Street photography in Dublin . . .

What a superb city for street photography! Dublin’s doesn’t shout about its great suitability, rather it quietly gives us a lot to work with without trying too hard. A few reasons it really shines, especially if you like atmosphere over spectacle:

1. Human-scale streets
Dublin never overwhelms the frame. Narrow streets, short sightlines, low buildings. You’re rarely dealing with giant avenues or glass canyons, so moments feel intimate and readable - perfect for layered, Saul-Leiter-ish compositions.

2. Expressive people (who don’t mind being seen)
Dubliners tend to wear their emotions openly: laughter, annoyance, boredom, mischief. People talk with their hands, faces do a lot of work and small interactions play out in public. You don’t have to hunt for drama; it bubbles up naturally.

3. Light + weather = instant mood
Cloud cover acts like a giant softbox. Add sudden rain, reflections on cobbles, steam from cafés, low autumn sun, and you’ve got mood on tap. Dublin’s weather is basically doing half the aesthetic work for you.

4. Layers of time in one frame
Georgian doors, Victorian pubs, brutalist corners, modern tech offices - often all visible within a few steps. That collision of eras gives you visual tension and a strong sense of place without needing obvious landmarks.

5. Pub culture spills onto the street
Smoking breaks, half-heard conversations, solitary drinkers staring out windows, late-night exits - there’s a constant edge between public and private life. Gold for observational, slightly voyeuristic work.

6. Walkable + patient
You can cover a lot on foot, linger without looking suspicious, and revisit the same street over hours (or nights) as the light and people change - something you already value if you like working one street deeply.

7. Not over-photographed (yet)
It’s famous, but not visually exhausted like, say, parts of London, New York or Paris. You can still make images that feel personal rather than like variations on postcards.

These Dublin street photography workshop will combine elements of street and documentary photography, with an emphasis on producing creative images which reflect real life in this wonderfully characterful city. There will be lots of structured shooting and exercises and you will receive coaching, mentoring and constant feedback from your course leader, Brian Lloyd Duckett.

In a small group (maximum of 6 participants) we’ll explore the old and the new, discovering the city’s photographic ‘hot spots’ and learning how to shoot striking, compelling and witty images with a professional street photographer and photojournalist.

Our days start at 0930 with a briefing over coffee, finishing at around 1700.