Ireland, through a different light

Around the year 2000, I bought my first digital camera and started to take an active interest. By today's standards, it was pretty laughable, but the combination of art and gadgetry had me hooked.

In 2005, I moved back home to Ireland and took the leap into photography as a career. I owe much to my mother who, battling the onset of dementia, in a moment of lucidity told me quite firmly that I should absolutely do it. It's amazing how a mental roadblock can so simply be removed.

I decided early that I was drawn not to crowds, but to the outdoors, and to the wild places. Landscape photography is what I love. Photographing the world lets me pass on to others a little of what I feel when in nature at its most beautiful.

In 2011, I opened a retail gallery in Killarney, Co. Kerry — and later in Kinsale, Co. Cork. Running those spaces taught me something invaluable: nothing is better than experiencing other people enjoying your work. Seeing a customer connect with a photograph in person shaped how I think about every print I produce.

Today, every photograph is hand-signed and produced using archival, museum-grade materials — the same quality I insisted on for the gallery walls. Each one is made to last a lifetime.