The Cherry Drive The iconic Cherry Drive with it's wonderful avenue of Cherry Blossom trees in bloom on a crisp April morning. My main challenge in making this image was to have the location without the throng of walkers that visit it every morning combined with some mist to soften the scene and diffuse that early morning light. Thankfully, I had such a morning for a wonderfully colourful and evocative scene.

After spending two years photographing in the Killarney National Park I began to shift focus from ' recording ' the dramatic landscape to capturing the very essence and nature of the place and the very special sights you can witness within it. Early morning is always my preference, any time of year and during a particularly long dry spell the water levels on the lake drop to the point where you can walk out to locations rarely accessible. Here I choose to focus on this wonderfully still scene instead of the coming drama ahead as first light hits the Reeks behind.

Last Light, Lough Leine A long exposure of 5 minutes after sunset on Lough Leine, Killarney National Park. During the exposure the water and clouds blur and you only see the final result once the exposure has completed. My favourite part of long exposure work is the time you have during exposures when you can do nothing else but relax, look around and take it all in !

The area known as Lamb’s Head at Caherdaniel is a beautiful and dramatic place to explore. Winter or Summer, the sunsets here can be glorious, but I prefer winter time when the lack of many other visitors gives the place a very special feeling when exploring it.

I have a long held interest in photographing farmland gates and noting the vast range of styles and methods used both today and in years gone by to secure access points to lands. Some are ornate and hark back to days where great pride was taken in owning even a small holding.

The Meeting of the Waters Tucked in behind Dinis Cottage, this wonderful spot is the point where all three lakes of Killarney converge. I had waited a long time to get early morning light on the old weir bridge but soon realised it's always in shade and so had to settle for some dramatic mid shower light on the bank opposite me.

Having spent all my childhood summers roaming around barefoot on the dunes of Castlegregory, this is always a very special and poignant place for me to return to. I came here the day after my mother’s funeral to connect to and reflect on happier times in a place we all loved. I had my camera and spent a wonderful day re-exploring, remembering and making new images. It was a glorious, crisp February day and as it drew to a close I walked along the ‘back beach’ and the light, clouds, tides and wind all combined to make a spectacular end to a very special day.

Derrycunnihy as viewed from the famous Ladie's View in the Killarney National Park. The more famous view is a little off to the right, but I really loved the layers being revealed by the lingering mist and fog here and also the breaking light behind Mangerton mountain.

One of my favourite trips in this area is to take the small road that runs from Kilgarvan, through the Borlin Valley towards Bantry. At the top of the pass, on remote and rugged bogland sits the ruins of this old cottage which I love to return to and wonder about those who lived here many years ago.

Ross Castle , Lough Leine I will often go to great lengths to exclude buildings and man made structures from my landscape work but everyone now and again they can't be left out. Ross Castle was photographed for my book project PARKLIGHT - Images of Killarney National Park, as it's an iconic part of the built heritage of the park. I didn't want to just photograph the castle though, I wanted to show it within the context of the surrounding landscape and so choose to photograph it from across the lake on a winter's afternoon with the right amount of low light and cloud separating the mountains behind. The little ducks were a bonus !

A lone Hawthorn Tree is backlit by the rising sun on a very unique morning in June. I had been camping out on high ground the previous night and unexpectedly had a very cold night on the mountain as a bizarre front of cold air moved down across the country. Once it was light enough to come down I did and sat in my car warming up as the sun began to rise. I noticed that as a result of the cold air, the light was unusually crisp and clear for a summer morning. I lined up a composition with the tree shading the rising sun and marvelled as the light wrapped around it and made an otherwise difficult exposure work perfectly. These trees are often left standing alone for superstitious reasons by farmers , especially near lying boulders, for fear of bringing a curse from the fairies on them !! Lough Brin sits in a beautiful valley at foothills of the McGillycuddys Reeks mountains in Kerry.

Ireland’s highest mountain, and it’s most majestic mountain range. Carrauntoohill is nested in the McGillycuddys Reeks and is a hugely popular place for walkers, hikers, and climbers. Coming here mid week in winter, you are more than likely to have the entire place to yourself for most of your time. As always when photographing mountains, I aim to make an image putting the subject in the context of it’s surroundings.