Category Archives: Photography

iPod as Digital Photography Storage

Here’s an interesting review of a Belkin Media Reader that will plug into an iPod. (Thanks Mark for the link!) Great idea for a music player to do, and it looks like it’s been done well.
The lengthy time required to copy files over is worrying, as I shoot 5MP images to 256MB memory stick. Going by the time quoted in the article it would take 15 minutes to copy over one memory stick (and yes, I can easily fill that much space taking pictures of even one scene!)
There are other options out there, and many have been reviewed on dpreview and other photography sites. Here’s an overview of some of those options.
Maybe I’ll invest in the next year or so. The deposit on my house purchase was paid last Monday so I’m slightly cash strapped right now!
Oh yeah – great photo of a kite surfer on photosig!

Images From Around Cork

Sunset over the Kinsale Road Roundabout

View from just above Silver Springs.

Roches Point at Night

I travelled down to Church Bay yesterday as night fell. I was hoping to get some nice long-exposure shots of the lapping water. Long exposures cause the water to take on a ghost-like quality I’ve seen in other photographs. Unfortunately, I need more practise!

Ss Peter and Paul’s Church, Off Patrick’s Street.

Every Sunday morning at 10am mass is said as Gaeilge here. It’s a beautiful building and these photos are part of an assignment for a leaflet on the church.

This evening on the river…

I went into town this evening to take some photos.


I noticed this boat a few days ago when I parked my car down the road.


As I was taking the previous shot several fire engines and an ambulance raced up the quays towards Patricks St. they stopped on Patrick’s Bridget so I went to investigate.


Two firemen searched the river with a high-power lamp. It could have been a false alarm as they didn’t find anything or anyone.


Lots of people gathered to watch.


When they didn’t find anything at Patricks Street, they searched near the bus station. Again, without finding anything. I hope I don’t hear bad news tomorrow morning.


There’s a fire engine on the bridge and ambulance on the quay above.

It’s strange. When you have a camera and a tripod, people think you know what’s going on! At least half a dozen people asked me what happened, but I didn’t know any more than anyone else!

Here’s a tip when taking photos at night in a lit area: If you want to set the exposure for more than a second, then set the EV compensation down as low as possible. You’ll be able to capture the motion in the picture, and it’ll also reduce the glare off street lights or other light sources. The same effect can be achieved with a dark filter of course!

Blackpool Factories In Ruin

I went up to Blackpool on Saturday afternoon to photograph the textile factory and Sunbeam. Even 24 hours later smoke still rose from the fire-gutted buildings and rubble. The Evening Echo had a stark picture of the blazing building on it’s Friday edition. It’s lucky nobody was injured in the blaze. A creche on the site narrowly escaped damage but thankfully half the 160 kids who are usually in the creche were in care that morning.


This is all that stands where a large textile factory burned down on Friday morning. According to the news, the rest of the building was demolished at noon on Saturday.


Rubble and Debris. Over 130 jobs are gone as the textile factory isn’t opening again.


Detail of the destruction of the out-buildings behind the main factory.


All that remains today of an old Cork landmark.