Limerick Skatepark

Went on another bit of a wander today, this time into the fine city of Limerick, and ended up trying my hand at a spot of action photography at the skatepark down by the river.

An interesting, much more challenging experience than the previous two posts; obviously much more of a challenge to get that one-in-a-hundred shot that works. Literally took like 103 photos today, and only these few were worth using!

First a couple of "arty shots"...

Okay now skateboarding!

Cork City Wanderings

Mo' practice photos!

So me and my bro Calum (blood bro, not friend bro) were both down in Cork last Thursday/Friday for assorted gaming and general wandering and I decided that since I'd only the previous day managed to acquire my dad's 40D for this course I'd take it with me around Cork on the Thursday.

We basically had a major exploration around the city, in areas ranging from the North Side to the middle to all in between. Here's just a few select photos from the trip...

Firstly some random places just north of the river:

...then around St. Finbarr's/moving vaguely city centre direction:

...then this amazingly photogenic alleyway somewhere in the centre:

...and finally a few arty shots of Calum in the apartment reading Empire and a drunk photo of our friend Michael looking like Satan:

I'm pretty happy with these photos, I reckon I'm definitely starting to get the hang of taking fully manual photos on the fly and controlling and manipulating the settings to achieve whatever results I want to achieve.