Guest Registry Album – Cara & Nick – Engagement Shoot

Just thought I’d post some images I took of a guest registry album I put together for Cara and Nick who got married yesterday :-)

Images were from an engagement portrait shoot I did a few months ago.

The album comes from my album manufacturer, Queensberry. It is a 10 x 7 demi album which comes in a velvet or cotton bag and holds 11 images. The album is always designed so that there is a blank side on each spread to allow wedding guests to write some nice comments. This particular one was passed around at the pre-dinner reception and I think again during the speeches. It’s a nice keepsake I think. What do you think?

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Carton House Wedding Album – Paul & Lynne

Just posting a small selection ofimages of Paul & Lynne’s  actual wedding album which came in from Queensberry last week.

It had a black leather cover with white ivory matted pages.

As always the standard and quality of Queensberry’s  albums was excellent.  It’s great to see my clients’ reactions upon seeing their album.

The images always look better when you see them for the first time as real prints in a beautiful album. The colours and black and whites are punchy and pleasing to the eye.  The album’s feel and aroma are luxurious. This is how it should be :-)

I love the last image in the album which you can see in the last image below. It’s what I call my  “fade out”  image. As photographers we must tell a story, and so the story should flow and make sense.

By the way flowers were by Fleurtatious

Lynne’s dress was a Pronovias dress from BCouture

Previous post on Paul & Lynne’s wedding can be seen on my blog right here.

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Wedding The Brehon – Margaret & Jonathan

Margaret & Jonathan are still on their honeymoon in Asia so it is nice for them and their family/friends to see this blog posting now. I have already put an album design together for them for a bit of inspiration. It will help them with their final wedding album design.  :-)

I love the subtle colour of the wall in the portraits of Margaret. I took these initial shots in the kitchen of Margaret & Jonathan’s home

I rarely shoot weddings in Kerry, but when asked it’s lovely to go back. Ceremony took place at the majestic St Mary’s Cathedral in Killarney Co Kerry. Reception was the  The Brehon Hotel.

We had to dodge a shower or two and a plethora of tourists but I had plenty of umbrellas which was a godsend  -  for the rain not the tourists!:-)

Just in case you’re interested, some of the people who helped bring the wedding together are mentioned below:

Margaret’s amazing dress was a Manual Mota, Kathy de Stafford. The bridesmaids dresses were Jim Hjelm from Aphrodite Bridal. Flowers were by Carrie O’Connor of Best of Buds,  The Spa, Tralee. Hair was by Pat O’Neill of The Style Suite at the Brehon Hotel. Make up was by Louise O’Connell of Lir Beauty. Oh and the cake was by Anne Marie Smullen, Lillies & Pearls.

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Photography Award – Fashion – Gold

Received a gold for this image during the last round of IPPA Judging.  In the Fashion category. Model was Rebekah.

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