Category Archives: Photography
Lapland Wedding – Day 4: The 3200
Yesterday I was in uncharted waters, far outside my comfort zone. Lapland is a dim place this time of year. It is even dimmer when it’s overcast. And that dimness only lasts for six hours or so. Otherwise it is … Continue reading
Filed under It Can't All Go Right, Photographs, Photography, Wedding, Wedding Days, Wedding Photography
The Lucky Photographer
Aodan Enright got a plug here last week when he invited me to write a piece for his own blog. He gets another one for sending me a link to an interesting article about luck that appeared on the New … Continue reading
Housekeeping
Non-photographers would be astonished at the amount of hard disk space photography consumes. It’s an insatiable beast. I don’t want to bore you, but I do need to throw some numbers out there. My own office system has at its … Continue reading
Three In A Row – Day 3
There were two subplots to today’s wedding story. The first involved an injury to the groom, sustained in the run-up to the day; the second concerned the weather, which was horrid. The air was filled with particles of water that … Continue reading
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Three In A Row – Day 2
The picture below is a complicated one. It was shot on day two of my three-day wedding marathon and is so packed with story you’d almost think it was a mess. Yet it does hang together. What drew me in … Continue reading
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Les Rencontres Arles Scrapbook – The Last Page
This final post comprises quotes and photographs from the 2011 Arles photography festival. The quotes are from conversations that I had with photographers from around Europe during my week in Arles, or snippets I picked up at the exhibits. The … Continue reading
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Behind The Scenes At Fota Island Resort – Part 2: The Golf Course
One of the key attractions of a stay at Fota Island Resort is its original championship-level golf course designed by Christy O’Connor Jr and Peter McEvoy. The great and the good of golf have played here. Padraig, Monty, you’d recognize … Continue reading
Food Friday – Inch House Black And White Puddings
My daughter has been described by her art teacher at school as “a ticket”. I think that means she’s a character. Or, more exactly, a disobedient charmer. Yesterday she charmed her way into a free batch of Inch House black … Continue reading
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Food Friday – Raisin Bread
My wife and daughter are great bakers. Actually, my wife is. My daughter does participate, but left to her own devices she would likely mix ice cream, flour, some glitter, a doll’s shoe, and possibly a daisy or a beetle … Continue reading
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How Should A Newcomer Enter The Market?
I recently wrote a post about how I face the possibility of being pushed out of the wedding market. It generated a little bit of comment and a couple of private email exchanges. One of the comments was this, posted … Continue reading
