So, I’ve finally started to get a feel for this film now, after working my way through 5 packs of it (!!!!!) and the trick seems to be to set the camera to overexpose slightly (I had previously hacked it so that it would underexpose the 600 film so now i need to un-compensate for […]

It was WWKIP (worldwide knit in public) day yesterday and i skipped out for a quick stint in stephen’s green with Aoibhe who has crochet (crocheted…?) an amazing red cloak. It was the perfect excuse to really have some fun with the photos and the processing, and i let myself push it just a wee […]

This is probably my other favourite shot from bloom, but I wouldn’t say any more of them are ‘single post’ material. If you fancy a look at the whole set though, you can see the rest on the gallery page… p.s. i stole the title from this post from a song on a Seabear album. […]

Oh acers, I love them in sunshine against a blue sky, I love them in a shady corner, i love them with bright sunlight filtering through the leaves, i love them in the autumn when they turn amazing colours, and in the spring when those fine little leaves start to unfurl from tiny buds. But […]

Click to see it bigger… I was really rather taken with this garden at bloom, it was by Focus Ireland and they were awarded a silver gilt for it, which apparently is just a smidgen off a gold. I was lucky enough to be there before the general opening on the Thursday morning and one […]

Amidst all the current madness at work, i managed to get myself to bloom with the photowalk.ie crowd and it certainly did not disappoint. Bigger than ever and very well organised, I was seriously impressed with the show gardens, the food halls and the other displays like this one with farm animals. I’ll definitely be […]

Try not to cringe at the title, I couldn’t think of any non cheesy way to put across the feeling i get from this one. I really would have thought that it would be spooky wandering around there after sunset, after all I’m rather fond of vampire stories, but it was actually really peaceful. And […]