A Stylish Bridge House Hotel Wedding by Darren Byrne Photography & Film

 published Tuesday 5 June 2018 by Pamela Mahon in Real Weddings

“I loved the bag pipes entrance at the reception, I felt like a princess coming in and it was a nice moment to gather everyone together as we entered.”

The couple: Stacey & Diarmuid Cahill
Length of engagement: 2 years | Wedding date: 3rd June 2017
Wedding venue: Bridge House Hotel, Tullamore, Offaly
Photographer: Darren Byrne Photography & Film

We met… we originally met in 2014 when we matched on Tinder. Both coming from strong GAA backgrounds, it was a perfect match! I was working for the GAA in Croke Park and I was down in Limerick for the week coordinating a GAA camp. After a few weeks of online chatting we decided we would meet up when I was down in Limerick. Diarmuid was a prison officer in Limerick so we decided to go on a cinema date after his shift to watch The Inbetweeners. This was our first date. We were instantly attracted to each other and we clicked straight away. We met up again the following evening for dinner. However, we didn’t go out until the following March in 2015… he did all the chasing for those few months to Dublin!


Our proposal…  Diarmuid purposed to me exactly 70 days from the day we officially were an item (March 27th). I knew we were going to get married at some stage but I didn’t think he’d make the move so quick! He proposed to me out in the front lawn of my home house in his prison officer uniform. It was on the 3rd of June 2015, the day before my 28th birthday. He handed me a card he had personalised for my birthday and when I opened it – it read – will you take my hand in marriage on June 3rd 2017. Once I looked up after reading the card, he was down on one knee with the ring. Very organised with the date set and lucky for me I can say I got married in the 20s, literally the day before my 30th birthday.




My look… I got my dress down in Aibheil of Adare in Limerick. I picked my dress with my mam and my aunty who was one of my bridesmaids. It was a bright white fitted dress with a lace top. Very simple but elegant. Sharon, Orla and Linda in Perfect Images (Kilcullen Co. Kildare) did my hair and makeup and my mam’s and all my bridesmaids too.



His suit… Diarmuid got his and the groomsmen’s suits in Jim McLoughney, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. Jim was great and he also dressed my page boy and both fathers.










Our ceremony… Fr. PJ McEvoy did our ceremony in St. Mary’s Church in Edenderry and he didn’t disappoint. He was full of laughter and joy throughout the wedding ceremony and was a big hit with all our guests. We took beautiful family photos at the back of Fr. McEvoy’s house. He had a beautiful garden right beside the church and it was one of them special moments with both families and close friends. The sun shined and the champagne was flowing. I wasn’t expecting Fr. McEvoy to arrange something so nice and it was a special moment for all.



























We chose our photographer because… I chose Darren Byrne Photography & Film as firstly I had seen he had a really good combo deal for video and photos. Then I went onto his site and I really liked his work. I then met up with Darren and instantly felt at ease with him, he spent two hours with me going through my options and samples. He was extremely professional from the get go and himself and Juliana make a really good team.




Our honeymoon… We went all out for our honeymoon and spent 3 weeks road-tripping in America. We hired out a convertible Blue Mustang and drove from Washington DC all way along the East Coastline all the way down to Orlando and Miami. It was an amazing trip full of both activity and relaxation. We hit big cities and oceanfront’s along the way!



We chose our wedding coordinator because… Antonia was our wedding coordinator and was very professional. She was also getting married in June so it was exciting for us both in the late planning stages of the wedding. No question was too big or small and she made me feel at ease the whole way through.


Our wedding theme/colours… were white, navy and salmon pink. It was fab for a summer wedding.



Our menu… We chose the Orchid wedding package which was outstanding price per person for what we got. From the canape and champagne/cocktail reception to the full evening buffet, everything was top class. It was honestly the best feed we ever got at a wedding and people still say this to us a year later. You cannot beat the wedding packages at the Bridge House Hotel and to top it all off, our beautiful vintage wedding car was also included!

Photography Matters Ep 21 – This Was a Nice Surprise – Kodak Tri-X 400

 

June 5, 2018 By ted 4 Comments

Kodak Tri-X pushed to 800

Kodak Tri-X, wow, probably the most classic popular black and white film around. I’ve found this is really a love/hate film. Either people are passionate about, and love this film, or others just really can’t stand it and can’t bring themselves to shoot a roll. This week I took a break from my journy to find a fine grain replacement for my beloved ACROS to get into the grittier side of film photography and shot some Tri-X. In this episode I’ll share my feelings about my experience. I have to say I was a little surprised.
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Shots from the airport

Kodak Tri-X pushed to 800, Leica M6, Summicron 35mm

Shots from my second roll of Tri-X

Kodak Tri-X, shot at box speed 400, Leica M6, Summicron 35mm

My good friend, photographer, Garrett Winslow. You can see his photography at bywinslow.com and vegasphotosafaris.com

Photographer Spotlight: Rosie Matheson

 

A selection of work by UK photographer Rosie Matheson. Based between London and Brighton, Matheson uses photography to document the seemingly ordinary and, in turn, uncover the extraordinary worlds of others. Fascinated by the emotional connection between people and places, particularly the different ways young men from around the world express themselves, see more of Matheson’s stunning portraits below.

Holiday road 

'The Open Road' celebrates the American road trip

CLARK GRISWOLD wasn’t the first dad to drag his family on a road trip, and he certainly won’t be the last.
“The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip” is a collection of over 100 photographs, curated by David Campany and Denise Wolff and organized for display at the Jepson by assistant curator Erin Dunn of the Telfair Museums.

                 

• Stephen Shores, U.S. 97, South of Klamath Falls, Oregon, July 21, 1973

The exhibition is organized chronologically, beginning with seminal photographers like Robert Frank. The works are from his book “The Americans,” which was published in 1958.
“He was capturing America at a moment of change,” explains Dunn. “He was showing America as it was, not how it wanted to be seen.”
Dunn refers to Frank’s most famous photograph, “Trolley—New Orleans,” taken in 1955. Since segregation was still occurring, white people sat at the front of the trolley and black people sat at the back.
“As a Swiss photographer, he had a foreigner’s perspective,” she explains. “Obviously he loved the country, but there was a lot of stuff he was concerned with.”
“The Open Road” deals with the disillusionment of the American landscape as much as it does the nostalgia of it. One of Joel Meyerowitz’s photos, “Kansas,” depicts a car crash on a Kansas roadway, replete with sadness and desolation.
“Joel returned from Vietnam to this landscape he didn’t recognize anymore,” explains Dunn, “so he went on a road trip to discover America again, in a way.”
A major theme in the exhibition, as seen in Frank’s work, is viewing Americana kitsch through a foreign lens, like the work of Austrian photographer Inge Morath.

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• Justine Kurland, Claire, 8th Ward, 2012

“Inge Morath was coming into the country overwhelmed by how large it was and the food and the people,” Dunn shares. “By the end of her trip, she was drinking green tea and eating raw vegetables because she didn’t like the food available on the road.”
Morath visited those quintessential road trip stops, like a Cherokee village in North Carolina, to capture people sight-seeing.
A photographer of note in the exhibition is Justine Kurland, one of the few female photographers involved.
“That’s something to think about,” Dunn prompts. “Who in the twentieth century had the time and capability to go on road trips? It was often men because they didn’t have that domestic responsibility. Justine’s amazing because she took her son Casper along with her.”
“The Open Road” also includes the sort of photographs we’ve come to associate with the American road trip. Ed Ruscha’s 1963 series, “Twentysix Gasoline Stations,” shows 26 of the gas stations he encountered on his road trip.
“He was continuing Duchamp’s idea of the readymades,” Dunn says. “He considered himself a reporter on every gas station he came across. That was the architecture America was adopting—the landscape was being filled out and we needed gas stations to fill up our cars to travel the country.”

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• Ed Ruscha, Phillips 66, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1962

In her presentation of the exhibition, Dunn included archival material like Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass opened to the poem “The Open Road.”
“You can see this is a theme that didn’t just start in the 1900s, but has been in the American mindset for a long time,” she points out. “Then you start to have the road trip prevalent in literature, film and photography.”
“The Open Road” is more than just a fun trip down memory lane; it’s a great introduction to some of the finest photographers in our history.
“The road trip is this fun experience we can all relate to,” Dunn says. “We’ve all done it, we’ve all taken our camera with us to take photos. You can place yourself in many of these photos. It’s also a chance for us to introduce our audience to these wonderful photographers from American history.”

See first photos of Jamie Lee Curtis vs. Michael Myers in horrifying new 'Halloween'

(Photo: RYAN GREEN)

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Classic horror villain Michael Myers returns in a new Halloween. Unfortunately for him, so does Laurie Strode. 

Jamie Lee Curtis reprises her “final girl” role for the 40th anniversary of John Carpenter’s original 1978 fright fest. But in director David Gordon Green’s follow-up (in theaters Oct. 19), the tables have turned a bit: Laurie has been preparing for a rematch with the iconic knife-wielding masked psycho, and when he stalks her again in suburban Haddonfield, Ill., she’s as ready for him as he is for her.

In the first film — the actress' Hollywood debut — “she was running for her life,” says Curtis, 59. “In this case, she is well-matched, she is prepared, she is focused. She will be the one people are standing behind when that moment comes, because she’s the one ready.”  

Jamie Lee Curtis reprises her role as Laurie Strode in the new "Halloween," which continues the story of Curtis' film debut from 40 years ago. (Photo: RYAN GREEN)

Produced by horror guru Jason Blum, the new Halloween brings back Laurie and Michael but also leans into pop culture’s current fascination with true crime (see also: Making a Murderer, Serial). A British documentary crew comes to the States to visit Michael in prison for a retrospective of the maniac’s night of terror — “Someone has to bring a modern audience into a 40-year old movie,” Curtis says — but their project becomes way more interesting when Myers escapes custody, retrieves his signature mask and seeks revenge on Laurie, with others naturally being part of his impressive career body count along the way.

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In the decades following the fateful Halloween night that forever altered the former babysitter’s life, Laurie has armed and prepped herself for Michael’s inevitable return — to the detriment of her family, including daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak).

“We’re being very honest and truthful about that, how it would affectthe upbringing of her daughter, who has a lot of conflicts because of her mother’s obsession with this incident, and her granddaughter, who’s trying to connect” with Laurie, Green says.

A new "Halloween" mask is part of Michael Myers' evolution over 40 years, says director David Gordon Green. (Photo: UNIVERSAL PICTURES)

Her community is also a little wary of Laurie. “It becomes a little bit ‘The British are coming!’ and everybody just gets tired of it,” Curtis says. “It’s the girl who cried Michael, and they’re all like, ‘Oh, my God, Laurie, shut the (expletive) up.’ And that’s why I like where we find her.”

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As for Michael (Nick Castle, the original Michael, and James Jude Courtney split the role), nothing has changed too radically, though his new mask is a bit more weathered and reflective of the antagonist's “authentic evolution” over four decades, Green says. “He’s the essence of evil, so we don’t want to get too much into the specifics of what makes him tick. So much of what makes the boogeyman horrifying to me is the mystery and almost cat-like mannerisms and curiosity of this character.”

Jamie Lee Curtis and director David Gordon Green converse on the set of "Halloween." (Photo: RYAN GREEN)

The Halloween franchise spawned seven sequels — plus a two-movie reboot from Rob Zombie — but Green has essentially thrown out all those in favor of establishing a fresh mythology built on the original 1978 movie. (Carpenter also returns as executive producer and composer.) When Green studied the franchise as a whole, he says, “I started finding limitations instead of opportunity, and thinking, ‘If there was a little bit of a clean slate to take it in a direction I selfishly as a huge Halloween fan wanted, where would I go?’ ”

That streamlining was one of the main reasons Curtis signed on to return, and she finds the follow-up to be “simple, clean, scary and excellent.” She also remains hugely proud of her character and this horror show.

“I recognize that it will be my biggest contribution,” Curtis says. “Despite writing books for children, all of my advocacy, all of my politics, all of my own personal journey, my legacy will be Halloween.”