I can barely remember the last time I got to take my camera out to capture a landscape photograph, so when I found myself passing close to Termonfeckin beach in Louth the other day, and with all of about five minutes to spare, I decided to take a short diversion off the motorway to go and see if I could find a photograph.  The light wasn’t bad. It wasn’t great, but it wasn’t terrible. And the camera I had in the boot of the car was my Fuji X100, so in theory, at least, it should have been up to the job. It was.

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It’s been quiet on the blog for the last 10 days because I’ve been away on a summer (autumn?) holiday.  Just arrived back last night and have a busy week ahead with photographic- and non-photographic- related activities, but I will be finding time to update the blog as I go because I have a few things to post, including photos from my last wedding of the season, a little bit about what I did on my summer holidays (clue: see above), a little about a visit to a camera club that’s coming up this week, and a little bit of rambling on about this and that.  So stay tuned!

I was in Galway at the weekend – my first proper visit of the summer, and an overdue one.  Friday and Saturday were busy days, but Sunday included time for a stroll along the prom in Salthill, and the traditional kick of the wall at the end of it.  We brought our baby with us – I mean Síofra of course, but I also had (as I usually do these days) my X100 in my pocket.  While Aoife had her parents, who were also with us, took Síofra on ahead, I stopped for a moment by this icre cream kiosk.  The building has been there as long as I can remember, but this was the first time I had seen it operating as a kiosk.  It’s a good idea, as it is well situated, and an icecream on the prom is hard to beat to make it feel a bit like summer.

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