’s not what interests them – few care what lens you took it with or what f stop. They do care about how you found the image and where it was shot and any anecdotes you can tell about the circumstances really help.

    George Barr lists out some of the different types of customers an artist will come across and what they want. It’s a good list, and if you’re selling, you should read it.

    Anyway, I found myself nodding in agreement with the last point. Make sure you write something. Some people do like to interpret an image but more often than not they’ll want to know the backstory behind an image. I know I found myself looking for the small notes next to the exhibits in SF MOMA a few weeks ago, and hopefully visitors here will find the descriptions of my photos at least readable, and maybe interesting or enlightening!

  • Shadows on Powell St


    Shadows on Powell St

    The shadow cast by a young man waiting to cross the street forms the main subject of this unusual image. Sort of messes with your head doesn’t it?

    Aperture ƒ/10
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 11mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/160s

  • Expired Meter


    Expired Meter

    An expired meter I spotted while we waited for a table to become free in a restaurant in San Francisco a few blocks from Union Square.

    Photo has been "cross processed" using the Curves tool. I created an S curve on the red and green channels, and then applied a lomo plugin for good effect!

    Aperture ƒ/5.6
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 20mm
    ISO 200
    Shutter speed 1/40s

  • BBQ at the Waterloo Inn


    BBQ at the Waterloo Inn

    Jimmy and Paul served the bbq to hungry parents, kids and everyone else at the charity bbq in the Waterloo Inn today. They spent over an hour dealing with flames and hot food at the end of a blisteringly hot day and really deserved the round of applause afterwards.
    Well done guys, and thanks to everyone who helped out! It was a great day!

  • Free postcard from QOOP

    QOOP are offering a free postcard “while stocks last” that can be sent anywhere in the world. It prints from your Flickr stream and it’s dead easy to do.

    What’s the catch? You need to sign up. For any company that’s well worth the minor cost of printing one postcard and mailing it. Still, free stuff is free stuff! (via)

  • Construction in the old warehouse


    Construction in the old warehouse

    This is the ground floor of the old warehouse on Father Mathew Quay in Cork. For years it lay rotting away, an eyesore just behind the South Mall, but it’s being developed now. I guess there are apartments going in there, but I recall seeing only tiny windows on the upper floors. Anyone know?

    Aperture ƒ/4
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 10mm
    ISO 800
    Shutter speed 1/100s
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