Category Archives: Ireland

film romance, Irish style

When award winning Irish director Niall McKay approached me to work as his Director of Photography on a spot for the annual San Francisco Irish Film Festival I listened carefully as he laid out the idea. Think Ireland maybe 40 years ago. The Pope and JFK. A man of the cloth in bed. With a [...]

for my dad

As I’ve gotten older I appreciate more with each year that passes the type of man my father is. I owe so much to my Dad. I’d say it was from him where my sense of wonderment at the world and love of exploration sprung from. One of my earliest and fondest memories of childhood [...]

Ireland’s fall and the eve of it’s future

I recently returned from the longest stretch of time at home in Ireland since I left in 1993. In the 2 months I was there I witnessed Ireland at one of the most crucial periods in it’s history. I never left Ireland because economics pushed me out. I left because I was curious for other [...]