“Wow, the photos are STUNNING!

We just wanted to thank you so much for your work and your presence on the day. You made it feel so chill, fun and easy, which is amazing considering the pictures turned out so epic! You were a lovely, calming and funny presence to be around and I know it helped me and TJ feel relaxed and comfortable taking the photos. We also got so much time to spend with friends and family, and we both really appreciated it. And our guests were OBSESSED with you as well! They all commented on how great you and Tom were on the day. I heard you were even getting papped yourself!

On a personal note, I deal a lot with body and self image issues, something I’ve had for years. I went into this wedding thinking “it’s ok if I don’t look the most beautiful I’ve ever looked on my wedding day”. But seeing your photos, I think I really do look beautiful and all I can see is how happy I look with my husband. I want to thank you from the bottom of my own heart for capturing that feeling on the day. It means more than you’ll ever know.”

“We wanted to say a massive thank you for working with us on our wedding day. We can’t believe it’s been a week!
You were fantastic and really delivered nice and quick photo sessions as you promised.
You made the experience so enjoyable and easy, and you were an absolute pleasure to have with us.
”

“The photos are just amazing ❤️ Every single one, even where I’m mainly blubbing for the first 2 hours Honestly, words can’t describe how happy Paul and I are with them. You captured our day, our vibe, ‘us’ so perfectly.

Thank you so very much. We just can’t stop looking at them and the slideshow is just beautiful too! You just have the most amazing eye ”

“We just wanted to email and thank you for being such an important part of our day last week and for being the kind and extremely patient soul that you are. You really helped us both out alot (especially Travis during the pants issue), and for that we are truly grateful.

We are very much looking forward to seeing the results and trust that they are going to be amazing. Thank you again for everything on the day, we honestly couldn’t have asked for a better person to share the day with. We also have received so many compliments about you, mentioning how nice and personable you are.”

“We are just about coming down off the clouds after our wedding, and I wanted to message you to say a HUGE thanks for everything on our wedding day! We had such a great day and feel like the photos will have captured so many amazing memories!

We were amazed at how you slotted in, became one of the McGann’s for the morning and helped us to stay relaxed, but also on track for the timings of everything! My family will certainly welcome you down again - hopefully another one of us mad yokes will get married and we can do it all over again!!!

and of course - will recommend you to our friends and family in the future!!!”

“Thank you so, so much for all your work and patience during our wedding day.

It was so great to have you. Your relaxed approach just made it so easy! From being there during those moments, which varied from our toddler crying during our ceremony, to a ring being dropped by a celebrant, or Brian forgetting the rings 🤣🤣🙈

Ah well, it all makes for good memories. Thanks so much again. Really loved your approach and for making us feel so comfortable. Both of our families said the same.”

“Wow. 😍 They are amazing!
Thank you so much!

Love them! Thanks for being amazing on the day, you really were fantastic! Our guests were raving about you!. Can’t wait to see the rest, ”

“Thanks so much for sending these on. They are just beautiful! If they are anything to go by we are in for a real treat. Can’t wait.

Thank you so much again for being our photographer. We had so much fun and you put us both at ease instantly. You were a big hit among our guests aswell, with lots of people complimenting you afterwards. ”

“The images you sent across are just super, the one of my grandparents is my absolute favourite❤️

My whole family want to adopt you and we’ve had absolutely everyone tell us how great you were on the day and how you made people relax and enjoyable you were to be around. If you’re ever stuck for a cuppa the McKanes will gladly take you in.

Again, thank you so much. We’re so delighted you were there with us last week. ”

“Thanks so much for this. The slideshow looks great and we love the pictures!! Amazing talent and great patience with 2 toddlers, plus random teddy bears around the place 🤣🙈

We loved the day and night. Thanks for everything, your chilled approach and again we are so, so happy. I know Brian mailed, I just had to do so also.”

“These are unbelievable!! Wow!

Thanks so much for everything on the day. You helped to make sure everything went smoothly and for people who don’t necessarily like getting our photos take made us both feel so relaxed! Everyone commented on how well you managed to capture the day while floating in the background!
”

“We just wanted to send a little message of thanks and love. It’s our one year anniversary today. We have spent the day looking at your great work. You guys did such an outstanding job on the day. Not only that, you helped us navigate such a crazy occasion and made it look effortless. The day truly flowed so well for us and you both made us so relaxed. We really couldn’t have done it without you. You guys rock! We hope you are doing ok in these poxy times. ”

“We adore them all! You truly are the greatest at capturing moments!!!!
Thank you so much for all you brought to the day”

“Derek, we are absolutely obsessed with the photos. Can’t stop looking at them! You played an absolute blinder and captured everything- there’s so much joy in each and every photo. We’ve loved reliving the day and can’t wait to share them with friends and family. The absolute happiest of memories! Thank you so so much! ”

“So it’s been a while since we last spoke, but I just wanted to let you know that we a looked through our wedding photos today because we’re looking for pics of Elaine’s nanny. Sadly she’s no longer with us but the photos that you took of her on our wedding have brought a lot of much needed smiles this week.
Anyway I just wanted again to say thanks and for capturing these beautiful moments for our family. ”

“They.

Are.

Amazing.

As promised you told the story with every one. Exceptional work. We really, really, really appreciate it. Can’t imagine having hired another photographer and can’t thank you enough for solidifying so many memories of our greatest day.”

“Hi Derek!
Just wanted to thank you so much for yesterday! You where such a pleasure to have as a photographer. So quick and no fuss it was just great!! Everyone thought you were great! Can’t wait to see all the photos!

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Oh my god Derek the photos are amazing!!
We are so happy with them and it is going to be so hard
to pick the ones for an album. We can’t thank you
enough for capturing our day so well. All the laughs
we had and you captured just sums up the day. We had
so much fun. You made us feel so relaxed and so glad
we did the first look too! Particularly love the pics of the
swig of whiskey!!! So funny! ”

“We just watched the slideshow and all the photos. We are so emotional. getting to relive the whole day through your vision, was incredible. We honestly cannot thank you enough. You guided us through the day so well and helped us navigate such a long and eventful day. Words can not express our gratitude to you. You are simply the best!!!!”

“Sorry I am only replying, too busy looking at the photos over and over again. They are AMAZING! Thank you so so much for capturing such incredible photos, we love them!

You are so talented and were an absolute pleasure to deal with from start to finish”

“Oh my goodness!!! We LOVE them!

We’ve all been raving about how great you were - so lovely to have around and stealth photography like we’ve never seen!!! ”

“I’m honestly blown away still looking at them,
Thank you SO much honestly, your absolutely amazing.
There so natural and fun.
Have a lovely weekend and thank you so much again,
”

“Absolutely no work is getting done today, we can’t stop looking at the photos...the whole 819 of them!! Thank you so much for capturing the day so perfectly and all the moments that we weren’t there to see firsthand! I can’t believe the amount of people who have said to me that they didn’t even notice a photographer on the day, and then the other crew who couldn’t get over how much craic you were. It honestly was our pleasure to have you setting us at ease and having a laugh throughout the day, and especially the morning. We couldn’t be happier with our photos. ”

“Thanks so much for helping to capture our big day, we had so much fun and so happy to have a photographer who understands the day is about having a laugh and capturing a special moment rather than a pantomime performance :)”

“We are still on a high and in recovery and had the best time of our lives. I don’t know where to start thanking you for everything you did to make our day so fantastic! You went well beyond the job description and felt like our director, assistant, friend and and entertainer all rolled into one fantastic photographer. THANK YOU! From the moment you arrived the day felt controlled and calm and grounded and we knew we were in safe hands. Not to mention your patience with the kids! That’s a days work in itself. We cannot wait to see your work”

“Thank you so so much for the amazing photos!! We are so delighted with them. It’s been so nice looking back through them (several times!) and reliving all the memories from the day. There are so many great shots!

Thank you again for everything on the day itself. You helped to keep everything running so smoothly on the day. Everyone commented how easy and fun the group shots were. We were so happy with how natural and relaxed the couple shots were too! ”

“Thanks so much for the photos - they are truly fantastic. Jamie and I have probably watched the slideshow about 20 times in the last couple of days.”

“We’re so, so, so delighted with these photos!! It’s amazing to see all the moments you managed to capture. I’ll admit, there were times I was worried you didn’t catch some part of the day because I don’t remember seeing you, but you got absolutely everything and so much more!! You just completely blended into the wedding when you needed to, but were also so relaxing and comforting early in the day when I was nervous and getting ready. I just love seeing all the smiling faces in the background of the photos— everyone looks so relaxed and natural, and you managed to get good photos of me (with BOTH of my eyes open) which is amazing to me! And I can’t believe you managed to photograph every single person there. We just love your style of photography and you really captured the essence of our day.

We honestly can’t thank you enough for the beautiful service you provided. We’re so beyond happy. ”

“Derek, I don’t think there are enough words to thank you for Friday. You are simply amazing at what you do! Aside from photographs which will no doubt be beautiful, you were such a great happy calming presence to have on the day. Sure I went around on my wedding day saying “I love Derek, isn’t he great” 😂
I loved our pint and our walk and it really was lovely to get time with Rónán because I barely saw him once we got to Fallon and Byrne!!

I will attempt to wait patiently for your photographs because I know they will be totally worth the wait!! ”

“Thank you so so much for Saturday you were honestly amazing and so patient in the madness lol ! You just made our day, your positivity and outlook on things was just great (especially considering the weather was so crappy lol) and you really kept everything and everyone moving. Everyone was raving about how good and quick you were. You were just so brilliant. ”

“Thank you so much for those photos, we absolutely love them. Everyone we have showed them too thinks your fantastic.”

“These are absolutely amazing, thank you so much! We cried watching the slideshow, it was so emotional, especially seeing bits of the day that we didn’t get to see.

Thank you, thank you, thank you xxx”

“Thanks for doing such a good job at the wedding, all our friends & family have been complimenting the shots.

One quote in particular: “They’re the best wedding photos I’ve ever seen” !!”

“We are absolutely delighted with the photos!
Can’t stop looking at them! You are amazing!! ”

“Thank you so much for the video and photos- we love Them. Planning a wedding with so many moving parts, and things to organize can be quite stressful. Thank you so much for being so easy to work with, and producing such amazing results. All the important moments are captured and retold so well, we love the documentary style - and how we still got all the “important” shots, and that they were done so quickly and efficiently. If we could do it all over again we wouldn’t change a thing!
Thank you ever so much! we would 100% recommend you to anyone. ”

“
I hope you are keeping well? Can I just say thanks so much for all your hard work and the energy you brought to our wedding day. You really made everyone feel so relaxed and we loved that we didn’t have to pose for ages for photos and be away from our guests. Thank you. ”

“LOOOOOOVE the sneak pic!!!
Amazing photos!! Thank you so much for everything you were brilliant on the day!! All my family and friends commented on many occasions how great you were....and that was before they even saw the pictures!!! Seriously you put us at ease and we had such craic with you!! One of my favourite memories was when the heat and prosecco got to me and I was tipsy among the balloons in the garden!! The pic in front of the exposed stone wall is so special Facebook is on fire with comments about it!! When you left it was like a guest was leaving the party!!!

You went above and beyond for us we will never forget it and have been raving to our mates so hopefully you’ll get some more local bookings out of it!! ”

“
I just wanted to send an email to say thank you for everything on Friday. You were fantastic at putting us at ease and co-ordinatated the whole day amazingly. I saw some of your shots on Instagram and loved them. We are really looking forward to seeing the rest of them! ”

“Looking over the photos now. Wow, delighted. Thank you very much!! You’re right, you were invisible most of the day!”

“We are over the moon with the photos and slide show... Stunning shots - and you were everywhere at the same time?! The families are delighted too!
Thanks again for all the work, they are amazing.
”

“We want to say thank you again for documenting our wedding day(s)! The photographs are fantastic, really capturing the mood and vibe of the day. These days we’ve all become accustomed to iPhone photos and forget how great a photo can look when taken with a proper camera, and even better when taken by sometime who knows how to use it!
We hope we have another opportunity in the future to work with you - it was a pleasure.
”

“This is the first minute I’ve had to sit down since our little big day and the first thing I wanted to do was get in touch with you to say a massive thank you!!
You really did totally make our day from your advice, tips, the Guinness pit stop and the great locations you had us taken to to get some what I can only imagine are phenomenal shots!! I was so dreading this day and being the centre of attention but you made everything so easy, relaxed and so much fun! I’m actually sad it’s all over and now and no one will ever call me bridey again ;)
I don’t think we had one person that didn’t pass comment on what a great guy and photographer you were/are! We’re not ones for wishing time away or anything but we are LIVING for seeing these incredible pictures you took!
Lots of love from the Stynes’ xxx”

“Thank you so much for the incredible photos and slideshow! We love them! We knew we were lucky with the day and locations but you captured them exquisitely. The music on the slideshow is the perfect company.
We’re delighted you will be taking our wedding photos as you made that day so relaxing, fun and enjoyable. We look forward to what you capture on the day.
Thanks a million Derek, you’re brilliant at what you do!!”

“Thanks so much for everything on Friday, it was an absolute pleasure to have you there with us on the day, we thoroughly enjoyed your company and everyone was saying how nice and deadly you were too! Thanks so much for the photos, we love them!! You’re so talented and thanks for everything again, we will be happy to recommend you to anyone in the future!! ”

“Just dropping you a quick email to thank you properly for everything. You were amazing with us and everyone on the day and we couldn’t be more happy with the results!

Everyone who has seen them echoes our feelings and couldn’t get over how great and different they were.”

“We are so so so delighted with the photos !!! They are amazing!!!! They are just so arty and natural! we love them! We loved having you as part of our day! You made us so relaxed and at ease! ”

“Derek your pics are AMAZING!!! We re so glad we chose you , just love your style and what you have done there just perfect ”

“Thanks so much for all your hard work on the pictures they are absolutely gorgeous we are so so delighted with them. They are so much better than we could have imagined. Steve described you as a ninja! We dunno how you managed to get some of the pictures you did you were everywhere! We are so delighted with them and cannot thank you enough. You were such a pleasure to have around on the day and everyone loved you and was raving about you. ”

“Hey Derek
Just a note to say a massive thank you for being such a rockstar at our wedding. It was such a pleasure to have you there with us capturing our big day. You really went above and beyond to help us out with everything from my Dad’s tie to keeping us organised throughout the day.
So many people have commented on how awesome you were and how for the first time ever they actually enjoyed getting their photos taken.
Thanks again for everything you total legend!
”

“Thanks so much for the amazing photos, we absolutely love them, we are delighted!
Can’t wait to sit down and go through them properly.

We would one million % recommend you to a friend!

Thanks again for everything,”

“Thank you so much for getting those to us so quickly and doing such an amazing job! The pictures are beyond our expectations - so fantastic!
You really did capture the essence of the day and became a part of the celebration, we loved having you!”

“Derek! Wowza!

Love love love the photos! They precisely capture the absolute craic we felt on the day! It’s great to see everyone felt the exact same :)
Can’t thank you guys enough for all your effort and we really appreciate the physical snapshots of our new favourite memories!”

“Just want to say a massive thank you, our wedding photos are just amazing!!! (I have looked at the slideshow about a dozen times already!). I usually hate getting photos taken but somehow Derek you managed to bring out my inner diva in front of the camera. Yourself and Sinead were so relaxed and friendly, you made it all very easy and it was a pleasure to have you both around. My dad is still raving about the speed at which you managed to get through the family shots, he thinks it was genius (these shots all came out fab). I also loved how you managed to get a special twilight shot - I think you may have been waiting in the bushes to get it!! You captured the emotion and the story of our day just beautifully, thank you both so much. ”

“Hi Derek,
LOOOOOOVE the sneak pic!!!
Amazing photos!! Thank you so much for everything you were brilliant on the day!! All my family and friends commented on many occasions how great you were....and that was before they even saw the pictures!!! Seriously you put us at ease and we had such craic with you!! One of my favourite memories was when the heat and prosecco got to me and I was tipsy among the balloons in the garden!! The pic in front of the exposed stone wall is so special Facebook is on fire with comments about it!! When you left it was like a guest was leaving the party!!!
You went above and beyond for us we will never forget it and have been raving to our mates so hopefully you’ll get some more local bookings out of it!!
Can hardly wait to see the rest of the pics it so nice to have them to look forward too!!
”

“We LOVE the Stop Motion video! It’s so creative and lovely. We can’t stop watching it over and over. I know I told you this last time, but you have so many fans among our family and friends here. Thank you a million times for getting this to us this week. I only wish we were getting married again so we could do it all over! ”

“Thank you so much! The pictures are beautiful and such a fantastic record of the day. You really did a wonderful job capturing it for us.
It was a real pleasure getting to know you before the day and having you as part of our celebrations. The pictures also show how quickly you put people at ease on the day. I still can’t believe you captured a picture of my brother smiling; it is a real rarity and a treasure to have in our album!
”

“This email is so long overdue. So finally, THANK YOU.
Thank you so much for everything you did to capture our wedding day, your support and good humour during it and for the stunning photos. We are really pleased with them :) We really appreciate all your effort, hard work and talent.”

“Derek,

Thank you, thank you, thank you! The photographs are amazing!

You captured so many ‘moment’s’ thoughout our day that the love, magic and fun can be seen and felt in every photo.Your patience, humor and subtle direction was very much appreciated.

They say you will only remember the best of the day and if a mishap does happen, it will become a laughable memory - that mad woman on the electric wheelchair - while not so much a mishap - is our laughable memory which you caught on camera perfectly!!

You are one very talented fella! :)

We just wanted to say a huge thank you for being part of our day and making us all feel so relaxed. We had an absolute ball and the photo’s are proof of that.
Thanks so much again,
”

“Derek OMG the slideshow is such a lovely surprise. I totally love how you have put this all together - i can’t stop smiling! Feels like that day again.
Thank you so much - it’s absolutely brilliant.
Elaine”

“Derek you are amazing. You were so fun, so professional, and so easy and relaxed that it’s hard to believe you also somehow took these incredible images.
The sneak peek is absolutely amazing. We are like starved children dying to see the rest! Can’t wait!!
Thank you so much again and chat soon”

“We are totally dissatisfied with your UTTER BRILLIANCE!
we love it…. thank you so much for capturing our day.
As my sister said, ‘you told our story’……
”

“Sorry for not getting back sooner, these photos look absolutely amazing!!
Thanks you so much. You did such a great job with the photography and you were really good with the crowd on the day; many people were paying compliments about you afterwards.
You’re a natural at it and have great talent for it.”

“We are absolutely thrilled with them thank you so much Derek - ”

“I was best man for Markus and Arlene in Borris. I’ve repeatedly viewed your stop motion video of the wedding since receiving it yesterday, mainly because it is brilliant.
I’m sure you will hear from Markus & Arlene, but I wanted to say for myself how much I appreciated your departure from the usual wedding visuals and atmosphere. Much like Ireland itself, I found your work a beautiful mix of classic, edgy, and fun. Your cool, relaxed manner made the day fun too. You’re the first photographer I’ve wanted to go for a pint or hike with; usually, I’d rather lock them in the boot as your folsk would call it.
All the best. Dunc”

“I just wanted to drop you a quick mail to say a HUGE thanks for your fabulous service on our wedding day. Everybody commented on how much fun you were to work with and we’ve had massive compliments on the photobooth video.”

“Just watched the DVD that you sent us Derek, really really blown away by it and love it to bits! Thanks for all your hard work and if you need any recommomdations let us know. Brilliant work.
More thank you’s to follow.
”

“Hi Derek, the photos are beautiful! You really captured the location and atmosphere.
Many thanks
P.s. married life is delightful :)”

“We cannot thank Derek enough as he captured our special day in such a creative and personal manor, We cannot recommend him highly enough! Thank You Derek - Very much appreciated”

“We both absolutely love the photos and can’t wait to get the disks. The colours in the photos are gorgeous and all the different backdrops in the Hotel look so well. Really impressed as is everyone we’ve shown them too. Every time I hear someone mention weddings I am mentioning your name...hopefully it leads to some referrals!”

“Wow Derek- that’s amazing. Crying here looking at the video clip. It brought me right back to exactly how I felt on the day. We love the whole slideshow. Thank you so much- you are super talented and it was an absolute pleasure to have you there on the day.”

“I stumbled across your website and found your work refreshing and stunning. A really novel approach full of craft and lots of fun.
I rarely see work that stands out like this and delighted to see it out of Ireland.
You’re doing a wonderful service for your clients - I hope they appreciate what a fine job that you do.
I, for one, do.
”

“Just letting you know we received the DVD set on Tuesday and we are so happy with it, thank you so much, you did such a fantastic job we are very pleased.
Thanks again”

“Hi there Derek,
Hope all is well.
So, Terry and I are back from a well rested honeymoon and just wanted to get in contact to say a massive thank you to you for helping make our day so special. It was great working with you. You were fun and an extremely calming influence on the day for us both and the family and friends also commented on how awesome you were. ”

“Thanks a million the pics are amazing. You sure do tell the story of the day and captured all the special moments. Thanks again for a great job on the day, you were so nice to deal with and great craic.

”

“OMG DEREK!!!
This was a great surprise email to get today!
Jonathan and I just viewed this together on the laptop, it is unbelievable!
We screamed about 10 times with all the amazing pics, such a great job you have done.”

“Chris and I just went through them all and they are fandabadoozie!!! Seriously the exact thing we were looking for, but even better. I was literally crying laughing at some of the ones of the bridal party messing in the drive way, the faces are priceless.
”

“I have been dying for this moment. But also in no rush at all!
We have been talking about you and your electric presence last Friday. The day would not have been the same without you!

Everyone has been commending you and the amazing professional job you did, even before you sent on these pictures!
We will put together a few special lines to write as a testimony for you. But words will never describe how grateful we are to you for documenting and pulling off our perfect day - perfectly!!

I will be shouting your name from the rooftops to recommend you to friends and family.”

“Thank you sooo much for sending these on, and so soon too! We absolutely love them!! The picture capturing the reaction to the champagne is hilarious.

We’ve been meaning to message you to thank you for everything on the day. You were so easygoing and put us all at ease from start to finish. We’ve also had feedback from others saying they loved how quick and relaxed you were, Paul’s mom in particular appreciated your style!

We’re very much looking forward to receiving the rest but understand this won’t be for a while.

Thanks again for being there to capture the day! We really enjoyed working with you and will be sure to recommend you to everyone looking for a photographer in future!”

“We wanted to say a massive thank you for working with us on our wedding day. We can’t believe it’s been a week!
You were fantastic and really delivered nice and quick photo sessions as you promised.
You made the experience so enjoyable and easy, and you were an absolute pleasure to have with us. ”

“We just wanted to say a massive thank you for our beautiful photos, we absolutely love them!! Our family and friends have been utterly blown away by how well you have captured the day and it made it so real for us watching the slideshow!
Thank you so much! ”

“We are absolutely over the moon and in love with all of our photos, we’ve looked at them so much over the last couple of weeks with all of our family and friends, we absolutely love them so much!! It brought us right back to the day and we were smiling from ear to ear and shedding a few tears also while looking at them, you did such an amazing job!! I’m so glad that we chose you to photograph our big day, you are extremely talented and also such a genuine sound lad and made everyone feel so at ease on the day!!

Thanks so much again Derek, we couldn’t be happier!!
”

“Derek, I have no words. The pictures are just out of this world. You have captured the excitement, the joy, the atmosphere, the nerves, everything. I am just so happy and in awe of them.

Thank you so much for everything and for giving us these amazing pictures of one of the best days of our lives. I’m here in my PJ’s on a cold and miserable November night and I am instantly transported us back to a magical night in September. ”

“These are absolutely amazing!!! Thank you so much for capturing our day, the slideshow works so well and tells the story of the day as we remember it - so nice to see it from your perspective :-)

So far all of our loved ones and relatives who have seen these images have said that these are the best wedding photos that they have ever seen!!”

“So very sorry I am only replying to this email now! I think I got carried away looking at the pictures and sharing them with our friends and family that I forgot to reply to you!! My apologies!

The photos are just fantastic!!! Like incredible! You have captured our day so perfectly...we can’t ever thank you enough! Everyone we have shown them to are of the same opinion..simply stunning 😍

Thank you for everything you did for us leading up to, on and after our wedding day. We were so lucky to have you as part of our day.”

“Thank you so much for the photos and for being the photographer on the day. The photos have just blown us away and honestly exceeded our expectations! They really captured the fun and happiness from the day and the turnaround was so quick. There was no debate over the photographer when it came to planning that part of the wedding- your work is perfection and honestly you were great craic to have around on the day and I think we would have been lost without you steering us along on the day - can’t be easy to coordinate that many people when there’s so much going on but it was really appreciated!

Thank you so much,
”

“Yes yes yessie thanks so much Derek for all the magic you really made the day so special for us and you captured all of it so well. ”

“Just a note to thank you so much for Friday.
We genuinely had the best day ever and couldn’t
have asked for a better photographer. You made us feel so at ease for people who don’t like having their picture taken! Not to mind being able to round up the Kelly brood the way you did, which is no mean feat!! 🙌😊
All of friends and family commented on it aswell.
Such a pleasure to work with you and look to recommending you to friends in the future!
We can’t wait to see all the pics in the next couple months to relive the day again! ”

“Thank you very much for these photos.
They are really wonderful. You captured exactly what we were looking for.
Some tears were shed by the mothers and the children now have plans for modelling.”

“Derek!!!
They are beautiful!!! Thanks so much!!!
Laughing and crying in equal parts 😂😂
Love them! Spent the whole evening looking at them!”

“We just wanted to say a huge thank you for our wedding pictures, we absolutely love them.
You captured the day so well, I especially loved how you managed to pick up on those particular interactions between people which are so transient but really tell the story of the day. And you even got some of my sought-after ‘moody’ shots!!

You were a pleasure to have with us on the day and so easy to work with.

Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us. ”

“We just wanted to say a huge thank you. You played an absolute blinder on the day. Everyone was raving about you, how you blended in with the crowd and everything was so made so natural for ourselves and all of the guests. The sneak peek photos of the flares, Guinness and The Chocolate Factory are absolutely unreal and not a day goes by that someone doesn’t comment on them on Instagram, Facebook or in person. Your work is absolutely second to none in Ireland and we couldn’t have been happier with how everything turned out. We can’t wait to see the rest of the snaps :)”

“Thank you so much - we absolutely LOVE the pictures!!!

We knew they were going to be fab 🤗

Thanks again for being so brilliant on the day.”

“I just wanted to take a minute (now we’ve finally recovered from the hangover of a lifetime !) to say from the bottom of our hearts that we can’t thank you enough for your part on our day. From the very beginning you put everyone at ease , just like you promised (including James and my mam , so much so that I now may have a 2 future model on my hands!) . My family and friends couldn’t say enough nice things about you , think they might actually like you more than they like us -which is a little awkward!
It was an absolute pleasure and such good Craic working with you . Love the hay shed shot so we can’t wait for the rest.”

“Just wanted to say thank you again for Saturday. Everyone commented on how chilled out you were and we can’t thank you enough for adding to our perfect day.”

“Many thanks for yesterday, we both had a great day and thrilled with your photos! You made it fun and relaxed which is just what we wanted!

I’ll definitely be recommending you

Thank you again , really appreciate your efforts yesterday. ”

“Derek, thank you so much for our beautiful photos. We didn’t realise how special they would be to us or how much emotions they would bring up as we went through them. We treasure them. They are exactly what we wanted because they captured the day and our close family and friends so perfectly. Nothing was forced or posed. It makes us want to relive the day over and over. You fitted right in on the day and were great craic. So many people complimented you. Thank you again for such a gorgeous job ”

“Just looked at the slideshow, the photos look absolutely amazing, we’re over the moon! Absolutely gorgeous, thanks so much, really couldn’t be happier.”

“The pictures are absolutely stunning! You really managed to capture the vibe of the day, and these will be memories we’ll treasure for a long time. You also made a mighty big impression on everyone there, and blended in so seamlessly with the crowd - it really shows in the natural photos you captured.
Thanks again for your professionalism, the jokes, and for sending on the pics.”

“We can’t thank you enough for all the work you did capturing our wedding day. I did a lot of research to find a photographer that I thought would be a good match and you exceeded any expectations we had. Everyone that was there on the day cant say enough of good things about you and the photos. The video you made also brings happy tears to my eyes every time I watch it. Thank you!”

“We LOVE it! Thanks you so much for being the coolest. We are just so happy to have had you as our photographer. Keep doing what you’re doing. ”

“Thank you so so so much for these—the photos look amazing! We can’t thank you enough for capturing our big day! There are tons of shots in here that I totally do not remember noticing you taking—you really were like a fly on the wall in the best way :) Iain and I’ve had so many people tell us that you were such good craic on the day too.”

“Thank you Derek for truly amazing photos. We love them all and are so happy we chose you to be our photographer.
Best of luck in the future and keep up the good work! ”

“We can not express how amazing it was to work with Derek for our wedding. Being in NY he made the whole process super simple, and stuck to his word. He said he was quick, and our families were both super impressed with how family photos were fun and didn’t go on for ages! From start to finish you great to work with, and most of the guests said they didn’t even realize you were the photographer and had asked you to take pics of them on their phones! Your style is so unique, and even just seeing a few of the shots, we know it was one of the best decisions we made on our wedding day. Thanks so much, and I can’t recommend you enough!!! Hope to see you at friends and family weddings in the future!!! ”

“Every time I see a Facebook or Instagram post/image of a new wedding you have captured beautifully, I get so nostalgic and even a little sad as I’d give anything to live our special day over. We had a small and super simple wedding but going on a tour of the city and having you take fab photos of the two of us was our most favourite part of the whole experience, it was so enjoyable!”

“Your just amazing!!
Thank you so much for the most amazing pictures of our family and friends on our most special day.
The whole day is captured beautifully and you made it all look so effortless!! The craic we had with you is evident, and all your behind the scenes photography is more than we could have hoped for, our day and our love story told through the camera lens.
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“Thanks so much for the photos. They are unbelievable! You done an amazing job! We were up till all hours looking through them last night. I love how natural the shots are, not too posy at all. We’re so delighted with them, there’s so many parts of the day we forgot but the photo’s bring it all back, I don’t know how we are going to choose for our album!”

“Thank you so much for the beautiful photos. We absolutely love them!! They are perfect!
Once again I want to thank you so much for making our day so relaxed and even more enjoyable! We are so glad we chose you to shoot our big day!”

“Hi Derek. Hope you are well. We arrived home from honeymoon today and got your little gift. Thank you so much, love the packaging. I’m going to do my very best to get anyone I know who is getting married to book you.
And the slideshow is amazing, a few tears were shed.
Thanks so much again,
”

“Thank you so much for our photos. We are thrilled with them. The hard part is deciding which ones to frame.
Thank you also for being so great on the day. You made it so easy and we never felt under pressure. We enjoyed taking the photos and I think that shows in what you captured. ”

“Got the pics Derek-WOW!! We just re-lived the whole day flicking through all the pics-they definitely captured the fun & madness! You were snap happy and got all the little details, funny moments, big shots and more. You even managed to make us look good & hide the dark clouds of rain with your Memento touch! Thanks again-your a pro with a bit of calm & crazy thrown in😀
Off on honeymoon today so at least we’ll have your package to arrive home to to ease the post holiday blues!!

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“The photos are absolutely amazing, we couldn’t be happier with them and feel that they capture the day perfectly. You did a fantastic job! It’s going to be so difficult to choose our favourite ones to print out!
Seán and I really enjoyed having you as our photographer on the wedding day, you made everything so easy and relaxed, which is exactly what we were hoping for. Our only regret is that we did not get a picture with you before you left!
We actually received the USB this morning which was so cool, thanks for forwarding it on.
Thanks so much again for everything!
”

“Every time I look at our photos I’m grinning from ear to ear...
The lovely Derek captured our big day back in August last year and we were THRILLED with the photos!!! He documented the day so perfectly and really managed to capture the fun and magic the whole way through, plus he was great craic to work with, super creative and really just slotted into our day! We didn’t use a videographer on the day but there was no need as it’s all perfectly captured in the photos.

Cannot recommend Memento Photography enough. Thanks a million from Kat & Barry.”

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We received the album and love it ! Thank you so much again!!! It looks amazing.”

“We received our gorgeous USB package in the post yesterday. Thanks you so much again for capturing our day so perfectly, and for making the whole process so easy and enjoyable. ”

“Thanks for this we love it, we also received our USB . Our video is amazing nearly had me crying and I’m a hard Irish woman.
Thanks again it’s all perfect.”

“Thank you for this beautiful gallery and slideshow! We so enjoyed reliving our day and seeing the happy faces of our family and friends. You captured so many moments that we just have blurry memories of or - in some cases - weren’t even there for, it’s really like watching a story being told through pictures. And we absolutely LOVE our story! I know we’ll be treasuring these for a very long time.

The images and music you selected for the slideshow are perfect, and we can’t wait to share it with everyone who was there. In fact, I was on such a high last night that I couldn’t sleep and already ordered a bunch of prints for everyone to add to our Thank You cards. The next item on the To Do list will be selecting which ones we want for the album now...

Thanks again for being a part of our wedding. In addition to everything mentioned above, it was great to have you there as a seasoned professional who could nudge us when needed ;)”

“Hi Derek!
Thanks for sending thorough the link for photos! Obsessed with them!
You captured so much and got so many different style shots in! Loving looking at them!! Anyone I’ve showed can’t get over how amazing they are and all the things you thought of!!
Thanks a mill
Sarah ”

“Hi Derek!! I can’t believe how the time has flown by. We are still talking about your photography and we have had so many people remark on the pictures and the stop motion video you did for Patrick and Alecia. Once again a huge thank you! Pat and Al hit the jackpot with you. I hope some day we can have you come to Canada either just for a visit or to have you do one of my other (or all 3) children’s wedding pictures! I’d fly you over here in a heartbeat and they ALL loved you. You have a wonderful way with people and your sense of humour was fantastic.”

“We had so much fun with you on our day, honestly couldn’t have asked for more, you were part of the party and everyone was so complementary of you.”

“Hey Derek!!

We just wanted to send you a quick email to say a massive thank you for all you did for our big day! We’d an absolute ball and taking the photos outside was definitely a highlight (I don’t think there’s many couples who get to say that!!)

Everyone was raving about you and just had so much fun!!

Can’t wait to see the photos!!”

“Hope all good with you, sorry we’re only getting onto you now to say thanks a mil for being absolutely amazing on our wedding day.
We couldn’t of been happier with how it went, you went above and beyond your call of duty and literally were like a wedding planner on the day!!
You made sure everything was running on time, herded the families for snaps (my dad was in awe of the speed) and the best was bringing us off to have time away from the madness!
I didn’t see you leave but Zac said you were there well past your time so thank you, thank you, thank you!!
I’ve recommended you to everyone and we look forward to seeing the pics!!
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“Hi Derek
I absolutely love the photos! I can’t stop looking at them. They have made me smile and cry about three times. Thank you so much!”

“OBSESSED!!!! They are absolutely fab and we can’t wait to sit down and properly go through them all taking our time! Niall is so happy with the not posed look and there are so many amazing and hilarious shots of people!! Thank you so much and will chat soon!!
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“I just wanted to drop you a quick note to say thank you so so much for the links to photos and slideshow and the fabulous USB key package.

The photos are brilliant and we were blown away by the slideshow. It captures all of the key moments of the day and the snippets of video were a wonderful surprise! I have watched it so many times already :o)

You have done a super job with the USB key package - I even took photos of each stage of unwrapping it. It is so professional as is everything you do.

Thank you so very much again for being our photographer and for adding to our special day. We will treasure the photographers forever.”

“This is AWESOME!!!! We absolutely love it! Thank you so much!
I can’t stop watching it.... you captured so many special moments perfectly!
Don’t know how we are going to pick photos for the wall!
Go raibh míle,”

“We’ve had absolutely tons of compliments on the photos including: ‘best wedding photos ever!’ since we shared the link. We put the link to your blog and our photos up on our facebook pages and have had hundreds of comments! I think we have friends who are going to get married just to get you to photograph them.
We are just so over the moon with the images, you’ve captured everything we could have asked for, and more, and we barely noticed you clicking away, other than you were good fun to eat ice cream with!!
Thank you for the bottom of our hearts for what you did, just amazing!”

““Derek, myself and Ger would both like to say a huge thanks for the amazing job you did on our wedding day. Everyone told me I’d have a sore face from smiling for the photos but I don’t think I had to use one forced smile because you kept us laughing throughout. Walking from the church to the venue with the new husband and you snapping away was one of my favourite parts of the day. We love the photos we’ve seen so far and can’t wait to see the rest. Not only are you a huge talent and a dream to deal with but you’re a true pro. Many, many thanks xxx”

“Myself and Jonathan just want to say a huge thank you for everything on Saturday. From the moment you arrived at my house you were an instant source of support and entertainment to us all. Everyone commented on how much you brought to the wedding celebrations and that is before we have even seen the photos :)
We are bursting to see the photos you have taken, I have no doubt they are stunning!
Thanks for everything

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“We got in touch with Memento through word of mouth. The word of mouth was in fact so good, that we didn’t even look for another photographer! It was one of our easiest decisions in the whole wedding process and we are so delighted with the finished product that we are more than happy to keep spreading the good word!! From the word go, the guys were so professional and easy to deal with that we knew we had made the right choice. They dropped a sample DVD of a wedding to my parents house so we could see some of their work, this I have to say really impressed us, it felt so personal and that not only our business but our wedding day mattered.
We also live in Australia which could have made things difficult but not for Memento Photography. We communicated by email and met up on trips home to discuss what kind of photos we wanted and what end products we could choose. Derek made us, our families and all our guests feel totally at ease and they managed to get the best out of everyone ensuring that all our photos and video showed the best of everything we could have wanted. We are both thrilled with the album, disk full of all the photos and the video of which both our families also got a copy off.
Thanks so much for capturing the magic and happiness that we felt on our very special day.”

“We received your package in the post yesterday, thanks so much. The presentation and packaging look really good too (by the way!).
We are still working through our photos in terms of what we might pick for an album but they look amazing.
Love the slideshow too, it’s really cool.”

“Thanks Derek - its class!! The stop motion is brilliant I’m delighted with it and I didn’t realise you got some more as we walked into the reception - very nice surprise :) I’m in work so haven’t heard it with the music but no doubt I’ll check it out a few more times ha ha! Cant stop looking at the pics... they are better than I had imagined. Thanks a mill - we gotta get choosing pics for the album now :)”

“Hi Derek,
Just wanted to drop you an email to say cheers for emailing on the video & pics, We just went through them and we love them. they are brilliant. Couldn’t have asked for more. The video was brilliant and our mates and family love it. Thanks again we are so happy that we had you as our phototgrapher. We cant wait to receive our USB now :)
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“Just wanted to say thank you so much for everything on our wedding day! You put us all at so much ease and we were able to enjoy the whole day! It was truly one of the best days of our lives and you added to that experience!
Can’t wait to see the photos! We’re off on honeymoon now so talk soon!”

“We don’t know what to say except thank you, your photographs have completely blown us away! We are looking forward to spending hours looking through them, choosing which should go into the album.
You are amazingly talented, and we cannot wait to share the special moments you captured forever for us with our pals who celebrated with us on the day, and indeed with those who couldn’t make it.
A hundred million Thank You’s”

“These are so lovely, thank you so much. We are really happy with them and feel like you captured the spirit of the day perfectly.
You were so great to work with and made us feel at ease throughout the day, so thank you.”

“Oh my god they are fantastic! We can’t wait for the full album if that’s just the teaser!
We also wanted to thank you so much for all the work you put in...full of energy, fun and still managed to keep us all on track somehow!
We had an amazing day and couldn’t have been more impressed with your work on the day!
Really looking forward to the final work!
Thanks again,
”

“Thanks a million for sending these on,

They look absolutely fantastic, couldn’t have asked for better!
We had great fun looking through them last night reliving it all! We particularly loved seeing the images of parts of the day we didn’t get to see ourselves like our friends chatting in the church beforehand that kind of thing!!”

“Thank you so much for the photos. They look amazing. As soon as we got your email we were showing everyone at our day 2!!!

We cannot put into words just how grateful we are for your wonderful work on Saturday. We had the best day ever and had so much fun with you. Thank your for being there to document our day and help us feel so relaxed. ”

“Wow! These are beyond all expectations, and we are so happy and in love with all the photos. You so perfectly captured our day. Today is actually my birthday and I couldn’t have asked for a better present than getting to look through these over and over :).
Thank you again so much! You were such a delight to work with, and your work is incredible. ”

“Thanks so much, they are absolutely deadly! Very excited to see what is to come!

Just also to say thanks so much for everything on the day, you were very sound and laid back and it was great to have you there. We had an absolutely amazing day and I’m sure the photos are going to be very special for us to remember in times to come. ”

“This message is long overdue but we wanted to say to you that we received our wedding photos + usb from you a little while ago in the post. Thanks so so so much again for everything! We really appreciate it all and we couldn’t have asked for a better photographer :)”

“Just a quick email to say thank you so much for the amazing job with the pictures! We’ve spent all weekend looking at them and keep finding new favourites. It brought all the memories from the day straight back and we’re just so delighted with them! ”

“Just sending you a note to say thank you again for the amazing job you did last Friday at our wedding. You played a fantastic part in the day from start to finish and thanks for grabbing us to go outside every time the sun came out!
Have also received lots of complements from the guests on how professional and good humoured you were!”

“Derek!!!
They are beautiful!!! Thanks so much!!!
Laughing and crying in equal parts 😂😂
Love them! Spent the whole evening looking at them! ”

“We just want to say a massive thank you for being our photographer on Friday, and making our day so easy.

You were a pleasure to work with, and we honestly can’t thank you enough.

We’re delighted with the sneak peek photo’s, and are already dying to see the rest. You’re an unreal photographer, and we’ll definitely recommend to friends !

Thank you so much again !
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“I hope you are well, thank you so much for sending us on the pictures and slide show , we have had a great time looking over them all, they are truly amazing, you are so talented, we will have everlasting memories of our wedding day. You captured so many amazing moments. Thank you so much, ”

“Just wanna say a HUGE thank you for capturing our day! We absolutely love all 852 photos. The wedding package that arrived in the post was such a gorgeous touch! You’re truly so talented! ”

“Just Wow!! 😃Thank you so so much! We are absolutely delighted with the photos, you did an amazing job as we knew you would. It’s fantastic to have them and reminisce over all those lovely moments you captured.
Thanks again for everything, you are so gifted at your profession. I’ll be passing on your details to all our friends.”

“Liam and I looked at the online pics last night.. and we were amazed! They are awesome, we literally loved each one of the 900+ pictures.
Thank you so much! You caught the day perfectly, and even got some very funny moments that we didn’t even know about. The emotion on ours and our families faces is priceless. You captured our happiness and made it frame-able!! Those pictures will always take us right back to Doonbeg.
The only problem we have now is not having enough wall space, think we will have to put up a few walls.
Thank you again so much, we were so lucky to have found you!!”

“We have now returned from honeymoon and just about caught our breath after what was, without doubt, the best day of our lives!
We wanted to thank you for everything you did for us on the day. You really did fit in (as you said you would) and everyone had such lovely things to say about you. You were a really calming influence on me and you made sure we were happy throughout. For that, we are so grateful! We can’t thank you enough, from start to finish you were amazing!”

“Thanks so much Derek, we’re absolutely delighted with them, and you were so great on the day, efficient and artistic, the perfect combination!!!!
We’ve already had loads of enquires about you and of course we couldn’t recommend you enough!”

“Hi Derek,

Wow!! We love the photos so much. You did an amazing job and you were great to deal with. Thank you so so much. Now on to the hard part of trying to pick ones for the album haha.
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“The photos are amazing. I adore them. You are very talented and all the different stances make sense now :) we look very comfortable throughout and happy. You promised laughs and that we certainly had. ”