So with the D700 being a bit temperamental at the moment its back to the D300 for a bit, that also means I can dust of the 10.5mm (that has been neglected for far too long, its a great little lens). Back working in city centre for next while means I can get some street stuff done with it.

Get used to being dragged around shops little fella!

  Matching shoes and earphones. Both have scarves and their jackets tied. I need to know if lefty has earrings and righty has necklace under her scarf.

  Is guy in background talking to guy in foreground. Why does it look like piss in that Sprite bottle? I didn’t know Sprite was even still a thing.

  99% this is a tourist! The runners, the turned up jeans, the "fanny pack", the umbrella. Does he know I’m taking the photo?

  Friday night, ties off. Are his runners new? Are his work shoes in the Elvery’s (sports) bag? Is dinner in the M&S bag? .

  Bane got a new job.

The Old Firm Casuals - Voodoo, Dublin [19.08.16]

They're played a few times but this was my first chance to get to see The Old Firm Causals, a great mix of Oi and street punk - lead by Lars of Rancid. They played a great set with a full Voodoo with the crowd well in to them. Definitely will get to see them next time they're back having missed them the previous times.

The next day they headed off to Belfast to play "Keep The Faith Festival" in memory of Colin McQuillan of Runnin Riot who passed away in August 2014 while on tour with The Casuals.

The Old Firm Casuals Facebook
More photos here

Beth

Beth is a rescue dog fostered from Lilys Dog Rescue here on Grafton Street collecting for Lilys.

Finding Vivian Maier (finally!) out in Ireland & UK

Vivian Dorothea Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer, who was born in New York City and spent much of her childhood in France. After returning to the United States, she worked for approximately forty years as a nanny in Chicago, Illinois. During those years, she took more than 150,000 photographs, primarily of people and architecture of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, although she traveled and photographed worldwide. 

Maier's photographs remained unknown, and many of her films remained undeveloped, until her boxes of possessions were auctioned off. A Chicago historian and collector, John Maloof, examined the images and started to post Maier's photographs on the web in 2009, soon after Maier's death. Critical acclaim and interest in Maier's work quickly followed. Maier's photographs have been exhibited in the USA, Europe and Asia and have been featured in many articles throughout the world. Her life and work have been the subject of both books and documentary films. (from wiki)

The documentary Finding Vivian Maier is out now. For Irish readers its on in http://www.lighthousecinema.ie

FINDING VIVIAN MAIER | TIFF 2013

So "Finding Vivian Maier" has finally been released this week at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival). No news yet on full release, but hopefully it will be coming to a decent cinema near you soon!

Victor Friedman - hairdresser & street photographer

Continuing on from yesterdays piece on Humans of New York...

This weeks BBC series of First Person is a video short on a New Yorker - Victor Friedman was a high society hairdresser tending to Manhattan's moneyed matrons. But away from the salon patronised by the likes of Jackie Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, Victor spent his time in New York City's more down-at-heel locales pursuing his passion for photography.

For more than 40 years, until his recent retirement from the coiffure trade, 83-year-old Victor straddled these two disparate worlds giving him a unique insight into the high and the low of New York society, as well as a treasure trove of stories and images of a city that has largely disappeared.

Check out the BBC website for the short video
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23994191

Victor's website
http://www.victorfriedman.com

Finding Vivian Maier - Official Movie Trailer

This is the official trailer for the documentary film, Finding Vivian Maier. 

http://www.findingvivianmaier.com

A Fuji in London...

So I was in a car crash a couple of months ago and had to stop lugging around the DSLR. I decided on the Fuji X100, I was waiting for an excuse to buy a "street" camera as both the D300 and D700 stand out a bit too much even without the battery pack and just using the 50mm!

Its nice and small and light, without the hood will even fit in my trousers pocket! Reviews were great and the random stuff I shot off to and from work were good, but a work trip to London this week was the first real test for it.

Heres a rather nice all black version on Amazon

5 Reasons Why You Need a 50mm lens

A usually funny piece from DigitalRev's Kai on the 50mm!!

Rock of Cashel, Tipperary. June 1992

Uneventful weekend led to searching really old hard drives, forgot about this one. Taken on Pentax P30T with expired slide film, from (slow) moving car!

Street Performance World Championships

Volcano Skies.......

....or not! OK, so most of Europe is closed down because of all this ash in the sky from the volcano in Iceland. So I went to take some pics, but alas all there was no ash to be seen or found!