Then over to the bride’s house:

Let’s meet the groom:

Love the next one at Belfast Castle:

Love the next one too:

One of the groomsmen was a bit over-enthusiastic

Now for two first dance photos:

Lots of smiles! Thats the impression we got from the photos while editing them this week – lots of people enjoying themselves! The weather was very kind for this time of year – and lots of lovely wee details. Oh, and the first wedding with a Fiat 500 as the wedding car!

Here’s a few photos:

Heres some photos (starting with the coolest invite ever!):

    
Now, anyone that knows me well would know that I’m not exactly a lover of animals. A dog maybe, but birds are a definite no-go. So imagine my surprise when the brides father asked for a photo with the bouquet and his parrot Joey. “It won’t come anywhere near you” he assured me. 10 seconds later, the darn thing (Mr.Cassidy if you are reading this thats a term of endearment towards Joey) had perched on my head and wouldn’t budge!! Certainly an interesting start to the day! lol
 
      
The next photo (on left) is a little friendly ‘revenge’ for the bird incident! lol
The room looked great. Ok so I might not like birds, but I really really love lego. Its such a class toy and we’ve got loads of it kicking around my parents house. Gets brought out every Christmas. But who ever knew that lego could be so versatile – now we have lego bride & grooms! Great!
 

1. Phil & Sara
This was a great wedding for me – as it was held in my church and I know the bride and groom (and quite a number of the guests) personally. Congratulations Phil & Sara!!

Above: Photographers are always looking for great, natural facial expressions…thanks Sara!

Above: I’ve never been to Larchfield Estate before – its a great venue. We came across this little out-house which makes for some interesting pictures.

Above: One of the detail shots – the light curtain makes for a great effect.

2. Darren & Laura
I’m obviously posting way to many pictures on this article – can’t help myself! Sorry if its a little slow to load! The 24th April took me all the way down to Burren (near Warrenpoint). I’ve been to most hotels in Northern Ireland at this stage – but it was great to visit a new photograph location – ‘Domantine Conference Centre’ – I’ve posted some photographs below.

Above: You may  remember from part 1 about my current drive for mens photographs. I think this one is quite interesting as Darren is almost framed by the tree.

Above: – Its not often there is so much colour in the trees – so obviously we took full advantage!

Above: The couple walking along at the front of Dromantine.

Above: The rings in the flowers.

3. Thomas & Bronagh
The final wedding in April was closer to home – Belfast Castle.

Above: as well as this picture, at the Brides request we also did the group picture on these steps. It actually is possible to get 120 people on them!

Above: The type of journalistic-style shot I love – I’m obviously in a black & white mood today but looks equally good in colour.

Above: A sample album page. In this case I’ve used a great Bible verse which is read at many weddings, but it could also be a poem or song.

And thats it!
I hope you’ve enjoyed this brief selection of photographs. Its been a fun month!