An Introduction & how Silverstream started...

Myself in 2017 at a local show helping a neighbour show their Belted Galloways.

Who am I...

My name is Pearce, I'm a 26 year old hobby photographer who comes from a small farm between Dunloy & Loughguile in Co. Antrim. I studied Agriculture at Greenmount college for 3 years after leaving school and have since always been involved in the agricultural industry.

Photography has always been an underlying passion of mine and in recent years I have decided to take it further and offer my services to the general public and related farming communities.

How it started...

Our home farms name that inspired the name behind the page.

Growing up on small sheep farm I have always had a passion for agriculture and all things livestock influenced by my father Kieran who has farmed for as long as I can remember, I always had a foot in the door with helping lambing ewes and other farm tasks. In 2019 he started a pedigree Blue Faced Leicester Flock which has helped spur my own interest in livestock and farming again, this then led to a need to advertise and promote our livestock. It became somewhat of a challenge to me as I'm sure many of you know that competition within the pedigree livestock game is fierce and we needed to stand out from the crowd as a small, fairly ‘new to the market’ flock. With photographs being the biggest form of advertising within livestock sales I took it upon myself to develop a skill set based around livestock photography.

I first started taking photos of our own livestock around the farm to help advertise them at local sales with the sole intention of just taking photos for our own stock, from that, interest from other farmers soon came along and I have since helped many livestock owners local and far to advertise and promote their livestock successfully.

Some of our home bred pedigree lambs. 2025

Where its going...

I bought my first budget camera setup in 2023, and have since upgraded to using professional camera bodies and lenses with plans to further this set up in the near future.

My Goals for 2025 are to expand my portfolio of work, gain more experience with different types of livestock, cover more local events and be able to offer videography services, all whilst expanding my current customer base.

I look forward to seeing what 2025 has to offer, it has been a great start to the year for farmers up and down the country with beef and lamb prices high and the weather playing its part for a change, no doubt it will be an interesting one.

Thank you for taking the time to read and keep and eye out for more to come,

sincerely, Pearce.

Breeding ewes grazing over Martinstown