Category: 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!

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.

Photography

Blue Doors

Canon 10D, 17mm, f4, 1/60, ISO 100

The Smithfield area in Dublin City has been given a huge facelift, hundreds of new apartments and office blocks have been built and the whole place looks very modern but it’s a little like an island. All around it there are these old, rundown buildings, pubs and shops. I’m enjoying using my lunchbreaks to go out and explore.

Photography Portrait A Day

#24: Sean

Canon 10D 28mm, f3.5, 1/500, ISO 400

My nephew Sean celebrated his first birthday over the weekend. He’s such a good baby, always happy to observe whatever’s going on around him. While he was quietly enjoying his slice of birthday cake you’d never know it to look at this photo but there was a manic grass fight going on behind me.