Sometimes I am asked to do press photos – and when these are for a worthy cause, I’m always willing to oblige, if I’m available, and last week I travelled over to Ballymena to help with publicity for the
FAIRHILL 5 MILES RUNNING EVENT
This is an annual race, sponsored by Fairhill Shopping Centre, and run by BRAC, the Ballymena Running and Athletics Club, – this year in aid of Castle Tower Parents, Friends and Staff Association,
Out for a walk in the spring sunshine a few days ago I noticed that the doors of the local RC Church, here in Portstewart were open, and no services scheduled, so I ventured inside with the Fujifilm X-T50 camera.
The mobile studio is back in the road, – this time in a school classroom – doing formal photos as the student gather to await transportation by bus to their dinner venue!
Yes – it’s a music room! – and 45 excited young people all looking their very best.
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Sometimes, when you are tired, and cold and wet, and your legs feel like lead – all you need is an encouraging smile, and a helping hand to enable you to go on…
On Friday 27th march 2026, we went on the road again with the mobile studio, to provide fantastic memories for an amazing family occasion – as a lovely lady celebrated her 100th Birthday, at the Parochial Hall, St James’s Church, Whiteabbey.
Annie Butler had visited our studio at Dundonald back in 2016, when she was just 90, and so it was a forgone conclusion, that when she reached her centenary, and had her family gathered around her from all arts and parts, she would want a repeat session. The difference was that this time I was pleased to be able to take our studio to her!
Following the event, the family could see their images on a private gallery to order on line.
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Night time in Randalstown, and the ‘Old Congregation’ Presbyterian Church stands aglow, a beacon of warmth and hope. Captured with my Fujifilm X-T50, this moment is a gentle reminder that even in the darkest times, light and love can shine through.
May we all find the love and light of Christ in our hearts this Christmas.
A visit to Kilcooley Estate in Bangor today, left me reminiscing about my teens and early twenties, when I lived with my parents and family on Owenroe Drive, – one of the main routes through this large social housing development, – the third largest in Northern Ireland.
A visit to the Co.Down town of Royal Hillsborough (The home of Hillsborough Castle – a Royal Residence) on Tuesday 30th September, gave me the opportunity to add another image to my collection of photographs of the town, made on a few earlier occasions.
The people I was visiting lived directly across the road from Hillsborough Presbyterian Church, and while on earlier visits I have been able to photograph the historic and beautiful Anglican Church building, this was my first chance to get up to the Presbyterian building.
Continue reading Royal Hillsborough ChurchesNo.2 Royal Avenue
I was wandering about Belfast City Centre, with the Fujifilm X-T50, and quite honestly, I was tired! It had been a busy week, and the old heart arrhythmia was playing up. I needed somewhere to sit down for a few minutes. It was then I came across No.2 Royal Avenue and being a public building, owned by Belfast City Council, I wandered in to see what was inside. It’s an open space inside, with lots of seating and a cafe, and a library and a piano, which someone was playing, – very nicely too. I took a seat, wondering how long it would be until someone came and asked me why I was there… But it didn’t happen.
The building, described by the City Council as an ‘Indoor Park,’ is for everyone to enjoy, and all are welcome. I sat inside the building for around 20 minutes, just to get my breath back, and rest my legs, and it was while I sat there that I noticed this truly magnificent dome, and as you’d expect, it was just asking to be photographed. (I did ask one of the staff members for permission – and they were most obliging, – there’s no problem with photos inside the building, so long as no-one else objects).
Continue reading No.2 Royal Avenue: A Community Hub in Belfast“The Watson”
Another gem of Belfast’s architectural heritage, this Grade B1 listed, triangular building (known locally as ‘the smoothing iron’) in Little Donegal Street, Belfast, was once the premises of Robert Watson’s furniture manufacturing company, suppliers of beds to the Royal family, and whose beds were installed in many luxury liners built in Harland and Wolff, the Belfast shipyard, including the Titanic. The building was designed by William J Fennel and built between 1898 and 1907, originally known as ‘Library House.’
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