A few days ago, I found by accident an article on the web describing a photographic process unknown to me and perfectly suited for low-light photography.

Named by its creator, Tony Brackley-Prower, the Magic Cloth technique is an extremely powerful way to extract information from high contrast scenes without using graduated filters or combining exposures for HDR processing.

In principle, the technique is so simple that it seems surprising it hasn't been exploited by other photographers before, at least not that I'm aware of.

The idea is as follows, instead of using strong graduated filters to darken the ...

These autumnal days we are lucky to experience what many would consider excellent weather for this time of the year. Mild temperatures, sunny sky and rapidly changing trees would make you believe that Ireland is currently under the spell of a very enjoyable Indian Summer (OK, not quite... ).

It is under these conditions last Sunday afternoon that I headed with my camera for North Bull Island, a nice stretch of land sprawling within the Dublin Bay, easily reachable by car or by foot thanks to a nice wooden bridge connecting the island to Clontarf Road.

The island is ideally located ...