Portraiture Workshop

The guys in the gallery were nice enough to offer me a place on a Studio Photography and Portraiture Workshop taking place over the next couple of weeks. Now, I have no photography training and I'm really just an amateur, so this is a great opportunity to learn some new skills. Here's a few shots from the workshop so far.

Lahinch

My favourite place on Earth!!

Bike

Taken on a Canon G10, my first time using one of these, lovely cam! I'll definately have to invest in one!

Early Riser

Got up early today and the sky looked nice. So...here

Dublin in November

I really like this time of year. It's getting darker in the evenings and the skies turn some outragous colours just before the sun goes down. People are more weary when they go home in the evenings, Christmas is coming and money is tight. Its a dreary melancholy; I like it, and I took this snap while walking across the ha'penny bridge the other evening. The colour of the sky, the lines of traffic, the tranquility of the Liffey, it all sums up how I feel about November in Dublin.

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Fireworks!

I tried out the fireworks setting on my camera last night, not really expecting much, but these actually came out kind of successful!

September Rain

The sky was looking a bit thundery and mad today, looked cool. See for yourself!

Creepy Crawlies

A few pictures of the little critters that exist in my garden, house, potted plants...

Lillies

Some drawings and photographs of the beautiful lillies my mam has growing in the garden, they really are spectacular. I'll try and squeeze in some colour studies before they die.

Chapelizard

This is my brother's bearded dragon, Chapelizard. He's just so cute I had to stick em up!

Photography 13/07/10

So I went to town today to do a bit of shopping with my Mam and my sister, and on our toddles around town I snapped a couple of things. I'm on a bit of a photography bender at the moment, but I promise I'll get some more drawings, sketches and paintings and whatnot up soon!

Dublin Docklands Festival

I managed to make it to the Docklands this weekend to get a few sketches done and take a few pictures of some of the ships they had on show. It was a shame about the weather, but it didn't seem to hold people back from having a good time. Plenty of food and drinks available, toilets, bins and loads to keep the kids happy! Was a really great event, and I picked up a second hand Tashen Book of Illustrators for a tenner!

Sunset in Lahinch©

Basically, its another beautiful sunset in Lahinch, Co. Clare. My all-time favourite place in the world.

The Wasp©

This little guy was just lying on the floor, I think he got a bang off a newspaper or he was dehydrated. Either way, he made for some interesting photography.

Lily bud

Hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Years! Here's my first pic of 2010, a closeup photo of a lily with all the bits n bobs still in the middle. So delicate

The Plassy

I dabble in a bit of photography now and then. I took these last year on a manual SLR on Inis Oír (Inisheer), the smallest of the Aran Islands. Its the boat from the Father Ted intro!!