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.

Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin

I have photographed this part of Dublin many times but a few days ago on a photo tour there was quite a lovely and unusual sky over Dublin with plenty of clouds spreading across the sky, this composition looking downstream on the River Liffey towards the Samuel Beckett Bridge suited the cloudy sky very well, especially with the good reflection of the harp-shaped bridge in the river.

New Year's Day in Dublin

Christmas 2013 and New Year 2014 have been characterised by storms here in Ireland. With low pressure storms affecting Ireland and western Europe. And while New Year's Eve was quite mild in comparison, the early hours of New Year's Day saw the east coast of Ireland lashed by winds and rain. High tides and saturated ground has led to flooding in many parts of Ireland, and many local authorities were on standby with flood defences. So I went for a walk.

**Update** I have a space available for a private street photography afternoon in Dublin on Monday 25th of November 2024. The price is usually €215 but on this day only it is €135. To find out more use the Contact page or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.**

I do practice street photography regularly, in Ireland and in Italy where I have spent some time photographing nuns in Assisi, the calli of Venice and the hill-top towns of Umbria. I do enjoy street photography, the interactions and looking for that fleeting image, to capture a moment in time is exciting.

Today I took a good long walk through Dublin on a photo tour with an out-of-towner, Jeff from Toronto, Canada.

Jeff booked a few weeks in advance, something I always suggest you do to guarantee availability and we planned to start early in the afternoon. With sunset at 16:45 we made a plan to get some low light and night shots in the city centre.

My favourite images today came from Christchurch, it is a location that almost all visitors to Dublin visit. I usually come past here on a photo tour, and it brings me to an interesting point that because Dublin is quite a flat city it is an easy city to walk around.

Lovely mix of autumnal woodland colours in the urban parks of Dublin

Almost-swans at the end of the summer

Earlier in the summer I photographed these cygnets as they wandered around St. Stephen's Green in Dublin's city centre, check out the picture here - Cygnets.

Dublin's Street of Performance

Walking up or down Grafton Street can be difficult at times. 

A little early morning sunshine with the Moon visible in the blue sky.

A lovely time to be up and about.

Flightfest 2013

Just over a year since the Tall Ships were on the Liffey in Dublin, the capital of Ireland today played host to another unusual festival.

With the weather being fine yesterday and blustery conditions forecast for today, the day of Flightfest in Dublin it was quite a relief to see good weather for most of the afternoon.