Some weddings are lovely. Some weddings are a party. And then some weddings are an Irish family based in Dubai flying half the world into the Dordogne countryside and absolutely refusing to do anything by halves. This was one of those. The bride knew exactly what she wanted When Áine first got in touch, she was very clear. She wanted her photographs to match the venue, all glamour and drama, big skies, sweeping staircases, the works. What she didn't mention on the call was th

Some days are just different You wake up and the sky is already doing something unreasonable — that shameless, saturated blue that only happens in South West France in high summer, the kind that makes everything feel slightly too beautiful to be entirely real. I've photographed weddings all across the Dordogne and Périgord for years now, and there are days, not every day, but certain days when every element conspires together so perfectly that you find yourself stealing momen

Fiona and Ciaran got married at the gorgeous Domaine d'Essendieras in the South West of France, on what can only be described as a properly sweat through your shirt hot day. The kind of heat where the lavender wilts and even the bees look like they're considering a sit down. But while the weather was busy having a meltdown, this couple was busy being effortlessly, ridiculously cool. They didn't wilt. They sparkled. There's a particular kind of magic that happens when a couple

South West France. A rustique-in-the-best-possible-way manor house. One tennis racket. Zero snakes. Infinite wine. I'm going to level with you: I drove to Manoir Longeveau expecting a beautiful wedding in the French countryside. What I did not expect was to be volunteering as a human snake detector, swinging a tennis racket through a hay field like a deranged Wimbledon finalist while twenty well-dressed people watched from a safe distance. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Fir