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Newborns Personal Photography

Newborn Photography: Baby Olly

f/2.8, 1/1250 sec, at 50mm, 1000 ISO, on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II

From yesterday, brand new baby brother to Oscar. More over on my newborn blog. Along with some of my new nephew Sam at just 1 day old :))

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Families Photography

Family Photography: Mount Usher

A pretty red dress and a fluffy cloud kind of day in Mount Usher. Well, you’d dance too right? A favourite from a recent family shoot in Ashford, Co. Wicklow:

f/3.5, 1/400 sec, at 28mm, 100 ISO, on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Photography Weddings

New York Wedding Photography

It’s been a while coming but I’m so happy to show some of the photographs from the wedding I shot in New York this summer. I loved New York and I loved this wedding, it’s one of the highlights of my year and I still can’t believe I got to go all the way to New York to shoot a wedding. The bride and groom were married in the Lotos Club right beside Central Park and the bride and her bridesmaids all got ready in the bridal suite. The bride wore a gorgeous deep blue double dress with a rose and lavender bouquet:

The groom’s daughter and the bride’s nieces made up the bridal party and they were great fun, there was lots of laughs and gossip and buzz in the room while everyone got ready:

…and some fab shoes:

The bride rehearsed her vows to the girls and had everyone in tears including me behind the camera:

The ceremony was so simple and intimate and they incorporated traditions and readings that were very personal to them including the Jewish tradition of the breaking of the glass. A close friend of the bride and groom was ordained online just so she could officiate their wedding:

The ceremony was in the late afternoon and afterwards we had about 20 minutes to catch the sun before it set, with Central Park literally across the road we took a walk over there for a few photos:

While the guests mingled in the library I slipped in to the dining room to take some photos of the tables all laid out. I loved the books wrapped in ribbons and there were photos of their travels in Ireland on each table:

The library made me want to snuggle down in a big chair by the fire and read:

To the bride and groom: Thanks for letting me share these and thank you so much for inviting me to come over and capture your day. Your encouragement over the years has meant a lot and I can honestly say I wouldn’t be a photographer today if it wasn’t for a certain conversation down on Dublin’s Docklands about 3 years ago!

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Personal Photography

Last Legs

Laundry

I was really tired by now and my card was getting full. I put my head down a bit and started to head for home clicking randomly as I walked.

Doom

Shopping

There was so much more that I wanted to see, I’m definitely hooked now, I have to go back. But I was all clicked out and I still had a wedding to photograph!

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Personal Photography

Little Ukraine

Dance

This is what I loved so much about New York, that you just never knew what was going to be around the next bend. I walked a few streets west and started to head back uptown again. I heard some music and followed it down a street where I found myself in the middle of a Ukrainian festival. The colours and the dancing were amazing.

Dancers

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