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Steve M
Jan 17, 202417 min read
The Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon
Templar grave slab, Templetown, Co.Wexford. Not to us lord, not to us, but to thy name let the glory be given Rule 1 of the poor knights...
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Steve M
Jan 17, 202410 min read
Sacred Spaces
Athgreany stone circle, Co. Wicklow. View from the Pipers stone. Above and below, The Pipers stone at Athgreany According to the Essene...
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Steve M
Jan 15, 202411 min read
The Cistercians - part 2
Dunbrody Abbey, Co. Wexford. It can be said the job of the monk is prayer, in his workshop of prayer, the monastery or abbey. A chief...
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Steve M
Jan 15, 202414 min read
The Cistercians - Part 1
Above and below, Tintern de Voto, Co Wexford. Good fortune. Bad fortune. Both of course were considered by medieval clergy to be gods...
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Steve M
Jan 15, 20246 min read
Pilgrimage & Crusade
The Way of St. James, Ballyhack, Co. Wexford. Ships carrying pilgrims would depart for Santiago de Compostella from Kings Bay, seen...
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Steve M
Apr 25, 201910 min read
66 Hours - The concept
In this book I have combined photographs with extracts from poems, song lyrics and the accounts of the men involved given to the local...
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Steve M
Apr 18, 20192 min read
66 Hours - The Kilmore lifeboat
After the photographic description of the journey taken by the Helen Blake, your attention is drawn to The Sisters; the Kilmore lifeboat....
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Steve M
Apr 18, 20192 min read
66 Hours - Chapter 2
After the first Chapter which concerns the story of the Mexico and is told by her Captain - Ole Edwin Eriksen, we move on to a Chapter...
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Steve M
Apr 18, 20191 min read
66 Hours - an introduction
The lifeboat Helen Blake with its crew of fourteen set to sea from Fethard, Co. Wexford in a howling gale and torrential rain with only...
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Steve M
Apr 17, 20191 min read
About - Slade #2
This limestone rock arch called Solomon’s Boat is located just South of Slade harbour. This composition is really quite straightforward...
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Steve M
Apr 17, 20194 min read
Perception and the Photographer
As I mentioned previously in ‘perception and the psychic’, we all perceive the world in a slightly different way. When it comes to...
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Steve M
Apr 17, 20194 min read
Photo Technique - Architectural Lighting
I’ll get the real estate photographers problem out of the way here straight away. If you do this sort of work, you're going to have a...
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Steve M
Apr 17, 20195 min read
Photo Technique - To Tilt and Shift or not?
Do you need a tilt/shift lens? I’ve spent a fair amount of time pondering this particular question and wondering if I should spend some...
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Steve M
Apr 17, 20191 min read
About - Loftus Hall Townland #5
The deadpan arrangement of elements within this photograph have been used to give a feel for the utter desolation of some of the Hook’s...
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Steve M
Apr 17, 20192 min read
About - Slade #1
Slade is the only harbour on the peninsula and any stranger, arriving by sea, would arrive here. In the original ghost story this is...
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Steve M
Apr 17, 20194 min read
Is Photography Art?
Nearly all art forms require an apparatus of some description, however photography always seems to have struggled to be taken seriously...
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Steve M
Apr 15, 20193 min read
About - The Graveyard of a Thousand Ships
I thought I’d begin my blog posts with a dissection of the first image in #Loftus - The Hall of Dreams. This photograph along with all of...
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