David Hope
David Hope played support to Mundy at Dolans Warehouse on 08/08/2008, his set was described as follows by the blog IndieLimerick: This folk artist entertained the crowd with between song stories of how the album was written and some quirky banter. One such notable story was that he had been swimming that morning in Lahinch. As he emerged from the water a group of lads remarked “Jesus has really let himself go!”.
Mundy @Dolans Warehouse
Mundy performs at Dolans Warehouse in Limerick, on 8/8/8! First time seeing him live, he played a set which included "July", "Mexico", and off course "Galway Girl". Check out his website for further information.
Repost – Duke Special @ Dolans
The eccentric Duke Special now features as a new gallery on JonathanBourke.Com. This is a repost of an earlier Flickr based Gallery as I slowly migrate my portfolio content to my own website. In this gallery, I try to capture the eccentricity, the motion, and the colour of Dukes' performance at Dolans that night. Some of the images could be perceived as being blurred... but for me this accurately reflects the feeling of the gig.Back when I originally posted this I said: Duke Special wowed the midweek crowds at Dolans Warehouse in Limerick on Tuesday 9th of December. This time he had his band ...
One Lens Every Photographer Should Own
[caption id="attachment_810" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="One Lens Every Photographer Should Own; a Fast 50!"][/caption]Digital Photography School (DPS) suggests Three Lenses Every Photographer Should Own. Great article. Except...Where is the fast lens? The fast 50? Nifty 50? I know the article mentions a 50mm F2.8 as a macro lens, but what I am referring too is a F1.8 or better. I own the Canon EF 50mm F1.4, and it is my pride an joy. It makes nearly any setting look great.Dark venue; bring out the fast F1.4 Cluttered backgroud; got to love the bokeh* of F1.4 Travelling light; yep, the F1.4 Stuck in a rut; the F1.4 again!While ...
Website Relaunch
[caption id="attachment_576" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="The sun emerging from a storm in the Maldives"][/caption]So I am finally relaunching the website. It has taken some time, but I believe that I now have the bits and pieces in place to meet my needs for the future. For those who are interested in these things, I will update my previous post on this topic at a later date. In particular I wanted my website to:showcase my photography - check out the new "Gallery" section which will grow over time to include images from my Travel, Concert, Sport, and Landscape collections facilitate sales of my ...
