My interest in photography can be traced back about 14 years to a family outing to Gougane Barra in Co. Cork to mark my brother’s First Communion. As far as I can recall the camera in my possession that day was a well-used Pentax SLR (film of course!).

Since then I’ve rarely been far from a camera, and having owned my fair share of point-and-shoot cameras, first film and then digital, I eventually returned to the SLR with a Nikon D50 that took some of the shots you see on these pages.

I now shoot with a professional grade Nikon D300, complete with hiqh quality f/2.8 lenses ideally suited to my main areas of interest – wedding photography and portraiture, and when possible I also enjoy shooting sports. Meanwhile, my habit of always bringing a camera on my travels regularly presents some good opportunities to shoot landscapes….ronan palliser photography