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Practical advice on planning event photography, organising team headshots and choosing a wedding photographer in Ireland.
A wedding ring is a ring worn by a married person for a number of reasons, but mainly to symbolize their love and commitment to each other. In some cases, the wedding rings are also used to show the world that they cannot be worn by anyone else. Wedding rings are often made from precious […]
Is it necessary to hire a professional wedding photographer? A photographer’s job involves taking pictures during the formal ceremony and reception as well as candid shots during preparation. Professional photographers also take care of editing, retouching, printing etc., which, for many couples would be a daunting task. Couples could get phone shots from friends and […]
What a day! With weddings being few and far between these days I’m as giddy as a child with a new toy when I know I get to pick up my camera gear and get to see my wedding couple. Last night I was excitedly busy getting my camera batteries charged. I had a long […]
A wedding photographer is of the utmost importance to any Galway wedding. One of the reasons is that you will have memories of your wedding day for life. When the wedding is over and everyone has gone home, the only thing left is the memories of your day through the photos taken by your photographer. […]
Galway is a great county to get married in. There are an abundance of different places to hold your ceremony and reception like the Raheen Woods Hotel in Athenry or the Oranmore Lodge Hotel, for example. I could talk about hotels here but this page is more about great locations for wedding photographs in and […]
You want you engagement photos to look their best. You want to look your best in them so preparing for your engagement photography shoot as best you can will help to get the best engagement photos. What is the purpose of an Engagement Session? Engagement photography shoots give us an opportunity to connect before you […]
Covid-19 lock-down has been a strange time for many in the wedding industry, and it was no different for wedding photographers. Without weddings, there is nothing to photograph and with so many postponements and cancellations over the course of the lock-down months, it was a very welcoming day to have the privilege to photograph the […]
Photographing engagement or couples sessions is great fun. In Barna woods in Co Galway, we had a lot of fun on this engagement session. It’s September and the weather is starting to cool down a bit, so we wanted to try and do the shoot before it got too cold and wet. The shoot was […]
There is never two engagement photography sessions that are quite the same. This particular shoot was a special one for me and my couple. It was the first engagement shoot I have done in some time. This was due to the Covid-19 pandemic. I think the excitement of doing an engagement session got to me. […]
As it goes when photographing any wedding you need to be prepared for everything and anything. One thing I was definitely not prepared for, was this being the last wedding I would photography for some time. The day way going great, everyone is having a great time and the bride and groom are very much […]
When it comes to photographing families, you can never really tell what to expect from one family to the next. Each has their own ideas and personalities. Today’s family shoot was a fun one. The parents were very down to earth and the kids seemed to be enjoying themselves for the most part. It took […]
Shooting in bad lighting is never easy, especially when you are indoors with a number of different types of lighting and you are constantly on the move with a lot happening around you that needs to be captured. A recent event I shot certainly challenged me in more ways than I would care to remember, […]
