Mark Allen BA MSc; Photography; weddings, event, assignment, galleries, slideshows, throughout Northern Ireland and Ireland.

"Lobster Floats"

This image won First Place, The Christine Hamilton Cup, Foundation Mono General in my local camera club exhibition competition.: It also won Best Foundation Mono Print, The Novices Cup:

"Stormont"

This image won Second Place, Foundation Colour Landscape in my local camera club exhibition competition.

This is Stormont, Belfast, used by the Northern Ireland Assembly - providing a base for local government. The photo was taken in October 2006 and the moon was really there and not added later.

Taken with a Nikon D80, Sigma 18-50 /f2.8 lens. The image was adjusted from raw in Capture NX .

"Ground Zero"

This image won Third Place, Foundation Colour Landscape in my local camera club exhibition competition.

It was taken directly across from the World Trade Center site, St. Paul's Chapel, an Episcopal church, was home to an extraordinary eight-month volunteer relief effort after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001.

Taken with a Nikon D80, Sigma 18-50 /f2.8 lens. The image was adjusted from raw in Capture NX

"Smile"

This image was Commended, Foundation Colour Portraiture in my local camera club exhibition competition.

It was taken in November 2006 at my local camera club. The model was a sitting on his motorcycle.

Taken with a Nikon D80, Sigma 18-50 /f2.8 lens. The image was adjusted from raw in Capture NX

"NY Skyline"

This image was Commended, Foundation Colour General in my local camera club exhibition competition..

It was taken in New York and if you look closely you can see work being carried out outside and inside the building. The New Yorker Hotel is one of the most popular New York City hotels for business and leisure travelers to New York. This Midtown Manhattan hotel is within walking distance of Broadway theaters, Madison Square Garden, Macy’s department store, and the Jacob Javits Convention Center

Taken with a Nikon D80, Sigma 18-50 /f2.8 lens. The image was adjusted from raw in Capture NX

"Numbers"

This image was Commended, Foundation Mono General: in my local camera club exhibition competition..

This image is of the Boston Memorial to the Holocaust victimes. It was built to foster memory of and reflection on one of the great tragedies of our time, the Holocaust (Shoah). The effort was begun by a group of survivors of Nazi concentration camps who have found new homes and new lives in the Boston area. Dedicated in October, 1995, over 3000 individuals and organizations from across the community joined in sponsoring the project.

Taken with a Nikon D80, Sigma 18-50 /f2.8 lens. The image was adjusted from raw in Capture NX and converted tin Black and White in Photoshop.