Rhiannon & Sean recently got married - they'd planned a 'home' Strabane ceremony before heading off to sunnier climes to continue the celebrations with close family & friends...

I was asked me to come along to document their intimate ceremony in Melmount Church, a fun couple of hours at Strabane Sigersons GAA before they headed up the road for a bite to eat at Strabane Golf Club...

Here's an overview of their day...

If you're planning your own wedding, intimate or otherwise, please get in touch if having your day documented in a candid way appeals...

I've a wee Fujifilm x100-series camera that tends to go most places with me - especially on holiday to capture all the usual family shoots we all take while away somewhere new...

Having the camera close to hands also tends to result in me capturing street-style type images of the people we share those holiday spaces with - I'm not intentionally heading out to capture 'pure' street photography, but just incidentally shooting in a street style - often 'shooting from the hip' which generally just means shooting without looking through the camera...

An extra benefit of taking these photoso is that it's great practice for my documentary wedding approach as it's essentially the same process, capturing images of people being people, ideally, without my presence interfering in what's going on or taking people out of their own moment...

Here are some images from a recent few days in Paris - taken in a couple of galleries, and the streets in between...

Claire & Jack did their wedding their way - both the ceremony in the Guildhall and reception in Bishops Gate, were tailored in a way that was right for them rather than blindly following traditions, or attempting to meet the expectations of others - making their day uniquely theirs...

They've since told me that while researching all the options for wedding photography they discovered the documentary approach and the style immediately resonated with them - aligning with their vision of having photographs from their day that captured real, natural moments - with no 'cringey' poses, or need to miss out on craic with their guests.

A google search then lead them to me, and the type of enquiry I love to receive - they knew exactly what they wanted and felt my approach was exactly what they were after...

On their wedding day, I had the privilege of documenting heartfelt moments during the ceremony, laughter throughout the afternoon, and then all the fun of their evening reception - all while allowing the day to unfold naturally and essentially being a guest with a camera (or two!)

Claire & Jack have since told me they love how my approach allowed me to capture 'real, natural interactions that we don't often see in photos these days.' and that they were 'impressed at the emotion you were able to capture throughout the entire day... so it's class to see the moments we missed' They added 'The photos trigger so many memories... the whole day was a bit of a blur so it's nice to look back and see pictures of everyone genuinely enjoying themselves and not just smiling because there's a camera pointed at them. Everything was perfect! Thank you so much.'

So here's some of those photos from across their day - if you’re planning your own wedding and want your photos to reflect the, unscripted, genuine joy and love of your day I’d love to chat and see how we can make that happen for you.