Áine + Mark - Backyard Wedding - Ireland

So... it seems Áine and Mark's party went on until 6am. I keeled over at 1am - God only knows what I missed!

Theirs is a classic love story too. Sort of. An Irish one anyway... In their words, 'Mark fell in love with Áine aged 12. Through sheer determination and an intensive exercise and personality improvement regime, 7 years later she was his.'!

In short, this was an all round cracking wedding. Áine and Mark had exactly the kind of day they wanted - simple, relaxed, fun, torrential rain taken in stride.

We'd been listening to Mark's band, Idles, on a loop in the run up to their day - bloody brilliant - you need to check them out. A special shout out also to the 45s, our most favourite band that we've heard play a wedding in a long time.

2013

We're a little bit late putting this end of year post together. To be honest, we've been eating quality street chocolates, binge-watching box-sets, hanging out with friends, family and doing very little for a few weeks.

It's given us some space to reflect on 2013. Which has been wonderful and has been insane. Mitch catapulted into our lives in March, a tiny bundle of frenetic energy - too curious about the world to sleep. And we've all been swept along in his wake, deeply in love and deeply exhausted.

And outside of this bubble, people are marrying. And we're taking pictures. And amazing couples are giving us free rein to be as creative as we can. And with each wedding we feel like we're slowly finding our voice, and moving ever further towards the kind of images we want to make for people.

So thank you comrades of 2013. Families, photographer-friends, normal-friends (we use the term loosely!). We are beyond grateful to all who have let us into their lives to photograph their wedding stories. We do not take you for granted.

T+C

Christabel + Roy /Wedding in the Oldest Pub in Ireland

Not a dry eye in the house. And barely a minute passing without huge belly laughs either.

Christabel and Roy's wedding was about the most authentic, heartfelt day you could imagine. Fist-pumping couple, sword-fighting kids, impromptu karaoke from Christabel, people passing out asleep on the sofas, Guinness galore... Wedding heaven.

It was also a bit of a history tour, with their wedding ceremony at Clifton House - a Georgian manor and one time Belfast poor house - and a reception at Grace Neill's - the oldest pub in Ireland.

I came home from Christabel and Roy's wedding wide awake and still laughing. Thanking my camera for scoring me the invite to the party of the year.

Ps. if you're thinking of getting married in a pub, you're our kinda couple. Do it! And give us a shout!