Another visit to my favourite spot in Ireland - Doolough, Delphi, Co. Mayo.
And beside my young apprentice Ella (who enjoyed using my gopro camera to get some behind the scene footage) and a few sheep there was not a soul in sight. Quite unusual for this time of year, but very appreciated.
located on one of Clew Bay's many islands
My go-to location during the summer months. Carramore, Louisburgh, Co. Mayo
No visit to the Aran Islands would be complete without visiting the Plassey wreck on Inis Oírr.
I just wished I could have stayed till later in the evening for better light conditions, but the boat back to Inis Mór left the harbour at 3pm, so this shot was all I got.
Pastell light over the shores of Inis Mór, Aran Islands, Ireland
250 years old and still looking good ;-)
Last night's fireworks right in front of my little gallery at the Quay.
Yesterday we had one of those unexpected and short lived sunsets with a great colour burst, that only lasted a few minutes. Just enough time for me to drive to Carramore Pier and get two images before the sun vanished behind the clouds and took all the colours with it.
Monday's sunset at a secluded black pebble beach in Devlin, Mayo.
I lounge around, relax and wait for better weather to come. Just like my seal buddies.
A colony of grey seals near Roonagh, Co. Mayo
Same place as Sunday.
Photographed from Roonagh, with a view of Clare Island.
Yesterday's dreamy sunset over Aughagower, a few miles outside of Westport, Co. Mayo.
I could get used to the current weather and its amazing sunsets...
Reek view from Aughagower, Co. Mayo
I made this photo yesterday on my way home from the gallery. I have been planning to shoot this place for weeks now, but had to wait for the sun to set further north to give the scenery that little bit of golden light to the front of Croagh Patrick and give it to a more 3- dimensional feel, rather than just having a silhouette and very dark and boring foreground when the sun sets behind the Reek.
Croagh Patrick from Deerpark, Murrisk, Co. Mayo
This photo of the Northern Lights over Clew Bay I made exactly two years ago. I don't think tonight is looking promising for another Aurora chase. The weather has been so bad that the local parades had to be cancelled or postponed. Never mind trying to get new landscape photos.
Aurora Borealis over Clew Bay on St. Patrick's Day 2015
For the last week or two we have had a funny weather pattern where the sun comes out about an hour before sunset, teasing me to quickly find a good viewpoint, but then thick clouds are rolling in to block it out before the sun dips below the horizon. I made this photo during the week on the beach of Keem Bay, Achill.
Big swell at Keem Strand, Achill, Co. Mayo
This is proof that we photographers are never truly off work.
On Monday afternoon on my way back from grocery shopping I couldn't just drive home to Louisburgh without stopping outside of Westport and capture the snow dusted Croagh Patrick, while my ice cream slowly melted in the car boot.... The price you pay for a good shot.
Snowcapped Croagh Patrick
Over the weekend I gave a one-to-one workshop to Pete from Southampton. With the damage and mess caused by storm Doris and the weather forecast not entirely in our favour, we chanced it on Saturday afternoon to go and chase that elusive yellow thing in the sky. As it was still very windy we decided to stick to the greater Westport Quay area for that little extra shelter from Clew Bay, but we still got battered by gales and showers.
Thankfully, after waiting for quite some time, the sun made a brief appearance before she got swallowed up again by thick and scary looking clouds.
Croagh Patrick from Rosbeg, Westport Quay, Co. Mayo