Irishman and International travel photographer in search of the best bits of Ireland. Leading photography tours and experiences in Ireland.
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Cancer survivor.
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Panoramic Ireland has been very busy this summer so far leading photography tours in Ireland.
Here is the first in a series of updates as to what I have been up to since last time.
If you visit Ireland in the winter the weather may not be the best, but it always throws up beautiful light that makes landscape photography such a delight.
Here the lakes and mountains of the Killarney National Park with snow-capped peaks and fishing boats at the end of winter. On the day that I was here with Tim, a computer programmer from Dublin we waited alomst two hours at this location as several fishermen came and went, the light changed from dull to patches of sunlight.
Sometimes with landscape photography you want to cover several locations but on this day we were happy to get out the tripods, filters and in my case a Canon 5D Mk III and 24-70mm f2.8L lens. Tim was using a Nikon, and during the few hours we were at this location we talked about the two camera systems. We also worked on some panoramic images but the image above is my personal favourite from the day.
It makes me want to head straight back down there but of course that clear winter light and snow on the mountains will be long gone.
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Choose from a street option to improve your urban photography or go to the coast and create better seascapes.
I took this image in 2006 in my native Northern Ireland. On a beautifully sunny June day with few tourists around. I often get asked if it is real, along with the header image on my Facebook page of this cow's fieldmate, both were taken on the same day and both are real rather than Photoshopped.
This year I am running several photography classes around the coast of Ireland, from Antrim to Dingle these classes are suitable for all levels from beginner to advanced and all you need is a camera. It doesn't matter what type of camera you have, there is no snobbery here.