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Gareth & Claire’s wedding was at the end of December and brings me up to date with all my editing! Wohoo!

Lovely couple, here’s a few photos:

Usually like to do a flower photo outdoors – but not possible due to some rather wintry weather! But I really like the carpet background  in the photo below:
  

A wee bit of history being made…

Now to the service:

Like the next one!

The weather wasn’t being too kind, so instead of the Country Park we decided to go straight to the Crawfordsburn Inn. Of course, as soon as we made that decision the clouds cleared for a moment or two and we got some outdoor stuff  - even got the car hood down!

Cricket at Crawfordsburn Inn – probably a first

The room looked great..

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It was a privilege to be invited back to the Monaghan household for another big occassion! Kathryn & Philip where the first of my weddings the week after Christmas. You do so much running around at weddings – its was a good way to work off the Christmas dinner(s).

So here’s a few photos:

Now to the chapel. Mr Monaghan’s expression just makes me laugh in the next one – I’ve included the more sensible one below it for good measure
 

Galgorm!

The bridesmaids where very classy indeed..

Love the next 3:
   

The red against white is really striking – perfect for this time of year. The room at the Galgorm was beautifully decorated – really amazing.

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Neil & Claire’s wedding was nice and wintry. The closest thing to a white wedding this year! I’m going through a wee spell of having seriously awesome couples who are very easy to work with – and this one was no exception!

Here’s a few photos:

Below: colour co-ordinating your bedroom around the bouquet – shows dedication

Below: 2 flowergirls or 3?

 
   
Slippy roads – good job they had plenty of horse power

Now to the Galgorm:

Wasn’t sure whether or not to blog the next one – but its one of those photos that makes me smile – so it passes the test      

Love the sunset light in the next few:

Below: I got one of these done – i’ll stick it on my facebook in the next few days. Will make you laugh!

Anytime Claire & Neil are together there’s fireworks! Neil organised these as a surprise. So how did he lure everyone outside at 8pm in freezing temperatures? He told them the photographer was taking a group photo! They must have thought I was a complete plunker – but shortly thereafter all was revealed!

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“Hand in hand

Heart to heart

Love is where the magic starts”

I need to take the studio Christmas tree down today . Editing Conan & Stephanie’s wedding didn’t help – it was a wee reminder of Christmas and that season.

Well enough of my reminiscing, here’s a few photos from this lovely wedding..

Was slightly worried for my lens during this Champagne moment  
Next one is a little abstract – but I like it!

The radiant bride..

Now over to Cabra Castle. Was blowing a gale – but they braved it for a few minutes! Think it was worth it!

(actually the photo below right was taken in the church – like it a lot)

Here comes the Christmassy photo:

And finally its always welcome to see the groom getting a bit of a hard time during the speeches lol

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It’s hard to believe its a month since Gary & Eithna’s wedding – Christmas just went past so quick.

Gary & Eithna’s day was great craic. They got married just a few miles from where my wife used to live – all the best women must come from there . And great to be back in Corick House too!

Here’s a few photos:

Love the next one:

The following was at Ardboe Cross…

And then to Corick:

    

Lovely natural couple:

The cufflinks are Boston Bruins – the ice-hockey team I used to go and see when I was living in Boston. Nostalgia

Love the cake which was a surprise for Gary!
Make an entrance in style:

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I just noticed this verse, inscribed on one of Darren & Rhona’s wedding candles:

Love is patient, love is kind,
Love never fails.

And indeed love was never far away at Darren & Rhona’s wedding! Hopefully i’ve been able to capture just a weee bit of that in the photos – let’s take a look, starting with the very beautiful wedding invitation:

But enough about the invites, Rhona looked amazing:

Now for the service – there are loads of pictures but think these next few are a good summary:
  
Manor House is a great venue. It was rather cold (understatement) so took quite a few indoors – but not better place

Love the next two:

An love the firstdance photo too!

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Janine and Jonathan are a great couple. Was a really interesting day – with Janine being from just up the road, and Jonathan being American. Both are now living in the US. 23Nov was a great day – here’s a few photos, starting at the hairdressers:

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:

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Great day with Ruth & Alf! Lovely couple, great weather – everyone was in great form!

Let’s start with a verse printed in Alf & Ruth’s invite, words that are always good to be reminded of:

“God can do anything, you know -

far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams!

He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us,

his Spirit deeply and gently within us.”

Ephesians 3:20 (The Message) 

Ok, so for a few photos!! Starting with the brides preparations:

The flowergirl sure wasn’t shy

Love the next one:

Below – the look says it all!

The Paparazzi

Now to the Dunadry…

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My two lasting memories from Janet & Gary’s wedding was the banter (was great craic!) and ofcourse the red shoes (back to rehab for me )

Great couple. I’ll talk you through the day – starting with the bride’s house and the Father of the Bride’s jacket…

A wee bit of lens flare just to ‘art’ it up a bit!
Now to the Temple of the Winds at Mount Stewart. Its an awesome venue, and the geek side of me still loves the window / door which slides downwards into the ground (below left)…

Think these next two photos sum up the couple pretty well…

After that, we headed down to Mount Stewart for a few photos.

Then back over to Belfast to the Malone Lodge, starting with a wee bridesmaid pic!

The theme was autumn / Halloween. loving the love shaped pumpkin…

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Claire & Gordon’s wedding was exactly a month ago today – and it was a class day. You might remember them from their engagement shoot on the blog a while back. It was a really fun, relaxed day – with lots of smiles and laughs.

So, here’s a few photos:

Below: looks like a great book!

After the service in Armagh, we headed to the Ballymascanlon Hotel. It really is a great spot…

Love the next few:
   

Added a wee drop of grain to the next one. No reason why, just for the craic!

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