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How I fixed this photo with Lightroom and Photoshop | Step by Step Editing Tutorial

How I fixed this photo with Lightroom and Photoshop | Step by Step Editing Tutorial

Thomas Fitzgerald
Landscape & Nature, Lightroom, Photoshop

I was recently in Edinburgh, Scotland for a week, and while I was there I had been planning to spend quite a bit of time out taking photos around the city. Unfortunately, the weather had other plans. It was pretty much raining and cold the whole time. And when I say cold, I do mean cold. But more than that, it was really dark. Like, twilight dark the entire time. So eventually, I forced myself to get out and shoot, regardless of the result, and said result wasn’t great. However, when I got back to my computer, with a little editing I was able to get a pretty decent image of the castle. As there was such a difference between the result I got and where I started from, It thought It would make a good tutorial video, and so here you go!

Sunset over Lough Ennel in the Irish Midlands & My attempt to Capture a Murmuration

Sunset over Lough Ennel in the Irish Midlands & My attempt to Capture a Murmuration

Thomas Fitzgerald
Ireland, Landscape & Nature

Lough Ennel in Co. Westmeath is a pretty unassuming lake in the Irish Midlands. It’s not particularly large by international standards, and if you were to ask the average person on the street here in Ireland, they’d probably tell you they’ve never heard of it. But recently it’s become somewhat famous because of a natural phenomenon that occurs there every evening during winter. A spectacular starling murmuration.

Photographing Sunset and Sunrise in Wexford. Capturing Hook Lighthouse at Sunset

Photographing Sunset and Sunrise in Wexford. Capturing Hook Lighthouse at Sunset

Thomas Fitzgerald
Landscape & Nature, Ireland

In early January my wife and I decided to get away for a few days to relax before the new work year started. We headed to a nice relaxing retreat in Co. Wexford, and while the trip was mostly for a holiday, of course we snuck in some photography time! The last time we were in Wexford we had visited the beautiful and famous Hook Lighthouse in the south of the county, but we had done so at noon during the summer, so the light was a bit flat. This time we aimed to visit it at sunset, to capture it in better light. So we set off on the drive down the peninsula towards hook head and its namesake lighthouse. We were not disappointed.

A look back at 2024 - Challenges and a new beginning?

A look back at 2024 - Challenges and a new beginning?

Thomas Fitzgerald
Landscape & Nature, Ireland, Travel

As many of my long-term followers have probably noted, I haven’t posted nearly as much in this past year as I have previously. While my blogging has been tapering off for a while, 2024 was undoubtedly my least productive. In this post, I wanted to touch on that a little bit as well as cover some of the more positive things from the past year too. I also wanted to share some photos and other tales that I never got to share in 2024. This will probably be a long post, so buckle up, or maybe get some coffee!

Photographing the Forest and Nature of the Wonderful Glendalough in Co. Wicklow, Ireland

Photographing the Forest and Nature of the Wonderful Glendalough in Co. Wicklow, Ireland

Thomas Fitzgerald
Landscape & Nature

Recently, I’ve been on sort of a Landscape and nature photography kick, so on a recent weekend, we headed to one of my favourite places to photograph on the east coast of Ireland, a place called Glendalough. I had posted the video of this a while ago, and I’m finally getting around to sharing the corresponding photographs. Click through to see the full photoshoot

New Video: A Photowalk through one of Ireland’s Magical Forests

New Video: A Photowalk through one of Ireland’s Magical Forests

Thomas Fitzgerald
Ireland, Landscape & Nature, Video

In my latest video, I take you along on a relaxing photo walk through one of my favourite places in Ireland—Glendalough. This stunning glacial valley in the Wicklow Mountains has long been a go-to spot for me, but this trip turned out to be extra special. From misty trails to surprising wildlife encounters, it was the perfect setting for some nature photography and a calming escape into the Irish wilderness.

Photo Essay: Photographing The Northern Most Point In Ireland: Inishowen Peninsula Co. Donegal

Photo Essay: Photographing The Northern Most Point In Ireland: Inishowen Peninsula Co. Donegal

Thomas Fitzgerald
Ireland, Landscape & Nature, Travel

A little while ago, we decided to take a few days break away from the hustle and bustle and headed off on an adventure. We wanted to go somewhere out of the way. Where we ended up was probably about as far away as you can get in Ireland without actually leaving the mainland or going on a ferry. For the longest time I had wanted to visit the top of the island, and so my wife booked us into a hotel on the northernmost peninsula not he northernmost county in Ireland: The windswept and very beautiful Inishowen peninsula in Co. Donegal. And what a place it is.

New Video: Landscape Photo Editing - From start to Finish in Lightroom & Photoshop

New Video: Landscape Photo Editing - From start to Finish in Lightroom & Photoshop

Thomas Fitzgerald
Landscape & Nature, Lightroom, Learning, Video

I was recently visiting a somewhat famous waterfall not too far from where I live and of course I took some photos while I was there. We went primarily to enjoy the fresh air and scenery, so it wasn’t a specific photo shoot, but even so I got some interesting images. One worked out particularly well, and I thought my process for editing it would make an interesting video, so here it is!

The Giants Causeway: Reality vs Photos

The Giants Causeway: Reality vs Photos

Thomas Fitzgerald
Fuji X-Series, Landscape & Nature, Ireland

The giants causeway is probably one of the most famous natural attractions on the island of Ireland. Located on the northern coast of Northern Ireland, the famous landmark is a series of volcanic rocks that formed into hexagonal columns. It’s somewhere I always wanted to see in person, with the formation being featured in geography text books when I was younger, not to mention practically every tourist board promotion for the region. Finally this past weekend, I got to see it in person.

My first reaction: “Is that it?”

Some Technical Details Behind my Latest Photo Essay

Some Technical Details Behind my Latest Photo Essay

Thomas Fitzgerald
Landscape & Nature, Lightroom, Sony

I’ve just published a new photo essay over on my Photo Stories blog. I had visited a nearby urban farm back in May and taken lots of photos, and I was captivated by the colour and texture that images of nature. You should check out the blog post here before you carry on. As I try to keep my Photo Stories blog relatively gear and “technical nerdy stuff” free, I wanted to talk about the technicalities of the images here.

Connemara

Connemara

Thomas Fitzgerald
Landscape & Nature, Ireland

When you watch a travel show or even a YouTube video from a far off place, it’s easy to get envy for the exotic locations and fantastic scenery. It’s also easy to overlook some of the magnificent sights in your own back yard. And here in Ireland, we have a truly magnificent back yard. Ever since the pandemic hit, we’ve been travelling abroad less, and are slowly exploring more of our own country. A little while ago, we travelled through the mountains and valleys of the beautiful Connemara countryside, and I was blown away by what we saw there.

Spring is (almost) here. New Growth and New Creativity

Spring is (almost) here. New Growth and New Creativity

Thomas Fitzgerald
Fuji X-Series, Landscape & Nature

This time last year, I posted a story on this blog called “Virtual Spring”. We were in the midst of lockdown and I couldn’t get out to get any photos of the changing seasons. While autumn has always been my favourite season to photography, spring is a close second. I love as the bleakness of winter gives way to new life, and it clears out the cupboards of one’s mind, as it were.

Once Upon a Time in The West: Exploring the Wild Atlantic Way

Once Upon a Time in The West: Exploring the Wild Atlantic Way

Thomas Fitzgerald
Landscape & Nature

While my wife and I have travelled throughout the world, there are large parts of Ireland we haven’t visited. People often ask us about various famous locations around the country and we have to respond that we’ve never been. When Covid struck, and the world turned upside down, we aimed to fix that and began exploring our own little nation that much more. Last year we visited the southeast, and a few weeks ago, we decided to spend a little time exploring part of the west coast, and drove some of the famous “Wild Atlantic Way”.

Shooting the Sunrise on New Years Day Didn’t Quite Go According to Plan

Shooting the Sunrise on New Years Day Didn’t Quite Go According to Plan

Thomas Fitzgerald
Landscape & Nature

Every year we like to get up early on New Year’s day and head to the beach to watch the first sunrise of the new year. It’s a little ritual to start the year, but unfortunately, it hasn’t always gone exactly according to plan. Last year, we couldn’t actually get to the beach, because of a strict covid lockdown, as it was outside the permissible distance. This year we did get there, but instead of a glorious sunrise, we were treated to stormy seas and winds. Not exactly what we were hoping for, but it led to some cool photos anyway.

Flowers in The Rain (An Irish Summer's Day In An Urban Farm)

Flowers in The Rain (An Irish Summer's Day In An Urban Farm)

Thomas Fitzgerald
Landscape & Nature

Near to where I live is what is a rather remarkable place to find in a city. Called “Airfield”, it is a 38 acre site which features a 19th century estate, gardens and a fully working farm. Recently, on an overcast and rainy day, my wife and I paid a visit to the estate for a walk around the gardens, to get away from the outside world for a few hours and I ended up taking a ridiculous number of photos.

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