Introduction to a future Filmmaker and Photographer

 Hello my name is Craig McShane, 18 years old from Navan. I work part-time as a bartender and I have been doing photography for around 3 years now and 2 years for filmmaking. I love most creative things, stuff that does not require me to just sit there and do the same thing over and over. I can get bored very easily. Basically my long term goal is to own my own media company and short term would just to be enjoy college and gain more experience as I go through the course .

Image of myself

Traveling is something i love in life , i have been to a few places but by far my favourite is going to Uganda on a school charity trip with 10 other lads and just 1 teacher . It was chaotic, but something ill never forget . It was also a trip that inspired me even more to get into media , I brought my camera with and captured all the memories and ended up making my first video from all the footage . This video is what i used to show people what I experienced rather then just talking about it I could show them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7yf-bUfFGc&t=1s

Image taken at one of the wells we built in Uganda

My father was a professional landscape photographer so i grew up around cameras , the countless "family " holidays we would go on just to be getting up at 5 in the morning just  so he could get a nice picture of the sunrise. Despite always being around cameras in some way i only started being seriously interested in it around 3 years ago on a trip to mayo, and since then its been some adventure. I started my own little side business of doing photography and video work for companies, unfortunately it did not last long cause of the all the lockdowns but it was fun while it lasted. 

Image of My Photoshop project last year

So yeh, I choose Creative Digital Media as i felt like it suited me perfectly and it left me with loads of options once i graduate. I plan like last year to do well in my grades for all modules , and to push myself in each module as it will pay off in the long run. For this module I do plan on spending alot of time on it as it is something i have never done before so there is plenty to learn, and creating a game seems exciting in my opinion.

I have always loved watching tv shows and movies , which is probably why i have a passion to make a career out of it , whether that's making short films or directing movies. Who knows what the future holds. But yes , I have watched so much stuff its too hard to say what my favorites are, the list would be too long for this blog post. If I had to choose it would maybe be Interstellar for the movie and Dark for the tv show but then again its constantly changing. 

My hobbies are fairly basic , I am big into the gym and would love to compete one day but that's a long way off but its a nice goal to have to keep motivation . I like doing most sports, other then tennis , I was always useless at tennis for some reason. As for music I like quite a lot , I listen to a lot of J.Cole, Jaden Smith, NF, Xxx, Frank Ocean , Mac Miller and the list goes on and on .

Pets , i have on dog called Fonzie . We have no idea what breed he is but he's definitely a bit odd. He was taking away to young from his mother from the previous owner and was instead raised in a house full of cats until we took him home. So yes he still licks his paws at times and pretends to get hair balls in his throat like cats do, but i swear he is a dog. He is around 12 now so getting a bit old but still has the same energy he's always had once he gets his sleep which is usually for the whole day.

Image of the dog , probably trying to steal some food