Best of 2025 Wedding Photography | Dublin, Meath & Cavan Weddings
A Year…. of awesome wedding photos
What A year!! what a series 2025 of Forged in Love was!!! 23 amazing episodes all with 100% ratings (stranger things eat your heart out) 2025 absolutely blew me away. From Kells to Kildare, from Cork street to County Cork. From stately homes to cosy pubs and from City centres to Countryside hills. From practiced dips in wicklow to best men doing the worm in meath. 2025 had more hugs, more tears, more laughs and more people being apologetically themselves than ever before.
I got engaged myself (still feels weird), attended my 3rd DocDay and spoke about one of my images infront of a small group of people for the first time ever. Went to my 2nd Ninedots gathering and had one of my images place in the top20 for the Loxley print competition for the 2nd year running and for the 2nd year running tried to get as many people as I could to sign it. Built bonds with other photographers on a weekly co-working. Luna turned 4 in October. Got to see Martin Parr in person before he passed away. Photographed 23 weddings (22 + 1 to go on NYE) delivered around 13000 images so far. Didn’t lose any weight but did manage to save some money at least haha and went 12 months without buying any new cameras go me(thats not entirely true I bought 2 lenses ). didn’t get arrested even after attempting Christmas shopping in actual shops and consumed more chicken wings than I’d like to admit. 2025 will be a year to look back on with a massive smile on my face cos as we head into 2026 there is so much more to come :)
My aim this year, was to be more true to who I am as a wedding photographer. To tell peoples stories the way I want to, to attract my people and I feel like I achieved that with abundance. From Olivia and Dylan at Boyne Hill House Navan to Aideen and Pierce at Summerhill, Wicklow. Eleanor and Calum in their back garden with a love letter to her parents house in Whigsborough to a childhood friend Kiera marrying Jonathan in the Portmarnock Hotel just off the beach in their favourite place in Dublin. From celebrating love in all shapes and sizes to dancing in the rain in Stephens green.
2025 had it all and so much more I cannot even begin to tell you how it feels
“If you’re getting married, honestly don’t bother looking anywhere else. Andy is the guy. We couldn’t recommend him more.”
“This Is Reportage” Top 100 and Top 10 Ireland
2025 saw me once again place in the top 10 Ireland for this is reportage and the world top 100. but this year saw me jump up in the rankings and I couldn’t prouder. This Is Reportage is the world’s leading body for documentary wedding photographer. On average 10 to 12 THOUSAND photos are submitted each round. I will always remember my first TIR. The moment I saw the email was a surreal moment and it will stay with me forever and as of December 2025, I placed 4th in Ireland and 40th in the world. To be ranked among all those amazing photographers still blows my mind. The talent that presides in the world of documentary wedding photography is unrivalled.
I also picked up 2 Ninedots awards and a Photographers keeping it real award back in round 1 of 2025
“Imagine if one of your best mates happened to be a professional street photographer… that’s how it felt having Andy at our wedding!”
Why Documentary Photography Matters…. To Me
TikTok, instagram, Facebook, pinterest, do this, be that, trend this, trend that. We live in an online world and will not ever return to what us 90s kids long for in terms of nostalgia. 35mm Film came back in a big way, I find myself watching 90s thrillers on Netflix, I long not to be addicted to my phone and I bought some forest Gump 90s Nike Cortez trainers. But the one trend that stays is the art of documenting life. The photos that will matter most when you’re 70. It isn’t the Vanity Fair group shot (even though it is cool I’ll give it that) It is and always will be the hug from a loved one, the friend who’s always been by your side cheering you on, It’s your best mate doing the worm (badly), It’s the dog that won’t be around forever sharing your day. It’s the song you hear when you look at your first dance photo and it’s the first sip of something as you enter life as forever partners. The trends are just that trends and at the beginning of the year I found myself getting frustrated by them. Angry even at why people would want that type of staged photography at their wedding, why they would want to put on a show. But what I realised is that not everyone is for you. And what other photographers are doing doesn’t matter. I don’t need every couple to want me or like, all I need is 25 couples a year who love me for what I do. I try to tell stories, show people in a way that is truly them. To me that matters most and as I grow as a person and a photographer thats all I hope to do. It’s what fills my soul, it’s what drives me and it’s what keeps me coming back to this dream job even when it’s the hardest thing I've done in life. But I love it with all my heart and I hope when I'm greyer and older that my couples know I told the truth of their day.
“Not only is he incredibly talented, but he’s also such a genuinely lovely person. We honestly couldn’t have asked for better, and would highly, highly recommend him to anyone looking for a wedding photographer”
One Whole Year in Weddings With The Lumix S5ii & Sigma Lenses
pic courtesy of www.fstoppers.com
I thought it was only right to throw in a little piece about what I've been shooting with this year cos back in November it was my first official year with the Lumix s5ii for weddings. One whole year of learning and adjusting and learning some more !!! and readjusting and questioning life choices and then editing files and falling in love 10000 times over haha. At the beginning of the year I really questioned if I had made the right choice switching from Fujifilm. A brand I loved that I felt shaped and forged my love for photography from way back in 2019 when I first picked up the xt3. If anyone tells you ya cant shoot weddings with fuji they’re wrong you can. But unfortunately my trust was broken with mine due to a weird firmware update that messed with the autofocus and with weddings theres no do overs. So in November 2024 I switched to Lumix with a little convincing from a blog by one of my favourite wedding photographers in the incredible Lyndsey Goddard. There was something missing well two things really. A 28mm focal length and the aperture rings on the lenses so over the next few months I invested in 2 Sigmas lenses the 85mm 1.4 and the 24mm 1.4 (its not 28mm but it will have to do for now…. get the finger out Sigma) and that is now my go to set up for a wedding day. I still have a fuji xt5 for my personal use paired wit the 23mm f2 but every time I get the Lumix files into Lightroom I fall more and more in love with them. The “Leica” look of the colour science just hits different. The reds are deeper, the blues more meaningful and the green are more luscious and that Leica monochrome profile on the base of my B&W preset is chefs kiss (in my opinion anyway)
“Your talent behind the camera is exceptional, But what truly sets you apart is everything you do beyond that ”
What 2025 taught me about weddings…..
You cant be everything to everyone
BE MORE YOU!!! the right people will find you
Photograph with more meaning you have to practice what you preach
Everything you do before, during and after the wedding matters (see my google reviews here)
Tell the stories you want to tell
Not every wedding will be the same. Let go of the contrived perceptions
If in doubt go where the laughs are
If you think you are the kind of people who don’t mind getting their shoes dirty, Looking silly in love, Will give it socks on the dance floor, Who care more about how the day feels to how it looks
Documentary Wedding Photography For Couples Who Embrace The Perfectly Imperfect
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2025 Take A Bow!!!
You Rocked!!!
“Andy is the absolute dream wedding photographer. We cannot recommend him enough. ”
