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?

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.

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.

Biggles is Laura’s horse but she brought along the other man in her life for company

I  decided to keep most of images in black and white as it suited the environment we were in.

No restrictions on this beach so at the end of the shoot Laura stepped on the gas. I love the set of images of her racing along.

Let me tell you if you are friends of these two then you have two fab friends

Why?  Well  for example they put together an amazing guest book which was then placed on everyone’s place setting. This contained quite detailed background info on each and every guest.  Yes everyone. Took them months! But a great little detail and a fantastic keepsake from the day.

Some images from the day below:

I have also posted some images of Megan and her little sis together.

First image is of Max…seriously all he lacks is a crown

I  simply can’t do the shoot justice in one blog posting so splitting the shoot up into parts one and two. Part one is just about Laragh and her pony Robbie and Bonny the dog. Robbie is a beautiful, gentle little pony with a little pot belly.

I also had a great shoot with Megan and her gorgeous horse, Max. I will post images from that part of the shoot on Tuesday

On these equestrian lifestyle  shoots it is very easy appreciate the connection between pony/horse and owner. It is that connection that I try to capture.

A selection of images below. Hope you like!

Loved the shoot, and in particular the jumping shot as I was able to use flash to give it a bit of umph and help bring out the detail in the sky. I always do a quick flash tolerance test on the horse/pony to make sure they ok with it

It depends on the age of the owner but these equestrian shoots normally take  at least 2/3 hours and usually longer. It can take a while to get everything right and if your horse doesn’t like being somewhere or doing  a certain activity you simply move on to keep him/her interested. Sometimes it is good to take a break, have a cuppa and come back to it. There’s no rush because it is all about building a story.

Here are a selection of images from the shoot. Hope you like!