Killarney looks like someone went around to American tourists, asked their opinions on what a charming Irish village should look like, then came back and purpose-built it to suit those imaginary visions. It’s absolutely beautiful and I genuinely recommend any tourists to Ireland go there, because it truly does look just as one imagines Ireland *would*. It’s also the only place I’ve ever actually seen a Lamborghini. I don’t know if I have a picture of the Lamborghini. It was 20 years ago, the first time I came to Ireland,…
Tag: photography
Because what you want is more pictures.
It’s still snowing. In fact, it snowed enough to stick a bit, so this morning I bundled us up and we went down to Glasnevin Cemetery to take pictures, ’cause I thought snow might be as good, maybe even better, than fog. Well, it’s not, or at least not in these slight quantities, but I think Glasnevin’s real problem is that it’s too well-cared for to be really prime graveyard-photography territory. I prefer the going-to-seed look of a less-cared-for graveyard, for Moody Pictures. :) Anyway, I got a handful of…
Kitsnaps: Cobh, Ireland
This was taken from on top of the Commodore Hotel in Cobh, looking back over the town. Really, my favorite thing about this picture is that my high school photography teacher, Pat Dixon (whose website features his own version of the exact same photo), was in Ireland and we got to go out taking pictures together, nigh unto twenty years after I’d first been his student. He was possibly my favorite teacher, and one of the shapers of my life. He’s the one who gave me ILLUSIONS to read when…
Kitsnaps: Fabulous!
I just love the color of this one. Fabulous!
Kitsnaps: Fishing Boats, Cobh Harbour
This, I wish I’d had the wide angle lens for. :)