Wedding Photography

Barry and Trish - Wedding Photo Shoot at UCC and Cork city /  by Jan

Is this one of the most unique weddings I’ve photographed yet? I think it might be!

The couple: Barry and Trish.

The briefing: “We aren’t doing a traditional wedding, we want this to be a bit different.” I scribble down, “Not a wedding” in my notepad.

The location for the (not a) wedding photography: Not just one location, not two, not even three. But basically everywhere in Cork city.

Pre-Wedding Pampering at Tom Winter’s Barbers

This wedding day already started off uniquely with a visit to Tom Winters Barbers on North Main Street, which is incidentally my first of the three favourite moments of this wedding day.

“ And to finish it off, a little drop of expensive whiskey. What a way to start your wedding day!”

The morning of a wedding can often be very stressful as anxiety and nerves fill the body. I know, I have been there myself! So is there a better way than getting pampered at this special barber beforehand? After all, this isn’t a usual barbershop, here we have warm towels wrapped around your face, a steam machine, even light massages to complete the whole pampering package and more. I was getting jealous just watching! And to finish it off, a little drop of expensive whiskey. What a way to start your wedding day!

This is also the first time I’ve ever photographed in a barbershop. Another location to add to my growing list. And I must say, the barbershop made for some great photos too.

Now, Barry isn’t getting ready for his actual wedding day, more like a wedding celebration. Because Barry and Trish actually eloped the week before in Iceland. I was contemplating getting eloped too, but my wife didn’t allow it! Haha! So for me, this is another of my favourite parts of this wedding. That they went ahead with getting eloped and resisted the pressures of having a local wedding.

Cork Wedding Photography

Remaining in Cork for the wedding photos, we had the luck of having the brother-in-law chauffeur us around the city, to all the spots in Cork that meant something special to Barry and Trish. So we ended up with these beautiful wedding photographs all over Cork, with a sneaky set of drinks at Le Chateau.

Google 5 Star review from Trish

We booked Jannik of Save The Journey as our wedding photographer in Cork and I simply could not recommend him highly enough.

From our first communication he just came across as a lovely guy and nothing was too much bother for him... From organising canvas prints for us to taking gorgeous photos on the day to sending the photos on really quickly afterwards.
Overall it was a really lovely experience working with Jannik and excellent value too compared to your "normal" wedding photography charges.

Thank you so much Jannik... you have a great career ahead of you in photography.

Sneaky Drink at Le Chateau

Photobombing

In a moment of madness, the two photobombed this group who were being photographed for the newspaper. Guess who ended up in the newspaper themselves?

Wedding Couple Shoot at The Electric on Grand Parade

And finally, we conclude with my third favourite moment of this wedding day. A simple gathering of all friends and family. I put this down as one of my favourite moments for the exact reason I was happy I didn’t end up eloping with my wife. It would have been such a shame to not be able to share that special day with all your friends and family. The wedding couple did it perfectly, get eloped in an intimate ceremony and have an unforgettable trip, come back home and share your big day with a gathering in this lovely event room at the River Lee Hotel. Perfect. A string quartet during the day, and a DJ for the night. A bar with a fantastic selection of cocktails, amazing food, plenty of room to dance and all your closest people around you. And of course, me as their wedding/event photographer.

Oh, and scattered around the room were large, canvas prints with the photos from Iceland, to share their elopement.

What a treat this day was to photograph! So many locations, so many people, so much excitement and happiness. Congratulations!

Enjoy browsing these wedding photos, but also have a look at this outdoor wedding at the Castlemartyr Hotel for a more traditional wedding.

And remember, besides professional wedding photography, I also photograph the following:

• Couples Photography in Cork

• Newborn Baby Photography in Cork

• and more!

Ayman and Jane - Wedding Afterpary in Cork city /  by Jan

This is a wedding?! Yes! Well.. No. But it is a wedding celebration!

Ayman and Jane, both hailing from Ballinlough are now living in London for many years. Where, they had their actual wedding ceremony. But to celebrate with friends and family back home in Cork, they rented out The Bodega in the city centre and that’s where I come into the picture (pun very much intended)!

I purposefully arrived a little later to give all the guests a moment to settle and arrive and have a drink already. So the chats and the party was already well under way when I arrived. My objective for this was simple; just capture the fun that everyone is having. Well, and maybe encourage people to go a little further, like in the following photos.

This wedding celebration was a lovely reminder on how uncomplicated weddings have become. There is no longer the need to do the standard wedding celebration, and couples are really making their weddings their own. I love to see a genuine wedding that suits the couple so well! Even though this was essentially just the afters.

They were a great couple though, and I wish they had gotten married in Cork instead of London! I would have loved to have photographed the actual celebration.

They were so nice, I even got this amazing feedback in form of a Google review:

“Jannik perfectly captured the atmosphere of the day of our event. On top of taking great photos, he made everyone feel comfortable and had a great laugh with all of us! We were so excited to see the photos sent over quickly too to round it all off. Thanks again Jannik!”

- Ayman

If you would like to book me for your wedding party, say hello to me here. I look forward to meeting you! Or browse here for more traditional wedding photos.

Ian and Miranda - Engagement Couple Photo Shoot /  by Jan

“Quick, the sun’s come out! Drop your things and turn around!”

That’s how I ended up taking my favourite four shots of this engagement shoot. Read on to see them. :)

Ian and Miranda are a lovely couple from America. They contacted me because they wanted to do an engagement shoot in Ireland, on their holidays. “Cool, let’s do it!” I said. “Do you have a preference on where?”
“Somewhere by some cliffs!”
“Cliffs? I know some good cliffs!”
And that’s how we ended up in Ballycotton!

Now this wasn’t your usual ‘dash to the destination, do the couple photo shoot and then leave again’ kind of situation. No! It was my duty to show these foreigners our beautiful county! So this turned out to be half a guided tour with some photos sprinkled in. It was my first time doing something bigger like this and not “just” a couple shoot on its own. And it was pretty fun, I must say!

So we headed off to the cliff walk in Ballycotton, did a good section of the walk in some dodgy weather, while photographing cute couple photos here and there with different backgrounds. I was milking this scenery! That’s when they let me know; they’re getting married in a couple of months and want to use these photos for the invitations! Now this is perfectly acceptable and even recommended. So why was I suddenly sweating? The pressure was on to perform and take some top notch engagement photos, I couldn’t let them down! So I dug down a little deeper, to make sure they would have some ace couple photos, no matter what the conditions were.

At first, I was a little more trigger happy than usual, the rain was set to come back and it had been raining almost the entire drive to Ballycotton. I had packed rain jackets and even an umbrella as a back up. I could stand in the rain and take the photos while the couple look cute under an umbrella. That’s the ultimate back up.

Halfway through our hike Ballycotton really delivered. The clouds opened up and suddenly, we were bathing in the most golden rays of sunshine. That’s when I took my favourite photos of this entire shoot! It’s like Harry Styles’ song, “I’m so golden!

They are my favourites and I wonder which photos will be used in the end for this important wedding invitation card, although the rest aren’t bad either and would also be great candidates,

We reached the beach on the cliff walk. One of my intended destinations for this shoot. With cliffs in the background, just like Miranda had asked for, I used that lovely, soft sunset light. A gorgeous set of photos that I am also very happy with. They really are a lovely couple together! But besides the multiple, multiple locations and a hike, that wasn’t the end of our day out, no.

I mean we can’t go to Ballycotton without checking out the harbour and having a closer look at the famous light house! And we can’t go to Ballycotton without having a quick stopover and a whiskey at the Castlemartyr Resort!

If you are planning on visiting Ireland and would like to book an adventure couple photo shoot in Cork like this with me, contact me here for availability. From simple, one stop locations to spending four to six hours touring County Cork and visiting several locations, with multiple photo shoots during the day (like here with Ian and Miranda), this will be an unforgettable holiday experience with gorgeous couple photos to take home!

I offer the following couples photography in Cork:

Check out Joe’s surprise proposal on unsuspecting Mae here. A dream proposal and engagement photo shoot at the famous Blarney Castle.