Disclaimer:
I’ve already jumped the gun and posted the couple shoot from this wedding day. If you wanna have a look at the couple photo shoot from this wedding day first, please be my guest and check out that blog post here! You can then come back to me here for the rest of the wedding photography below.
I felt so spoiled with this wedding photo shoot! We have the beautiful Sea Church in Ballycotton, the beautiful Ballycotton scenery that you already saw in the wedding couple shoot above, and we have this beautiful couple who put up with me for the whole wedding day!
This is the funny thing about weddings these days, before 2020, you’d say that having 50 guests at your wedding is intimate, nowadays, that feels like a hefty number! I mean, last year I was photographing weddings that generally had between eight and 25 guests. So having 50 guests felt like so many people at the wedding!
Wedding Preparations at the Sea Church
So I rocked up at the Sea Church, and man, what a venue it is! I mean, look at it! It’s not in your face, but it makes you feel at home very quickly. Not imposing at all, but elegant and with the decorations, it obviously took it to that next level. Plus, it was great that the restaurant was connected right next door to it.
Anyway, we aren’t hear to talk about the facilities of the wedding. We’re here to talk about some professional wedding photography! Hahah! It still feels weird to say that, I just always feel like I’m just a guest who happens to be photographing as well, getting to meet the other guests and the family members and enjoying the day with them.
Wedding Ceremony at the Sea Church
I think for this wedding blog post I’d like to just highlight three of my favourite things / photos / moments of this wedding (besides the couple shoot).
1) I really enjoyed photographing the couple walking out of the church and being surprised with the confetti. These shots were equally fun to photograph, some quasi “action shots” and also came out lovely. I love the reactions, the smiles and the confetti everywhere. I purposefully used a flash on a low intensity for these photos, even though we were outdoors, and strictly speaking, didn’t need the flash. The reason I used it though was that it does a fantastic job at highlighting the little pieces of confetti, especially the ones in the foreground. The flash bounces the light off of them and makes the stand out way more than just with the natural sunlight!
I’m also going to throw in, pun seriously intended, the bouquet throw into this section. Although it happened at a separate time, I always love the throwing of the bouquet at a wedding! Not just as a wedding photographer but also as an ordinary guest, they’re always fun to watch. Especially when you see everyone’s reaction to the person who caught it!
2) The cutting of the wedding cake! Now, this one was funny. I was setting myself up behind the cake, so I could get the wedding couple into the shot, as well as the reaction of the guests. I took a few photos but was waiting for THE shot of the cake cutting when the bride’s sister shouts over at me, “Jannik! Get to the front of the cake, no one cares what the back looks like!” Why did she react this way? Because she was the poor sod who spent who knows how many hours in the kitchen, baking and decorating it! Haha! Fair enough so. If the text doesn’t convey it though, it was a hilarious moment that had everyone laughing.
Although you can see, I snuck around, back to my original spot to get the shot I wanted. I have a professional conduct to uphold!
3) And with this one, we go back to the very beginning of the day. To when I was hanging out with the groom, his best man and his groomsmen. David, the groom, showed me the ring box. This was a handmade ring box that David had made himself! This might not be the most impressive photo of the day, but I loved that he put the effort into making something so personal for his big wedding day. I absolutely loved that little detail!
David also, insisted that I photograph the wedding with a 35mm film camera on the side. Which I happily obliged to, though it did feel very daunting on the day! Here is a video of my favourite photos. I hope to have some digital copies of them sometime in future, in which case I will make another post with them. Hopefully soon!
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35mm Analog Film Wedding Photography, Black and White Film
