Dublin's Windmill Lane needs no introduction to anyone with more than a passing interest in Irish culture and music.

Win a one-on-one photography experience in Dublin

Choose from a street option to improve your urban photography or go to the coast and create better seascapes.

It has been a while since I have written about a photo tour so last week's walk around Dublin with Em from Australia makes a good reintroduction to the story of the day.

One of the highlights of a visit to Dublin is an early morning along the coast of the county. A short drive north to Howth and beyond or a short journey south will give you views across scenic Dublin Bay as the sun rises.

Long exposure photography using filters makes for some of the more interesting images.

Panoramic Ireland run photography workshops on the Dublin coast for all levels, seven days a week; a perfect location for sunrise photography. In the summer months it is possible to get here, spend some time getting great shots and get back to your hotel for breakfast.

A short trip through Dublin after the 2014 St. Patrick's Day parade and festival from The Stag's Head to Temple Bar. I didn't visit the parade.

Like my last post on some of the locations associated with Ireland's patron saint, today as a Monday Saint Patrick's Day was always going to be a rowdy, raucous day coming as it did after a weekend's worth of drinking.

I recently wrote and photographed an article about the street art or graffiti art of Dublin for top US website Untapped Cities

The city is being transformed day by day by the work of various artists, often collaborating with businesses, city authorities and residents groups to brighten walls, shutters and enliven whole quarters of the city. 

From derelict districts to upmarket boutique shops wanting an extra presence on the streetscape out of hours, artists are creating something big in Dublin.

Panoramic Ireland's Dublin photo tours have been listed as one of the top five things to do in Dublin by the Travel section of the New Zealand Herald.

Sitting alongside Dublin's most popular tourist attractions in the guise of The Guinness Storehouse, The Book of Kells in the Long Room Library at Trinity College and the tourist mecca of Temple Bar, our photography tours were commended for their tailored, one-on-one basis.

Photography in Stormy Weather

Stormy weather and photography often produce spectacular results, large waves, storm clouds and lightning in the sky are exciting subjects. Wind and rain means very wet conditions, despite how much you try to waterproof your camera water will always find its way in. Some SLR cameras have water resistant seals on the buttons, dials and on the lens mount but in heavy downpours your equipment is at risk.

Dublin was brimming full of kilts this evening. Of course, for those who don't follow rugby, the opening weekend of the Six Nations was this weekend and Ireland were playing Scotland at Lansdowne Road, or the Aviva, in Dublin. So I took my photo tourist today on a short walk through the city.

A beautiful morning on Dublin Bay today

Yesterday (Saturday) was nothing more than cold and damp, with rain from sunrise to sunset and beyond. One of those days when you have no motivation to leave home, thankfully those days are few and far between - even during the winter.