A Brief Pivot to Street Photography From time to time, we may find ourselves meandering down a pathway and wondering how and why we took that direction. Usually it’s a brief foray into the unknown and we retreat quickly and resume our intended journey. Street photography has been such a pathway for me over the…
Eight Photographers Travel to Glencoe (Greystones Camera Club) When a return trip to Glencoe with friends at Greystones Camera Club was arranged for early February 2024, I knew the craic would be mighty and hoped for snow clad munroes and valleys. Three weeks before we took the short flight to Glasgow, I checked the weather…
Local Photography and Low Expectations: South Beach Greystones This weekend the Greystones Camera Club meetup was in an all too familiar location somewhere between the cove and the north end of the south beach in Greystones, not far from our clubhouse. We’ve shot the cove, the rocky shore that stretches to the south beach and…
Creating a photographic calendar This is the sixth consecutive year I’ve produced an end of year calendar to celebrate the photographic year past and by doing so herald in a new photographic year. The selection process is good fun. My wife, Lisa and I go through a shortlist of images iteratively until the final print…
A Return to the North Antrim Coast After returning from the north Antrim coast in February 2023, I shared tales of the epic seascapes I had visited to my good friends in Greystones Camera Club. “Why not organise a club trip there?” was the feedback. Why not indeed! We booked the well located Marine Hotel…
Photographic Distinctions: Preparing a panel (IPF) The Irish Photographic Federation (IPF) is the umbrella organisation for photography clubs in Ireland. The IPF conducts distinction sittings where photographers submit panels of mounted prints for critique. Successful panels are awarded the relevant distinction. There are 3 levels of distinction to be undertaken in the following order; Licentiateship…
Infra-Red Landscape Photography In taking the small leap from the Nikon D810 to the D850 a few years back, my D810 was left disconsolate on the shelf collecting dust. Never one to let a good tool go or become redundant, I decided to put it to use by conversion to infra-red. Little did I know…
Autumn Woodland in 2022 An amateur nature photographer is afforded limited time in the field. Rather than visit many well photographed locations throughout the country to effectively “bag” an image or alternatively bounce from landscape to wildlife to macro, I’ve found it more fulfilling of late to undertake a project, select a genre and set…
Landscape Photography on the Jandia Peninsula, Fuerteventura The archipelago of the Canary Islands is generally perceived as a sun holiday destination – a winter retreat from colder climes where beaches, bars and restaurants refresh and restore. Receiving 13 million visitors each year – the Canaries are more popular than Hawaii as a tourist destination. The…
Impressions of the Outer Hebrides Torridon, Glencoe and the Isle of Skye have drawn landscape photographers and artists over the centuries. The highlands of Scotland are extensive and uninterruptedly breathtaking – a Big Country indeed. This is the internationally perceived face of Scotland – a meticulously sculpted land of peaks, glens, lakes and shoreline. And…