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Blogging Ireland Photography

Kevin And Angelina

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Kiss

Our good friends Kevin and Angelina, after two and a half years here in Ireland, are moving back to California at the end of the week. Before they leave, Angelina asked me to take some portraits of them and I jumped at the chance to have willing subjects (other than poor Eve who thinks her mother looks like a Canon lens) to practise my portrait-taking on. I’ve wanted to take photographs down on Sandymount beach for ages so I suggested we try it out as a location and, although the bright sunlight made it a challenge to find angles where they weren’t forced to squint, I’m happy with how they turned out. It was a lot of fun too.

We’re really going to miss them both when they leave. Who is Matt going to talk computers with? And who am I going to talk blogging with?!

A little cheesy? Maybe, but this is my attempt at a Tara Whitney shot and I kind of like it:

Loveheart

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Eve Ireland Photography

Sandymount Beach

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Little Walker

Distant Eve

Usually my Saturday mornings are spent bleary-eyed on the couch in front of Fifi and the Flowertots. Last Saturday we were down on Sandymount Beach by 9am (I’ll post what we were doing there tomorrow) and it was gorgeous. The tide there goes out 2 miles at its lowest and with the sky completely clear and blue it was just perfect. I don’t think Eve had ever seen so much space.

If you’re interested in the technical side of it:

I used my beloved Canon 17-40mm L lens for these.
I set my camera to Shutter Priority so I could keep it at 1/1000 (nice and fast to get the shallow depth of field).
To get the low angle I didn’t actually lie on the sand, I just held the camera down at ground level and aimed it at Eve.

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Ireland Photography

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Leprechauns

A couple of shots from O’Carroll’s Oirish Irish Gift Shop on Henry Street. Little bit creepy:

Paddy's Day Mannequins

…but oh so sexy:

Irish Pants

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Ireland Photography

All In The Line Of Duty

He'll Never Live It Down

I was out around O’Connell Street during my lunch hour yesterday looking for Paddy’s Day stuff to photograph when I spotted a mass of bright green feathers heading towards South Earl Street. I decided to follow and found these two girls having their picture taken. The photographer managed to rope this slightly embarrassed looking Garda into the shot and he was a really good sport about it. Particularly since one of his colleagues was obviously relishing every minute of it:

Getting Ready

The two girls drew a bit of a crowd:

Drawing A Crowd

Expect to see a bit more of the green here over the next few days, there’s just so many great opportunities for photographs around Dublin this weekend.

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Eve Ireland Personal

Taking Stock

It’s been 8 weeks since I started commuting into Dublin City every day for work.

– Money spent on DART tickets = €208
– Hours spent commuting = 120 (5 days)
– Weekday hours spent with Eve = 80
– Steps taken en route = 408,640
– Pounds lost = 0
– Books read = 4.5
– Free newspapers read = 80
– Free newspapers refused = 240
– Times I’ve been sneezed on = 1 (if you make me sick again Mr. Commuter-with-the-flying-snot, I will hunt you down!)