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Donal: Cathy Davey at Indie-Pendence in Mitchelstown
Cathy Davey headlined the Saturday night at the recent Mitchelstown Music Festival. I’ve been a big fan of Cathy Davey for quite some time but never made it in to see her during her residency in Cyprus Avenue last year. I had her two albums playing almost non-stop on my mp3 player by which time I had reached saturation point when you need to give an album a rest. I got the CDs out again and listened while driving down to Mitchelstown on Saturday. Sometimes the live act doesn’t live up to what you expect but Cathy Davey and her band put on a sublime performance. It was a little unfortunate that she was on straight after wonderful sets from Fight Like Apes and Fred as her music is much more understated and subtle. Have a listen on her MySpace if you haven’t heard her before and you’ll see what I mean.
It was a joy to photograph Cathy Davey so there are a bunch of other photos in the full set on Flickr.
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teamKenny: There’s nothing to it
Check out me new lipstick; apparently Madonna wore the same one for the Vogue video.
I’ll be wearing it for a wedding though - slightly different.
Glasseyalley: Ones Own Garden
The only thing that makes relaxing in ones own back garden anyway less enjoyable is knowing how much work has to be done to it. Or maybe doing the work is the enjoyable part?!? Herein lies the proof that we had at least one day this summer when it didn't rain. Ahh Irish summers, best subject for complaint ever!
inphotos.org: Bridge the gap
A public walkway over the railway tracks in Cobh, Co. Cork.
Walking down by the quay in Cobh is a nice relaxing way of spending an evening, at least before it gets dark. Despite the presence of the nautically shaped Garda station close by it’s a bit too secluded and remote for my tastes. I do love the old red brick of the train station and the supporting structure of this bridge. I know I have a few shots of it somewhere that I simply have to dig out.
Lots of dodging the burning in this shot, as well as some brightening in Bibble Pro and b/w conversion of course. Took quite a bit of time to come up with the finished product.
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Tags: Architecture, Black and White, bridge, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, clouds, Cobh, Cork, Cork Photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Look up, Sky, UrbanIced Coffee: summer leaves
Why is the weather such a big topic of conversation in the UK & Ireland? Simply because the summer rarely looks like the Summer.
Scenes of Ireland (and more): Light and Dark
Once again experimenting with the manual settings and getting a little braver. I like the contrasts in this one - the vase looks illuminated and there is plenty of detail through the window, and shadows and patterns on the white window walls and the mahogany sill.
Iced Coffee: links and things
Very cool video of lightning in slow motion
There really is no price difference between Macs and PCs
A very long piece in the New York Times on ‘Photography As A Weapon‘
“Laptop Machines” is an anagram of “Apple Macintosh”
80 Things That Make Men Cry
MBTA won a temporary restraining order that will keep the students from discussing their findings at a tech convention
After a slow few months lately, Headphoneland has come back with some great shots over the past few weeks, including todays and yesterdays
The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics were incredible. Unfortunately it turns out there was fakery in the firework department as well as lip-synching.
Here are some great photographs from the ceremony
more links next week :)
