Siena, Italy part 1: slide show.

Siena, Italy. A beautiful medieval city. This city has 17 Contrade or districts. They all have their own colours and rituals. You can click on a photo in the slide show. That will bring you to my Flickr page where you can see the bigger version.

Watch this

Just the movement of a watch done in a slightly artsy fartsy way.

I kinda like it.

Barcelona Mercè festival

The Mercè festival, which takes place in September, is Barcelona's biggest festival.

Barcelonians are crazy people :) They dress up as devils and go around with fireworks in the streets, spraying it all over the innocent bystanders.

It was actually great fun. I first kept my distance a bit but couldn't get any good shots. I was only dressed in jeans and a t-shirt while most of the people standing close were wearing some kind of protection like jackets with hoodies or scarfs around their head. At some stage I just braved it and went on the street, right in the middle of it. The camera protected my face more or less while the UV filter protected the lens. I felt burning on my shoulders a few times and after the event I found out that I had burn holes in my t-shirt. Ah well, it was worth it.

There was also a fireworks display on the hill Montjuïc which was absolutely beautiful and lasted for a long time. There are also a few shots of that display in this slideshow. Just click on one of the photos to go to the set on my flickr page and see the bigger photos.

Denise in colour

Just one shot and I think it's a nice one. I think Denise might like this one in print as well.

portrait shoot: Denise.

A friend of ours, Denise, was interested in posing for a portrait shoot. We had discussed it ages ago but it never happened. So, a few nights ago she came around for dinner and we did a little photo shoot afterwards. Nothing fancy; just a low key, black backdrop, simple lighting shoot. Here are some results.

Napoli 2006 (dedicated to Ombretta)

This set of photos is dedicated to one of the beautiful girls from Napoli; an on-line friend who I first met in the ESL café, where she calls herself ombretta, and who is now one of my MSN contacts and Facebook friends as well. The internet is so much fun. :)  I promised her that I would show a few photos that I took there. So, here they are. Mostly tourist scenery shots and one nice portrait of an older gentleman. I thought he had a great face and with hands and feet I asked him if I could take a photo of him. He didn't mind. I already posted a few people shots from Napoli, (click here to see them) but for some reason I didn't post any landscape shots. I so want to go back to Napoli and surroundings. It is a great city and the people are absolutely lovely. Ombretta: I hope you like the photos (and all the other visitors as well of course)

Camera gear used for these shots: Canon 350D and the Canon Pro1 compact. I didn't have the 30D and the 40D yet.

Update: no photos.

Hi there.

First of all it's nice to see that my blogs get so many hits from all over the world. Please don't be shy and leave a message every now and then. If you can't do it in English, do it in your own language. I will find someone to translate it for me if I can't understand it. :)

A little while ago I had a bit of a set back because one of my external photo harddrives broke down. Of course I had the originals all backed up on DVD but the edited ones I hadn't.

As a result of that I have to re-edit a lot of photos. At the moment I'm concentrating on a few series that I shot during the Limerick Gay Pride week 2008 and the alternative miss Limerick pageant which took place last Saturday. You can see some of the shots on my Limerick blog and the rest will follow soon. So make sure you check back once in a while.

On this blog there will be more photos from Italy and also photos from Barcelona. I was there during the Mercè festival and got some spectacular shots. So do check back on a regular basis.

More Venezia

A few more shots I took in Venice, Italy. Some colour and some black and white. Certain shots just work better in black and white.

Click on the photos to see the bigger version.

Shane Barry and the Distractions.

This Waterford band played at the Waterford Spraoi festival. They were really good. They have a CD out that I bought and play a lot.

You can check them out at: http://ie.myspace.com/shanebarryofficial

Click on the photos to go to the flickr page and see the bigger photos.

Venezia in black and white.

Here are some shots that I took in Venice, Italy, this year. 

These are mainly people shots  but I will show some other work from Venice as well. It's hard not to show what everyone has seen already so many times. Venice must be one of the most photographed cities in the world.