The Ceile Mor was held in Cork City last Saturday in an attempt to break the world record for the largest Irish dancing event ever! The organisers hoped to get over 10,000 partipants, but as it was, they managed 8,371 which was enough to beat the previous record held by the town of Dublin in the USA! Here’s a few pictures from the day. Ryan has plenty more shots too!
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Ryan explains what can happen when you come into contact with the public.
It doesn’t happen very often, but somtimes people do freak out when I take their photo. The guy holding the balloons in this post last month stormed over and demanded to know why I was taking his photo. I didn’t want to state the obvious fact that he was a good subject with a few dozen balloons hanging off his arm. For some reason he was worried that his face would be photographed. He has an English accent, anyone from the UK recognise him?
I hate confrontation. Taking photos of people requires that you interact with them. They’re probably strangers so the first impression they get of you is very important. Some can pull it off, some thrive on it. It tires me so I prefer to be a coward and use my zoom lens.
Here’s a hint for any shy street photographers: Wrap the camera strap around your arm, and twirl it around to get rid of the the remaining slack. You can now hold your camera securely in your hand. If you do it right, it’s possible to face the camera forward with your finger or thumb on the shutter button. This photo and many others posted here were taken this way. Sneaky? Possibly. Morally objectionable? Not at all. I rely on my own judgement as to what I publish online or photograph so I consider that the method doesn’t matter.
I didn’t go into town last night – I was tired and when I heard that traffic was bad, well, Futurama and Scrubs were on and I vegged for the first time in ages.
There are 3 ways of creating thumbnails of RAW image files in Nautilus, the Gnome file browser.
Not having thumbnails is very annoying so I’ll try some of these later. The Gnome RAW Thumbnailer looks like the best bet!
The September issue of The Digital Journalist is out!
As expected they cover the tragedy in New Orleans, but also the Wayang in Singapore, and lots more.
Everyone else was watching the game but we went down to Garretstown this evening instead. On the way back we were delighted to see a beautiful sunset!
Cork City Sunset
Today, Cork play Galway in the All Ireland Hurling Final. Thousands have gone to Dublin to see the game!
Update! Cork Won! Woo! More details about the game at the link above! The Cork team will arrive in the city tomorrow. Should be huge crowds and hopefully I’ll be there to capture a flavour of it!
A street vendor tries to sell Cork flags and memorabilia to passing shoppers on Patricks Street.
Marshall Fields, Chicago
Way back in May Kirstie Alley appeared at Borders to sign her new book. Apparently the week before Sylvestor Stallone was in signing his book and the place was thick with people. Local media were there and Jacinta and I may have appeared on TV. Hey, I kept shooting with my 300mm zoom while the camera man had his camera trained on us so you never know!
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