Yesterday Dublin Pride parade was held. Tens of thousands of people marched to celebrate diversity and solidarity as well as remembering what happened in Orlando two weeks ago.

It was refreshing to see so many happy people 🙂

Girls like equality! Boys do too…

One human family!

Ok, ok, I know… It’s been a while since last time…

And now, apparently, Spring has finally come! Temperature is up, the sun is shining in the sky and the jacket hasn’t left the house in a few days…

Anyway, new week, new photowalk.

The group met in the city centre and left to shoot places that were used in the making of movies. Or, at least that was the initial intention… We kinda got distracted walking in Trinity College and ended up just taking advantage of the beautiful day…

Sky

Keep off the lawns!!!

Homework

In the sun

Stripes

Lunch

Coincidence

We spent almost two hours just walking the grounds in Trinity, and then we decided to move towards the City Council building on the quays.

To spice things up, we decided to go through Temple Bar…

Lines

Car

Happiness 🙂

A quick break

Sloooow

Social media

Mmmmh… ice cream….

*Click*

Pub

Last act was, of course, pints accompanied by a friendly chat…

Pints in the sun

Taking pictures at night (after 4pm in Ireland) is hard: there’s not much light and don’t even get me started on that white balance thingy*…

And yet, if you can get it right, it yields great results!

Here in Dublin, we are also lucky enough to have many interesting subjects when it comes to lighting, such as… the bridges!  (How original… 😀 )

Anyway… autumn night in Dublin means wind. Lots of wind. Strong wind (stronger than what I’m used to, anyway…). Strong wind means heavy tripod for long exposures.

Oh, yeah: it also means almost freezing…

Silky river

The Custom House

Dublin nights

Ha’penny bridge

Ha’penny bridge

By the time I got home I was like the human popsicle… Worth it, though…

I even had the energy to play a little with lights and bokeh!

Pearl necklaces

Smithfield

A little tacky maybe. But, by that time I was basically trying to divert my attention from my body temperature…

*I know how white balance works, I’m just trying to convey the difficulties behind night photography  😉 .

A sunny Sunday is a rare thing in Dublin: it only happens once every few years, but when it happens… WOW…

During last week’s photowalk we had the wonderful chance to photograph the sunset on the Liffey.

We also found out (much to our surprise) that it’s very difficult to visit an exhibition if you show up a few weeks before it starts… What a shock! 😀

Anyway, a sunny afternoon in late November means wonderful light, and the chance to go look for nice tiny details around the city…

St. Patrick

Geometry

Soooo true…

Murder

Towards the light

Is that a… Wait, what is THAT?!

Couple

Capturing the sun

Heavy sky

Nice walk!

Also: did I mention sunset?

Sunset (almost) in Dublin

Jeanie Johnston at sunset

Liffey

I can’t wait for the next sunny Sunday (probably in 2019)…

New week, new photowalk…

Very, very small group this time: few but good. We planned (not really) to see the lighting of the Cristmas lights in Grafton street, but we met much earlier to walk around the city centre first.

Street music

Guitar

Blur and colbac

We had plenty of time left, so we went for a walk through Stephen’s Green.

Contrast

Swans

Light

While waiting for the lighting, we also had a quick stop at the Natural History Museum. Nice stuff, horrible light…

Badger

Poor crab!

Predator

And then, after a quick pint in the world’s smallest pub (which, incidentally, is not that small), we were back on the streets!

Must… get… closer…

Dawson’s street

And after a few more minutes, we finally got to see the Christmas lights (I know it’s freaking November!!)…

Photo, PHOTO!!!!

Lights

Lots of lights…