Blog – Darren McLoughlin Photography

Fanad Head Lighthouse, Donegal

2017-04-23 In Photography Travel

Perhaps Ireland’s most photographed lighthouse, Fanad Head Lighthouse sits at the northern tip of the Fanad peninsula in the north west of Ireland. High up in the north...

England’s Peak District looks like Ireland

2017-03-05 In Photography Travel

A recent visit to the northern English city of Manchester enabled me to take a day trip into the countryside surrounding the sprawling conurbation. It was in the Peak District,...

Sainte Suzanne, France

2016-08-01 In Photography Travel

Sainte Suzanne is rightly classified as one of les plus beaux villages de France – the most beautiful villages of France. Situated on a promontory inhabited since...

Approaching Storm in Connemara – Landscape Photography

2016-07-22 In Photography Travel

I wrote a short post recently here on Panoramic Ireland about landscape photography and light. It struck me one day as I was photographing landscapes in Connemara that the evening’s...

Rome’s Pantheon – an ancient masterpiece

2016-07-11 In Photography Travel

The Pantheon in Rome was finished in AD 128 under the reign of Emperor Hadrian on a site of an older building dating to Augustus’ time. Pantheon means temple of all gods,...

Sleeklens Lightroom Presets

2016-07-10 In Photography

Adobe’s Lightroom is nearing its tenth year and for many it is the software of choice for editing and managing images, as such it needs little introduction. If you are new to Lightroom...

JD & The Straight Shot

2016-06-30 In Music Photography

Last night’s performance at the Marquee in Cork by JD & The Straight Shot as they supported Don Henley on his 2016 tour. I photographed the Americana band as they...

Sunset in Venice

2016-02-28 In Photography Travel

I have visited Venice many times, but despite having visited Italy for the first time in 1992 it would not be until 2007 that I made my first visit to La Serenissima on a solo...

Dublin Photo Tours

2015-11-23 In Photography Travel

Through my website panoramicireland.com I create and lead photography workshops in Dublin and throughout Ireland. You can see a little more about what a photography workshop...

Weird Al Yankovic, Belfast

2015-10-08 In Music

And the Most Energetic Performance of the Year Award goes to Weird Al Yankovic. In his first Belfast performance, a night after his first ever first Irish performance in Dublin,...