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In St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin Nikon N2000, 35mm f/2.8 AI Nikkor Kodak T-Max 400 2016 I shot a bunch of black and white in this lovely park, but the results were a mixed bag. I guess such a colorful...

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Dublin street scene Nikon N2000, 35mm f/2.8 AI Nikkor Kodak T-Max 400 2016 I will probably never become a skilled street photographer. I’m okay with that, as I’m choosing to build my skills...

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Dublin in black and white

We wrapped our time in Ireland in Dublin. You might think we’d start there. After all, our flight in did land at the Dublin airport. Yet we immediately boarded a train and hightailed it to Galway. It’s...

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The North Atlantic at Carrick-a-Rede Canon PowerShot S95 2016 I’m almost done telling stories and showing photographs from our trip to Ireland. I’m feeling a little nostalgic for the stories I told of...

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The Harbour Bar Nikon N2000, 35mm f/2.8 AI Nikkor Kodak T-Max 400 2016 This isn’t the best ever photo of this historic bar in Portrush, Northern Ireland. But it’s a great memory of meeting fellow...

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Strolling through St. Stephen’s Green

We had not been having a great experience in Dublin so far. And then we came upon St. Stephen’s Green. It changed everything. Expensive tourist-trappy attractions, criminally slow restaurant service,...

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A golden end to a golden honeymoon

I didn’t know a vacation could be this good. During our two weeks in Ireland, we explored exciting places, experienced stunning beauty, and met charming family. And Margaret and I found rest for our...

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Wanted by the FBI

On my flight to Germany in the summer of 1984, engine trouble forced us to land in Düsseldorf rather than in Frankfurt as planned. Because Düsseldorf expected no international flights that day, nobody...

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The harbor at Killybegs

Indulge me, if you will, a brief return to the visit to Ireland my wife and I made last year. I follow the film-photography blog of Roy Karlsvik, who makes his living as a sailor. He shares photographs...

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Memories lost, memories created, memories kept

Photographs restore lost memories and anchor tenuous ones. Through them I catalog my memories and arrange them into timelines. They help me create life narratives in retrospect. But there is a time in...

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