Spirals of sparks as steel wool burns in a long exposure of about 20 seconds.
"Nollaig Shona Duit" through the years, from 2022, 2024 and 2025. From one end of St. Patrick Street to the other.
A few more photos from the Cork Academy of Music night in Cyprus Avenue recently. They were so good! videos to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6gXSMmU6PQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz0oUJZ5t30
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!
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...
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"...
You're not waiting for a bus and suddenly four busses come along! We had fun with some long exposure photography on. Thursday night.
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...
Portrait of a man outside a coffee shop on Daunt Square, Cork, in 2004.
Horses charge past at the Dawstown Point-to-Point in 2018, County Cork.
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...
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.