The streets of Glasgow part one

I've probably been to Glasgow about a six or seven times in the last five years. At least half of those times I've brought my camera but the fates have conspired to prevent me using it. By fates I generally mean I was either too busy or rain, lots of rain. I'm not complaining of course, no Irishman can bemoan the rain, it's like being fed up the sky is blue.

Naturally, it was raining when I arrived, but once I'd checked into my hotel room and walked outside it had all but stopped. Perfect conditions for photography, a nice reflective ground and the sky like a big soft box.

I mentioned in my last post about Dublin that it's a clash of the old and new. When you walk around Glasgow and look at the buildings you can see the really ancient to the very modern. When I spotted the beautiful old building (below) that had been converted to apple store, I wasn't sure if I was horrified or impressed.

Like any city it's the people that make it and Glasgow is full of personality. Looking forward to my next visit.

They say you can't be right all of the time and for this clock that is definitely true. It was not 12 o'clock when I photographed it, but at least it's right twice a day. There are plenty of people I can think of that couldn't make that boast!

Tom :)

Visiting Home - Dublin City

I didn't get a whole lot of time to shoot while I was in Dublin last month. But here's the result of a couple of hours in 'town. As you've probably gathered I'm a big fan of street photography and while I'm no Cartier-Bresson the first picture below is definitely a decisive moment. The guy walking towards the camera is far from impressed by what another passer-by is wearing. As always Ireland is still the clash of old and new! :)

What we love, we find time to do - awesome (not sure about love football - hate Bremen though!?!). 

Hope you like them, Tom :)

Visiting Home

So another long absence from the inter-verse and some more photographs to show for it. I'm slowly making progress through my images but it's been a hectic couple of months to say the least. In that time I did manage to spend some time back home in Ireland.

It seems a bit odd to be calling Ireland 'home' when it's been almost 10 years since I moved to England. At the time I'd planned to travel much further than Birmingham, but I won't complain when I can fly to Dublin in less than an hour :)

For our latest trip home we decided to go by train and boat. It seemed sensible at the time given Cullan's love for all that appears in Thomas the Tank Engine. But we'd underestimated the enjoyment level of an eight-hour journey with a little man with an even shorter attention span.

I think we all enjoyed this last trip the most. Cullan enjoying his daily ritual of a lollipop and playing on mommy's iphone while waiting for his uncles to wake up. A trip to the beach, zoo and as much fun as he could have with everyone. Plus a day dressed as Spider-man (I wore my hulk t-shirt!).

As always, too little time and too few people caught up with. Maybe the lottery will be kind and next time can be longer!

Tom :)