Róisín - Newborn Baby Photography Cork / March 22, 2023 by Jan

Bringing the Family Together

For some families it’s rare for every family member to be in the same country, nevermind the same city. So it’s great to capture those moments while they there.

This was the exact case of Amanda and Eoin, who are lucky enough to have little Róisín enter their lives. I always find it exciting when I’m photographing newborn babies, how I’m not just capturing the start of a new life but also the start of a new family. This is such a monumental moment in their lives!

With Amanda originating from America, she was lucky enough to have her mom come visit. And with a large portion of the family together, I was able to capture these gorgeous family portraits with their newborn baby.

Everyone was so smitten with Róisín, don’t you think? These are some of my favourite family portraits I have taken this year. Aren’t they just adorable?

Family Group Photos at Shalom Park, Cork

Since it was still winter, the plan was to take these one on one portrait photos in the warm apartment, as well as the close up newborn baby photos of Róisín in the cot. We then headed down the road to Shalom Park, right in the centre of Cork city. We wrapped Róisín up nicely in the blanket so she wouldn’t be cold, and then did the posed family group portrait photos to round off this newborn baby shoot.

That’s a whole bunch of keepers for each individual family member. With this extended family photo shoot, each family member got a one on one portrait photo with Róisín, while also be included in the group photos.

If you would like to have a similar newborn baby photo shoot with or without an additional family photo shoot, you can contact me here for availability. I do a lot of photo shoots in Cork city, but am happy to travel further outside the city and into the rest of Cork county as well.

And remember, besides newborn baby photography, I also photograph the following:

• Couples Photography in Cork

• Family Portrait Photography in Cork

• Wedding Photography in Cork

• and more!

Eunice and Eoin - Wedding Photo Shoot in Fitzgerald's / March 6, 2023 by Jan

I won’t ever forget my own wedding day. I thought I’d be cool, calm and relaxed. Boy, was I wrong. I remember that morning, while getting ready and dressed, looking down at my hands and wondering why they were shaking so much? Those damn buttons! Haha!

Well, that most definitely wasn’t the case for Eoin over here! He was that cool, calm and relaxed groom that I thought I would be. No, Eoin was the cool cucumber.

But then he did also say that the whole parish were happy that Eunice finally took him off their hands!

Eunice and Eoin eloped in Cork this winter and I was lucky enough to be their couples photographer. With more celebrations coming soon, including a trip to Eunice’s home country of Mexico, the pair wanted to have some beautiful wedding couple photos on the day off their wedding. Deciding on Fitzgerald’s Park in Cork city, since it’s close to the registry office on Grattan Street that they were heading to after the couples shoot. It was a fantastic spot since it offered so many lovely corners to photograph this wedding couple photo shoot at.

I always do my best to prepare for photo shoots as much as possible. And this elopement photo shoot wasn’t any different. Fitzgerald’s Park looks so different in winter. So to really maximize the location’s potential, I even did a location scouting the week before. I did an extended lunch break, away from writing emails and editing photos, and headed down to Fitzgerald’s, photographing all the various corners. It helped tremendously!

This was such a fun shoot to do. Eunice and Eoin were in such a joyful mood. No nerves, no anxiety, just joy and full of love! It was an absolute ball.

Eunice and Eoin are one of those couples that just fit, and they will be an amazing together, you can just tell!

This is why I love photographing elopements, full wedding days and these wedding couple photo shoots! It’s exciting to know that these photos will be treasured by the wedding couple for their whole lives. To capture those moments is such a privilege.

Eoin and Eunice had a great time too and left this wonderful 5-star Google review:

“We had a fabulous wedding day photo session with Jan. We were thrilled with how our photos turned out! And Jan was so patient and friendly, giving us excellent direction on how to pose for the photos. I would absolutely recommend Jan to anyone who would like professional photography!”

If you would like me to capture your wedding day or would like to book a couples shoot, contact me here for pricing and availability. I’d love to hear from you!

The Kearneys - Family Portrait Photography Cork / February 20, 2023 by Jan

It was just before Christmas, so you can see the Christmas decoration in the background in some of the photos. Well, Mairead asked me to come over to take a whole slew of family portraits of her, her three children and her husband.

This wasn’t just a regular family portrait shoot. We also added some fun and candid shots, did a newborn baby photo shoot and a couple photo shoot of mom and dad in their garden, with the hills on the horizon.

Beautiful Cork Nature

We did the family photo shoot at their house in the Cork countryside. You can see the green all around.

This family portrait session was scheduled for the afternoon, and with the house having such wonderfully big windows, we were treated to some lovely golden sunshine from the sunset! Cork weather doesn’t treat us very often but when it does, it really goes all out!

We got this gorgeous glow for such a large portion of the shoot!

Posed Family Photos

Besides the candid and fun shots, we also took some posed family photos in front of the Christmas tree. Different variations are important to do! So, dad with the kids, mom with girls. You get the drill.

Couples Photography

And to top it all off, a quick dash out into the crisp, Cork winter air, to do that couples photo shoot!

What kind of family photography package is this?

This is a perfect example of my top-end family portrait group package that I like to offer. It’s a little bit like a Bento box or a spice bag from your favourite Cork chipper. A little bit of everything.

So you get:

• the full family portrait package, which consists of the candid photo shoot and the posed group photos

• a mini newborn photography photo shoot for the baby of the family

• and a mini couples photo shoot for the parents

That’s a lot of shots you wouldn’t necessarily get a photographer for at every occasion, but to combine the three of them in one day is a handy way to fill those family photo albums and capture some lovely memories!

Another example of this triple family package is ‘The Morgans’ who ended up choosing the family portraits, newborn baby photography and school portraits of their children, which they had missed at their school. So we were able to catch up on them.

So if you’d like to have this family portrait package as well, or would just like one of the three options, then contact me here. I look forward to hearing from you!