While randomly following the coastline in north-west Ireland I came on a small harbour partly enclosed by this old wall.…
Galway Porter
There’s a stretch in the nights and the day’s work is done. With his back to the evening fire it’s…
Maps for Exploring Ireland
Besides satellite navigation and non-subscription online tools, any photographer who travels and hikes around Ireland will need good maps to…
Horn Head
Horn Head (157 metres, 515 feet) is a wild and rugged peninsula in north-west Donegal. If you’re into landscape photography…
“No Line Markins”
Driving around you never know what you’re going to see. Is this a phonetically inspired sign on a country road…
Sadie (1911-2003)
1) Canon EOS 620, Sigma 28-70mm f2.8, Ilford XP2 2) Canon EOS 50, Sigma 28-70mm f2.8, Ilford XP2 3) Canon…
Poulnabrone Dolmen
Poulnabrone is a dolmen (stone table) and portal tomb located in the Burren region of County Clare in Ireland. It’s…
A Winter’s Day On Slieve Donard
Difficult to shoot, scan and process, this shot of an iced-over staff stuck in the cairn on Slieve Donard is…
Dunlewey Church of Ireland, Donegal
“Jane Smith Russell had the church built as a memorial to her husband, James Russell, landlord of the Dunlewey Estate,…
Two Boys, 1976
It would seem these two lads are back out to play after lunch. Minolta SR-T 101, MC Rokkor – PF…
Aiguille du Midi and Mont Blanc
All images: Canon EOS 50, EF 70-210mm f3.5-4.5 USM lens, Fujifilm Fujicolour Reala. To cope with the bright sunlit snow,…
The Negative Advantage
In some ways I miss shooting sharp, high quality colour negative film. For a time I felt it had advantages…
Can Composition Be Taught?
I recently watched a TV programme that featured an artist who was using his considerable talents and skills to carve…
Winter Apples
“MODERN ART IS A ASS!” If Dickens’ Mr Bumble had the good sense to pooh-pooh one of the Law’s many…
A Camera To Paint With
One festive evening while wearily channel-hopping I came on an eye-catching scene. At first glance it seemed that an ageing…
Air Show
Back in the mid-90s I went to a local air show – so local I walked to it. Frugal days…
Ship Engine Camshaft, Belfast Shipyard, 1978
I didn’t know too much about camshafts until the heavyset bloke I sold my car to arrived at the door…
Ramelton, County Donegal
A still autumn evening in Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland. A burst of fill-flash brought out the colour in the overhanging…
On Top of Errigal and Muckish
On a calm morning in County Donegal the late October sun casts a long shadow from Errigal Mountain (2463 ft,…
Painted Tractor
It was a cold late afternoon to be standing in dense drizzle fiddling about with my Canon EOS 50 and…
