two lost, lonely souls — who found each other through the marvels of internet dating.
the most low-key proposal in ireland
john and emma met the way a lot of us meet now — on the internet. "two lost, lonely souls," is how they put it, "who found each other through the marvels of internet dating." a few messages, a first meeting, and that was that.
the proposal was just as unbothered. christmas morning, no knee, no big speech — just: "here — do you fancy getting married?" and she did.
a dublin registry office wedding, and a whole city for an aisle
they said their yes at the registry office in dublin 2 — the legal, unfussy, quietly emotional kind of ceremony i love to photograph. the signing, the witnesses, and that look on their faces when it goes from paperwork to real.
then they did the thing i wish more couples did: they walked. the whole party spilled out into a sunny dublin afternoon — past the pub, through an old stone tunnel, across the city. emma in white, john in braces and a bow tie, everyone trailing behind. a wedding that used dublin itself as the venue.
a rooftop toast over dublin — the marker hotel
the day finished up high, on the marker hotel rooftop, the whole city laid out underneath them. drinks in the sun, the kids running loose, the people who matter close by. no production — just a couple who found each other on a screen, surrounded by their people, toasting the whole unlikely, ordinary, perfect thing.
if you're planning a dublin city wedding — a registry office ceremony, a walk through town, a rooftop somewhere with a view — this is exactly the kind of day i love to hold a camera for.