Dermot

Sullivan

This was one of those lucky moments just after bridal prep when the brides mother was reflected perfectly in the mirror. I asked the bride to look over at her mum and the magic smiling reaction happened. I wanted her mum to be in focus as the bride was lit much better by the window

The wedding part was quite big and I wanted to use the architecture to frame them all. I arranged them in position and then I got them to chat to each other and to ignore the camera.

I love this location in West Cork and I use it when I can. This time we had a big wedding party, so I backlit them with a flash to create some drama and to illuminate the trees behind them.

After dinner, my bride and groom wanted to do a champagne spray, we went outside and set up some off camera flashes. The couple sprayed two bottles and I got drenched in champagne!

My bride and her bridesmaids started spinning spontaneously, to show off their dresses, (the bride made the bridesmaids dresses). I just got in position and shot lots of frames, this was one of the best.

On a rainy night in October at The Maryborough in Cork, I persuaded my bride and groom to come outside after dinner for some backlit shots. This one is lit by one flash on a stand behind them with a MagSphere attached.

On the journey from the Church to the reception hotel, we stopped at some cliffs overlooking the ocean. To end the shoot, I asked the couple to walk towards me and talk to each other, and we captured this shot.

After the wedding ceremony, we went to a location with a lake and some jetty's for rowing boats. I asked the couple to stand at the end of the jetty and I shot low to bring them above the horizon.

After the church ceremony, the couple had chosen a barley field on the way to the hotel for photographs. I asked them to go a good distance down the field and walk towards me while looking and talking to each other. Everything fell into place.

This shot was taken as the couple were on their way down to dinner. The groom was holding the brides dress as they made their way down the stairs and I used a wide angle lens to capture the curve of the staircase.

We were heading to the beach below Inchydoney Hotel for photographs with the wedding party and the tide was fully in, so the groom had to carry his bride over the puddles to get to dry land.

This was just after the open air ceremony overlooking the sea at Dunmore House Hotel in West Cork.

This was just after the open air ceremony overlooking the sea at Dunmore House Hotel in West Cork.

The bride was just arriving at the church and the wind lifted her veil at just the right moment.

We were having a quiet moment just before the bride and groom got changed for dinner and we got this lovely shot by the window on the stairs

My couple had told me that the guests were going to let off some bubble guns as they came down the aisle. I got in position and shot off as many frames as I could as they came through. I then cropped and warmed the image to finish it off.

This photograph was taken on a really windy day at an old lookout station on the coast in East Cork, Ireland. I had to adjust the vertical perspective a lot to straighten the castle!

This shot was taken at a lavender farm beside the sea in West Cork, Ireland. The bride and groom had a particular look and style of photo in mind and we managed to pull it off.

This crazy couple volunteered to jump off the raised doorstep of this Church in Kinsale, Ireland. All I did was press the shutter!

We had about 10 minutes before the couple went in for dinner and I found a couple of places around the venue that would work for a night shot. Luckily it was December in Ireland so it dark at 4.30. I put a flash with a Magmod gel & grid behind my couple and hey presto!