Tina & Buster

My last wedding of the Christmas season was also my first of 2011, as Tina & Buster got married in Kilronan Castle. This was definitely a wedding with a difference, as they'd travelled 12,000 miles to Ireland from Tauranga in New Zealand for the event. And it was a small wedding, witnessed only by Sam and Claire from Kilronan, Aisling the Celebrant, and yours truly.

The short civil ceremony and lack of guests meant I had lots of time with the Tina and Buster, something that's often in short supply at a traditional Irish wedding. It gave me the chance to take some more considered shots, as well as the usual natural off-the-cuff pics and standard portraits. It also meant that when we were finished with the photography, we could sit down and have a very enjoyable glass of champagne together, before Tina & Buster went in for dinner. It was then that I found out that Buster isn't a Kiwi at all, but is in fact, a Pom from the south coast. Tina says he's still got an English accent, but he sounded the real deal to me.

The big party took place in Tauranga a couple of weeks back and I emailed a slideshow for Buster and Tina to show their guests. Technology is amazing, even if I did have to go to Denis Dodd's pub in Boyle to get a strong enough broadband signal to send it. Sitting over a pint of Guinness while your laptop zaps data around the planet... Even 10 years ago, that would have been hard to imagine.