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Tsega saw our work as a result of a pre-wedding shoot we did earlier in the year with her brother Begna, so you can imagine our delight when Tsega contacted us and asked us to photograph her wedding too. Tsega and Yemi are a truly wonderful couple and their friends and family just blew us away with their warmth and willingness to be photographed… really, we’d never been to a wedding where so many people were almost queuing up to have their photo taken!

The wedding itself was jam-packed with great moments, from the gospel choir during the service, the wonderful traditional African dress, the Ethiopian dancers, the warm speeches and the partying until the small hours of the morning. We enjoyed every moment.

Below are a small selection of our favourites from the rehearsal. See Part 2 for the wedding photos.

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Mairead & Adam had carefully selected the Mount Falcon Hotel for it’s amazing food and fantastic woodland setting, situated just outside Ballina in County Mayo West Ireland. The hotel itself has been completely renovated in recent years and finished to an incredibly high standard. It really is a luxurious venue for a wedding.

Of course being on the west coast of Ireland means the weather can be a little temperamental. For the most part of the day we were blessed with fine weather except for an incredible down pour as the guests made their way to church – check out the image below which I managed to grab from the comfort of a hotel room :-)

Following the ceremony we headed down to Lough Conn for some dramatic landscape images followed by some more contemporary photos near the local football ground. Mairead said it was a little like ‘Kabul’ which cracked me up :)) but I love the blue sky against the grey concrete.

The entire day was incredible. Relaxed. Emotional. Exciting. It really was a pleasure to photograph Mairead and Adam’s wedding and thank you both for allowing me to be part of your day.

Below are some of my favourites from the day and at the bottom of the post is a slideshow with more of the images. Friends and family can view all the images on our gallery which is at www.randallweddings.co.uk/store. Please ask Mairead or Adam for the password or get in contact with us at the studio.

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Thank you to my second shooter Mike Hetherington who was fantastic as per usual.

Wedding Details

Wedding Date: Saturday, July 4th 2009.
Wedding Venue: Mount Falcon Country House Hotel, Mayo West Ireland
Dress: Suzanne Neville
Flowers: Balla Florists

If you haven’t had the opportunity to visit the west coast of Ireland I suggest you do. The people are incredibly friendly, the scenery is spectacular and the Guinness is served to perfection – what more can you ask for!

Here are a small selection of images from myself and my second shooter Mike, some of which were taken on the iPhone 3GS.