Blog posts of all the latest work
Kevin & Paige // Wedding // Terranea Resort, Los Angeles
One of the questions I get asked ALL the time is, 'Do you not get bored of weddings?' Honestly I have to answer NO.
One of the questions I get asked ALL the time is, 'Do you not get bored of weddings?' Honestly I have to answer NO.
Yes there are times the similarity of some of the weddings can feel challenging, but in all the weddings I have done, the magnitude of the day has never been lost on me, I am always moved and honoured to be asked to witness and document some of the most important moments in peoples lives. However, that being said, when I got a call from my good friend Kevin to say that he got engaged to his beautiful girlfriend Paige, and they wanted to fly me out to LA to document the day, I knew this wouldn't be a wedding where I get asked that question.
Being present at the moments in your friends lives that matter is essential to being a friend and when you are asked to play a role in creating images that will aid their memories of those moments, it is the best.
So, I am delighted to share Kevin & Paige's beautiful wedding, from rehearsal dinner to the late night Margaritas at the end of an epic wedding few days on the epic coastline just outside LA .
Ceremony & Reception Venue: Terranea Resort
Event Planning: Details Details (Samantha Farris Phillips)
Florist: Florals by Jenny
Cake Designer: Vanilla Bake Shop
Makeup Artist: Ashley Winfield
Hair: Yuzu Tanaka
Video: Danny Garcia Film
Photobooth: Pixster
Wedding Dress & Veil: Amsale Bridal
Headpiece: Jennifer Behr
Shoes: YSL
Nails: Olive and June
Bridesmaids Dresses: Amsale Bridal
Officiant: JP Reynolds
Band: Funk and Waffles (Taylor Dexter)
Nick & Jane // Lime Park Cottages Outdoor Wedding // Ballycastle
Again looking back at weddings for a couple of years ago, I was asked by a family I have known for a long time, The Kyle's to come and document the wedding of their eldest daughter Jane.
It was such a great day with them surrounded by their family and friends who all had a great party. An amazingly relaxed day.
Nick & Janet got married in the brilliant Lime Park Cottages. I have to say, one of my favourite places in general, never mind for weddings, and it didn't disappoint.
Venue: Lime Park Cottages
Make Up: Leanne Godfrey
Hair: Hair Salon Fifty Four - Ballymena
Flowers: Scarlett & Crimson
Evening Entertainment: Niamh Kavanagh
Thomas & Jude // Virginia Park Lodge // Ireland
It would be a rare and unfortunate wedding, where the bride and/or groom don't show some sort of excitement to get married, but when it comes to the most amount of excitement to get married, I think these two take the prize.
Thomas & Jude planned their day down to the smallest of details, from mix CD's for people to take with them in the car for the long journey down to the beautiful Virginia Park Lodge, to have their first dance outside with sparklers, everything was thought through and was beautifully presented with style and class.
What a great day to celebrate these two getting married during the summer. Thomas I have known for a while not only as manager for David C Clements, who I have worked closely with over the last 18 months, and Callum Stewart, another local singer songwriter I have done some work with, but he is also the drummer in one of my favourite wedding bands, The Gents. Jude on the other hand I knew a bit less but her circle of friends I know slightly better, if her friends where anything to go by, I knew Thomas had found himself a keeper. I think you will be able to see for yourself, just how much fun they had!
Ross & Louise // Chateau De Saint-Martory // France
Life has a strange way of coming full circle, when you leave school you say goodbye to people, knowing you may see them every now and again but you realise there may be a chance your lives go off in different directions.
I can remember in school when Ross & Louise started going out. I was a few years above them and as things are in school days, the news was a big deal.
Fast forward ten or so years and I get a lovely email from Louise telling me that Ross proposed and they where planning a wedding in France. They had been to the venue, an old Chateau, and had a massive party planned. So they booked Chateau de Saint Martory and it was an absolute honour to then be asked to fly out and do my best to try and take photos that did the wedding and the beautiful surroundings justice. Starting out with the White Night Party the night before, to the wedding party that went on to 4am and everything else in between, including a special trip to a sunflower field!
If you would like to get married in a French castle, please check out Chateau de Saint-Martory
Adam & Hannah // Slieve Donard // Winter Wedding
Adam & Hannah // Slieve Donard
When you get emails from couples enquiring about the potential of you doing the photography at your wedding, you never know who they may be.
But when they say they got your name from friends of theirs, and it turns out their friends are some of the best people you know on this earth, you started to get excited. It did not disappoint.
Adam & Hannah // Slieve Donard
When you get emails from couples enquiring about the potential of you doing the photography at your wedding, you never know who they may be.
But when they say they got your name from friends of theirs, and it turns out their friends are some of the best people you know on this earth, you started to get excited. It did not disappoint.
Venue: Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle, Co Down, Northern Ireland
Make Up: Deborah Harper Make Up & Beauty
Pete & Fi // Engagement // Wake Board on the Bann
This time I bumped into Pete & Fi at the gym last year. I noticed them straight away, their love for life is just so obvious. So when they called one day to ask about wedding photography I got very excited.
Both of them are very talented at the day jobs, but I started to notice that one topic of conversation was coming up more and more regularly. Wake Boarding. It turns out that Pete is one of the best there is and at his peak was right up there in world rankings. They spent a big chuck of their time on the water. When Fiona messaged me one day to chat through an engagement shoot, she had an idea. 'How about, we both dress in wedding outfits and get on the water?' I didn't know what to think. First I thought she was joking but my excitement grew with the realisation that she was being serious. So the night we scheduled, was a bit of a wash out. We sat on the boat, with fading light, water bouncing off the river and George [Pete & Fi's sausage dog] curled up in the foot well of the boat, we where just about to call it a day. Fi had got a wedding dress off gumtree and pete was in a suit ready to go. Then, the weather cleared and I thought we had about 15-20 mins good light. So they went for it. 3 times up and down the Bann with Pete pulling these insane flips and tricks with the upmost ease and Fiona elegantly slicing there the wake in A WEDDING DRESS! haha
What a great night. Don't think there will be any wake boarding at their wedding in November but I still can't wait!
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Riverdale Barn // Jonny & Laura
Jonny & Laura choose a beautiful day in August 2013 to get married in Riverdale Barns, Aghalee
Larchfield Estate // Asher & Claire
This was just one of those days where everything came together perfectly!
