Cormac & Richard make history!

Cormac & Richard make history!

When we shot Cormac and Richard's day in September, we didn't know that it would turn out to Ireland's first legally enshrined same-sex marriage. Nor did they!

But we did know that we had just taken part in something extraordinary. Not because of what the law said, or didn't say. But because of the unequivocal love between Cormac and Richard, and the palpable joy of their families and friends. Their wedding was a glorious, heartfelt celebration. With top hats and canes. As you do :)

Cormac called me yesterday to tell me they had an appointment with the registrar this morning at 8.30am, to convert their civil partnership into a marriage. The first same sex marriage in Ireland!

We couldn't be more thrilled for the guys, and all their friends and family. Couldn't think of finer people to make the history books!

More on the story: Irish Times / Pink News

Lauren & Garrett - Wedding on the Cliffs of Moher, Ireland

Lauren & Garrett's Wedding on the Cliffs of Moher and The Burren, County Clare.

We will be eternally grateful to Buzzfeed, whose interview with us was spotted by two amazing human beings, Lauren & Garrett, at home in Oklahoma.

And then somehow they're here, in Ireland, getting married. On the Cliffs of Moher in Co. Clare. And I'm there shooting it with them. And I'm moved by this day in ways that I'm barely able to articulate. What it meant to them, and their families and friends... And what it came to mean to me, to be a very small part of their story. I'll have to leave it to the photos to do the talking this time...

There was also the small matter of the car accident with Lauren on board. And the bit where I enthusiastically grabbed an electric fence to prove it was safe - which it wasn't - and vibrated for the rest of the day.

But it's not these small dramas that I'll remember Lauren and Garrett's wedding for. It's the good kind people that they are that's left a mark, and the grit and the love that has brought them together.

Ailis & Tony - Wedding at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin

Ailis & Tony - Smock Alley Wedding Photography Dublin

Just a few of the images from Ailis & Tony's unforgettable Smock Alley Theatre wedding. Best. Aisle. Ever.

Their wedding is featured in the current issue of BASH/Image Brides - which Tony organised as a surprise for Ailis. And it was featured on Ireland's TV3 this morning - another surprise! Romantic old thing...