portrait photography

Three Days of Dublin Summer

I’m often at a bit of a loss as to what to post here as I seem to have a very broad range of subjects that I photograph, and that I have photographed over the years. For the past couple of weeks I have been dedicating my time to my Dublin pictures, taken last May…

WPC – Anticipation – The Boy and the Dragon Egg

With anticipation the imagination hatches some wonderful things, like an embryonic dragon curled up inside the wrinkled dark shell of an exotic egg-shaped avocado, and guarded over momentarily by an eager young boy anticipating his new parental role. My own anticipation swelled as my visit to see the Dragon Boy came closer, and finally I…

Eastern Princess #2

Altare Della Patria/The Monument of Vittorio Emmanuelle, Rome, Italy, October 2016.   Here’s both versions of this photo, because I was unable to decide which I liked better. Personally I like them both. I’m realising this image forms part of a series I have been shooting, perhaps unwittingly throughout my travels over the past couple years….

Weekly Photo Challenge – Edge

At the edge of Dublin’s famous Temple Bar there is a great little restaurant called The Mongolian Barbeque. One of my Dad’s favourite eating haunts in the middle of Dublin, he introduced me to it when I went to visit him back in May this year. You find your seat, pick up a bowl and…

WPC – Frame

  As a photographer and artist, the most important part of an image for me is the finished product. I spend a lot of time in the digital darkroom attempting to create works of art, working with what falls within my photographic frame, sometimes experimenting with new ways of presenting my work in a way that is…