Music

One of the first areas of photography I got into after leaving school was music photography. My first ever gig being a disaster (shot on film whilst not knowing that there were different film speeds etc on an old family camera) didn't deter me and I kept at it moving to little digital cameras. After blagging my first photo pass for A Blind Guardian gig in Dublin I took out a student loan and got my Canon 20D and 50mm f/1.8, which I still use today.

Since then I've taken shots of bands such as Chris Cornell, Aslan, The Blizzards, Republic of Loose, Rise Against Juliette and the Licks, Vader, Deicide, Opeth and many others.

Just thought I'd put up a couple of my music shots, including one of Ozzy Osbourne, though unfortunately not in concert. The other three are of Rise Against, Boss Volenti and Republic of Loose.

Current Project Update

Went out this evening and got two more portraits for my project (which is detailed in a previous post just below). Decided to put them up now as I'm really happy with them. Along with a house that is right near myself. A nice little house except that all the windows and doors are bricked up.

How To Make It In America

How to make it in America is a fairly new HBO show (just finished it's first season I think) about two friends trying to start a clothing line in New York. Great music, great acting but most importantly for me, great photography. From the intro to the images that are scattered throughout each episode the work, for me anyway, is just incredibly strong. I've always been a big fan of street photography so it most certainly appeals to me.

I found out one of the photographers who's work is shown is named Boogie. I would highly recommend checking out his site by just clicking his name above. Born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia, it seems he is no stranger to conflict and in particular his work on drugs and gangs stands out for me.

If you can check out How To Make It In America, it's well worth it.

Current Project

A current project I'm working on is a series of portraits and landscapes taken in and around the area where I live. My focus is on young men in the 20 to 30 year age range. With the current economic problems in Ireland, and NAMA especially, this generation will surely be paying for others mistakes for years to come. I will be presenting this as my final project for college and will be printing the full series on Harman Matt FB Mp Warmtone paper at the recommendation of fine art printer David Monahan

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Jane McGrath

My first proper post with some pics of super talented irish actress Jane McGrath. Taken today in Dun Laoghaire, I've decided taking pictures of actors is great because they don't seem to need any direction, they just do it. Great fun. Just a quick addition, these were shot with both a 70-200mm Canon L Series and a Canon 50mm f/1.8.

Normally I use the 50mm for music, live music and never for portraits really because it can be quite hard getting eyes sharp at f/1.8 and such but from now on I'll defo be using it more for this type of work.

Myself

My name is Ryan Cronin-Neilan and I am a Dublin based photography student. This is a new blog set up for me to record bits and bobs and show some of my work. In the summer I'm hoping to move to Philadelphia for a year. So hopefully I'll have lots of pictures from my american adventures to put here. Thanks for visiting! And please comment, good or bad.