Ireland V (Dublin, Ireland)

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The Dublin magazine fort was built in 1735. The fort can be found in the west of Dublin city, north of the River Liffey within Phoenix Park. The building is located in the south-eastern part of the park, close by a wooded ridge.

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A detail of the north wall of the nave of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, made during my last evening spent photographing in the city.

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Outside of Kilmainham Gaol there is this haunting sculpture dedicated to the executed leaders of the 1916 rising.

Ireland IV (Dublin, Ireland)

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The floors in St Patrick's Cathedral were just breathtaking - each one made by hand, and filling the entire cathrdral from end to end.

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Part of the pleasure of working the way I do with architecture is I use very long exposures, which make people passing through the spaces I photograph pretty much a non issue. In this case, as I made this image, half a dozen other visitors walked through the composition, and not a hint of them is in the final image.

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Of all the images made today, this was the most pleasing, both in terms of the subject, which was just lovely, and the compostion.

Ireland III (Dublin, Ireland)

The morning was spent on a fabulous tour of Kilmainham Goal, a grim place at the centre of the story of the Republic of Ireland's independence.

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Like the image from the day before of the King's Chapel, this photo was made hand-held, and is stitched together from multiple frames from the 17mm tilt-shift lens.

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The City Hall, Dublin, originally the Royal Exchange, is a civic building in Dublin, Ireland. It was built between 1769 and 1779 to the designs of architect Thomas Cooley and is a notable example of 18th-century architecture in the city.The building was restored to its 18th-century appearance at the beginning of the 21st century, and Dublin City Council has won awards for the conservation of this historic building.

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As with the previous night, the twilight hour was spent along the Liffey river, photographing the Four Courts building as the sky transitioned from day to night.

Ireland II (Dublin, Ireland)

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The beginning of this, the first full day spent in Dublin, began at Trinity College, where I made this image of the under arch of the college clock.

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The ceiling of the Royal Chapel in Dublin Castle; what makes this image really surprising and pleasing for me is that a) it was made hand-held, no easy feat given the low light of the space and b) it was stitched together from three frames made with the 17mm tilt-shift lens

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A line of arches and lights in Dublin Castle.

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A pile of lover's locks on the H'penny Bridge over the Leffey River, Dublin.

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From my first night walking with a camera in Dublin. The Samuel Beckett Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Dublin that joins Sir John Rogerson's Quay on the south side of the River Liffey to Guild Street and North Wall Quay in the Docklands area.

Ireland I (Dublin, Ireland)

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At 50,000 feet above sea level, in the middle of the night, I made this image of the dim glow of sunrise on the horizon.

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On my walk back from the local petrol station, where I had gone to fetch snacks, I saw this lovely cat sitting on a wall.

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This was the view out of the hotel hall, near our room - a beautiful scene of classic roofs.

A Spring Session with Ingrid (South Shore, Nova Scotia)

I selected this location because I knew that the piles of rocks would give Ingrid something to pose with, while the afternoon light would still provide enough contrast to separate her from the surroundings.

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Shooting towards the sun isn't always easy, but with careful shading of the lens with my hat (the 17mm lens is too wide for a lens hood), I prevented lens flare, and managed to make an image with both Ingrid and the surrounding trees back lit.

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For this image, to get the dramatic angle of view from the base of the rock to the sky I stitched together three frames made with the 17mm TS/E lens, shifting it fully up and down to get the widest angle possible (equal to 8.5mm from the top of the frame to the bottom).

Printing Large Prints (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

The last photographs to be printed for the Evolving Beauty: Miranda exhibition are the large (23"x31") hero images. This is a pile of the proofs (and one of the large prints) on the worktable as I worked on the prints.

A Modsquad Group Shoot (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

At the close of the first night of the 2014 Modsquad, the attendees and presenters were provided the opportunity to photograph a pair of aerialists performing; where most went for fast shutter speeds, trying to freeze the motions, I used a tripod, and took advantage of the lower light levels to explore motion in all its glory.

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Even though this image isn't actual of the "performance" (the aerialist is prepping the silks for her next performance), I really like the motion and mystery of this photograph.

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The final portion of the performance was spent with performers using rings; a little harder to work with than the silks, but what worked really worked.

A Fieldtrip to York Redoubt (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

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The line of rifled muzzle loaded (RML) guns at York Redoubt are impressive, but this lone cannon, set against the winter-bare hill behind paints a lonelier picture.

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All that is left of the original martello tower at York Redoubt is the foundations, which only hint at how the original structure would have looked.

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A Field Trip in Fort George (the Citadel)

My first photographic love was the military fortifications around Halifax, and it is always a pleasure to return to it, even in the cold of winter.

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Much of this visit to Fort George was spent working my longest lens (the Sigma 120-400mm) as I didn't have a chance to really spend the time I'd prefer to compose; all the same the reults are really pleasing, with winter being hinted at from time to time, without being the centre of the images.

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The alcoves along the main entrance to the fort have long facinated me - the simple grace of their finish in granite, and the soft shadows contrasting the hard edges never fail to please.