The other night when I was in town taking shots of the Liberty Hall (see post below) I thought I’d try and record my cycle home.
This is the result.
Apologies for the shaky cam but holding a bulky 5D MKII with added battery grip and cycling in the dark isn’t easy. Well, not for me anyway.
EDIT – And for you young folk… a version with music..
From today and for the next couple of weeks Dublin’s tallest building has been turned into a blank canvas. Well, sort of.
100,000 LED lights have been installed onto 330 of Liberty Hall’s south and west facing sides. Each of these windows can display a different colour effectively turning the building in a giant tv screen. The idea being that the public can design animations using software downladed from the playhouse website and these then play on the side of the building. Mental.
The animations played one after the other. Some were just simple patterns while others were artistically brilliant and left you wondering how people have so much free time on their hands. Either way it was all seriously impressive. If you possibly can, go and see it in the flesh.
To see the rest of the picture click here or on the image.
Liberty Hall lights up the skyline
For more info on the Playhouse and how to make your own animation to screen on the side of Liberty Hall visit www.playhouse.daft.ie
I’m happy to announce that prints are now available to order on the site. Actually, the ability to order prints has been available for a couple of weeks.
You’ll see that under most posts there is now an option to Buy Print, Buy Card or Send as E-card, but apart from that I have setup a section on the site that will showcase all photos that are available to print. You can find it here.
For more info on the printing process click here.
Here’s to Arthur
After a weekend which was spent between Moville, Magillian, Limavady, Derry and Donegal town, I thought I might as well continue the tour with a stop off in Bundoran for a night to see if I could get some surfing in before my return to Dublin.
I was advised to go to Tullan Strand as it’s best for people like me (absolute beginners). However when I arrived and my eyes took in the sight before me I could only think of two things. The first was death. The second was that i didn’t like the sound of the first thing i thought of. Rather than venture out I decided on a safer approach. Take some photos.
The next day things weren’t much better so I was advised by another surfer to head to Rossnowlagh as “at least there would be people on the beach who may be able to rescue you if you run into trouble”. Encouraging words.
Anyway – I was fine. I got my surf in and after I walked along the beach to take more photos. It’s a beautiful spot, even on a day like Monday when it seemed as though all of the worlds wind gathered to work as team.
The lifeguards hut
I first met Nij (Niall by birth, Nij by everyone..) and Tara over a year ago when we were guests at another couples wedding. We all sat beside each other during the reception. What a night that was…. Anyway, I obviously left a good impression or plied them with enough drink as they asked me to shoot their wedding.
Their wedding took place a couple of wee couple of weekends ago in Glengarriff, Co.Cork and it was an absolutely super day. They got perfect weather for it and everyone was in great spirits.
Anyway – the reason for this post. Nij and Tara like to do things a little differently to the norm. So, out goes the traditional fancy wedding car and in comes… well, watch the video and see.
I’d just like to thank Nij and Tara for allowing me to put this video on my site. I came with them as we travelled to the hotel from the church to take some photos but as they began to belt out Tara’s favourite song (Do you Realise? by the Flaming Lips) I quickly set the camera to video mode and recorded the whole thing. Nij and Tara, I’m sorry for being so sneaky but I think it was worth it
Turn up the volume and enjoy folks.
The Green Room Bar, otherwise known as the closest bar to Dublin’s O2, has been holding a cracking competition over the past few weeks to find a resident pianist for their swanky and sophisticated venue.
Four heats were held from July to early September with a winner from each heat going through to the final. On Friday night past those 4 contenders battled it out. Each of them giving it their all to try and impress the judges. The crowd loved every minute of it and each contender was given plenty of encouragement and support.
Rob Deering got the judges vote and as his name was read out Rob was a bit stunned, the crowd went mad, the other finalists congratulated him, Rob was still a bit stunned but it’s okay – mum was there for a big hug and all was well.
To see the rest of the photos from the night click here.
Rumour has it that it wont be long before The Green Room runs a whole new competition – Battle of the Strings – to find Dublin’s best guitarist.
