The world stopped and stared when the Northern Lights descended as far as Donegal’s north coast in January. Rarely are they spotted so far south and local Inishowen photographers were out in force to capture it. Now for the science bit: The Aurora Borealis occurs when ionised particles from the sun hit the Earth’s atmosphere [...]

He may not be the talk of the dinner table, but we owe a huge debt of gratitude to the Frenchman Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. He’s the brainy chap who devoted his life’s work to invention and ultimately (well, with a little help from some Italian brainboxes a few years previous) took the world’s first ever [...]

County Down native Simon Brown turned professional photographer in 2006 with the sole aim of capturing the natural beauty of his homeland. Since then, his evocative shots of the Northern Ireland landscape, from sweeping coastline to heather-strewn mountains, have been exhibited widely and have just been brought together for his book, ‘Portrait of County Down’. [...]

We’ve all heard the saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. One man who has a certain knack for taking pictures is photographer Enda Cavanagh and he has been so kind as to share some of his work with us. We think you’ll find that through his pictures, Ireland’s landscape speaks for itself. [...]

“High up on dangerous cliffs, out on lonely rocks, Irish lighthouses were built to last and most have stood for well over 150 years.” John Eagle is an artist, photographer and author of two books on Ireland’s lighthouses. We asked him to share his six favourite lighthouses – most notably along the West Coast where [...]

Photographer and author Kevin Dwyer has produced three books of aerial photography of Ireland and is based in County Cork. Here he describes the waiting and celebrating experiences that comes with being an aerial photographer in Ireland, and how he captured the stunning image that became the cover of his latest book. In 2007, I [...]

Looking for a place to rest your feet and feast your eyes on the sights and sounds of Dublin’s fair city? Award-winning photographer Dave G Kelly shows us his favourite benches for people-watching, view-soaking and cuddling around the capital    King’s Inn No, your eyes are not deceiving you; this really is a tree slowly [...]

One of Ireland’s leading landscape photographers Chris Hill reveals how he captured the breathtaking image that was to become the cover for his latest book. And don’t you know, it just had to be in the wonderful West of Ireland… In June 2006, myself and my very good friend Colin McCadden set out in a [...]