I convinced him to go out, and for most of the journey you couldn't see more than 30 yards in any direction. There's rarely a middle ground on those days. So much in photography depends on going out in marginal conditions - you'll either come back with something spectacular or you'll come back empty handed.
If it didn't, then the trip would be a wasted one! If one of those coincided with the Small Skellig, I knew it would look incredible. However, on the satellite imagery for the area I saw there were one or two thinner spots of fog scattered about. My friend was hesitant to go out - he wanted to save me the charter money as he was certain I wouldn't get anything worthwhile out of it. On this day, the fog was thick along the coast and the waves were high enough to make the trip an unpleasant one. The only way to get the angle I wanted was from a boat, so I needed a willing skipper to take me out on a suitable day - one where most people would be happy to stay home on dry land! I'd long wanted to produce a photograph giving some hint of that drama, and found the opportunity on a late summer's day a few years ago.
During winter storms, the entire island has been known to be overtopped by huge waves.
The smaller sibling to Skellig Michael, featured in the recent Star Wars movies, it's every bit as dramatic, if not more so. The Small Skellig is a dramatic rock thrust out of the Atlantic off the coast of Kerry. This photograph is the triumph of perseverance and optimism in the face of pessimism and the Irish weather!
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