Egypt
I just recently returned from my first trip to Egypt. I spent 11 days there visiting a friend and travelling about this vast country, and still I didn't see all that it has to offer.
Scrabo Tower
I decided to take a run out to Scrabo Tower today.
It’s a place I’ve long wanted to visit but just never really had the proper motivation. Well, today was that day. I checked the weather forecast yesterday and the outlook for today was good (sunny).
When I got up it was looking a little overcast, and I Ideally wanted it to be clear if I was going to get a sunset from the top of the hill, so after checking the forecast again this morning I was pleased to see that the outlook for the rest of the day was still good.
So I packed the car and set off.
The tower itself is open most days of the year, but today I got there just a little too late to actually get inside it, so that’ll have to wait for another trip, but the weather was perfect to capture a really dramatic sunset as well as some great views from the hill, including an impressive sight of the Mourn Mountains.
More Iceland
If my post wasn’t enough for you, my travelling companion (and all-round great guy) Nick has a few galleries up on his ‘site that you may like to view �…
Southern Iceland
My first trip to Iceland. A four-day trip covering the southern part of Iceland, with text and images.
My Photography Workflow
Professional photographers swear by their workflow, but since I’m not a professional photographer (yet) I don’t need a workflow, right? Well, no, not really. A workflow is important in many respects but for me it’s the process of keeping all my images safe and knowing where they all are, should anything catastrophic happen to my primary image library.
Slemish Sunset
Yesterday me and a friend (Colin Metcalfe) decided to to take our cameras out on a trip to capture some images of a wind-farm and hopefully a sunset.
We had initially planned to go out the day before but Colin, in his ultimate wisdom, decided to double-book himself, subsequently cancelling on me and re-arranging for the following night.
At this stage I should point out to you that the evening we actually went out was the first night in about two weeks that the weather was set to rain.
Yes, we got wet.
So, that aside, we decided to go to the wind-farm (I haven’t yet dealt with those images) and on from there we crossed the valley to get to Slemish, just in time for the weather to break from the rain in to a glorious setting sun.
We never managed to get the sun passing the horizon due to low cloud at that point but what we did get is some spectacular halo effects and backlighting on the clouds.
I got back to my place at just after 23:30, knackered and ready for bed.
I really would’ve liked to have not needed to get up at 6am today though.
Some images are below …
In Bruges
A week ago today I flew to London to meet up with a friend (Nick Miners). From London we travelled by train to Brussels and then on to Bruges.
We went with the express intention of photographing some of the wonderful mediaeval architecture but what I certainly never expected was to find myself in such a friendly, laid back and stunning part of the world.
I have never really experienced anything quite like the feelings of openness towards photographers that I felt whilst we wandered around the city with backpacks, tripods, long and wide lenses. It truly was a joyous experience. No matter what time of the day I never once felt as though we were anything other than welcomed.
A selection of the images I came away with are below. (more…)
Bath by Camera
I spent the weekend of the 19th to the 21st of March, 2010 in Bath. I met up with two friends (Edd & Nick) for a weekend of catching-up, walking…