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I was originally due to photograph Edel and Johnny’s Big Day in 2021, however, with the Covid restrictions they decided to postpone the Wedding until 2022. It was a wise move indeed, as a result their wedding was free from any kind of restrictions or number limitations!
The day kicked off at Edel’s parents house where I was joined by videographer Neil Duffy, Ann Young was on makeup duties ,and Gemma Crossan was looking after hair. Before the ceremony I hooked up with Johnny and the lads in Millers Bar for a few pre wedding photos, we then made our way across the road to the church to meet up with Fr.Kevin Blade and Fr.Michael Reilly. Everything about the day ran perfectly except for the weather! After the ceremony we made a a quick detour to Lough Talt with the hope of getting a break in the clouds… It wasn’t to be!! So, with the help of some umbrellas we managed to grab a few quick shots. Luckily enough we had the lovely interior of The McWilliam Hotel as a back up, with its impressive piano and decor, where we got some bridal party photographs. After the dinner and some entertaining speeches, the band ‘Late Nite Radio’ got everyone up on the dance floor, to round off a fabulous day!
Suppliers:
Venue – McWilliam Hotel
Videographer – Neil Duffy
Make up Artist – Ann Young
Hair – Gemma Crossnan
Flowers – VIP Weddings
Church music – Olivia O’Hanlon
Reception music – Claire Igoe
Invites/Church Booklets – What’s the plan
Wedding dress -Loves Legacy Bridal Ware
Bridesmaids Dresses – Bridal Ware Cashel, County Tipperary
Wedding Cake – Kate Kreationz
Neon Heart – Lovelight
Doves – Joe Doves
Band – Late Nite Radio
DJ – Ronan Lardner
One of my favourite places on the wild Atlantic way has to be Downpatrick Head in my home county of Mayo.
I have visited it many times in all sorts of weather, sometimes it been so wild it’s impossible to even attempt setting the camera up on a tripod!
but always worth a visit none the less!
For a long time I have wanted to get a shot inside this cave at the foot of Downpatrick Head,
A small bit of planning was involved,entry into the cave should only be attempted when there’s a very low spring tide and sea and weather conditions are good.
These three things were in my favour on Sunday afternoon in late July where I got a small window of about 12 minutes inside the cave to get a few shots before the waves came and forced me to leg it back around the base of the headland threading carefully on the slippery ridge.
The selfie shot was my most popular shot of the year and was a big hit on Facebook and Instagram and I was delighted to be featured on the very popular official Wild Atlantic Way Instagram page and also to be included in one of the Best ’18 In 18 ‘ shots of 2018 on their website.
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‘Aisling and John’s big day kicked off for me with Aisling and her bridesmaids at her Airbnb, where I was joined once again by ‘NEIL DUFFY’ (Videographer). ‘Gemma Crossan’ and ‘Shauna McCoy’ were on hair and makeup duties. After the bridal party preparations were finished we made our way towards Aisling’s Mum and Dad’s house for a quick stop off. I then headed off to the church to meet up with John and his groomsmen before the ceremony began. It was great to be back shooting again in Rooskey. After the ceremony, we travelled to Westport and stopped off en-route at “The National Museum of Country Life” in Turlough, for some bridal party shots. The grounds there always look great in Autumn! When we got to Westport the couple received a lovely welcome at ‘Knockranny’ from Claire and her team. Following a lovely meal there were some great speeches. A night of dancing was kicked off by the band ‘Who Knows’. It was a pleasure to have been part of Aisling and Johns special day.
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I met up with Aisling and John the month before their big day at ‘Lough Key Forest Park’ on quite a wet afternoon, we were lucky enough to get access to the temple building on the lake for some shots and shelter! I also got to meet Aisling and John’s little daughter Saoirse for a few family portraits.
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During the Summer I entered a competition on‘Instagram’ ran by ‘Volkswagen Ireland’ and out of over 3000 entries
I was lucky enough to be the overall winner.
As part of the prize twelve of the best Images were selected for a ‘VW 2018 Calender’- all proceeds go towards the charity ‘Pieta House’.
We were treated to a brilliant all expenses covered day trip to the VW Headquarters in Wolfsburg back in September.
Part of my prize for being the overall winner is a weekend for two in Berlin myself and Caroline are really looking forward to making the trip in 2018
So if you are looking for a stocking filler for christmas check out the calendar its great quality and all the photos look great here’s a link ‘ Calender’
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