Eve spotted Tom before I did by shouting and pointing “Santa! Santa!” so that she nearly fell out of her pram with the excitement of it all. He was certainly jolly and friendly enough to be Santa and was very gracious when I asked for his photograph. He was out walking with his two grandsons and it was nice to stand and chat photography with him for a few minutes.
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This is the lovely Irena, I met her today as she was selling scratch cards for charity in Greystones. Such a happy lady and she seemed delighted that I would ask for her photo.
I know, it’s really a bit of a cheat for me to use Eve as my daily portrait, but I’m not very well today (sniffle, cough) so I didn’t stray from the house…and the dog ate my homework Miss.
I’m not sure how I’ll continue these portraits…whether I’ll keep posting them or keep it for a personal project. It’s hard to post other stuff when I’m so consumed with getting a portrait every day. Maybe I’ll do it for a month or just post occasional highlights. Will have to have a think about it.
I took a long walk along the seafront at Greystones today. The place was really busy, probably because work starts on the new Marina tomorrow so everyone wanted to get a last look at how it is now. Still, after nearly two hours of walking I didn’t have a portrait. I’d chickened out of talking to the anglers on the pier, I didn’t want to bother the family eating their chips on the harbour wall and the young lads racing a quad bike around a nearby field were a little intimidating. So, I was heading home thinking I might have to write today’s portrait off as a failure when I heard the unmistakable sound of bagpipes coming from the cove. Sure enough there was a young man playing to the sea. So I quickly walked down to him and asked for a photo. He wasn’t quite the lone piper since he was starting to draw a bit of a crowd:
Today was a beautiful clear day so no more excuses about not getting out with my camera. This is Bridie, the owner of a family shop in Greystones, the kind you don’t see too much anymore which sells bottled gas in the winter and buckets and spades in the summer. Bridie and I chatted for awhile and she was kind enough to let me take her photo once she’d put a bit of lippy on. Her son is interested in photography too and she was able to show me some of his photographs of Greystones Harbour.