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So while flying about Wicklow courtesy of John Nugent at the Newcastle Aerodrome and Wicklow.tv we flew up to the Sugarloaf Mountain, flying around it we got to see poor folk who had spent hours climbing while it took us a few seconds to get up there, poor guys!
I dont know what it is I like about this photo but something keeps drawing me back to its simplicity. This was taken again from the helicopter ride and is a boat leaving the harbour of Wicklow town.
Today I had the pleasure of being able to take photos of the gorgeous Wicklow coastline, courtesy of Wicklow.tv and the Newcastle Aerodrome. John Nugent, owner of the aerodrome, brought us around to Wicklow Head where we saw this amazing sight of the lighthouses. I knew of these lighthouses since within the same view was Silverstrand where I spend the majority of my childhood summers, but seeing it from this angle was something very special.
Thank you very much Mike and John for a very special day.
Another photograph from Istanbul of one of the many ornate doors to be found thoughout the city
Another photograph from the Blue Mosque while I was in Istanbul. I was thrilled to have managed to get this photo of a single person sitting down studying a guide book, considering there were thousands of people at the mosque.
This day last week I had the pleasure of being invited to Istanbul, to attend a press briefing about new innovations being released by HP.
Obviously since I take photographs and do occasionally print, this was something I was very interested in. On arrival to Istanbul I was brought over to the hotel where the main event was taking place. Here we all learnt what HP had in store for us and honestly I can say hand on heart it is very impressive stuff altogether.
My market would be the consumer market and we were shown the HP ENVY100 e-All-in-One which is a sleek, slim-line printer,best way to describe it would be it kinda looked like a VHS or DVD player, We were told that this was to complement modern home décor. It features a high-resolution touchscreen display, is incredibly quiet and has a really cool automatic paper tray (this has to be seen to understand, think robots). The ENERGY STAR qualified HP ENVY100 e-All-in-One is the planet’s first PVC-free printer and is expected to be available in selected countries next month for €249.
The main thing pushed by HP is connectivity to the web, thus allowing you to print from anywhere you like, even from Mobile phones! You can browse the web on some selected models, you have apps for connecting to RSS feeds, google and the like. This stuff blew me away. Basically HP have set up ePrint which is also known as HP’s cloud! For anyone not aware of Cloud technology one way to describe it is that its a virtual server in the sky. As an example imagine this, you are out and about and you take a photo on your mobile phone well you can email that image to a recipient or now with HP, email it to the printer directly! so if you wanted to send a photo or document somewhere you can, but not only that, have it printed too! It really is that easy.
One question that did come up while I was there on my twitter stream was, what about the cost of ink? which for me as a consumer would be a very valid point and one of the main reasons I would not print as much as I would like. Unfortunately even though these new amazing printers are very affordable, which is something HP are very keen to announce, will people be interested in printing more if the ink is still at crazy prices. I was informed that those prices remain as they are. Well for me, who would not be printing out documents and things, but more so photos, thus using lots of ink, this was a bit of a let down for me.
This aside I really want to thank the fantastic team in HP for a wonderful insight into all things HP and for taking such good care of me while in Istanbul, but the biggest thank you must go to Donnchadh here in Ireland for getting in touch with me in the first place, I really appreciate it.
There is so much more to tell about this trip and I will do so over the course of the next few days, but back to this image. Well on Thursday myself and 2 others went to visit the city itself and we went to the blue mosque which is what you can see here. We did not go in since the queues were so long and we were on a tight schedule, but I must say the exterior was impressive.
If you have any questions though about the new HP range, please comment and I will try to answer them as best I can.
More photos from Istanbul to follow.
Today I attended the Photowalk.ie photowalk in the Botanical Gardens, well the rain came down and the clouds did not leave until we were leaving but I did manage to get a few photos which I am happy with.
This is one from the main greenhouse there, the mist and condensation is what I really love about this photo.
A photograph taken at the Burren in Co. Clare of some of the strange structures to be found scattered around this huge rocky area.
Well I have been asked to take loads of photos where I work, for our new webpage which is being developed and I suppose it is nice to be able to show you all what I actually do. This is my recording studio at Reelgood Facilities where I create a lot of the adverts and tv programmes that you love or hate. What you can see in the center of the picture is my dcontrol mixing desk which is made by Digidesign and the Mac underneath runs an amazing bit of software found in almost every recording studio worldwide called protools.
So as you can see I am not a photographer, as so many believe, but a sound engineer who dabbles with photography.
Over the last few months a lot has been going on and one thing that has entered my head is to revamp this website. I am unsure weather to stick to it being a blog or not, and weather to keep the floating john/sofa thing around. I would love to hear from you guys as to what I should or could do to improve the site or should I leave well enough alone?
Im sorry for putting up an image very similar to yesterdays but I love this monument at Newgrange so much.
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