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Wedding Photography Portfolio, Ireland

No two weddings are the same, and that's exactly the point. Here's a collection of real moments from real days across Ireland. The chaos, the calm, and everything in between.

Groom dipping the bride on a bridge above the lake at Poulaphouca House, County Wicklow

Bride and groom about to kiss on the pebble beach at Ballymoney, the Irish Sea behind them

Two grooms kissing on a leaf covered avenue beneath golden autumn trees at Emo Court, County Laois

Confetti exit outside the Unitarian Church, Dublin, the bride laughing with her bouquet in the air

Bride and groom walking hand in hand down the avenue at Orlagh House with Dublin city below

Ceremony room at Hodson Bay Hotel seen through a horseshoe arch of red and orange autumn leaves

First dance beneath the draped ceiling and fairy lights at The Millhouse, Slane, County Meath

Bride's father holding her and crying at Seafield Hotel, Gorey, as she laughs with her arms around him

Groom singing into a microphone in the middle of the dancefloor at Darver Castle, County Louth

Real Weddings

every couple, every story, every kind of love ✦

This portfolio spans a Georgian house above Dublin at Orlagh, a pebble beach in Wexford, autumn portraits at Emo Court, a marquee in the Wicklow hills, a lakeside elopement at Glasson and a converted mill on the Boyne. The thread that ties it all together is the same candid, documentary approach, photographing the day as it actually unfolds, not a stylised version of it.

Every image below is a real wedding, not a styled shoot. Scroll slowly. ✦

Bride's veil caught by the wind outside Darver Castle at blue hour, County Louth

Two grooms facing each other at the top of the aisle, framed by olive trees and candles at The Heritage, Killenard

Couple with their two dogs on the lakeside jetty at Glasson Lakehouse, County Westmeath

Embroidered floral wedding dress hanging in a window at Orlagh House with shoes and a wildflower bouquet

First kiss at the top of the aisle in Booterstown, the whole congregation standing and applauding behind

Bride and groom beneath a huge beech tree behind Seafield Hotel in low evening sun, County Wexford

Groom dipping the bride in the lantern lit glass corridor at Hodson Bay Hotel, both laughing

Bridesmaids in dusty rose dresses with the mother of the bride outside an Irish church

Wedding guests in bright summer outfits under the wisteria pergola at The Millhouse, Slane

Black and white photograph of one groom lifting the other as guests throw confetti outside a Rathfarnham house, Dublin

Bride raising a glass to guests on the lawn at Orlagh House with the Dublin skyline beyond

Bride in satin pyjamas and heart shaped pearl sunglasses with a white peony bouquet at Seafield Hotel, Gorey

Two grooms in black tie walking their dogs up the avenue in front of Emo Court, County Laois

Bride walking down the aisle on the arms of both her parents beneath the autumn leaf arch

Bride and groom beneath a spreading oak tree in low golden evening light

Bride laughing as two friends hold her long veil out behind her in the walled garden at The Millhouse

Four groomsmen in navy suits lifting the groom horizontally outside Seafield Hotel, everyone laughing

Ceremony arch draped in linen and blue and purple wildflowers in the bay window at Orlagh House

Two grooms in pyjamas clinking champagne glasses with six women in pale blue robes at The Heritage, Killenard

Couple eloping on the jetty at Glasson Lakehouse under heavy cloud, rowing boats moored alongside

Newlyweds walking back up the aisle at Hodson Bay Hotel, the bride holding her bouquet in the air

Bride's veil blown right across the couple on the beach at Seafield, County Wexford

Bride and groom laughing together against pale sage timber boards at The Millhouse, Slane

Wedding guests throwing their hands in the air for a group photograph on the steps at Orlagh House

Bride sitting on the end of the bed in the bridal suite with her bouquet, tulle skirt spread around her

Two grooms in tan suits outdoors at night beneath festoon lights at The Heritage, Killenard

Vintage green MG convertible with white ribbon beside the Celtic high cross at Booterstown church, Dublin

Guests with their arms in the air under the arched stone doorway of St Michael's Church, Gorey

Five bridesmaids in sage green raising their bouquets with the bride in the sun lounge at Hodson Bay Hotel

Wedding guests laughing together against an ivy covered wall at The Millhouse, Slane

Bride and groom coming down the staircase at Orlagh House together before the ceremony

Three tier buttercream wedding cake with piped botanical detail and fresh tulips at The Millhouse, Slane

Bride on the staircase at the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin, in a long sleeved dress and star headpiece

Bride and groom embracing on a narrow wooded lane thick with wild garlic near Gorey

Black and white photograph of a packed wedding dancefloor with arms in the air at The Heritage, Killenard

Bride and groom outdoors at night beneath a golden autumn tree lit from below at Hodson Bay Hotel

Bridesmaids arranging the bride's veil in a sea view suite at Seafield Hotel before the ceremony

Bride and groom beside a vintage MG with the old stone bridge over the River Boyne behind them

Bride and groom kissing beside a vintage rickshaw bicycle in the grounds at Orlagh House, Dublin

Bride and groom embracing in golden evening light, her peony bouquet over his shoulder

A Whole Wedding, Start to Finish

the full day, not just the highlights ✦

A Back Garden Real Wedding in Rathfarnham, Dublin

Aaron and Connor's Rathfarnham garden wedding, with nearly 100 guests, Marlay Park portraits and dinner at Taylor's Three Rock.

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Unitarian Church Wedding Photography, Dublin

A December wedding at Dublin's Unitarian Church, with St Stephen's Green portraits, dinner at The Ivy and a city-centre timeline completed on foot.

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Knightsbrook Hotel Real Wedding, Trim

A June wedding at Knightsbrook Hotel in Trim, with a ballroom handfasting, golf-course portraits and golden light after the speeches.

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Still from Niamh and Gary’s wedding film at Hodson Bay, County Westmeath

New for 2026 ✦

We film weddings too

Niamh & Gary's day at Hodson Bay was photographed and filmed by the same team. Watch the film, and see what photography and film together costs.

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How I Photograph a Wedding

Documentary, mostly. I spend the day watching rather than arranging, and the photographs in this portfolio are of things that happened rather than things I set up. That means a lot of standing in the right place well before anything occurs, and it means the frames people keep are usually the ones nobody noticed being taken.

There is a portrait session in every wedding I shoot, because couples want one and because twenty quiet minutes away from the room is often the only part of the day you get to yourselves. But it is twenty minutes of a twelve-hour day, and the rest is left alone.

If you want the longer version of that argument, documentary versus traditional wedding photography sets out what each approach actually delivers.

Where These Were Photographed

Across Ireland, and the range in this portfolio is deliberate: a Georgian house above Dublin at Orlagh, a pebble beach in Wexford, autumn portraits at Emo Court, a marquee in the Wicklow hills, a lakeside elopement at Glasson, a converted mill on the Boyne, a castle in Louth at blue hour.

Travel is included nationwide, and there are county guides for Dublin, Wicklow, Meath, Kildare and everywhere else I work.

A Whole Wedding, Not a Highlight Reel

A portfolio is a best-of. It shows you fifty good frames from fifty different days, which tells you what a photographer can do on their best hour but not what you actually receive.

The real weddings on the blog are the honest version: every stage of a single day, start to finish, including the parts nobody puts in a portfolio. Orlagh House, Poulaphouca House, Millhouse Slane and Seafield are all there in full. If you are deciding between photographers, those will tell you far more than this page will.

Photography, Film, or Both

Everything here is photography. The same team also films weddings, and the two together are booked as a bundle from €2,800, which saves €300 to €500 against two separate suppliers.

You can watch a complete wedding film on the wedding films page, and all the packages are on the pricing page, starting at €1,800.