Guides
Skellig Michael: The Definitive Guide to Ireland's Most Dramatic Islands
Skellig Michael through the lens: the monastery, the 618 steps, the lighthouses, the puffins, and how to actually get out there.
A Life in the Landscape
Stories from behind the camera — the places, the process, and the occasional misadventure.
hermitage
The Monks of Skellig Michael: Six Centuries on the Edge of the World
There's no surviving record written by any monk who lived on Skellig Michael. Not a diary, not a letter, not...
filming locations
Skellig Michael and Star Wars: What's Real and What Isn't
There was no secret about it, despite what some accounts suggest. Everyone in south Kerry and west Kerry knew what...
boats
How to Visit Skellig Michael: A Practical Guide
The first time I went out to Skellig Michael, I spent the entire boat ride gripping the side and wondering...
Dark Sky Reserve
Photographing Skellig Michael: The Overnight Stay and Tips for Visitors
I've been photographing the Skelligs for over a decade, and the body of work I've built there is probably the...
an Fear Marbh
Don't Make this Mistake—A Story from Dunmore Head
Let me tell you about one of the great pitfalls of landscape photography: Thinking you have the shot. Here's a...
Adventure
I Abandoned Clients in Remotest Kerry
When things go to plan on a photo trip, everyone has a terrific time. When things go wrong, they have...
A Life in the Landscape Podcast
A Life in the Landscape Photography Podcast—Episode 8
What happens when things go wrong on a workshop or photo trip? Well, if it's in Ireland, your clients end...
Atlantic Ocean
Proud Little Skellig in the Raging Atlantic
I was trying to find some kind of marker in the sea to help put the boat in the right...
Category_Photography
Puffin Season in Ireland
While humans haven't lived on the Skellig Islands for quite a while now (the monks had left by the 12th...
Category_Photography
Lough Leane's Invisible Tree
Lone Tree, Lough Leane, Co. Kerry, Ireland This is a photograph of an invisible tree. You see it? There in...
Atlantic Ocean
Moonset over the Skelligs
Luke Skywalker isn't the only charismatic, middle-aged, bearded man who has been hanging around the Skelligs lately. I've been doing...