A while back as I was going around the reception during a wedding somewhere in West Cork. There was a young lad, probably about eight or nine. He was looking really dapper in his cool suit and dickie bow. He seemed to be a bit of a character. Each time I passed him he’d stop… Read More…
Documentary not Mockumentary part 3
“Philip, it’s important for us to not have to do anything on the day regards to posing and the like. It’s just not what we are about, we’ve seen it at other weddings and it is not us. We strongly feel that you may be the man for photographing our wedding…” And it… Read More…
Documentary not Mockumentary Part 2
I was approached at a wedding once during prep time and was asked “What time will we all come over for the photos?” So I asked “The photos?” Pretending to be a bit confused. “Ya, you know, the photos, what time will we come over?” And then I say something like “No special time… it’ll… Read More…
Documentary not Mockumentary Part 1
I don’t set any pictures up. As a documentary wedding photographer it’s my job to photograph the day in a candid manner. This is what is expected of me. I keep it flowing and therefore natural. This also includes any portraits with the couple. It seems that it is also OK to pretend to be… Read More…
A Rainy Wedding Day
Concerns about a rainy wedding day? I’m sitting here in my office and putting the final touches to my latest wedding edit. It is on the eve of a wedding too. I peer out the window it’s teaming rain. It’s June 1st. A day for the High Stool, as the saying goes. The previous weekend,… Read More…
Winter Wedding Photographer Specialist
A Winter Wedding Photographer? As I finish editing last years wedding work it’s interesting the number of winter weddings I have completed in recent years. December is as popular as a May or June for weddings today. I tend to see it as a wonderful time of the year for a wedding. The winter light… Read More…
Do your research when booking a Photographer
Katryn & Ronan en route to the Salthill Hotel One Saturday, a couple of years back, I was out walking with my son. It was nice spring afternoon. It was great to have a Saturday off to do very little. Just hang… Read More…
Fiona & John’s Ballyvolane House Wedding
An Autumn Ballyvolane House Wedding tends to be a regular enough affair for me at times. Quite often I find myself at photographing weddings there during the latter part of the year. For whatever reason. And I find the drive through the east part of Cork so very enjoyable. It is a remote spot and… Read More…
How many Pictures is enough…?
So, how many pictures if enough? Back in the seventies, two New York Photographers were walking down a street side by side taking photographs. One would take a more measured approach and shoot sporadically. The other was more or less going click, click, click to each and every face he saw which prompted the other… Read More…
The Regular Uselessness of the Wedding Blogger
Oh I love them because they know more then photographers and put us all in the same box and… Actually, I don’t. Wedding Blogs are ten a penny these days. Like, I’ve even started one myself. Kinda. Most are written for the sake or it and generally, with regard to what I do, many of… Read More…