Author Archives: Jan Hayes

Photo Comp

Cork Independent recently published a Photo Competition and I’ve been lucky enough to have been shortlisted amongst the 50 or so images. Voting stays open up until April 17th 2012 and can be directly accessed here although it will require … Continue reading

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River in Zion National Park, Utah

While on our way to Las Vegas we decided to give Zion National park a quick spin, in no ways would a quick drive through do this place justice. It’s absolutely stunning and worthwhile spending a full day of exploring. … Continue reading

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View from Pleasant Grove, Utah

The view from the apartment I’m staying in at the moment in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Mushrooms in February

Earlier today,  I walked out to the Lee Fields I stumbled across a rotting tree stump that had these capped mushrooms growing on it. I thought these usually grow in the Autumn?

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Rochestown at Sunset

If you’re starting from Cork City, you can easily walk to Rochestown through the old Cork City to Crosshaven railway line in less than an hour. There is the alternative path of walking around Mahon, past Blackrock castle, alongside the … Continue reading

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Fog in Lee Field at night

As part of my routine of self punishment, I stood approximately 2 hours on wet grass trying to take advantage of the full moon and a blanket of fog that was sweeping over Lee Fields. Ideally I would be taking … Continue reading

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Photography Assignment 1 & 2

There are part of the Photography Course I’m currently attending in Saint John’s to demonstrate two methods for controlling exposure, Shutter and Aperture. Slow Shutter For half an hour I had my friend James stand still for several minutes at … Continue reading

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HDR: South Mall, Cork City

 

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Here’s looking at you cat

This is part of my photography assignment to display the Shallow Depth of Field when setting the camera aperture to 2.8 F-Stops and what better way to practice this than on a house cat?

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Christmas Tree 2011

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