All those years of Lens Envy (refer to previous ramblings) finally got me to the point of having too many lenses. What’s that saying…”comparing yourself to others gives you a pain in the face and a lighter pocket”? Anyway, you get my point, I acquired too much camera equipment over the years, most of which […]
Deep Fried South
Visiting new places has always been one of my favourite things to do. Couple that with my love of photography and you should have the perfect situation. I say should for three reasons. I have a lot of heavy equipment, nothing looks as good in pictorial form as it does in real life – except […]
Banking On It
I’ve ended up inadvertently doing a tour of my spiritual home, the People’s Republic! Shutter to Think moved from Dublin to Dunmanway in August and next stop is good old Pana in Cork City for the month of September! The Bank of Ireland Workbench on Patrick Street is kindly hosting my work as Artist in Residence for […]
The Exhibitionist
I love a good show so I decided to put one on myself, minus the drama and theatrics. I hummed and hawed about doing an exhibition for so long and then when I finally got sick of listening to the voices in my head, I booked a space and started planning. The work that has […]
Here Come the bRides
As you may have noticed from previous posts here I’m no Annie Leibovitz when it comes to taking pictures of people, yet despite this I was asked to be the official photographer for two friends’ weddings this year and next. While I was very honoured to be asked, clearly they never listen to anything I […]
Pursuing Pops
If you’ve read my bio you’ll know I take after my dad with my love of photography, if not then why are you here reading my most personal musings on life? Having grown up getting papped from birth it’s easy to understand why I prefer being behind the camera and not in front of it. […]
Not on my Land!
Filth, abandonment and ruin – the title of my self-help book, an autobiography of sorts. All of these things are pretty appealing to me. I’m not sure what piqued my interest in it, possibly some of the amazing Instagram urbex and rurex accounts I found, but there is something so gorgeous about grime and how […]
Cats vs Dogs
This isn’t a diatribe about some local underground fight club you’ll be pleased to know…or not. It is more a rant about some domesticated animals. Cats to me are, by virtue of their fierce independence and shade throwing eyes, just plain creepy. They are like mean girls in school who know how to take you […]
Fwends
I know some of my lovely friends see my photos and think what in the name of dog makes her think that this looks nice. I know because they are kind enough to tell me, much like those nights when I thought a boob tube and a pair of superbaggies were appropriate attire for a […]
Lenvy (Lens Envy)
It’s a real thing, I swear. I wander around with my nice, but not very fancy, camera in hand on a regular basis looking longingly at other people’s giant shiny lenses. That is not a euphemism for something indecent by the way. I’m pretty sure most of these people aren’t even professionals, unless I’m at […]