A bleak, desaturated shot of The Arcadia in Portrush. The building sits out on an outcrop on the beach and was once an old dancehall where showbands played. It's been given a lovely facelift in the last decade, but today was a particularly grim day in Portrush, and the Arcadia looked abandoned and dark.

It's not often that I share my Instagram shots on the photoblog here, but I'm quite pleased with the effect here. The stone face is above a doorway on Belfast's Ormeau Avenue. I thought it would be good to take the shot from below looking up. After I took the shot, I used Instagram's Inkwell filter to make it monochrome and a touch of a tilt-shift effect to set the focus on the face in the center.

A photo of Dunluce Castle and the coastline beyond at sunset on 1st November 2011. I've been wanting for years to capture this iconic image (the 'concept' of the castle at nightfall - not my actual picture - I'm not that conceited) and I finally managed it at the end of a wonderful day trip with the children.

This quaint thatched cottage is a former rectory that's been a part of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum for as long as I can remember.

According to estimates based on the tree growth rings inside the house, it was originally built in 1717. The rectory was originally sited in Toomebridge, Co. Antrim.

I'm incredibly pleased with the photo, which was taken this autumn on a clear, crisp November afternoon. The light on the thatched roof was just fantastic, as were the leaves on the nearby trees.

Built around 1858, the courthouse in the Ballycultra village was originally situated in Cushendall before being relocated to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.

The courthouse is on the first floor of the building, but the archway underneath was used to hold markets.

The museum has used the courthouse to great effect in the past - I remember one year a green-clad Santa Claus was tried for burglary in open court.

Originally built in 1836, Ballyverdaugh National School was originally situated near Ballycastle. It was dismantled and moved to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum where it's been for...well, as long as I can remember!

Having grown up in Ballycastle, one of my early memories of this building was a school trip to the museum in Primary 5, which would have been roughly 1985. Our teacher then was Gerard Gillan who told us that his father had once attended the school before it was 'rescued' by the UFTM.

The quaint all-white gatehouse at the bottom entrance to the Sands Beach resort. This is the gateway to the secluded little beach behind the resort - it's also a cool little place to sit while the sun's at its hottest!

This is the Castillo de San Gabriel on the coast of the Lanzarote town of Arrecife. It's one of two castles in the town, the other being the Castillo de San José (though we never managed to find that castle).

I was in love with this place from the moment I saw a picture of it last year - the Great Court of the British Museum. And I knew that one day I just had to see it.

It's what used to be a standard courtyard which became used as space for the British Library until the library relocated, freeing up the area for development.

We went back to Benone strand today and took some more shots of Mussenden Temple from the strand.

You already know that the temple sits on the edge of the cliff face, but there's also a railway tunnel that cuts through the rock face.