Fr Roberto could not pronounce “Niamh: so for the rest of the trip she was “Neff”. Three days at Borgo di Tragliata with a red Fiat down the hill, a brass band behind it and a bride who got up and sang Zombie with the band.

A Dublin wedding photographer's guide to Smock Alley Theatre as seen through the eyes of Siobhan and David. The Banquet Hall light, the Cow's Lane cobbles, and a real weddings shown through each couple's own album selection.

One of their dogs carried the rings, stopped for pets along the way and then refused to leave. Laura plans weddings for a living, so for her own she did not book a venue. She and her family built one on the farm and called it Wed Fest.

Tucked into Mairead's bouquet was a photograph of her late father, carried down the aisle on what was also her parents' wedding anniversary. A second marriage, two families becoming one, and a doorway shot I had composed before it even happened.

Niamh and Ciarán's wedding at Orlagh House in Rathfarnham; my first time shooting at this stunning Dublin mountains venue. Florals by Flower Pop, ceremony by cousin and celebrant Feargh Curtis, and one of the most original reception details I've ever seen.

Jack's wedding morning started at the 40 Foot in Dún Laoghaire. A dive competition, cold water, and November light waiting up in Monaghan. These are Jane and Jack's Castle Leslie wedding photographs — chosen by the couple themselves for their own album.

Oisín cried when he saw Aoife in the Constitution Room. She did too. What followed was an afternoon walk through the city that ended on the cobblestones of Trinity College, where the two of them had first met years before.

A three year old carrying the rings. Pints outside the Long Hall where they had their first date. A family photo recreated decades on. Evie and Max's December wedding moved through Dublin city centre like it was always going to end up exactly here.

Two flower girls in matching pink fur jackets wandered over to the open laptop after the ceremony and started waving at Chris's mother on the screen. Nobody asked them to. January in Dublin delivered extraordinary winter sunshine and a wedding that was small in numbers and enormous in feeling.