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Photographing Sunset and Sunrise in Wexford. Capturing Hook Lighthouse at Sunset
Photographing Sunset and Sunrise in Wexford. Capturing Hook Lighthouse at Sunset

In early January my wife and I decided to get away for a few days to relax before the new work year started. We headed to a nice relaxing retreat in Co. Wexford, and while the trip was mostly for a holiday, of course we snuck in some photography time! The last time we were in Wexford we had visited the beautiful and famous Hook Lighthouse in the south of the county, but we had done so at noon during the summer, so the light was a bit flat. This time we aimed to visit it at sunset, to capture it in better light. So we set off on the drive down the peninsula towards hook head and its namesake lighthouse. We were not disappointed.

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Winter, Ireland, LandscapeThomas FitzgeraldWexford, Ireland, Travel, WinterComment
A look back at 2024 - Challenges and a new beginning?
A look back at 2024 - Challenges and a new beginning?

As many of my long-term followers have probably noted, I haven’t posted nearly as much in this past year as I have previously. While my blogging has been tapering off for a while, 2024 was undoubtedly my least productive. In this post, I wanted to touch on that a little bit as well as cover some of the more positive things from the past year too. I also wanted to share some photos and other tales that I never got to share in 2024. This will probably be a long post, so buckle up, or maybe get some coffee!

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Ireland, Nature, Landscape, NYC, Random ActsThomas FitzgeraldNew Year, Reflection, Autumn, TravelComment
Photographing The Northern Most Point in Ireland: Inishowen Peninsula Co. Donegal
Photographing The Northern Most Point in Ireland: Inishowen Peninsula Co. Donegal

A little while ago, we decided to take a few days break away from the hustle and bustle and headed off on an adventure. We wanted to go somewhere out of the way. Where we ended up was probably about as far away as you can get in Ireland without actually leaving the mainland or going on a ferry. For the longest time I had wanted to visit the top of the island, and so my wife booked us into a hotel on the northernmost peninsula in the northernmost county in Ireland: The windswept and very beautiful Inishowen peninsula in Co. Donegal. And what a place it is.

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Ireland, Landscape, TravelThomas FitzgeraldIreland, Travel, North, Donegal Comment
The Giants Causeway: Reality vs Photos
The Giants Causeway: Reality vs Photos

The giants causeway is probably one of the most famous natural attractions on the island of Ireland. Located on the northern coast of Northern Ireland, the famous landmark is a series of volcanic rocks that formed into hexagonal columns. It’s somewhere I always wanted to see in person, with the formation being featured in geography text books when I was younger, not to mention practically every tourist board promotion for the region. Finally this past weekend, I got to see it in person.

My first reaction: “Is that it?”

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Landscape, Ireland, TravelThomas FitzgeraldIreland, Landscape, Tourism, Travel Comments
The Amazing Colours and Textures of Nature
The Amazing Colours and Textures of Nature

When it comes to photography, I have a lot of differing tastes. I don’t just mean photographic genres, bur rather images that appeal to me. I like good composition and storytelling as much as the next person, but I also have an affiliation for colour and texture. And sometimes, Nature provides us with an abundance of both of these.

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Nature, Landscape, IrelandThomas FitzgeraldAirfield, Nature, Flowers, Vegetables, Flora, FaunaComment
Connemara
Connemara

When you watch a travel show or even a YouTube video from a far off place, it’s easy to get envy for the exotic locations and fantastic scenery. It’s also easy to overlook some of the magnificent sights in your own back yard. And here in Ireland, we have a truly magnificent back yard. Ever since the pandemic hit, we’ve been travelling abroad less, and are slowly exploring more of our own country. A little while ago, we travelled through the mountains and valleys of the beautiful Connemara countryside, and I was blown away by what we saw there.

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Ireland, LandscapeThomas FitzgeraldIreland, Landscape, History, West of Ireland Comments
Spring is (almost) here. New Growth and New Creativity.
Spring is (almost) here. New Growth and New Creativity.

This time last year, I posted a story on this blog called “Virtual Spring”. We were in the midst of lockdown and I couldn’t get out to get any photos of the changing seasons. While autumn has always been my favourite season to photography, spring is a close second. I love as the bleakness of winter gives way to new life, and it clears out the cupboards of one’s mind, as it were.

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Spring, Landscape, NatureThomas FitzgeraldNature, Landscape, Spring, FlowersComment
Once Upon a Time in The West: Exploring the Wild Atlantic Way
Once Upon a Time in The West: Exploring the Wild Atlantic Way

While my wife and I have travelled throughout the world, there are large parts of Ireland we haven’t visited. People often ask us about various famous locations around the country and we have to respond that we’ve never been. When Covid struck, and the world turned upside down, we aimed to fix that and began exploring our own little nation that much more. Last year we visited the southeast, and a few weeks ago, we decided to spend a little time exploring part of the west coast, and drove some of the famous “Wild Atlantic Way”.

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Ireland, Landscape, Nature, TravelThomas FitzgeraldIreland, Wild Atlantic Way, West of IrelandComment
Shooting the Sunrise on New Years Day Didn’t Quite Go According to Plan
Shooting the Sunrise on New Years Day Didn’t Quite Go According to Plan

Every year we like to get up early on New Year’s day and head to the beach to watch the first sunrise of the new year. It’s a little ritual to start the year, but unfortunately, it hasn’t always gone exactly according to plan. Last year, we couldn’t actually get to the beach, because of a strict covid lockdown, as it was outside the permissible distance. This year we did get there, but instead of a glorious sunrise, we were treated to stormy seas and winds. Not exactly what we were hoping for, but it led to some cool photos anyway.

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Dublin, Landscape, Ireland, WinterThomas FitzgeraldDublin, Ireland, Sunrise, 2022, Seaside, Landscape, Nature, WeatherComment
Flowers in The Rain (An Irish Summer's Day in an Urban Farm)
Flowers in The Rain (An Irish Summer's Day in an Urban Farm)

Near to where I live is what is a rather remarkable place to find in a city. Called “Airfield”, it is a 38 acre site which features a 19th century estate, gardens and a fully working farm. Recently, on an overcast and rainy day, my wife and I paid a visit to the estate for a walk around the gardens, to get away from the outside world for a few hours and I ended up taking a ridiculous number of photos.


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Landscape, Nature, IrelandThomas FitzgeraldNature, Landscape, FlowersComment
Exploring Hook Peninsula and the Hook Lighthouse
Exploring Hook Peninsula and the Hook Lighthouse

Like many people, while I’ve been lucky enough to travel abroad quite a bit, I haven’t actually spent much time exploring my own country of Ireland, and I’ve actually been to surprisingly little of the island. With Covid making international travel complicated and not something I particularly want to partake in right now, we recently decided to take a few days holiday in the southeast of Ireland. One of the most interesting places we visited was to the Hook peninsula to visit the famous Hook Lighthouse

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Ireland, LandscapeThomas FitzgeraldIreland, Wexford, Travel, Landscape, Seascape Comments
Flowers and Gardens in a 17th Century Estate
Flowers and Gardens in a 17th Century Estate

This weekend we visited a stately home and gardens in Co. Wicklow (in Ireland) that has opened up to the public. Funnily enough, this was near to where I grew up, but I never even knew it was there. The Kilruddery estate, which has a “Tudor revival” style mansion based on a 17th-century foundation, and is also a working farm, and has beautiful grounds and gardens.

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Landscape, NatureThomas FitzgeraldIreland, Wicklow, Nature, Landscape, Gardens, FlowersComment
Irish Summer By The Seaside
Irish Summer By The Seaside

At the weekend we decided to go on an expedition in the car to the seaside. While we don’t exactly live inland, travelling around has become something of a chore now. While you can take public transport, I’m still somewhat wary of it, and so we try and stay in the car where we can be fairly isolated. On a July weekend, you might be thinking the beach would be packed, but at the height of a typical Irish summer, that wasn’t going to be a problem, as the temperature barely got above 16 degrees Celsius for the day, and the sky looked like something out of a science fiction movie.

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Dublin, Landscape, Summer, SeaThomas FitzgeraldLandscape, Sea, Seascape, SeasideComment