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Welcome

Hi, my name is Frank Courtney – the owner of this blog. My aim is to complement my main Wedding & Portrait Photography site and show other styles of photography, as well as discussing things of general photographic interest. I’m a full-time professional photographer but apart from my paid work, I take lots of other photos just for my own interest. I’ll also show some of those photos here.

In the future, I will also start posting some preview wedding pictures of the Bride & Groom - with their permission, of course.

Have a look around, and add some comments to the photos/posts..

Frank

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Category Archives: Dun Laoghaire

Dun Laoghaire FOWC – Photos

As mentioned in my previous post, the Dun Laoghaire festival of World Cultures took place here over last weekend. It’s now reached the 10th Anniversary, and as always was a brilliant event. I’m posting some photos taken yesterday – and this time I’m concentrating on some of the performers who took part. I’ll have more...

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Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures 2010

The programme for the 2010 festival has now been published. This year it’s earlier than previously (used to be n August) -  July 23-25th.
You can find all the details here :
Dun Laoghaire FOWC 2010
I’ve been going to this ever since it started and have been an occasional volunteer and regular photographer there. It’s always a...

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Happy New Year

Well, like everyone else, we’ve been having the same cold and snowy weather here in Dun Laoghaire.
Here are two photos taken in Crosthwaite Park on New Year’s Day – most of the snow had melted at this stage :

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Dun Laoghaire FOWC – 2009

Just as a change from wedding photography – I was at the DLR FOWC (Festival of World Cultures) last weekend. I didn’t have much free time during the weekend, so just managed a few quick photos. But I did manage to see Jane Birkin in the Pavilion theatre that night. I suppose the phrase ‘living...

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Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures – 2008

I acted as a volunteer photographer for the festival this year – as well as shooting a wedding at the weekend (images later). I like to support the festival and have worked in the information office previously. Here are a few pictures to give you a flavour of the weekend :
Orchestre National de Barbes in...

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Alexis Restaurant – Dun Laoghaire

I took the original website and publicity photographs when this restaurant was first opened. Since then, it has gone on to gain virtually universal praise from the media critics and always has a buzzy atmosphere.
The photographs I took have appeared in many newspapers and magazines, most recently the one below in the Dun Laoghaire Express,...

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Ferris wheel

My last photo for now from the Dun Laoghaire Festival this year.

More difficult to take than I expected. The wheel wasn’t turning very fast, and I found it hard to get a long enough exposure to get really good light trails. I suppose I should have used an ND filter – but didn’t have one...

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Another one of Kila

Yet another from the FOWC.
I managed to get a good position just on front of the stage by arriving early. This one is of Rónán Ó Snodaigh of Kila.

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Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures – 2007

Another one from the Dun Laoghaire FOWC.
This is the main stage in Newtownsmith Main Stage with Kila performing.

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Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures 2007

Went down to the festival again this afternoon. Luckily the weather was good, and Dun Laoghaire was packed. Here’s one of my first photos from the day – I’ll post some more later.

Their website with all the details is Dun Laoghaire FOWC

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