Jean-Pierre Uys Photography

Emmet & Ciara (Ireland Wedding, Castlemartyr Resort)

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:14:54 +0000

Firstly THANK YOU Emmet & Ciara! What a privilege to be flown all the way to Ireland to photograph this wedding! I photographed her sister Ailbhe & Tomas’ destination wedding in Cape Town, and there I met Ciara & Emmet. Not only was it an amazing experience, but your hospitality was unbelievable – I have never been treated so well!

It was a beautiful day starting with the moon setting on the one side and the sun rising on the other! What made this day even more amazing was the fact that we had sunshine, which created the most beautiful light, but don’t let that fool you, it was still very cold! The bride had to be the hero of the day facing the cold all in the name of beautiful photos! Go Ciara!

The ceremony was held at the Honan Chapel on the grounds of the University College Cork. Both the bride & groom have to be ex-graduates to get married there, due to the popularity of the venue. What makes it more special, is the fact that Ciara’s parents got married there 30 years ago!

The wedding reception was held at Castlematyr Resort in Cork where we took the photos with Castle Wall ruins in the background. I remember stopping at one point and thinking – “I cant believe I am taking photos with a old a castle in the background so far away from home!”

I really enjoyed how relaxed the guests were at the wedding. (Locally, people seem to want to rush through everything for some reason.) They had some great entertainment including “surprise opera singing waiters”, a magician, the Bugle babes and then off course Spring break with their 80’s style outfits! Really great performers!

A fun wedding tip – the couple made round name tags with the names or nicknames of the guests at the reception which they could keep as gifts.

Overall it was an unforgettable experience and once again thank you so much Emmet & Ciara!

Venue:

Castlemartyr Resort, Castlemartyr, Co. Cork – http://www.castlemartyrresort.ie/

Wedding Stationary;

Elsje Designs – http://www.elsje.co.za/

Band/Entertainment:

Springbreak – http://springbreak80s.com/

The Bugle Babes – http://www.derbybrowne.com/

Magician – http://www.magicdaniel.com/

Singing Opera Waiters – http://www.audionetworks.ie/classicalartists/singingwaiters.html

Videographer:

Leon Costello – http://www.leoncostello.com/

Wedding Car:

All Events Limousines – http://alleventslimos.com/

Additional Wedding Décor:

Gotcha Covered – http://www.gotchacovered.ie/

Wedding Cake:

Maureen Timpson – (No website)

Florist:

Jill O’Keefe – http://www.wild.ie/

DJ:

Star DJs – http://www.stardjs.ie/

Alex & Niki (The Bay Hotel, Camps Bay)

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:12:01 +0000

I had a really great time photographing this wedding! It was fun getting the shots of the groom getting dressed with the help of his best men and we did some really cool mafia style shots with them. I remember the grooms father really enjoying those! It was the first time I shot in this church and interiors of made me feel like I was shooting a wedding overseas in Greece! Their wedding reception was held at the Rotunda at the The Bay Hotel.

Ireland wedding – the pre-shoot! (Cork, Ireland)

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:17:55 +0000

I am very excited to start blogging images from my recent trip to Ireland to photograph the wedding of the super cool couple Ciara & Emmet! These set of images was photographed a few days before their big day on the university grounds where both of them graduated. It was a very cold afternoon so we found some shelter in the hall where they did their final exams and got their degrees-I am sure then standing in the window ledge wasn’t allowed! My only problem with shooting overseas is that I cant get enough of it!!! Next time I am taking models with that I can just shoot all the cool locations I see! Any volunteers?

Published in Izzymag – a beautiful new online bridal publication!

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:36:00 +0000

I just received the email this morning that the premier issue of Izzymag is live! Before we get to my wedding I must say that the layout and photography throughout this magazine is breathtaking! I have seen so many of my weddings published and many times I am a bit dissappointed with the final layout and choices of images, but this time I am thrilled with my wedding featured! So well done to Izzymag! Now I am happy to say that amongst the mostly US weddings I got a South-African wedding published! (Pg22-26)

The weddings in America are also so awe-inspiring so brides to-be please go have a look and get great ideas for cakes, flowers, fashion and off course wedding photography-me!

I am really happy to be a part of this premier issue and I wish the editor and her team great success with the future!

Best viewed in full screen mode and use the zoom to see more detail – enjoy! www.izzymag.com

Paul & Jenni (Clouds, Stellenbosch)

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:01:41 +0000

Their beautiful wedding was held at Clouds Estate in Stellenbosch and it was co-ordinated by Rozanne from Aleit. I really had a good time shooting this wedding. A great idea from this wedding was the sounding of the vuvuzela, done by the guests, right after the minister said, “You may kiss the bride.”

Discount code for Totally Rad Lightroom presets!

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:11:30 +0000

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Des & Debbie (Cape St. Martin, Brittannia Bay)

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:08:11 +0000

Des and Debbie got married at Cape St. Martin in Brittania Bay on the West Coast. Look out for the cute boy who was holding the camera the wrong way round when he was taking a photo of me!

Wedding featured on Junebug weddings!

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:03:34 +0000

Junebug is a very popular award winning wedding blog and they featured one of my weddings on their blog as well as on their featured real weddings section on their website -It is great to see the first South-African wedding there! Please go and have a look at the awesome post Junebug made on the wedding of Shelley & NK on their blog.( Jimmy Choo is the godfather to the bride Shelley!)

I am really excited about this and I want to thank all at Junebug and off course the couple for using my services and having such an amazing wedding! Shelley & NK – you rock! See my post on their wedding here.