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lostprophets @ Olympia Theatre

Sean Smyth — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:56:42 +0000

I shot lostprophets in the ever lovely, Olympia Theatre on Sunday night. Unfortunately, it was a very dark gig but, without a shadow of a doubt, the lads gave it socks!

So I went for a walk in the Docklands, Dublin…

Sean Smyth — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:00:38 +0000

And this is what I saw

Lisa Hannigan @ Vicar Street

Sean Smyth — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:08:13 +0000

I was shooting the ever lovely Lisa Hannigan in Vicar Street for AU Magazine. First time seeing her live (bold Sean!) but it was a beautiful gig.

GROUPLOVE @ The Academy

Sean Smyth — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:00:19 +0000

GROUPLOVE energetically jumped and bopped around at the Academy last night and I was there to capture the action for Cock and Bull TV. Such a great, fun band!

John Oates @ Whelans

Sean Smyth — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:30:05 +0000

Got to shoot John Oates last night in Whelans, Dublin for Goldenplec. Absolute cracker of a show! The only bad thing was that I had to leave a bit early to catch a bus

Rhapsody Productions Website

Sean Smyth — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:44:23 +0000

I built a website for Rhapsody Prouctions, an American video production company based in Chicago. I custom coded the photos section of their website. The whole website (including the photos section) is easily edited by them as it was built using WordPress as its Content management system.

I also designed their logo for them and I’m extremely happy with how that turned out.

The client is thrilled with what I produced and were eager to tell their friends about my work and I’m happy with how it all went. Rhapsody Productions were an absolute breeze to work with to boot!

Best of luck in the future, Rhapsody Productions!

One Direction @ The O2, Dublin

Sean Smyth — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:40:00 +0000

Got to shoot One Direction at the O2 last night. Fun buzz around the place but it was a good job I had my earplugs with me because the screaming was deafening! I was shooting from a good distance away aswell so I didn’t get as many great shots as I would have liked. Maybe next time! Shot for www.Goldenplec.com

2011 Highlights

Sean Smyth — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:50:18 +0000

2011 has been an absolutely unforgettable year for me for many, many reasons. Below, I’m going to list the major events that happened during the year. These are my “Best Bits”.

It was my first year as a music photographer for GoldenPlec.com

Freelance Whales @ Crawdaddy

Feeder @ The Academy

Example @ The Academy

Photoshoot with Clare Singleton

Covered DkIT’s Rag Week

Mundy @ DkIT’s Rag Week

The Rubberbandits @ DkIT’s Rag Week

The Script @ The O2

Two Door Cinema Club @ Olympia Theatre

Bell X1 @ Vicar Street

Ryan Sheridan @ Whelans

Adebisi Shank @ The Spirit Store

My beautiful Sister got married

The Flaws @ Whelans

Jessie J @ The Academy

Through Dundalk IT, I earned an internship over at the Irish Fair in Minnesota, USA and I made a video while I helped out at the Fair.

Royseven @ The Olympia Theatre

Kaiser Chiefs @ The Olympia Theatre

This gig is also where I got my break for AU Magazine. AU’s photographer could not make it to the Kaiser Chiefs and the editor, Chris Jones, liked my photos and asked if he could use them for the article. He liked them that much, I was asked if I’d like to start shooting for AU. Of course I said yes!

Villagers @ Belsonic

Elbow @ Belsonic

Squeeze @ Vicar Street

Duke Special @ The Spirit Store

Spies @ Hard Working Class Heroes

Got to shoot the amazing HWCH festival in Dublin where not only did I get to capture some of the amazing talent coming out of Ireland, but listen to and be part of the great vibe around Dublin city at the same time!

Patrick Wolf @ The Academy

I graduated after 4 fantastic years at Dundalk IT with a BA (Honours) in Communications in Creative Multimedia. They were some of the best fews years of my life and it’s with some trepidation that I leave and enter the next chapter of my life. Excited about what awaits though!

The Antlers @ The Academy

Foster the People @ The Olympia Theatre

The Coronas @ The Olympia Theatre

Friendly Fires @ The Olympia Theatre

Ocean Colour Scene @ The Olympia Theatre

The Saturdays @ The O2

A special thanks to Aidan Cuffe (editor over at GoldenPlec) who took a bit of a leap of faith with me to being with and my good friend Ros Madigan who set it up in the first place. Not only did this enable me to shoot massive shows, but it’s done wonders for me and given me a great deal of confidence. Thank you!

And thank you to my friends and lecturers from college, friends from work and my family for the support and great memories you’ve give me over the year.

So yeah, it’s fair to say that I’ve been a pretty busy chap over the past 12 months! I simply can’t wait to do bigger and better things next year and if 2011 is anything to go by, I’ve a lot to look forward to!

The Saturdays @ the O2

Sean Smyth — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:05:55 +0000

I got the shoot the absolutely gorgeous The Saturdays on the 19th of December. They are a very impressive live outfit, singing live and having the banter with the crowd, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching them perform. I look forward to seeing them soon!

Shot for GoldenPlec and you can read the full review written by my friend David Dooley too!

Ocean Colour Scene @ Olympia Theatre

Sean Smyth — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:40:39 +0000

Ocean Colour Scene @ the Olympia Theatre. Shot for GoldenPlec. Review here.