Month: July 2014

Weddings

Cathedral : Dragon : Castle


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Jamie & Danielles’ wedding at Solis, Lough Eske Castle.

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We’ve mentioned previously some of the logistical challenges couples can face when organising their wedding from a distance. Jamie & Danielle went further, literally, than many people would feel comfortable with.

Not only did they organise their wedding from Canada, they had to work out how pretty much everyone and everything involved in the wedding was going to get here from Canada, the UK and elsewhere.

You can probably guess, from Jamie’s choice of Formal Wear that his family roots lie in Scotland. What was surprising was to find that he, like Martha and I, had studied at The Glasgow School of Art.

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Danielle also told us that Jamie is a keen photographer himself. As it turns out, so were more than a few of their friends and relations. No pressure there then!

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Here’s one of the boys going to work with a lovely little Yashica Twin Lens Reflex. At one time, cameras like this were the workhorses of the social photography & wedding photography world.

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St Eugene’s Cathedral in Letterkenny is a spectacular setting for a wedding. The scale, the atmosphere and the architecture all combine to create a truly memorable scene.

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Ceremony over, now it’s off through the wild landscape of County Donegal to Lough Eske nestled beneath the Blue Stack Mountains, and home to a dragon or two.

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Weddings

Days Like This


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Donegal isn’t exactly renowned for its long, hot summers. When we posted some pictures a while ago, of Leona & Barry’s pre-wedding shoot we’d had some pretty mixed weather and the soon-to-be-weds were a little concerned that the weather might affect  their day.
Just a couple of hours before the service Barry and the boys enjoyed a quick bite, while the weather was not looking too promising!

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A couple of miles away at Leona’s home, it seemed a little brighter . . .

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Leona’s spectacular footwear,  “jazzled” by Divine Soles of Dungannon. Flowers and bouquets from Heaven Scent in Carndonagh.

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Breakfast over, the boys get down to the tricky ties and cufflinks routine

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As Barry waits, the skies open and we decide it would be kinder to move inside for a few quick shots of the boys in their finery.

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Now if only Leona had been fashionably late, perhaps this downpour might have passed!

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Weather isn’t Barry’s main pre-occupation any more.

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By now, the skies have cleared a little, if anyone still cares!

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Not the day to get the top down perhaps, but the wedding cars by Dessie Lynch at Fairytale Weddings in Steelstown, Derry were immaculately turned out.

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A little bit of wind and rain weren’t going to put anyone off, not today.

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Leona in her gown by Benjamin Roberts from McElhinneys in Ballybofey

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Leona & Barry had chosen a cake by Mary Lafferty in Carndonagh. Sweet.

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