My Favourite Assignments
2013 – Barack Obama and Michelle Obama visit Belfast
This is an event that I will never forget, after being accredited to cover the event I was extremely excited. The day started off early with a 5 AM start, I arrived at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast at 7AM to go through security checks, after we passed the checks I moved into the hall to prepare my equipment, It was quite a wait until Barack and Michelle arrived in the building, Michelle spoke first before introducing Husband Barack Obama. We had the opportunity to photograph them both on stage as well as each individually. It is one of the Photo Assignments that I will never forget!
2013 – St Patrick's Day Belfast City Center
This was a strange assignment for me as first I was required to photograph the parade then next I was required to move onto a concert, I was unsure of the equiptment that I would need so I took everything with me meaning I had to lug around approximately 13kg of equipment all day however it wasn't long before I was in my stride and the photos started to flood out to the paper. The atmosphere at the event was someting that I had not experienced before and the good spirits of the fans helped me carry out my job much easier.