Relaxed Wedding Photographer Cork

To Be Honest, It’s Pretty Easy

To be honest, it’s pretty easy when you treat people like people and not like another job.

I don’t really see wedding photography as turning up, doing my hours, ticking photographs off a list and going home.

I love the storytelling side of it.

And the best part is that you guys create the story for me.

Every wedding has characters.

We all have that friend who’s naturally hilarious.

That aunt who still thinks she’s a cool teenager.

That uncle with the laugh so loud that once he starts, half the room starts laughing with him.

The friend who’s always winding somebody up.

The quiet person who suddenly becomes a completely different human being once the music starts.

That’s the stuff I’m watching for.

And when I see it starting, I feed off it.

I’ll encourage it. I’ll laugh with you. I’ll throw something into the conversation if I know it’ll get a reaction. Sometimes I’ll deliberately create the spark, then stand back and let you lot take over.

That’s where the real laughs come from.

The real smiles.

The photographs where you can almost hear what was happening just by looking at them.

I’m Not Going to Micromanage Your Wedding

You’ve probably heard the horror stories.

“Our photographer was like a drill sergeant.”

Everyone being ordered around.

Hair and makeup being rushed because the photography schedule says you’re four minutes late.

People being marched from one photograph to another.

The couple constantly being told where to stand, where to look, what to do next.

That’s just not me.

Of course there are times when I’ll take charge. If we need to get twenty people together for a family photograph, somebody has to organise it or we’ll still be there at Christmas.

But I don’t want to control your entire wedding day.

I guide. I don’t micromanage.

I’ll help you.

I’ll laugh with you.

I’ll get involved when getting involved makes the photograph better.

I’ll create a little bit of laughter when we need it.

And then something happens naturally.

You relax.

You forget about what you’re supposed to be doing.

You start bouncing off each other.

And I just keep snapping away.

It really is that simple.

People Create the Moments. My Job Is to See Them.

That’s probably the best way I can describe what I do.

I can’t write the story of your wedding before it happens.

I don’t know which friend is going to say something ridiculous.

I don’t know when your dad is going to get emotional.

I don’t know which aunt is going to own the dance floor.

But I know how to watch for it.

After photographing hundreds of weddings, you start to recognise when something is about to happen.

You see the look.

You hear the conversation starting.

You notice somebody approaching from the other side of the room.

And you get yourself into position before the moment arrives.

That’s the part I love.

People create the moments. I just make sure they’re not lost.

And if you want to know whether I’m genuinely as relaxed as I’m telling you I am, don’t take my word for it.

Read my reviews.

My couples will tell you far better than I ever could.