Let’s get this bit out of the way first. Emma and John got married in New York, where they both live, and they did not have a wedding photographer to capture it. We are still not quite over the fact they did not ask us to fly out. We may forgive them eventually.
After eloping in New York, they decided to hold a small ceremony in Belfast to celebrate with friends and family at home, along with plenty of others who had travelled in from all over. Emma is from Belfast, but John’s Cork family looked completely at ease in the Belfast sunshine.
The ceremony took place at St Malachy’s Church in the city centre, which is, for more reasons than we can explain here, one of our absolute favourites to photograph. It is the kind of building that makes you stop in your tracks. And there’s a good chance you will leave with a sore neck from staring up at that incredible ceiling.
After the ceremony we took a few quick portraits around the church before following a busload of guests to Balloo House, just outside Killinchy. Weddings in restaurants always feel different, in the best way. There is a calmness to them. It’s like a bit of the formality is loosened slightly.
It was one of those days where everything felt effortless and cool. Yeah, ok, it wasn’t NYC but still, it was pretty perfect.
