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Dun Laoghaire FOWC – Photos

Frank — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:09:13 +0000

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 photos on my website later, and will add a link here.

Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures 2010

Frank — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:43:15 +0000

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 great festival, and I’m looking forward to going along again this year.

(Update – FOWC 2010 photos added now – click here )

I can’t really have a post without a photo, so here’s some pictures of Dun Laoghaire Harbour taken last night. It was a beautiful clear night, with some lovely light in the sky as the sun set. I didn’t have my tripod with me, so all these are taken handheld (or resting the camera against one something along the pier) :

Budapest Visit

Frank — Fri, 07 May 2010 01:21:52 +0000

I was in Budapest recently (around Easter) and took the opportunity to take a lot of photographs of this beautiful city. I am showing a few more than normal in this post, and I will add a link later to where even more of them can be viewed if you’re interested.

Stone lion guarding the famous Chain Bridge

Open-air food stall in the Easter Market

Another food stall – remember to always check the menu !

Facade Detail from the Modern Art Museum

Statue with the Parliament building in the background

Overlooking the Parliament Building from the Fisherman’s Bastion

Inside dome of the Parliament Building

Cigar Holders outside the Parliament Chamber – to be used while the members were inside the chamber where no smoking was allowed.
(Of course these days smoking isn’t allowed anywhere, so they are now just ornamental)

House of Terror – formerly a prison and interrogation centre – now a museum

Night View over the Danube with the Parliament Building in the background

Parliament Building at night

Night View over the Chain Bridge

If you’re interested, you can see the other 370 (!) or so here : Budapest Photos

Website Update

Frank — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:06:55 +0000

I released an updated version of my main website today. Not a lot of changes to the structure, but everything has been refreshed a bit, and hopefully the navigation is easier.

I’ll be adding more galleries and photos later, but just wanted to get it up and running for now.

Bridal-style shoot in Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel – Killiney (Slideshow)

Frank — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:54:25 +0000

Click the play button to start – the show has a music track (in case you need to turn your sound up – or down !).

This is a slideshow from a recent bridal-style shoot in Fitzpatrick’s Castle Hotel. These are the photos chosen by the Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist.

Makeup : Audrey O’Brien – Sugarcube Makeup
Location : Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel

By the way, if you have a good broadband connection, you can view a larger version here

International Festival of Photography

Frank — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:33:35 +0000

Ireland’s first International Festival of Photography – due July this year. Click on the banner below for more information.

Happy New Year

Frank — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:54:45 +0000

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 :

Happy Christmas

Frank — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:25:11 +0000

Happy Christmas everyone – hope to hear from you all in the New Year

Photograph of Christmas Tree in Trim, Co. Meath

Dun Laoghaire FOWC – 2009

Frank — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:11:18 +0000

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 legend’ might be a little too over the top, but an amazing performance nonetheless.

Lighting Workshop

Frank — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:17:07 +0000

Despite just having our (rather wet – as is traditional) bank-holiday weekend, for this photographer, the work just went on. Photographed a wedding in Tullamore on Saturday, and then drove on to Cork for a lighting workshop run by Neil Van Niekerk on Sunday. Apart from being a Wedding Photographer based in New Jersey – USA, he is very widely know among photographers via his lighting website Planet Neil.

So, on Sunday, I was lucky enough to attend one of his workshops in Hayfield Manor in Cork.

We covered a variety of lighting options, and here are some of my photos from the day, showing a variety of lighting options demonstrated and discussed by Neil. These are more or less as taken, with just a smidgin of Photoshop work :

Bounced flash :

Using a video light :

Video Light again, with Black & White conversion :

Last but not least – Natural Light from a window :

Overall, a brilliantly informative day. Many new ideas, as well as consolidating existing concepts.

The model in these photos was Eimear Varian Barry – find out all about her on Facebook page

Makeup by Dawn Ryan