On your bike on St. Patrick’s Day!

Lots of happy faces in Blarney during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in 2016.

Aperture ƒ/8
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 24mm
ISO 125
Shutter speed 1/125s

The Rainbow Flag flies from the Quay CO-OP

Upstairs in the Quay CO-OP, July 2019 about a month before the Cork Pride Parade.

Aperture ƒ/2.4
Camera SM-G965F
Focal length 4.3mm
ISO 40
Shutter speed 1/220s

Light Trails on Anglesea Street

On the last outing to Cork City by Blarney Photography Club in 2019. I was lucky that two busses passed within seconds of each other and I had the shutter open to capture them!

Aperture ƒ/8
Camera ILCE-7M3
Focal length 16mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 8s

A moment to yourself

In front of Brown Thomas, St. Patrick Street, Cork. December 2020.

Aperture ƒ/3.5
Camera ILCE-7M3
Focal length 24mm
ISO 640
Shutter speed 1/500s

The view from Quinta da Foz

One of the benefits of working from home at Automattic is meeting up with your team a few times a year in various parts of the world. Obviously that did not happen last year, won’t happen this year either and we had been playing a meetup for April or May last year but that didn’t work out.
In November 2019 I met my team in Porto, Portugal. During the week we had a day to relax so we did a tour of vineyards. After a lengthy drive we toured a couple, took a boat ride on the local river and had a nice meal in a local restaurant. The Quinta da Foz was the second vineyard we visited and it was wonderful. Old architecture and setting mixed with new technology to make wine.

Here’s the view from the road in front looking out on a tributary of the Douro River. It’s a beautiful part of Portugal.

Aperture ƒ/8
Camera ILCE-7M3
Focal length 16mm
ISO 125
Shutter speed 1/400s

2m at the train station

These social distancing indicators are a sign of the times in 2020 and 2021. Something that anyone from any country would now recognise.

Aperture ƒ/8
Camera ILCE-7M3
Focal length 16mm
ISO 200
Shutter speed 1/30s