Empire Music Hall Wedding Photography, Belfast
It's always a privilege to photograph a friend's wedding, and this one was really special. Yaz and I are both painters and we've worked together on painting shows. So it was such a joyful thing to collaborate again, this time making documentary photographs of her wedding on film and digital. Two absolute legends…
It was also a bonus to return to The Empire Music Hall. We actually shot the first ever wedding at the Empire back in 2012!
The Empire is one of those Belfast institution, full of colour and energy. A Victorian music hall on Botanic Avenue, steeped in live music history - high ceilings, deep colour, the iconic stage backdrop. The kind of place people arrive to ready to go, and that energy was in the room all day.
Yaz made the flowers herself with One Small Seed, which felt completely in keeping with the spirit of the day - personal and creative. Catering by Caff Catering Belfast, cake by French Village, and music by Jamie Nelson DJs. We would recommend all of these suppliers in a heartbeat.
A proper Belfast city wedding with a lot of soul. So glad to have been part of it.