Recent Comments by leinsterman

Thanks everyone ... and a special thanks BOD and the boys ;-)

Yes in the cold air at least you could not smell them ... but it was a very macarbre scene indeed against such a beautiful backdrop..

Thanks again everyone ... it very encouraging to get such a wonderful reaction ...

Thanks everyone ... 

Video of the kids here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnmFdO6vmxo

Yeah ... apart from a little bit of cross processing to make it even cooler than it was (and it was very very cold that day, my water bottle in the car was a brick after leaving it over night) ... it all real ... just frost ...

Reminds me of this famous shot - http://blykste.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/henri-cartier-bresson04.jpg

wow ... is that a real photo? ... now that you know how to do it you'll have to share it with us or we'll make you play the drums only at Darren's party ... no singing for you ...

Did he show you his own new toy ... a full format monster worth a shed load ...

I recognise that man as everyone's favorite Camera shop owner ...

I'll miss you Danny ... I know you were particularly proud of this shot, and you had every reason to be ...

Thanks for your friendship ... and the many great memories ... somehow the Lighthouse Cafe won't be the same without you ... I'll pay a visit to Valentia Island later in the year to remember you properly...

Thanks ... she's a mix of Japanese and Englishman .. seems to be a good mix for producing very cute kids ...

Hmnn interesting  ... the photo is straight ... but (and I agree) it does not look straight ... my problem is if I straighten I think it removes perspective and puts the horizon dead across the middle ... what to do!!

Thanks everyone ...

Guess your not a fan of the image then ... ah well ... can't please em all...

Thanks Giles ... to be honest I don't think nice saturated colours go with the setting either ... it is a bleak existence that the people of Mukuru slum are forced to endure, though they do manage to find happines in their own way ... but pretty pictures of kids don't tell the story properly nor do they express the way I experienced it ...

I promised I would tell the story as I saw it ...

Thanks ... its a toss up between this one and the other one of the child with the lollypop as to which is my own personal favorite of the set ...

Just the regualr streets ... mostly shops ... some homes too ... its not the most ogranised of places ...

Thanks ... It was a combination of a holiday and accompanying my friend who is involved in www.camara.ie ... so a a healthy dose of reality...

I still need to write up the rest of the blog ... which to be honest is more focussed around typical holiday stuff ... though I also had the honour of visiting some of the schools Camara is involved in providing PC's ... so there are more interesting stories to come ... though not quite as interesting as this ... except the last day, which for me was the highlight, back in Mukuru slum at a school helped by www.suas.ie ... http://www.gatoto.org/ ... where I met Betty, perhaps one of the most amazing people I will ever meet.

Thanks ... for those with an interest in the story that goes with it here's the link -

http://tinyurl.com/yb6f5c8

Thanks Danny ... TBH they are better in context with the blog ... the story that goes with them is one I promised to tell ...

The railway line is built by the British to link Nairobi to Mombassa incidents in Tsavo involving two man eating lions during the building of which was the subject of the movie "Ghost and the darkness"

Well my dad is in the photo ... so I'm there somewhere ... but just a thought ;-)

Congrats again ... deserved award ...