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Carey’s Lane After Dark

I was out with Blarney Photography Club during the summer and one member of the club kneeled to photograph Carey’s Lane. I went high and lifted my camera over my head to get it from a different perspective!

Carey’s Lane is one of Cork’s oldest medieval streets, originally part of the walled city that dates back to the 12th century. The narrow width and cobblestone surface are remnants of medieval urban planning, designed for foot traffic and horse-drawn carts. The modern drainage channel follows the same path that medieval gutters would have taken, showing how some aspects of urban infrastructure remain remarkably consistent across centuries.

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	24mm
ISO	1600
Shutter speed	1/500s

Roses on Westminster Bridge

Westminster Bridge is one of those places that is always bustling with tourists. It is so busy.

Westminster Bridge is one of the few locations in central London where street vendors can legally operate without special permits for certain goods, thanks to historic trading rights that date back centuries. However, flower sellers must still navigate complex licensing requirements, and the competition for prime spots along the bridge is fierce, with established vendors often working the same locations for years.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	24mm
ISO	125
Shutter speed	1/500s

A Little Privacy

When there’s CCTV everywhere and you just want a little privacy to check your phone, you have to hide from the cameras.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	160mm
ISO	1000
Shutter speed	1/500s

The Flying Train

When you can take the train, you should probably take it rather than flying.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	17mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/5s

Ballycotton’s Beacon on the Island

The lighthouse on the island just off the coast by Ballycotton is always a nice subject for a photo. The night we were there, we hoped to photograph the moon rising behind the lighthouse but a large bank of cloud covered the horizon.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	124mm
ISO	1600
Shutter speed	1/250s

Biking Home After Dark

Someone was going to be cycling home after dark from here in Kinsale.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	24mm
ISO	5000
Shutter speed	1/125s

ÉALÚ emergency exit

An emergency exit sign spotted in the first floor window of a building in Kinsale, Co Cork. Despite the shadows, the sign gives a clue to the internal floor plan of the building. It looks a bit out of place, but it has to be there.

Georgian sash windows like this one were originally designed as a fire safety feature themselves. The large panes and sliding mechanism made them easy escape routes during emergencies, which is why many Georgian buildings have windows that open directly onto the street rather than requiring ladders to reach. The modern exit sign is actually continuing a 300-year-old tradition of prioritising safe evacuation!

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	132mm
ISO	4000
Shutter speed	1/640s

Cobh Shines Bright Over Cork Harbour

Cobh, a few minutes before fireworks lit up the sky last month.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	105mm
ISO	800
Shutter speed	10s

love sweet love

A doorway in Kinsale saying what we all hope for in this crazy, violent world. Free Palestine.

Videos I watched recently:

Aperture	ƒ/7.1
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	24mm
ISO	3200
Shutter speed	1/125s

Shadows of North Main Street

A month ago, Cork City Council acquired 4 eyesore buildings at the top of North Main Street in Cork. They are in a prominent location and not used for much over the years – I remember a shoe store in one, a clothes store in the place next to it and a retro goods store too. They’ve been mostly derelict for a long time.

Hopefully they’ll be demolished and we’ll see something decent done with the location.

North Main Street sits on one of Cork’s oldest thoroughfares and was actually built on reclaimed marshland. The street runs parallel to what was once the original course of the River Lee before extensive land reclamation in the 18th and 19th centuries. Many of the Georgian buildings here were constructed using limestone quarried from local Cork quarries, which is why they’ve developed that distinctive weathered patina that photographs so beautifully in black and white.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	24mm
ISO	12800
Shutter speed	1/500s

Ghosts on the Millennium Bridge

The Millennium Bridge has always been a bit of a drama queen – first it wobbled so much they had to shut it down, and now it’s serving up some of the most atmospheric shots in London.

This long exposure captures something almost supernatural about the daily pilgrimage across the Thames, with ghostly figures drifting like spirits between the sleek modernity of Norman Foster’s steel and glass creation and the timeless majesty of Wren’s baroque masterpiece. The blurred pedestrians become streams of human consciousness, each person’s journey reduced to ethereal wisps against the solid certainty of St. Paul’s dome.

The Millennium Bridge earned the nickname “Wobbly Bridge” because it swayed so dramatically when it first opened in 2000 that it had to be closed after just three days. The problem was “synchronous lateral excitation” – when large crowds walked in step, their footfalls created a resonance that made the bridge sway side to side by up to 7 centimetres, causing people to walk in sync to compensate, which only made the wobbling worse.

Photography videos I’ve watched recently:

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	41mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	5s

Father Mathew Quay Torn Up

Father Mathew Quay is a road that is definitely closed. The tarmac has been torn up to be remade into something better, hopefully.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	25mm
ISO	1000
Shutter speed	1/500s