I made the decision earlier this year to return to my local camera club after a 2-3 year hiatus. I was a pleasure to see some old members and meet the new ones. I was heartened to see the club doing so well especially after the last few years with Covid 19. There have been…… Continue reading Camera Club
Category: General Photography
Wiki Loves Monuments 2022
Wiki Loves Monuments is an annual international photographic event which takes place every September or October around the world. The competition aims to bring together people who value their local historic environment, calling on amateur and professional photographers alike to capture images of the world’s historic monuments. Ireland’s list is compiled from sites that are either…… Continue reading Wiki Loves Monuments 2022
Dublin Zoo
Established and designed in 1830 by Decimus Burton, Dublin Zoo opened the following year.Today it’s primary mission is conservation projects, breeding programmes, and growing awareness for animals. The Royal Zoological Society of Dublin was established at a meeting held at the Rotunda Hospital on 10 May 1830 and the zoo, then called the Zoological Gardens…… Continue reading Dublin Zoo
2019 Wrap Up
2019 was a slow period for me regarding photography, mostly because of work pressures and what not. Hopefully 2020 brings with it some changes in that regard. my successes this year include placing in the top 10% of contributors on viewbug.com, my images placed both first and second in two rounds of Navan Camera Clubs…… Continue reading 2019 Wrap Up
Forensic Photography
I had the pleasure of attending a talk held in Navan Camera Club by Garda Detective Sergeant David Conway from the Garda technical Bureau on forensic photography. Detective Sergeant Conway has spent over 20 years in the Garda National Technical Bureau. He is involved in forensic examinations and is in charge of Garda Photographic Section.…… Continue reading Forensic Photography
Fairyhouse Car Show
A Mustang with a 428 cubic-inch V8 capable of 335 horsepower and 440 pound-feet of torque, the 1969 Mach 1 Cobra Jet is one of the (if not the) most powerful early Mustang. The 1969 Cobra Jet is said to have matched even the 1970 Boss 302 Trans Am, which was built for the track,…… Continue reading Fairyhouse Car Show
Virginia Agricultural Show
The National Stud
The Japanese Gardens were created between the years 1906–1910. They were devised by Colonel William Hall-Walker, from a famous brewing family and laid out by Japanese craftsman Tassa Eida and his son Minoru. Their aim was, through trees, plants, flowers, lawns, rocks and water, to symbolise the ‘Life of Man’. That plan was executed to…… Continue reading The National Stud
Mount Jerome Cemetery
The other day when we were walking by the graveyard near the house you asked me if I thought, we would ever die. And if life and love both fade so predictably, we’ve made ourselves a kind of predictable lie. So I pictured us like corpses lying side by side in pieces in some dark…… Continue reading Mount Jerome Cemetery