Real-life Family Photography: Does it Feel Awkward?
Not only did I have the opportunity to photograph Jen and her family of 5 in Portarlington, Co Laois, but I also got to ask her a few questions before and after the photoshoot to help you decide whether a ...
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Day In The Life Family Photography in Ireland and Europe
Have you heard of “day in the life” family photography? It can also be called “documentary family photography” or “family photojournalism” or shorten to “DITL”. You may find that each photographer using these terms will have their own vision and ...
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How To Photograph The Story of Your Family Vacation
When we travel somewhere new for a family vacation (in Ireland or anywhere in the world), we tend to photograph the new, shiny things. When traveling with children, we are also going to take photographs of them in different locations ...
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Multi-generational Family Photos | South Dublin
How has it been over a year already since this gorgeous, colourful, family session? Three generations spending time at home, in the garden and at their local park <3 Family hugs, laughs, picking raspberries (& noses), taking over the local ...
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Low impact living as a Family in Ireland, by Timi Nicholson, Zero Waste Speaker
I’m a delighted to bring you a different kind of article today with an interview with one of Ireland’s top Zero Waste speaker, Timi Nicholson. If you don’t follow her already on Instagram at @simple.nowaste.life, go and do that now! ...
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Baby Cara | Portmarnock Maternity & Newborn Photography
This blog post has been stuck in my “drafts” for 9 months waiting to get published. Yep. I think it’s time I get some help on that front, isn’t it? Know a good Virtual Assistant who will keep me accountable ...
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Why Do Photographers Hire Other Photographers For Family Sessions?
Being a mum and a photographer is pretty cool = you get to take awesome photographs of your children for your walls. Sounds ideal, doesn’t it? Except that for this professional photographer (and she’s not alone), reality looks more like ...
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When our world extended to 20kms from our house
June 11th 2020. After 3 months spent within 2kms then 5kms of our home, our world extended to 20kms and we made it to the beach for the first time. Bulls Island, Dollymount, its birds and sand dunes. It was ...
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Reliving a Proposal | Vacation Family Photoshoot Ireland
From her first email, Erin spoke my language. I’m a journalist and your work reminds me of all my photog friends. You capture life as it happens. Living in the United States and from Irish descent, Erin wanted to surprise ...
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RéiltÃn | Daily Life of a Family Battling Cancer | Dublin, Ireland
One of the reasons behind building a sustainable business (besides paying the mortgage that is!) was to be able to give back to my community and gift photographs to families who may not be able to afford it, or, in ...
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One sunny evening with a big crazy family
Teresa, sure you don’t mind if I call your family crazy, do you? It’s definitely a compliment coming from me! I like nothing more than photographing crazy energetic kids covered with Nutella :) Summer evening family photography sessions are just ...
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[Fresh 48] ‘Coming Home’ newborn photography | Dublin
A brand new baby. Two big sisters. A birth pool being used one last time before packing. Tandem nursing. An Indian takeaway. You might remember this family (and the breastfeeding pink batman) from their 1st session, one of my favourites ...
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Documentary family photography is perfect for reluctant dads
How did I not publish this session before today? One of my favourite photo session from 2018. A house with a story. Surrounded by the remains of the family farm. Big trees. A red car. A dog. An expressive boy ...
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Outdoor Family Photography in St Anne’s Park, Dublin
Some children are so theatrical! Comedians with expressions going from pure excitement to a sad clown in the space of 2 seconds. This is Reia in a nutshell. I could photograph her all day without being bored one second, and ...
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Afternoon-in-the-life | M Family | Enniskerry, Wicklow
So, you know the way children love bubbles and running after them, but they like holding the bubble bottle even more and end up pouring the whole thing on the ground? Does that ring a bell? Well, little Gaby wanted ...
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Sunny afternoon in Phoenix Park with this family of four
We were in Phoenix park, taking a stroll around Farmleigh House when we saw a dog looking quite friendly. Oliver and the girls chatted to the owner and got closer… which resulted in a little someone getting licked on the ...
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Dublin & Howth Family Vacation Photo Session
When looking at photographs of their vacation, this family of five from New Jersey won’t just remember the beautiful Irish landscapes or the colourful pubs of Temple Bar. No. They will remember little faces covered in sugar from the cronuts ...
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Home Family Photography Session in Dublin | Sisters
I knew Valentina and I were a perfect match when she explained that she had thousands of photographs of her daughters stuck on the cloud and none on her walls. She was overwhelmed by the whole thing and didn’t have ...
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Baby Kayla – Clontarf Maternity and Newborn Photography
One Stunning Photobook Including both Maternity and Newborn Photoshoots A few days ago, I delivered beautiful printed products to this family of five: a photo album including photographs from both their newborn and maternity session, a large wood block of ...
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A year and a half later… Family Video and Photo Session, Dublin
Did you know I also offer video for family and newborn photography sessions? I call them “Family Films” and some also call them “Stories in Motion”. We have all seen videographers at weddings, but I think it’s fairly new in Ireland ...
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