Toy Story 3 is by far one of the greatest films I’ve seen in a long time. An emotional roller coaster of tears and laughter, of love, loss, redemption, childhood, memories, growing up, and of playing with the toys we did as kids. It is a beautiful reminder to those of a certain age who [...]

Yesterday, as part of Belfast Pride, I went along to the QueerSpace Historic Bus Tour; I was informed and entertained and met some great people.

When I first saw John Baucher’s (a.k.a. Moochin Photoman) through the viewfinder (photographs (and indeed some of his non-Ttv images) I thought they were a bit shit. To me the off-focus, black border, scratches and bits of dust on the lens (or more likely, viewfinder) only detracted what could have been a good image. In [...]

I don’t go to St Georges Market often enough, when I do I get that warm feeling inside… The people are friendly (except the few who tell me off for taking photographs of their wares), the food is great, coffee is tasty, and, when I see crap artwork I am just more motivated to get [...]

Thanks to my friends for a great night out in Dublin for my birthday on Thursday. On Wednesday, I saw Angus & Julia Stone in the Button Factory. It was a fantastic gig; I truly love their music. Here’s a shit photograph taken from quite far back: Oh and thanks everyone for the 43 “Happy [...]

As displayed by the three young boys in the photograph. Drumglass Park, Lisburn Road, Belfast, during the main Orange Order Parade. In order; Harp, Carlsberg, Budweiser, Fosters, Magners, Tennants, Carling, Strongbow, a keg of Heineken, two cans of Guinness and some soft drinks cans.

A photo shoot I did with a local amateur comedy theatre group, Oscar Wilde and the Men of the Hour, a few months back.

I’ve been having major spam issues with my Google Mail accounts over the last couple of months. It started in May, when my inbox received a barrage of failed delivery emails. Each one seemingly sent from [random_string]@icedcoffee.ie. The automatic return emails are from ‘Postmaster’, ‘Mail Delivery Service’, ‘Content-filter at…’, ‘Mailer-Daemon’, ‘(unknown sender)’ etc, with various [...]

Today Ireland’s first International Photography Festival opens in Dublin. Over the next 11 days the festival aims to showcase the work of many photographers, through hosting a number of exhibitions, as well as a number of talks and workshops taking place in over 30 venues. Unfortunately, there is no single event in Ireland that unifies, [...]

My new toys, courtesy of Nation.