Author: Claire

As The Dust Settles

I didn’t take many photos last night…I was far too busy meeting people and chatting. I did manage to snap a couple though and I’ve put them up on Flickr to add to what I’m sure will be loads that other people took of the evening’s events. First of all, the man of the moment, Damien Mulley (sorry I chopped the top of your head off Colm!). I reckon this ought to be my portrait No.28:

Canon 10D 85mm, f8, 1/8, ISO 400

John McAWilliams:

Canon 10D 85mm, f8, 1/8, ISO 400

Kieran Murphy in his chef’s hat:

Canon 10D 85mm, f8, 1/8, ISO 400

A couple more are over on Flickr. I do want to say I had a great evening and I met most of the bloggers that I wanted to although there were a few that I missed (there always are, there’s just not enough time!). Everyone I spoke to…Rick, Twenty, Fiona, John, Steven, Annette, Dermod, Catriona, SinÃ©ad, Ryan, Redmum, John, Elly, Colm, Owen, Grandad, Grannymar, Lili, Devin, Sam, Sabrina, Una, Aoife, Frank, FÃºstar…(OK, I’m in trouble now, I’m forgetting loads of people!) Congratulations to all the other winners, you can see the full list at this link. Do check them out because there are some real gems and quite a few of them are personal favourites of mine. Also (because I was so nervous I could barely remember my own name up there on the stage let alone those who I should have been thanking!) thanks to the sponsors of the Photo Blog category, www.pix.ie, without the contribution of the sponsors there’s no way we’d be able to have such a great night every year.

Blogging Ireland Photography

Irish Blog Awards 2008

I’m stumbling off to my bed, and I promise I will post more about the awards and the pre-award events (with some photos of course) tomorrow when I’ve had a few hours sleep. But, I wanted to say that I’m thrilled to pieces and still a little bit stunned that gingerpixel won Best Photo Blog! How mad is that?! I couldn’t go to my bed without saying thank you to anyone who nominated me and to the judges who voted for me, oh and of course to Damien who made it all happen! What a night!

Blogging Ireland

What Do You Get…

…if you put 400 bloggers in one room?

Yes, tonight’s the night the Irish blog world has been buzzing about for months. I’m off in an hour or so to go photowalking with the photobloggers, then it’s onto the Market Bar for tea with the Lay-dees before we all descend on the Alexander Hotel for the third annual Irish Blog Awards.

The awards themselves are sold out at this stage but if anyone reading this is interested the photowalk is open to anyone who wants to join us, whether you have a fancy DSLR or a camera phone. We’re meeting at the Spire on O’Connell Street at noon if you want to come along.

If I don’t get to say it to you tonight (and I have a feeling you’ll be a hard man to talk to), then thank you Damien for the huge amount of work that you’ve put into this and for all your helpers too.

Photography Portrait A Day

#27: Bobby

Canon 10D 35mm, f6.7, 1/60, ISO 100

Walking down the road after I’d photographed Milton, and feeling confident, I saw this wonderful face. Bobby was standing in the doorway of a pub and he said, “Ah sure, why not?” when I asked if I could take his photo.

Photography Portrait A Day

#26: Milton

Canon 10D 19mm, f6.7, 1/350, ISO 100

A good day for portraits today. I set out at lunchtime to explore the area around Smithfield and I spotted Milton from across the road, enjoying his lunch in a little pool of sunlight. Our conversation was via sign language but he was all smiles and happy to oblige the crazy lady. Even wrote his name in the dust on the window after I took the shot.

Edited to add that the short list for the Blog Awards has been made even shorter and Gingerpixel has survived the chop in the Best Blog and Best Photoblog catergories! I didn’t realise there would be another round so I’m thrilled to bits to have made it through.