The howling cold wind took my breath away as I got out of the car. I donned my parka, grabbed my bag and tripod and headed down to the water’s edge where the waves were breaking over the rocks.

With this photo, I wanted to try and time a shorter, long(isch) exposure to still create the effect of a longer exposure but with the wave just at its peak.

I had actually taken this photo towards the end of last summer, but hadn’t gotten round to editing the photos from that day until last week.

I had the opportunity to spend a few days in South Dublin, around Dalkey and Killiney in January for a photo and video shoot I was doing for a client. I used to live not far from there in the late nineties and it’s always nice to come back to this area.

I was out on a photo beach-walk at Long Strand again last week but the big waves after Storm Éowyn had subsided. As the sun started to set though, I noticed how the warm golden light was reflecting off the water and I wondered if there was an opportunity for a more abstract image.

In this first “photo of the week” post, I am sharing a photo I took last week, just after Storm Éowyn had passed. I headed out to a local beach here in West Cork (Long Strand for those that know the area) in the hope of finding some big waves.

You know when you had been to place, but you didn’t really see it? Well, that’s what the Beara Peninsula was for me. Until this summer, when i decided to revisit this area. I decided to take 3 days off from my business. On 2 of the days, I wanted to do some of the things I but had put off for a while, and on one of the days, do nothing at all!

Have you ever been yearning for a slower, more mindful lifestyle? Spending less time on your phone or scrolling endlessly through social media? I have - for some time. And over the past few years, aside from quitting social media, I have been taking more and more steps to re-introduce analog ways of doing and enjoying things.

Find out in this post, which my favourite 5 street photos are, in what order and which one made the No 1 spot.

Roaming the streets and narrow alleys of Malaga in search of colour, shade, shapes and contrasts in the midday sun.

Quitting Social Media as someone who creates content, as a photographer and film-maker? You crazy? Well, maybe…but hear me out.