no more slide shows

For some reason the slide show widgets stopped working. I don't know why. Probably has something to do with the widgets not being supported by Flickr anymore. Such a shame. I will probably have to choose a few photos from the series and post them instead, with a link to the whole series in Flickr. It will take me some time to organise all that as I'm also in the process of repairing a computer.

All the slide shows have been repaired.

Limerick photos on my general blog.

A few weeks ago I was in Murroe, County Limerick. I took some flower shots in the gardens of Glenstal Abbey and I also took some nice river shots at the Clare Glens. Because they don't really show a Geographical reference, I decided to post them in my general photo blog (19th of April and the 1st of May). It's a bit ludicrous to post them in this Limerick blog as well so just click here to go to my general photo blog to see them. 

Snow in County Limerick

It doesn't happen often but we had snow a few weeks ago. I managed to get a few shots early in the morning outside my work place, near Newcastle West in county Limerick.

FAQ (no photos)

Question: I am in one of the photos. Can I use it on my blog?

Answer: yes you can. It would be nice if you would let me know about it, mention me as the photographer on your blog and maybe even give a link to my blog. You can also print them for yourself. All my photos are copyrighted so as long as you don't sell my photos or claim them to be your own, there's no problem.

Question: the photos on your blog are quite small and the quality is not that great for making larger prints. Can I obtain better quality files for printing?

Answer: The files on my blog are small for a reason. They are large enough to view on-line and don't take long to download. I don't want people to use my photos commercially without my permission. Lower quality photos will help prevent this from happening. Higher quality photos are available through me as digital files or prints.

NB: If I make any money from the Gay Pride photos, now or in the future, that money will go to the Rainbow Support services. I gave them the right to use my photos from that week at their own discretion.

Question: do you shoot weddings?

Answer: no, I don't. 

Question: can we hire you to shoot an event?

Answer: you can always ask and I might even say yes, depending on the occasion :) Prices are negotiable.

Limerick Gay Pride Week 2008

The Gay Pride Week 2008 was a great week in which Gays, Lesbians and Hetero friends and family, united in celebration.

The week started on the Sunday with a Garden Party and Art Auction. That's where the photo series starts as well.

I'm just going to add the rest of the week to the same slide show. When you click on one of the photos it will bring you to the whole series in Flickr. When you click on "all sizes" you can then see them in a bigger size.

You can also see on what day they were taken as every photo will have the day added in the title.

November 8th 2008:

I have updated this slide show with the Thursday photos. It was a variety night in Baker's place with song, dance and stand-up comedy.

I didn't go to everything that was on during the week but still to come are photos from the ball on the Friday night and the mardi gras party on Saturday. I won't get it finished this week so I will continue it through next week.

November 14th 2008:

added the photos from the Friday night Rainbow ball. The ball was in aid of the rainbow support services.

December 7th 2008: I finished this post with the photos of Saturday night's Mardi Gras party. And yes, Lorna, you are in some of those photos too. :)

I want to say a big thank you to everybody who helped organise this week. It was absolutely brilliant. I'm already looking forward to next year's pride week.

You don't have to be gay to enjoy a pride week and you don't have to be gay to support the gay community in Limerick.

Live is all about diversity. It makes live a lot more interesting. And everyone should have equal rights in society. Show your support.

http://www.rainbowsupportservices.org/

Update (no photos)

A little while back I had a bit of a set back because one of my external photo harddrives broke down. Of course I had all the originals backed up on DVD but the edited ones I hadn't.

This means that it will take me a bit longer to post certain shots because I have to re-edit a lot of photos.

Still to come: more shots from the Gay Pride 2008 week  and photos from the Alternative miss Limerick 2008.

Limerick Gay Pride Parade and street party 2008

Here are some photos of the Limerick Gay Pride Parade and street party, 2008.

There was a great atmosphere and the weather was quite ok too.

When you click on one of the photos in the slide show it will bring you to the Flickr page where they live. Click on all sizes to see the bigger size.

Gay Pride Limerick 2007

It's almost a year ago that Limerick City hosted it's first ever Gay pride festival.

It will be on again this year. You can see the programme here

commenting

Sorry, sorry, sorry!!!!!

I didn't realise that I had the commenting option set to logged in users only. Somebody mailed me about it and now I've changed it. Now anyone can comment. 

And there I was: looking at my blog and wondering why I didn't get any comments. :) Hopefully that will change now. I can see by the flag counters that I'm getting hits on this site from a lot of different countries. I hope you all like the photos. :)

As you can see in the links section: I have a general photo blog too. You can visit it here.

Some Limerick city shots.

Sometimes the weather is quite warm but there is rain or a thunderstorm on it's way. Then you get these fantastic clouds which, in my opinion, make for better shots than clear blue skies. The castle in the photos is Limerick Castle.

Click on the photos to see a bigger version.

Riverfest 2008 international BBQ cook-up Saturday

Riverfest is a festival during the May bank holiday weekend. The barbeque cook-up is one of the important happenings during this weekend. There is a great vibe and there are people from all over the world present. The Saturday is for the amateurs and the Sunday for the professional cooks. Here are some photos from the Saturday. Photos from the Sunday will be posted soon too.

When you click on the photos in the slide show, it will bring you to the Flickr page where they live. There you can see the photos in a bigger size. (click on "all sizes")

Announcement

This blog will be continued in July/August.
New sets still to be edited and posted:
Riverfest, a few shots of exhibition openings, street entertainment and more.

Alternative Miss Limerick 2007.

Hi everyone.

In September 2007 my girlfriend and I went to the Alternative Miss Limerick: a drag pageant.
We were there to cheer on a participant we know and who won in the end. It was a great night.
I posted the whole series in a Flickr account and added a slide show here 
You can click on the photos to go to the series and see them bigger.

Hurling finals 2007

Hurling is a Gaelic/Irish sport. It is very popular in Ireland and Limerick made it to the All Ireland finals in 2007. I watched the match in the city on a big screen in the main street. The atmosphere was great. Sadly enough Limerick lost. Here are some impressions. When you click on a photo it will bring you to my Flickr page where you click on "all sizes" to view the bigger size. For more info on hurling click here.

Munster Rugby (Heineken Cup 2008).

It was a bit of work but I edited photos I took in O'Connell street, Limerick during the Munster Rugby Heineken Cup finals.
You can see the photos in the slide show above. When you click on a photo it will bring you to the flickr page where this set lives. You can go also go to the flickr page directly by clicking here.
 
When you click on "all sizes" you can choose which size you want to download. I posted a decent size so you can even print them. If you use them on your blog or post them on, please link back to my flickr page or blog.
The atmosphere in O'Connell street, Limerick was great. The event was well organised with two big screens. Friendly Gardaí and stuarts made sure that everything went smoothly. I saw one girl pass out and she received aid within seconds. She was fine afterwards.
Even the weather was brilliant.
It was also a great photo opportunity even though the light conditions weren't ideal.
I hope you enjoy the photos and that those who weren't there get a taste of the atmosphere.

Javas coffee shop: a small tribute

These are shots from one of Limerick's best known coffee hangouts: Javas.

It's gone for over a year now. There used to be a mixed crowd in there: shoppers, school kids, art college students, artists, writers, musicians..........
A lot of the staff were art college students come to think of it.

Their chocolate cake was a food group by itself. Their sandwiches were legendary. (well almost)
The atmosphere was great and it was open late for a while which made it a good place to go to in the evenings as well.
They held art exhibitions and music gigs.
It was a great place and I have fond memories of it, as do many.

Welcome to my Limerick photo blog.

On this blog I want to show the shots that I took in and around Limerick city mainly but also landscape shots of county Limerick.
There will be photos of events, gigs and other happenings that I managed to go to. It will not be a chronological account and by no means a full account of things happening in Limerick.
Cityscape and landscape shots will also become part of it.
Limerick is a nice city and county Limerick is a great county and you will get an idea of some of the fun stuff that's going on there through my photos.
I have already a lot of photos taken but it takes time to edit and post them so please bear with me.