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Anna Christina Merriman

I hope that Oleg doesn’t mind me reproducing a couple of shots from an excellent series of photographs he has taken of Anna this evening in Kazakhstan. Oleg, really nice work. You have caught some delightful images of this young lady. Well done. cf Oleg on http://warmland.ru/ Oleg, just to say that I tried to …

I’ve just bought Joan Baez’ CD & DVD “How Sweet The Sound”. It has been some time since I listened to Joan’s music, and it has brought back very vivid memories of the reasons I chose the course of pacifism as a philosophy for life. The music must sound very dated to any young listeners, …

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Photographing Red Kite

I’ve spent the day with a pal attempting to photograph Red Kite. I’ve never tried my hand at this type of photography before, and knew that it would be difficult – but I didn’t quite realise just how difficult. I didn’t get one decent shot, despite a feeding frenzy with about 50 or more Red …

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Morning

I will freely admit that one of the main factors that prevents me from exploring landscape photography is my inability to wrestle free from the arms of Morpheus each morning. However, the need for coffee this morning proved the greater pull, and I was rewarded with this beautiful dawn.

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Mea Culpa – Our Wedding Photos !

OK, finally getting around to organising some of our wedding photos into a photobook – well, it’s only been two years?! I couldn’t face to trauma of posing in front of an “official” photographer, so we opted for a swarm of friends with cameras. It worked, and caught the laid back atmosphere that we wanted. …

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Ballyporeen School

Special thanks to Bridie & Cecil for sending me this photo of the pupils at Ballyporeen School. My Mother & Aunt Mary are marked. God, Mary didn’t change a bit did she! I’m sure that someone might send me the name of the school in due course. Bridie, if you have any more little gems …