Claire and Connor at The Red Door

I just sat and counted how many weddings from the past I’d love to blog about. Let’s just say – I have no need to ever be in a position to have nothing to blog about. So, to get things underway here is another wedding from last year that I’m really looking forward to showing you.

The bride is Claire, a gorgeous girl from Donegal and the groom is Connor, a handsome devil from Galyway and together they make super couple that were all to easy to photograph.

The day started out over at Connor and Claire’s home where Connor was going to be getting ready. I started shooting, keeping myself to myself as I always do – no sign of Connor though – he was in the shower – apparently. After quite sometime I overheard someone mention that he was at the church. What?! Turns out he was never in the shower at all (at least not that that point anyway) and was off doing a few last minute errands. So all that time no-one actually really knew where he was. Everyone was just doing their own thing with very little fuss or panic. That’s the Donegal way.
At Claire’s parents home things weren’t much more hectic. She had went off to the local salon that morning to get her hair and makeup done so when she got back it was only a matter of clock-watching and then slipping into the dress when the time was right. The calmness wouldn’t last long though because no sooner was the dress on than the house began to fill with friends and relatives all looking to get a sneak peak of the lovely bride. And lovely she was. Picture perfect.

The beautiful sky-blue Citroen DS that sat outside the house all morning was soon whisking her off to the church for what was a lovely ceremony in St. Mura’s Church in Fahan. A lovely church that I haven’t been back to since I shot one of my very first weddings so it was good to return to where it all started.
There was two stops after the church, the first was back to Claire’s parents home for tea and sandwiches and is where we took the family shots. Then after it was down to Lisfannan beach for the bridal party shots. It couldn’t have been a better day for it. The light was just gorgeous and well, Claire and Connor are so easy to photograph. Look at them!

The reception was just down the road in The Red Door, also in Fahan. A temporary marquee had been erected and was just the perfect setting for a day like this. From the lawn you had a beautiful view across the lough over to Inch Island and Rathmullan. As all of the formal shots where now done it was a great setting to shoot lots of candid’s as everyone was enjoying the sunshine. Mind you, there was equally as many in the bar watching Donegal clinch a last minute victory over Kildare. The roars were deafening!

One of my highlights from this wedding has to have been the speeches. They were utterly hilarious – from all sides. When selecting the images for this blog I really could have included another dozen or more of people in stitches laughing but you really get the gist – this lot were a funny bunch and unfortunately for poor Connor, he seemed to be getting the long end of the stick – not that he let it bother him

Really, from start to finish this wedding was as fun to shoot as any wedding could be. Not only a great bride and groom but a great crowd and two families who made me so welcome all day. It was just a sheer joy. Thanks folks.

{EDIT – Added a video shot by Tiny Ark to the bottom of this post. Check it. It’s awesome!}

And now for the amazing video of the day shot by the guys at Tiny Ark. A Dublin based crowd who shoot purely on digital format and just look at the quality. Love it. Please ignore the bald bloke with the camera you may see now and again – just what he’s doing sitting chatting to guests at the 12:25 min mark is beyond me. Enjoy folks.