Tralee Wedding Photographer At The Tankard

To be able to travel down to one of the most beautiful parts of our little island to be a Tralee wedding photographer is a great experience. Finding Kate and Jason through Facebook and being chosen as the one to capture their day in my documentary wedding photography style is a privilege I will never take for granted. Kate and Jason both from the UK have family ties to Tralee and as a family have decided this is where their home will be from now and to move your life and have a wedding all in a few weeks is not something to be sniffed at. Couples can overthink their day but at the heart of every wedding s the people you want to spend it with and that was at the seen in every aspect of their day.

The Tankard Bar & Restuarant just outside of Tralee provided a small but intimate setting to which family and friends from both sides of the Irish Sea gathered to wish these two the happiness which is seen in the images below. with Kate leaving an amazing google review for me : Andy fitted seamlessly into our day, the whole day was about us and our family, and he was completely non-intrusive for us or our guests - he worked around us totally. So many of our guests, after the day, took the time to tell us how wonderful our photographer was and we couldn’t agree more. We’re now enjoying reliving the day through our memories and photos. We’re only sorry we can’t do it all again!! We would recommend Andy without hesitation.

This wedding will always hold a special place in my heart as it brought me my first ever This is reportage award which I talk about in my lets talk awards blog post

If you’re still looking for your Tralee wedding photographer and you like the idea of wanting more than a vibe for your day then contact me HERE.

Let’s Talk Awards!!!

This is my very first THIS IS REPORTAGE Award!!! and I could not be happier right now. It’s 12.05 after midnight on October 3rd and after a year of entering I’m finally sitting here as a this is reportage winner.

Nothing staged, Nothing posed. That is TIR's moto. For those of you who don’t know, TIR was founded by the very talented Cornwall wedding photographer Alan Law. Who in the jist of it created the website for a place where documentary wedding photographers could showcase their work outside of the then portrait obsessed instagram (now reel obsessed). Roll on 2024 and Tir now has 1000s of members and averages about 10-11k images entered per round of awards with only 50-60 images chosen. Giving you a less than 1% chance of winning. Every round which is every two months is drenched in the immense talent that presides in the documentary wedding photographer located the length and breadth of the world not just Ireland and the uk. As a documentary wedding photographer I thought I knew what documentary photography was until I entered the world of TIR, boy was I wrong (embarrassed emoji). The level was beyond anything I had known and for a year I entered images in a bit of a hope and wing it kinda vibe!! and each round for a year I came up empty handed. The awards would be released, my heart would sink and I’d look through the collection and realise why I didn’t win. My images just weren’t good enough!!! and I knew this deep down. I was playing it too safe.

12 months later and I entered the above image. The veil shot from Jason and Kates awesome little wedding in The Tankard pub just outside of Tralee, Kerry in the south of Ireland. I knew I had something with this one and the feedback from my peers suggested the same but that didn’t guarantee anything. I had to be brave enough to put myself out there over and over again.

Beep comes the notification for a new email and I open it at the desk. This is reportage….. you’ve won an award!!!!!

What the actual F**k!!!! My head is gone and I’m dancing in my chair like a kid who was just given cake for breakfast!!! I did it I finally did it!!!

And if you’re sitting there thinking it’s only one award whats the big deal. And you’d be entitled to that opinion cos you’re right it is only one award but it’s what the award means which is so much more important to me. It means growth, It means the hard work is paying off, it means my name is etched in documentary wedding photography folklore but so much more than that it means I’m doing something right!!! That the style of photography I chose is right for me an right for the couples who trust me to capture their day through my eyes how I see the world!!!

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT - I just won a This Is Reportage story award and placed FIFTH in Ireland and 59th overall in the world !!!! WHAT THE ACTUAL F**K!!!!

Like most (I assume) I have a list of goals on a board in my bedroom and winning a TiR was on the list for this year and I’m so thankful I achieved that goal!!! 2024 has been a year. I believe I’m on my way to being the photographer I know I am and this isn’t the end WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED!!!!

Update - this image also placed 2nd at the NineDots Gathering in November in Manchester being chose by 3 of the best wedding photographers in the world in Lisa Devlin, Jeff Chang and the amazing Kate Hampson!!!

click here to see all the amazing photos from collection 41 . Thank you to everyone for all the message and congratulations I’m blown away by it all. Andy x

Nine Dots captures genuine emotions and the essence of weddings through award-winning documentary photography. Their approach highlights raw, authentic moments that define a couple's special day. Each image tells a story of joy, laughter, and tender moments, focusing on real connections. If you want a photographer dedicated to preserving emotions over posed images, Nine Dots is the ideal choice, showcasing the true spirit of weddings in their portfolio, popular among couples in Dublin, Cavan, Meath, and beyond.