From a recent shoot with Derry band Swanee River

The Ulster Museum reopened today after 3 years of major refurbishment costing £17m, I was down to see what was different, and what I still remembered. Although not much has changed on the outside, inside it is very different. The Museum was founded as the Belfast Natural History Society in 1821 and began exhibiting in [...]

Back in 2007 I took a trip to the USA for 3 weeks, time was spent in NYC, Boston, Rhode Island and Florida. It was a fantastic trip – having out with different friends, as well as spending quite a few days on my own in NYC getting lost behind my camera lens. The unfortunate [...]

It was a weekend of many firsts… On Friday I went to my first movie premier; Couples Retreat in the Savoy, Dublin, with introductions by Director Peter Billingsley, Producer Scott Stuber and Writer/Actor Vince Vaughn. Walking down the red carpet with bright lights pointing on me was fun, getting free sweets and a soft drink [...]

Admittedly it took a couple of days to recover from the incredible Irish Web Awards on Saturday evening. Simply because Damien knows how to get a bunch of people of similar interest in a room, give out some awards and let everyone have a good time. It always works. This one was no different. I [...]

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Shoot with Common Bred Trigger.

Local musician Benny Fyfe – I highly recommend listening.

As is customary for such web-related events, there will be a Photo Walk in Dublin this Saturday at 1pm, meeting at the Temple Bar pub.. This will be followed by a pint or two at Oktoberfest where we will discuss photography, our dreams, our hopes, and get ready for the Irish Web Awards later in [...]

I’ve taken a bit of a break from blogging due to settling myself into my course and along with it many new ways of thinking, thought processes, ideas and techniques. The greatest challenge hasn’t been taking photographs with film (90% of my images have so far turned out the way I wanted them to), developing [...]