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Here at Apple Core Photography we feel it is vital to keep on developing our skills in order to consistently provide our clients with the best possible service.

One of the ways we do this is by challenging ourselves to complete fashion shoots where we can try out different things and maybe even experiment a little more than would be possible shooting a wedding. After getting a few shots indoors we decided to head outside and brave the weather at Helen's Bay, County Down.

We also wanted to use the shoot to collaborate with and showcase the skills of our friend and make-up artist Ele Sayers, who also specialises in wedding make-up. Ele has also kindly agreed to supply any of our clients a discounted rate on her make-up packages.

Rebekah, the model for the shoot, discovered via Folio32, did a fantastic job and coped with the winter weather admirably.

The conditions at Helen's Bay, County Down were wet and cold but that didn’t deter any off us from getting some good shots in the bag. As weddings can and do happen regardless of the weather it's always good to do practice shoots in all conditions.

We compiled a stop motion movie for this shoot which can be seen below. This is also a new service that we a providing to our clients as part of their wedding packages. We provide clients with a DVD with the movie on it and also put it online. It's a great way for people to share their memories of the day, as they can easily send a link, to the movie, to friends and family.

Fashion Photoshoot, Stop Motion Movie from Apple Core Photography on Vimeo.

We are currently offering 10% discount off the price of our Stop Motion Movie wedding packages for bookings made with Apple Core Photography before 31st March 2012.

Friday, 10 February 2012

Wedding Photography - Stop Motion Movie, Old Inn Crawfordsburn

Wedding Photography - Apple Core Photography - Our new service which we are offering in 2012 is a cool, funky Stop Motion Movie of your wedding. This is a 3-5 minute MPEG movie comprising hundreds of images taken by us on your wedding day.

You’ll get access to the MPEG movie online, where you can share it with family and friends. You’ll also receive it on disk along with fully processed, high resolution, print-ready files of images from your wedding day.

Please click on the link for a sample movie taken at Ryan & Tracey's wedding at the Old Inn Crawfordsburn in December 2011.

Thursday, 12 January 2012

Wedding Photography - Grey Abbey, Ards Peninsula, Co Down

Wedding Photography - Apple Core Photography - In October 2011, had the pleasure of photographing Gavin & Catherine's wedding at Grey Abbey followed by the reception at Scrabo Golf Club, Newtownards. We were lucky enough to be allowed to take photographs among the ruins of the twelfth century Cistercian Abbey church. This provided a fantastic backdrop, with the photographs working well with a Sepia tone in post-production. We then travelled to Scrabo Golf Club. Despite the weather preventing us from going up to Scrabo Tower we managed to get some fantastic images with the tower in the background. During the evening I set up a slide show so that guests could view the images from the day - this was a great success. I let the slide show run for 2 hours, giving all guests ample time to view it. Please see below a few images from the day....

Thursday, 12 January 2012

Wedding Photography - Clandeboye Lodge Hotel, Bangor, Co Down

Wedding Photography - Apple Core Photography - I recently photographed Noel and Claire's wedding at the Clandeboye Lodge Hotel in Bangor, Co Down. The ceremony was held in The Blackwood Suite, the original late 19th century schoolhouse, which has an enchanting ambience. In addition to taking photographs in the walled gardens of the hotel, we also ventured to Crawfordsburn Country Park where I found a number of good locations with excellent lighting and captured some fantastic images. Despite the rain preventing us from going to beach, everyone enjoyed the day thoroughly. During the evening I set up a slide show so that guests could view the images from the day - this was a great success. I let the slide show run for 2 hours, giving all guests ample time to view it. Please see below a few images from the day....

Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Fashion Photography - Love & Death Inc, Belfast

Fashion Photography - Apple Core Photography - I recently had the opportunity to do a photoshoot at Love & Death Inc, Ann Street, Belfast. The make-up artist was Lyndsey McKernan, hair sytlist was Gillian Douglas-Rea, the model was Ash O'Brien.

The idea was to produce a nonchalance look, and a contrast between the fashionable dress and the quirky look to the background. We used various different lighting setups and poses to create a variety of different and interesting images. Please see below a few samples from the photoshoot....

Tuesday, 30 August 2011

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