It began as a bit of experimental fun capturing images through windows but the angles just did not work for me standing outside, and looking in. In changing my perspective, both in my thinking and in my geometry I brought out my flying camera for a fresh look. From this high vantage, looking down and … Read more
I know this style of image has become a bit ho hum but it’s a celebration so why not. First it’s taken on St Patrick’s Day, a good enough excuse for any craic really. Second it was the first nice day I’d seen in weeks of cold, wet rain and wind. Third, it was my … Read more
Lisa loves to freeze things and photograph their thaw. She’s good at it and was eager to share this passion by preparing blocks of ice entombed frozen flowers. It was now up to to us to interpret their thaw any way we liked. Aside from all the obvious creative possibilities there was something timeless about … Read more
How often have you found yourself sipping an extraordinary coffee while looking into the dungeon below watching the minions creating your next magical chocolate brownie. The only question lingering on your mind is whether to order a second coffee when those brownies are ready! If you’ve never had such an experiences then you are just … Read more
There is this little project I’m a part of that involves generating random co-ordinates for a location somewhere on the planet, being randomly given the name of some great photography master as inspiration, going to said random place on the map and doing something creative to what I found there. Can you imagine my surprise … Read more
Saturday I spent time with the local camera club at their ‘Create Day’. We explored crazy things like photographing melting ice, submerged flowers, oil slicks on water, and multiple exposures with subjects and textures. This beautiful blue chrysanthemum was placed in a fish tank before being bombarded with various coloured liquid substances. All of this … Read more
Friday night, for reasons nothing to do with photography, I found myself in the little Irish town of Pallaskenry with around an hour of free time. Never having been there before, and knowing nothing about this place, I set off down the main street looking for something interesting to photograph. I soon found Saint Mary’s … Read more