If it is December and I’m working in Killarney then what better a better day to work than a Cahernane House Wedding. And after a change, Cahernane House was to be the venue for Niamh & Pat’s Wedding. In the middle of December. And what a very festive time, just days before Christmas. I kicked… Read More…
Documenting your wedding day with the flow of the day
Documenting your wedding day with the flow of the day will ensure your day is maximised. In the best manner. My style of working during a wedding is, I suppose, rather unorthodox. Or so I’ve been told. I just let it go. Let the day flow. I have always preferred to see what happens. It’s… Read More…
Weddings are back, kinda…!
Weddings are back! Kinda… and right now it is a tentative move back towards the industry working in a steady and functioning manner. For me it was more than six months away from any wedding work. And not like it’s going to be super busy, far from it. Weddings will be far and few between… Read More…
Documenting the Receiving Line at weddings
Documenting the receiving line at weddings is a huge part of what I like to do. At this point there’s a celebratory feel to the day as friends and family greet the newly weds. Quite often the bridal party will stop at the door, which I assume is traditional. And many of you will know… Read More…
Dreaded Cake Shot!
The “cake shot”. Those two words together just sound naff. Very predictable and utterly naff? Or a classic wedding photography picture? I always favor real and long lasting candid moments over the set up cliches. For me this “cake shot” idea sums everything I am completely against as a reportage wedding photographer. It conjures up… Read More…
Reportage Style Photography Portraits
With a reportage style photography, taking a short time out with the just married couple must fit with the overall body of work. For me there is no other way. What’s important is that the images reflect who you are as a couple. Not what I think you should be like as a standard knocked… Read More…
Observational Wedding Photography
Observational Wedding Photography. I suppose on the face of it, all photography is observational, clearly. But for those of my own ilk who document weddings in a photojournalistic sense, reportage wedding photography types, to be observational means to be broader in terms of bringing the overall story to life. It may not be enough to… Read More…
Wedding Day Picture Plan? No Plan!
While this may terrify some it is warmly and enthusiastically embraced by many others. If you find yourself looking over the documentary / photojournalist wedding photography work on my website then it should ring clear that my way of working is a reactive one, as opposed to a set out plan. A plan that perhaps… Read More…
Wedding Story Book by Philip Bourke
Creating a wedding story book should always be the objective when the dust settles on your wedding day. It’s probably a habit with the majority of married couples on receiving their wedding pictures. They will simply download those pictures to their phone. Perhaps downloading and putting them on a USB (or several USB keys, which… Read More…
Reportage Wedding Photography Specialist
The phone rings in a reportage wedding photographer’s office one day a long, long time ago… Phone: “ring ring” Me: Hello? Phone Person: “Is that the photographer?” Me: Err yes, yes it is (?) Phone Person: I’m looking for a photographer for my wedding Me: OK… what style of work are you after, and how… Read More…