When I’m not out shooting, I’m generally working from my home studio. Working from home means you get to skip the morning commute which on rainy and cold mornings, which is always a pleasure but as spring and summer comes you miss out on the seeing Dublin wake up. A little while ago, I packed up cameras early to go into the city to get some photos, one of my favourite places to shoot , by the river Liffey.
Read MoreI was recently walking through the beautiful St. Stephen’s Green in the centre of Dublin, and here spring has begun in full. The daffodils were everywhere, and so too was this magnificent magnolia tree that can be found in the park. It’s a lovely time of growth and the light at the end of the dark winter.
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Every year, at this time, the city of Dublin get’s a little greener. I’m not talking about some environmental initiative though. It’s not a sudden growth of trees or grass either. No, instead I’m talking about the annual build up to St. Patricks Day. Where every shop, pub and restaurant does it’s patriotic duty and adorns their premises in the requisite amount of green trappings, from Shamrocks to Leprechauns. If you didn’t know what was going on you’d think there was some kind of plastic outbreak.
Read MoreA few years ago I was flying home from a trip abroad, and as we were approaching Dublin, I looked out of the aircraft window, and I saw a beautiful sight. As soon as I saw it it dawned on me as to why Ireland was called “The Emerald Isle”. There was something so distinctly Irish about the colour of the landscape, that I knew immediately that I was home. I have never forgotten that sight.
Read MoreOne of the questions that people often ask me, is how do I keep it interesting when shooting Dublin. The city is quite small, and I try to go out shooting as often as possible, so you might think that things would become stale after a while. But the city is constantly changing and I’m often trying to find new and different ways to look at it. Sometimes it can be as simple as using black and white rather than colour.
Read MoreDublin’s central bank up until now has been 6-9 College Green, just off Dame Street Dame Street. A large building with a small plaza out front that asides from being a meeting place for many, a walk through to temple bar and the site of the occupy dame street in 2011.
Read MoreMy wife and I headed out to the beach at Sandymount this morning with the aim of catching the first sunrise of the new year. We got up at 6.30, and it was still pitch black and bloody cold. Aas the sun inched ever closer to our side of the world, the light got more and more spectacular.
Read MoreLooking back over photos that I’ve taken for the Streets of Dublin project for the past year, some interesting things stand out. So here’s a little look back at some of the pictures of Dublin city that I took over the past 12 months.
Read MoreA little while ago, shortly before Christmas, I went for a lovely walk in the beautiful Phoenix Park. It’s quite unique to have such a huge swath of nature right in the middle of a city, and it’s a real breath of fresh air to spend time there.
Read MoreWe spent a little time yesterday at the Christmas edition of the Dublin Flea Market which was being held in the Point Village. We had a really nice morning there and there was some lovely stands with some really nice and friendly sellers selling everything from antiques to unique creations.
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Dublin city has so many different types of lamp posts and lights, both new and historical, and they are a feature on many of Dublin's streets. One estimate puts the number of lampposts in the city at 32,000. Today, the Dublin lamp post has become nearly as iconic as the Georgian Dublin door.
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In the first part of this series in which I shared some pictures from my film archives of Dublin City, I looked at some of the areas of the city that has changed significantly since the late nineties. I looked at Connoly station, O’Connell Street, and the Liffey as well as the Powerscourt Centre just off Grafton Street. At the time I was taking quite a few pictures of people too. Without really realising it I had already began shooting “street photography”.
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I've been taking photographs for about 20 years or so. Originally I shot on film and over the years I've collected a large quantity of negative and slide film. It's been sitting in my closet for some time, but recently I've been going through it and scanning in some of my old photos. The results were a bit of an eye opener. What struck me, and it’s something that I hadn't realised, but I was taking lots of photos of Dublin in a similar fashion to my Streets of Dublin project now.
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One of my absolutely favourite places in Dublin City is on the banks of the Grand Canal between Portabello and Mount Street. It is a beautiful stretch of walkway, with leafy green trees and gorgeous benches. I spent a bit of time there recently in the gorgeous summer sunshine and I captured lots of photos of the place.
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Making the most of April Showers! An abstract study of the beautiful flowers and greenery of spring in the parks of Dublin City, on a overcast and wet day.
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One of the interesting things that I see everywhere I go in Dublin is what I've taken to calling "Pole Art". On virtually every pole, bee it for a street sign or a lamp post, someone has put a sticker. These are either some kind of guerrilla marketing for something, or just plain street art. Some are pretty basic, others are quite good art wise, and some are quite witty. I suppose they are technically are graffiti, I do love the variety of them.
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