Blog – Page 4 – Darren McLoughlin Photography

Marillion at London’s Royal Albert Hall

2017-11-04 In Music Photography

Prog rockers Marillion filled London’s Royal Albert Hall for their first ever performance on Friday 13th October 2017 and I was there with a press pass to photograph...

London and The Shard

2017-10-29 In Travel

A recent visit to London to photograph Marillion in the Royal Albert Hall gave me the opportunity to photograph some of the big city’s sights. Here the famous Shard,...

New York Times comes to Dublin

2017-06-30 In Lifestyle Photography Travel

This week the New York Times published a short guide to the best shops in Dublin. Four shops in the city’s Creative Quarter, an area I know well, featured along with...

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...