Deirdre

Kitsnaps: Deirdre

There’s not much evidence of it in my portfolio, but my favorite kind of photography is portraits. I have a project in mind (don’t I always?) to celebrate 2016 in Ireland, with a theme/subtitle of something along the lines of “Children of the Revolution: The Ireland Michael Collins Never Imagined,” that focuses heavily (but not exclusively) on Ireland as an immigrant, rather than an emigrant, state. It would be either 100 or 200 photos, probably: half of them portrait shots, and half images of the same people ‘in context’, at…

Continue Reading

Castle Ross Boats

Kitsnaps: Castle Ross Boats

I’m pretty certain Castle Ross is down in the Killarney area, though I could be wrong and it could be up by Shannon. No, I’m right, I’ve just checked and it is Killarney. Also apparently it’s Ross Castle, not Castle Ross. Oops. :) Anyway, I believe this is one of the restored castles (well, not *this*, this is obviously boats outside of it) and that it was super cool to visit. I also believe I had the camera accidentally set to manual focus for most of this holiday and that…

Continue Reading