Fiaz Farrelly

Looking through Farrelly's website, I am in awe of the amount of great photographs that Farrelly has taken. Yet, his talent is not confined to one specific genre. I initially followed Farrelly as I saw a lot of his music photography shots on social media and since following him, I have seen just how broad his photographical range is.
His website boasts documentary images, mostly in preparation of events or the artists before performances. Portraiture including musicians and band promotional shots. Street Photography, Live photography, landscape shots and even weddings! This guy can do it all. And he can do it well.

His live work is truly inspiring as he excels at capturing the artists passion and enthusiasm as well well as their on stage personas as well as being creative in the process.

John Tardy of Obituary at Bloodstock, 2014 ©Fiaz Farrelly * 

I also love how, throughout Farrelly's portfolio of images on his website, he has no preference to colour or black and white photography, he just uses whichever works for him. I love black and white photography and tend to use it more for documentary photography, much like Farrelly. I also prefer more candid and natural photography and this is something that Farrelly does well in his documentary work. I know Farrelly gets to undertake band tours and festivals and so has backstage access, as do a lot of photographers, but I love how he captures this style of photography too, showing the artists quietly backstage as a contrast to their energetic on stage personas. This is an area that I would love to be able to work within in the future and am inspired to not only engage more with the artists while they are performing and really capture their energy but also to work hard and put in as much passion into my own work as that of the people I am photographing.

For more information on the work of Fiaz Farrelly, you can visit his website at http://www.fiazfarrelly.com/cover

*image courtesy of Fiaz Farrelly