Well after all the excitement of getting the new template up and running I almost forgot to put a photo up and what better when you need to relax then to have a cup of coffee.
Many thanks for all the comments on the new layout I am so happy to get such positive comments and also an even bigger thanks to the people who have commented for the first time here, its so nice to learn more about the people visiting.
Happy April fools day one and all, I loved this image when I took it and lightroom made it even better for me, I hope you enjoy it too.
On another note I upgraded to wordpress 2.5 and a few things were corrected today, but all in all I am loving the new look of wordpress, and I would recommend everyone update now. On the 19th of April the photoblog from McAWilliams.com will be 3 years old, and I am thinking of doing something drastic, I am thinking of keeping the photoblog as the main stay here, but also incorporating some written stuff aswell be it about photography, advertising or anything else that springs to mind. I always believed photoblogs should just contain images and feck all writing but as other Irish Photobloggers have proved that does not have to be the case.
I would be very keen to hear what you may think about this idea cause it would be great to update the site for the 19th.
I have so many images to put up from Sweden but dont want to bore you all with them but I did get some great shots. This was taken in Skansen Park again this timelooking up the sail of a windmill, it made me feel awfully dutch.
Yep still have so many photos from Stockholm Sweden to show. We went to the Butterfly house in Stockholm which is 800 square meters in size and the environment is tropical. The temperature never goes below 25 degrees during the day, and 18 during the night. The humidity is high, just as the butterflies like it.By god did we sweat it, but I got lots of pictures of some very exotic butterflies which fly freely around yo, it really was quite amazing.
On another note, no I am not becoming a media whore as Ryan put it, but yes I was on radio again this time on “the last word with Matt Cooper” to talk about photoblogging and Flickr. I was also joined in Studio by freelance Journalist Adam Maguire who arrived with his notepad full of research notes and facts and figures. I arrived with my wooly hat, no research etc, what was I thinking!
Anyhow by all accounts it went well and can be heard here, I am also thinking a page with all interviews shall be created as a log for Rebecca of what Daddy did when he was young.
On my second last in Sweden we went to the gondolen bar in the centre of town, and on my way there I came across this unusual scene of a glove left on the handlebar of a parked bike, I dont know if this was intentional by the owner (I doubt it) or whether it had been left there by someone who found it on the road.
We stopped by a cafe in the Heron Centre in Stockholm me with my 50mm lens and Dolly with her 2 lens for a camera she has not yet got, and these lights caught my eye.
Yes I am back from Stockholm with over 500 photos to go through, an EF 50 mm f/1.8II and a longing for another break.
We had a ball and our host, Dolly, made us feel very very welcome.
I will be putting up more photosfrom Sweden when I have some time too, but this was one image I did not want to hold back on, this was taken across the lake to the City Hall in Stockholm. This hall is also where the yearly Nobel Ceremony takes place, but for me the architure mixed with the fantastic skyline really make this photo.