Irish I brought my tripod

I recently found myself in Dublin, Ireland with Girlfriend. Being a photographer I naturally brought my camera. However, since it was planed to be a backpacking adventure, I decided to leave my tripod behind. Being an avid night photographer, this decision of mine proved to be rather foolish.
3 AM in Ireland... Where would you find yourself???
A night photographers answer... Out in the city being awesome.
Please bare with some of the pictures you are about to see. I remind you that I did not have a tripod, therefore I had to stand almost perfectly still for seconds on end for most of these. I have pretty steady hands don't I?

                                        Heineken in Dublin? Yeah, That's what I was thinking...

Don't worry, Girlfriend and I were on our way back from the Guinness Brewery.

A little preface to the last picture would be this, A beautiful view from the Guinness Gravity Bar.

A lovely night for a Guinness

This is one of my favorites, I love messing around with focus points.  This is actually taken several hours after the Brewery visit. Why wouldn't we go out and explore Dublin at 3 AM?

Focus got the best of me that night... I was trying to focus on Girlfriend. Still looks pretty cool.

Lesson learned: Never leave home without some sort of tripod. What can I say, I am still learning how to be a photographer.

Say Cheese.


PS I had jet lag to blame for the 3 AM picture adventure. However, I can not speak for Girlfriend.... She was probably just humoring me.

Night Light

As I have previously mentioned, I am a huge fan of night photography. To be more specific I am a huge fan of night photography in the dead of winter.

 

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Look Ma! No hands!

One wonderful evening I went for a bike ride with Girlfriend. On said bike ride I was naturally messing around with my camera, as I do often. Being a big fan of motion photography I decided to try not the most smart thing to do with an expensive camera while riding a bike. I thought a picture of the handle bars would look really cool while in motion. Granted I was not really used to this bike, I leaned back and snapped a picture just as I began to lose balance.

The product of my dare devil stunt turned out to be pretty cool.

Dear Flobots... So can I. Sincerely, Shark Potato

I can't help but think how much better this picture would look if I had a wide angle lens. I think I decided on which lens will be my next purchase.

Say Cheese.

I've got the whole World in my hands...

I have to admit... I took this picture with one of my older point and shoots. Since I can not afford a macro lens at the moment, it will have to do. I guess it still gets the job done!

A newt in the hand is worth two in the bush?

However, I have not decided whether to buy a macro lens or a wide-angle lens next. Both are currently way out of my price range.

Say Cheese.