2017 was a big year for me and my photography. In May 2017 I held my first photography exhibition which I called ‘Local through a Lens’. The subjects of my images were local landscape photographs from my hometown of Edenderry.

Ok so the venue might be just the local library but I had a chance to fulfil an ambition that I had for a few years.

I would highly recommend the experience to any upcoming photographer. Some people might think it is self-indulgent but if you believe in your work you are more than entitled to celebrate it.

I enjoyed every moment from deciding on which images to use, organising the venue, sorting out the opening night and finally hanging the photographs. Stressful yes, but good stress and definitely worth it.

To see my work hanging in public was an amazing feeling.