Ronan Palliser Photography

Orlaith & Steve (Part 2)

May 172012

It’s no exaggeration to say that Orlaith and Steve didn’t stop smiling all day. Literally. Their guests were in no doubt about the fact that they were enjoying every minute of the day. That makes for great photos, of course, and was a nice bonus to the fact that their day took place in Ballymagarvey Village – one of the most photogenic settings I’ve been in. Add in cooperative weather which waiting until we had reached the front door of the main house after the formals before the rain started, and which could do no worse than a few gusts of wind for the rest of the afternoon, and as I said in the previous post I really could not go wrong with photographs for this wedding. All of that explains why it was a challenge to narrow down the selection of images to 150 for a slideshow, and even more of a challenge to narrow that selection down further for the blog. In the first part we only covered the morning of the wedding – this part takes us from the ceremony through to the first dance in a whirlwind of photos. So let’s get started.

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Orlaith & Steve (Part 1)

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May 152012

Orlaith and I know each other since 1999 when we first met at a company where I was on a 6 month work placement and where she was a graduate engineer. A few years later our paths crossed again when my wife took a job with a firm of patent attorneys where Orlaith, coincidentally, was a trainee. Aoife and Orlaith have been close friends ever since, so when she asked me to photograph her wedding to Steve I was absolutely delighted at the prospect of being involved on her big day. The fact that their wedding was to be held at Ballymagarvey Village was an extra bonus. It’s a venue I’d heard lots about and really really wanted to experience from behind the camera. And when the big day arrived last Friday I wasn’t to be disappointed. Along with 120 or so other guests I was treated to one of those wedding days where absolutely everything – the bride, the groom, the bridal party, the families, the venue, the weather, the band, even the 4am sing song – was just perfect. OK, maybe “perfect” is overstating the 4am sing song. But definitely everything else. And on a day like that you just can’t go wrong with the photographs.

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I is for… ISO

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May 132012

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Part 9 of the A to Z series takes us to the letter “I”, and “I” brings us to the topic of ISO. It really is the obvious choice for I, especially as I know almost nothing about Infra Red photography, but even if there was a plentiful supply of alternatives, ISO would be the obvious choice for discussion in any photography reference guide, being, as it is, one of the three most important controls on your digital camera.

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Emma & Shane (Part 2)

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May 102012

Emma and Shane put a bit of effort into preparing for their first dance, learning a foxtrot to Michael Bublé’s version of Crazy Love that got lots of cheers and applause from the guests gathered around the dance floor, with a special cheer reserved for the “lift” that formed the big finale, as captured above. The dance marked the end of my photographic coverage of their wedding, and probably the start of the party at the K Club where, earlier in the day, we’d braved the cold, dodged the drizzle (and cursed the sunshine) for a few more photo opportunities.

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And now, in a change to our scheduled programming…

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May 082012

I was at a meeting in the camera club this evening to discuss the beginners classes that the club runs and I mentioned to one of my fellow instructors that I was doing a 26 part reference series on my blog. At the same time it dawned on me that the next installment was due yesterday and that I’d completely forgotten about it! Given that the last installment was late (albeit for reasons outside my control) I think the time has come to make a small tweak to the A to Z of Photography schedule. Rather than promise a new installment every other Monday, I’m going to bring you one every other week, at some stage during the week. It may be Monday, it may be Friday. This isn’t to keep you checking the site – it’s to allow me keep to a reasonable schedule that’s still flexible enough to account for workloads, technical issues, trips away and so on, but will get me through all 26 parts of the series by 31st of December. So stay tuned for part 9 in the next few days, with part 10 coming sometime during the week beginning May 21st.