Recent action shots

I've been quite busy recently so i'm only getting round to updating the blog now. Click on a thumbnail to open the relevant gallery.

Enjoy folks.

Glenavon v Newry City



Taghnevan Harps v Hill Street



Lurgan Golf Club



Lurgan BBOB v Dollingstown Reserves



Portadown v Carrick Rangers



Lurgan Town Reserves v Lurgan BBOB Reserves

My top 10 images from 2009

After weeks of deliberation i've finally whittled my list to 10. Images have been captured from the sporting fields and political rallies here in Northern Ireland, to some of the finest cities across Europe.

I've kept them in order of date taken.



I took this at the peace vigil in Craigavon after the murder of Constable Stephen Carroll.



Dunluce Castle. Taken on our Easter trip to Portrush.



I took a couple of cup winning celebration photos last year but this one of Glenavon Under 17s cup win over Linfield just pips the rest.



I spent 11 hours on a rainy but warm Saturday at Lurgan Golf Club for their annual Captain's Day. This was my favourite image of the day.



Both myself and my gear got soaked making this picture! Out on another boat capturing the activities of the Lough Neagh Rescue. What a day!



Sideways action from the Bluestone Rally.



This was our second visit to London and this image was in my head from before we arrived.



We visited the Tall Ships in Belfast where I thought i'd get some great photos. Due to the sheer amount of people attending this wasn't possible. I did manage to grab one of the Saturday night closing fireworks which I ended up loving.



Brandenburg Gate, Berlin. Awesome city, enough said.



A very long shutter speed was needed to capture the traffic passing through Prague's Wenceslas Square.

Will this cold snap ever end?

The town has been a blanket of whiteness now for the best part of 3 weeks. While it has disrupted most events that I would normally be attending I grabbed the opportunity by the scruff and took some pictures around Lurgan Park.



At least they found some way of keeping warm.



A hungry squirrel enjoys a snack.



This robin looks well fed.

Merry Christmas.....

....and a Happy New Year to all.

Winter weather blues

I thought i'd show some of the photos from my last two games covered so you can see what has to be overcome during the Northern Ireland winter in order to get decent results. Between the fog at the Lurgan Celtic v Hill Street game and the wind and rain at Stangmore Park, I don't know which was worse.

Click an image for the galleries.

Lurgan Celtic v Hill Street





Dungannon Swifts v Lurgan Town

Lurgan Town v Dromara Village

Some action from Saturday's encounter between Lurgan Town under 14s and Dromara Village. Both teams gave it their all but football can be a cruel game as Dromara put 4 past Lurgan Town without reply.

Click an image to view the entire set.





I don't usually add any toning to my football photos but I thought this one summed up Lurgan Town's day. Having put in so much effort but coming away with nothing to show for it.

Some recent action

Back to business last week with some sports action.

iso1600 was used for the football and iso3200 for the rugby. I never like using 3200 but there simply wasn't enough light coming from the floodlights. Even using iso3200 I had to push the exposure further when processing. Gotta be done unfortunately.

Anyway, as usual click an image to open the relevant gallery.

Lurgan Tigers Floodlit Blitz
Pollock Park 23/10/09







Lurgan Institute v Camlough Rovers
Lurgan Park 24/10/09