Experimenting with Time-Lapse

It has been a week of experiments. A week that has seen me make my first attempt at Time-Lapse photography while standing on an icy bridge over looking the Boyne suspension Bridge near Drogheda County Louth Ireland. It was also the week were I made my first attempt at shooting star trails.

Why I decided to do this during one of the coldest Irish winters in years I will never know. But hey you gotta start sometime.

Boyne Suspension Bridge Drogheda from Peter McCabe on Vimeo.

The time-lapse attempt was a lot of fun and it opens up a whole new world of creative possibilities. The result is far from perfect, however I have promised myself a return visit this week to try and improve on my earlier attempt.

Despite all the experimenting and traveling on icy roads my favourite image of the week was taken in the woods across from my home. The image of a frozen leaf which you can see below occurred when I dropped a lens cap and noticed the leaf and its delicate frosted coating.

I guess I need to start looking down more!

2011 Irish Wedding Photography Special

Special Christmas & New years promotion.

To celebrate the arrival of 2010, County Meath based Irish wedding photographer Peter McCabe is running a 2011 Irish wedding photography special.

The offer - Be amongst the first four couples to book your 2011 Irish wedding, and receive the special early booking price of €1,110 - normally valued at €1600.

To reserve this special price, or for further details email Peter at : info@photoimagery.net

Irish photographic Workshops 2010 with Peter McCabe

Details of Irish Landscape photographer Peter McCabes 2010 Irish photographic workshops are now online.

In 2010 Peter will host a number of photographic workshops based in County Donegal Ireland:

1 The "In the field" workshop. Will be located in the Gweedore region of NorthWest Donegal. The region is a landscape photographers dream and gives participants the chance to photograph wonderful wild landscapes, golden sandy beaches, and its Atlantic ravaged coastline.

This workshop is a weekend event running from August 20th to August 22nd 2010 and is limited to five people.

The workshops are suitable for anyone who wants to improve their photography or for anyone who simply wishes to be immersed in the beautiful Donegal landscape.

The course is priced at €690 and includes Hotel accommodation, breakfast, dinner on both evenings and transport to all locations which feature as part of the workshop.

2. The second workshop I will host is entitled "The Photo House". The concept behind the Photo House is that participants come and live together with me in a self catering cottage living and breathing photography. The days will be fun and adventure filled and when the light is gone the the evenings will be spent talking photography and processing the days work.

The “Photo house” will run in the last weekend of June and the first weekend of September 2010 in North West Donegal and is priced at €390. This workshop is limited to groups of three to four people.

The cost includes accommodation, food and transport to a range of exciting photographic locations.

For further information on the above courses email info@photoimagery.net or click on the following link for additional information.

Starling Roost Bettystown Ireland

Last Tuesday while returning from work I made my way home via Bettystown in County Meath Ireland in the hope of photographing the amazing Starling roost that gathers each year in Bettystown.

Each evening as the sun goes down these birds gather in their tens of thousands and perform intricate manoeuvres in the evening sky before settling down for the night. It is an amazing spectacle to witness, and the noise is deafening.

Included in this posting are some images of the spectacle.