Explore Ireland With Beautiful Art Book By NY Travel Photographer
Traveling to Ireland would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience exploring everything from the scenic Wild Atlantic Way to the picture-postcard towns in the Lakelands and the sublime pleasures of cities like Dublin. But, it doesn't necessarily need to have all that travel and the attendant hassles. A NY travel photographer has been there and done all that.
The advantages are pretty obvious, considering that most people would be hard-pressed to take a jetliner across the Atlantic for a holiday. Not to mention the hassle of traversing the length and breadth of 26 different counties. It's now possible to skip all this pain and enjoy the same thrill of Irish holidays with an art book.
Seeing the country through the eyes of a shutterbug allows people to experience the best parts of the vacation minus the hassle. For instance, the Cliffs of Moher make County Clare a very popular destination on the island. It also makes the attraction a huge tourist trap with parking problems, hordes of tourists, gift shops and other kitschy commercial impediments.
Anyone thumbing through an art book gets to bypass all the commercial kitsch and simply enjoy the cliffs towering hundreds of feet above the Atlantic. Similarly, a visitor may be having a wonderful time wallowing in the warmth and comfort of heady Irish brews in the pubs of Dublin. Under these circumstances, a two-hour train trip from Dublin to see the medieval capital of Kilkenny hardly seems the wise thing to do.
There is no such problem for those thumbing through a book of pictures. The turn of a page and a blink is all that is needed to hop over to Kilkenny. Oh, and no train tickets are needed here.
Blarney Castle is similarly a popular tourist attraction in County Cork. The Blarney Stone is supposed to have magic powers to bless people with the gift of the gab if they kiss it. It's just as possible that a picture of the Blarney Stone taken by an travel photographer has the same magical power. After all, a picture is said to be worth a thousand words, and that's a lot of gab.
The advantages are pretty obvious, considering that most people would be hard-pressed to take a jetliner across the Atlantic for a holiday. Not to mention the hassle of traversing the length and breadth of 26 different counties. It's now possible to skip all this pain and enjoy the same thrill of Irish holidays with an art book.
Seeing the country through the eyes of a shutterbug allows people to experience the best parts of the vacation minus the hassle. For instance, the Cliffs of Moher make County Clare a very popular destination on the island. It also makes the attraction a huge tourist trap with parking problems, hordes of tourists, gift shops and other kitschy commercial impediments.
Anyone thumbing through an art book gets to bypass all the commercial kitsch and simply enjoy the cliffs towering hundreds of feet above the Atlantic. Similarly, a visitor may be having a wonderful time wallowing in the warmth and comfort of heady Irish brews in the pubs of Dublin. Under these circumstances, a two-hour train trip from Dublin to see the medieval capital of Kilkenny hardly seems the wise thing to do.
There is no such problem for those thumbing through a book of pictures. The turn of a page and a blink is all that is needed to hop over to Kilkenny. Oh, and no train tickets are needed here.
Blarney Castle is similarly a popular tourist attraction in County Cork. The Blarney Stone is supposed to have magic powers to bless people with the gift of the gab if they kiss it. It's just as possible that a picture of the Blarney Stone taken by an travel photographer has the same magical power. After all, a picture is said to be worth a thousand words, and that's a lot of gab.
About the Author:
"Ireland in Word and Image" by Jay Ben Aldersberg, NY travel photographer, captures unforgettable images of The Emerald Isle. To check out this amazing book, come to the Jay Ben Images website today at http://www.jaybenimages.com.