I am out of the country until Tuesday 27th March but I will have access to email at the usual niall@niallmcgann.com

Thanks

I posted here recently about a new (very old) camera. I haven’t had a chance before now to scan in the first roll of film. It was a real pleasure going back to something so basic. I love the tones on the new Portra 400 film too. Here are two of my favourites:

and a very happy New Year to everyone.

I shot Karen and Simons wedding 3 years ago and was delighted to be asked back to capture some shots of six month old Kevin for Christmas. Capturing good images of kids of this age isn’t easy but I find working with natural light in their home environment pays off. Putting kids in a studio environment with lights, backgrounds and all sorts of props is a bit strange and uncomfortable for them. It doesn’t exactly seem real to me either!

It’s been a while since I posted some more work from 2011 but I’ve compiled a few randoms from the past few months below. This first shot is my favourite since my last post. It’s a very simple portrait and there is nothing special about its set up. I like it though because it captures a look reminiscent of the 1950’s.

Many images from that time were just the classic portraits and they didn’t have much by way of animation, in part due to the limitations of the equipment of the time. I think it captures Elaine’s theme perfectly (which she pulled off very well I think!):

Here are the others. Use the multi-directional arrow in the bottom right of the frame to go full screen:

Big talent, big character, huge loss to the sport.

R.I.P.