In all the the years that I have been lucky enough to be a photographer the more I have realised that if you change the way you look at the world, the world you look at will change, this in a nutshell is why I am happiest highlightly the positive aspects of everyday life
Patrick Donald
Street Photography
Street photography presents a wonderful challenge for photographers to perfect a skill that really harnesses the moment both in meaning and how the imagery appears on an esthetic level. These portfolios include works from Ireland as well as places like India & Cuba where Patrick has been lucky enough to have made the time to travel to and record different ways of living portrayed in his own unique and often times quirky style.
The Motivation
Born from a curiosity of the meaning of life, my journey as a photographer has been somewhat of a personal evaluation in understanding human emotion and feelings that we all experience to one degree or another. Our underlying motivation is one of unconditional love and understanding of each other, bridging the gap from self to selfless and oneness. Her in lyes the biggest challenge to human beings then ever before in history possibly.
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The Secret of Photography
Photography has the ability to give the photographer a tool that can positively lift the spirits of the viewer in an emotionally empowering way. What I mean by this is that through the study of the landscape particularly of Ireland in my case a depth of feeling can be...
Early Sunday Photo cutting
Preparing a stock order for the Patrick Donald Photography Gallery, this print of courting swans seems to be a popular one. They were having a private moment together when I captured a half decent decisive moment as Cartier Bresson use to say. I will post more street...
Doheny & Nesbitt Pub, Dublin
Spotted this one as I was driving by one summers day and new I needed to run to catch the moment, my motto is once you see it take it, as the scene inevitably changes and the magic is usually gone forever. I sometimes call this image ‘The Hair of the Dog’ for obvious...
“I have a passion for making photographs, but the end goal is to feel empowered, cutting through the physical nature in the picture”