So, what is the pull of reality television shows? Our SkyBox (TiVo to you in the States) is chock full of these series. I’m not proud to admit it, but we have been avid watchers of Project Runway, Britain’s Got Talent, Hell’s Kitchen, American Idol, etc. I suppose these shows at least have the thread [...]

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I dashed over to the Royal Academy yesterday to pick up a book from the Cranach exhibition. Unfortunately I was rushing to catch a train and only had the chance to squeak through the shop. I did take a moment to shoot one of the outside banners. The Venus image was initially BANNED from the [...]

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I’m certain I have spoken about it before, but the one morning ritual I miss from the States was watching CBS Sunday Morning each week. Such great television. That ritual takes the form of Sunday Miscellany here in Ireland on RTE Radio 1. Just under an hour of spoken word and music. To set the [...]

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The 18-55mm lens that came with my camera is certainly not a sports lens, so often I can only get close enough to the action when the action comes to me. I was seriously considering a telephoto lens and the photography gods answered my prayers as Jonathan Hill was selling a 75-200mm lens. Big smiles. [...]

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Yeah, so we may be the last family on Earth to Simpsonize ourselves. Gabriel, for some reason, didn’t start watching the show until we moved to Ireland. For whatever reason, I’ve never been that much of the fan. It was no consolation that my caricature turned out the best.

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