Blog - Weddings

Just one from Treasa & Eamonn's wedding in Donegal on Wednesday. Capturing the scenery was of particular importance to Treasa & Eamonn so here is one pic that we managed to get between showers with Mount Errigal in the background.

Very busy this week with weddings so I won't have time for any full blog posts on the website. But here is just one image from todays wedding of Mary & Eamonn. These two weren't going to let a little rain stop them!

The cover image from Laura & Michael's blog was taken on Laura's own lane. As there wasn't too much travelling to be done today, we had time to return to Laura's house following the ceremony. I love getting the opportunity to take shots like this - at locations that have a personal relevance to the couple.

Back to one of my favourite locations today - An Grianan Hotel in Donegal. Firstly, it was Draperstown for Lisa's house and Holy Rosary Church. Another great day's weather (for March). The Child of Prague must be exhausted at the minute with all this good weather we're having. Lisa & Sean - I hope you enjoy the pics...

It's a real treat to get an unexpected good day like this in March. Considering all the wet days we have to contend with during the summer months. The Killyhevlin Hotel is a lovely setting for photographs. It was a bit windy down at the lake, but with the sun reflecting across the water creating a great backdrop, we just had to put up with the cold and wind for long enough to get some good shots.

Apologies for the absence of any blog entries over the past few months, but the priority had to be with album design for 2011 weddings before I got into the 2012 race.

I'll ease myself back into the blog swing with a shorter than normal post of Ciara and Brian's wedding held today in the Tullyglass House Hotel in Ballymena. I'm showing photos from the main photo session only. Don't panic Ciara - you will soon get to see all the photos of the day.

I could have filled this blog with photos of the preparations at Corinne's house alone. There was so much to capture there. Ably assisted by Corinne's father. Tom was the most involved father I have came across. He helped me arrange all Corinne's accessories, while the girls were preoccupied with more important matters.

What a range of photo locations we had today! Starting at Kegan's house in Magherafelt, then Glen Chapel, the old cottage outside Ballybofey in Donegal & the Villa Rose Hotel. This has left us with a brilliantly diverse selection of photos. I normally complain about our bad weather here in N Ireland, but I'm now officially finished complaining. Having been forced indoors for the past few weddings, I have been exploring new avenues of shooting indoors and I am really happy with the results. So much so that most of my recent favourite pics are ones taken indoors.

It has come to that time of year where we are more likely to be forced inside for wedding photos. In such times its great to have a wedding in a venue such as Parkanaur Manor House. Even if the sun was shining I would still want some time indoors to make use of this magnificent building.

All venues fairly close to hand today, with the ceremony in Ahoghill and the reception in the Radisson Hotel, Limavady. There was plenty of craic and banter with the 3 Robinson brothers. Gerard's dad got a particularly bad touch during the speeches when one of the guests got hold of the mic. That's him being patted on the head in the last set of photos.

It was up into the Sperrin's to start today's wedding off. Donna lives just outside the village of Cranagh. The scenery up there is lovely even though it was fairly misty today. Following the ceremony, we made good use of the chapel for photographs as it was pretty wet and windy outside.

There was not a dull moment this day, from I met Joey at Siobhan's house in the morning, through photographing the mass, the calf that didn't want to be photographed, the vintage tractors that were quite happy to be photographed, the visit to the 2 wee aunts house, the babies, the lovely Lough Swilly, the many, many family photos (all 3 families). I am quietly very happy with myself for getting through it all!

Back to the excellent Galgorm Hotel today. However today was my first time shooting a ceremony in the Phantom House, and what an excellent place to have a wedding ceremony. There were candles placed everywhere inside the rustic old building - great for photos.

Its great to start the day of a wedding off only 5 minutes from home - in this case, Friel's Bar in Swatragh to kick things off with a pint of the black stuff. Following that, it was on to Ballymena and Crebilly Church for the ceremony. And what a ceremony it was, the gallery in the church was crammed packed with singers and musicians. So much that I struggled to get around them all to grab a few snaps.

A new photo session venue for me today - Glynn gardens in Ballymena. And I am very impressed. Today was a contrast to this weeks weather so far, the sun was out in force. Sounds great but doesn't work well for taking photographs (us N.I. photographers are never happy!). Thankfully Glynn gardens is surrounded by mature trees giving loads of shelter from direct sun, wind etc.

It seems like a lifetime ago since Andrea first visited me and booked me for her wedding. The day finally arrived and a great day was had by all. The sun seems to like Ballymena - I had a family wedding yesterday, also in the Tullyglass and both days were scorchers!

This isn't the first time Justine has appeared in the Blog. She was bridesmaid at Claire & Karol's wedding last year. Claire being todays groom's sister. Its great to get this kind of 'knock on' business.

It was all Belfast today, starting at Aoife's house, then St Gerard's Church on the Antrim Road followed by a reception at the lovely Culloden Hotel. Things were very calm and collected at Aoife's house, she was ready way ahead of schedule. This allowed us to go out to the gardens and enjoy the sunshine, and get a few snaps of course.

Tracy knows how I like to point out any international or cultural variations in my couples, so she wont mind that the first thing I mention is that she was my first chinese bride. And rather less exciting, Kieran is from Swatragh...

Two consecutive weddings, and two consecutive castles as venues. A few weeks ago it was Angela & Declan's at Belfast Castle. Today it was Cabra Castle in Cavan for Irene & Liam's wedding - I could get used to this.