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Christmas Fun Competition
This year Celbridge Camera Club devised a new creative and fun end of year competition with categories for non-advanced and advanced working members of the club. Over the year I’ve been playing with techniques and learning new post processing tips from many sources, Club talks, fellow club members, online videos, and even visiting the National
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Golden Dawn
The busier I get, the stronger my desire to get out and take pictures.  With a focus on local seascapes I was determined this weekend to expand my usual locations and find some new vistas to capture my imagination. The cliff walk from Portrane to Corballis beach to the south has great views over the
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When the sun does not shine…
It seems like the sun will not shine this week, but the melancholy mood needs to be recorded. I listened to the forecast last night and thought I might just catch a glimpse on sunrise before storm Barney hit Ireland today. A thin opening in the cloud cover was closing fast beyond Lambay when I
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Creating a Salon Database for FIAP
This is a work in progress but gives you an idea of an alternative to spreadsheet tracking all your FIAP or PSA Salon entries… Note, it’s also my first attempt at a video blog, so go easy!
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Winter Seascapes
I felt somewhat guilty over the summer seeing other photographers posting sunrise photos of the Irish Sea, obviously taken many hours before my head left the pillow each morning. So now with winter setting in and a more respectable 7am sunrise, the prospect of getting to the beach these morning has been more manageable. Not
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Golden Gate , Part 2
On Saturday morning I was up at 4:30am with my bags packed for the airport to return home later that day to Ireland. First, my second attempt to capture another image of the bridge… Morning light was uneventful from the Marin headland. So shortly after dawn I crossed back over the bridge to see if
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Golden Gate Sunset
So after a busy week of work in California, I managed to make it back up to the city and Baker beach as planned for a sunset shoot of the Golden Gate bridge. I was hoping for fog, but the weather did not play ball. Instead I had to content myself with the view before
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Golden Gate Bridge
Today I’m heading off to California again on a work trip. This time I’m on my own and travelling light. I’d don’t usually bring my camera when doing short work trips, leaving Sunday and back on Saturday, does not leave much time for photography. There’s one icon I’d still like to do justice since I
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An ideal location
There may not be an ideal landscape or seascape location, the one you’re at is probably the most important. For me, living 2km from the sea means I really should be out taking seascapes more often. Tonight reminded me how generous the shoreline of the Donabate/Portrane peninsula can be for seascape photography. North, East, South
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My day with Madame Bink
My first model shoot I arranged myself was back in 2008, not long after joining Celbridge Camera Club and being immensely impressed by the inspiring work of many club members. As I never do things in half measures I jumped into this endeavor full of naive enthusiasm, booked not one but two fantastic models visiting