Wedding band and photographer recommendations

h3000

Hey Limerick boardsies I'm looking for some recommendations on wedding bands and photographers in the Limerick area.

Mod's, I know there is a wedding forum but I'm really looking for a local input. I hope you can leave the thread here, thanks

We were looking at Angles Photography http://www.angles-studio.ie/galleries.html and really liked the style of photo's they do. Do you know of any similar photographers around. We don't really want someone who is going to be getting us to stand another half an inch to the left but someone who has a more relaxed style and will help us make the day fun.

As for bands we are looking for more of a rock band than the traditional wedding band. I've seen Traffic play at a wedding and was looking for some similar bands around.

SuperWoody101

h3000 wrote: »

Hey Limerick boardsies I'm looking for some recommendations on wedding bands and photographers in the Limerick area. Mod's, I know there is a wedding forum but I'm really looking for a local input. I hope you can leave the thread here, thanks

We were looking at Angles Photography http://www.angles-studio.ie/galleries.html and really liked the style of photo's they do. Do you know of any similar photographers around. We don't really want someone who is going to be getting us to stand another half an inch to the left but someone who has a more relaxed style and will help us make the day fun.

As for bands we are looking for more of a rock band than the traditional wedding band. I've seen Traffic play at a wedding and was looking for some similar bands around.

Munster Images They do great work and also have a box of dress up props for the guests to put on for some fun pictures.

Contact Info.

Phone: Theo 0874156133 or 061 278979
Email: theo@munsterimages.ie or admin@munsterimages.ie
Website: http://www.munsterimages.ie
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/Wedding.And.Event.Photography.Limerick

Tea_Bag

I've seen Ken Coleman's work and would recommend him. did a good job at a function I was involved with. he's usually doing a lot of the photography for music gigs so would have a good idea of most of the limerick based bands too. I'd be able to get you his number if you'd like.

Mc Love

Cormac Byrne is a good photgrapher based in Dooradoyle

And Free Beer are a good band for weddings

angeldaisy

We used Kevin Wallace, he is no nonsense, no faffing and he did exactly what we wanted. I hate having photos taken, find the whole process a pain but he made it simple and straightforward.

Vanolder

Tho based in galway pyramid are a good band who travel the country playing weddings. They have a website/ Facebook page.

Mc Love

The Guests are also another great band - they play in Nancys every 2nd wednesday iirc.

Berty

Richard

http://www.richardchadwick.com/gallery.html

He did some Amazing work on a wedding in Italy a few years back. He knows his way around Photoshop and picture editing unlike some other, old school lads, who simply just print the photos.

Mc Love

Sean Curtin is another good shout for photographer
http://www.seancurtin.com/online/

Baldie

We used John O'Brien, http://www.jobrienphotography.com/ He was very good and kept us really relaxed all day. He's prices aren't too bad either.

Christ0pher

If you love 80's music - these guys put on an amazing show. From Dublin - but travel possible: "DeLorean".
http://www.facebook.com/delorean80s?sk=app_253183114697511

And these guys play 80's, 90's, 00's and recent stuff too. They gig nationally.
"Transmitter" -
http://youtu.be/QMqJtAQQZ8o

europa11

Cormac Byrne or John O'Brien for the snaps, both top quality.


btw
Got to say I'm not crazy about the Photoshopping of wedding photos, just a personal thing, up to yourself an' all that, but my sisters kid had her confirmation pics shopped....dimples, blemishes removed, eyes sparkling like jewels, etc., etc. pardon the awful pun, but you get the picture, anyway just my two cents.

Berty

europa11 wrote: »

btw
Got to say I'm not crazy about the Photoshopping of wedding photos, just a personal thing, up to yourself an' all that, but my sisters kid had her confirmation pics shopped....dimples, blemishes removed, eyes sparkling like jewels, etc., etc. pardon the awful pun, but you get the picture, anyway just my two cents.

Anything from removing grafitti from a wall(specific street in Italy) to removing old people eating sandwiches in a public park right through to removing that BIG SPOT the bride got the morning of her wedding. Lighting effects can be good as well, regular software can do that but photoshop is better. Like making the rings the only colour in the picture kind of thing.

Mc Love

Hate that cheesy thing of highlighting the rings!

The Snipe

Sean Curtin (Above)

Lette Moloney http://moloneyphoto.com/

Or Darren Kirwan http://www.dkphotography.ie/

Berty

Mc Love wrote: »

Hate that cheesy thing of highlighting the rings!

Oh boo-urns :mad:

overthebridge

Best wedding band for me would be Drive. They played my own wedding a few years ago and I have seen them at a few weddings since. They play all the oldie stuff for the Mammy's and Grannies and they play all the new/modern stuff for the young 'uns like meself. They will even learn a song for your 1st dance too ;-)
PM me for their number if interested.

h3000

Thanks for the info people. I'll check them out.

The Snipe

With MI there - Theo can be a bit 'overly anal' in terms of "Two inces here" kinda thing. No offence to her. (Just giving a photographers view on things) I don't do weddings otherwise I'd have gave you my info, but those would be the three best wedding 'togs in the business in Limerick imo.

Goofy

Check out Hermitage Green As far as i know they are taking bookings for weddings. You can drop them a mail on Facebook. They play a lot of modern stuff really mixed with some trad/folk and 90s dance!

Even Brian Blessed recommends them

busyliving

Mc Love wrote: »

The Guests are also another great band - they play in Nancys every 2nd wednesday iirc.

Also I think they have a number of DJ's for when they finish playing the live set as an option...

They will be in Nancy's this Wednesday 14th

RhubarbCrumble

Niall Egleston for the photography. http://www.eglestonphotography.com/ He's NOT as fussy as he's made out to be and his pictures are brilliant. He's no more expensive than any of the others either.

One I definitely WOULDN'T recommend is Rose Petal Baker. She did wedding photos for 2 of my friends (as in 2 different weddings) and both of them were awful. Both the brides ended up crying over them and the grooms weren't too happy either.

DEEMAR

Traffic are a very good band. Also I would recommend Shantytown - you can check them out in Nancy Blakes every second Thursday night.

the_blackstuff

Hey OP

We had the guests do our wedding last year and couldn't recommend them higher. We had a mix of city and country, young and old and the floor was never empty. They actually got 2 weddings from ours. I'd recommend seeing them in Nancy's. Price was fairly good as well. PM be if you want any more info.

The Snipe

Don't go with Rose Baker as a photographer what ever you do! :P

Plan B I find are a brilliant band! Or Trees fall down (however they charge €1200 for a wedding)

djman

Forget the band get a DJ

Seriously having played after every band in Limerick numerous times and if it's rock you want go see Escapade... (Plan B with the extra members)

If you are not looking for the rock element then go see any of the others mentioned above. All great in their own right just not to everyone's taste..

If you want to go outside Limerick and pay that little extra try KIF from Galway

So many bands out there that all cater to different tastes so definitely go see them, esp at a wedding though because they can be totally different in a pub setting, like the Guests mentioned above

seachto7

Cuisle ftw

amiable

Escapade are an excellent wedding band IMO

http://escapadelive.com/

The Mad hatters are quite good too

Staplor

We went with Atomic Chicken as a band and DJ, Morning Star Photography. Atomic Chicken were excellent to deal with and actually returned calls and emails which the others didn't do. Morning Star is brilliant and they give you the CD of images in printable quality, most of the others I looked at in Limerick would not do this, or else charge so much you wouldn't get it - plus they were great to deal with on the day, and had the CD ready when we got back from honeymoon. Plus pricewise I think you'll find them both ultra competitive.

PCPhoto

Beer Baron wrote: »

Richard

http://www.richardchadwick.com/gallery.html

He did some Amazing work on a wedding in Italy a few years back. He knows his way around Photoshop and picture editing unlike some other, old school lads, who simply just print the photos.

no offence intended towards the photographer but..... many of the "old school" photographers get the image right when taking it and do not need photoshop to correct errors or enhance the image.

Photography is about capturing an image - I work full-time as a photojournalist and photoshop is not allowed (except basic adjustments, cropping etc) - in recent years wedding photographers have been "adjusting" images so they produce what the client see's as a great set of pics - when infact they are producing a set of images which display a false record of the event.

like I have said earlier - if the photographers today took the time to get the exposure and composition correct first time there would be little need for photoshop...and it should only be used as a last resort - unlike most photographers today who are reliant on it - every image they take is post processed.

The Snipe

PCPhoto wrote: »

Beer Baron wrote: »

Richard

http://www.richardchadwick.com/gallery.html

He did some Amazing work on a wedding in Italy a few years back. He knows his way around Photoshop and picture editing unlike some other, old school lads, who simply just print the photos.

no offence intended towards the photographer but..... many of the "old school" photographers get the image right when taking it and do not need photoshop to correct errors or enhance the image.

Photography is about capturing an image - I work full-time as a photojournalist and photoshop is not allowed (except basic adjustments, cropping etc) - in recent years wedding photographers have been "adjusting" images so they produce what the client see's as a great set of pics - when infact they are producing a set of images which display a false record of the event.

like I have said earlier - if the photographers today took the time to get the exposure and composition correct first time there would be little need for photoshop...and it should only be used as a last resort - unlike most photographers today who are reliant on it - every image they take is post processed.

Paddy, are you just stalking me :O

h3000

Thanks for all the replys folks. Time to get the phone out.

suzyslt

Bands ... No idea!

Photos ... I just did a trash the dress shot with jet stokes photography based in Limerick, he was great, gave me lots of confidence, showed me how to pose whilst keepi me very relaxed. I was really pleased with the pics, he did said he had good deals for wedding at the moment if I knew anyone. Www.jetstokesphotography.com (I think).

Blueskye

The News - great wedding band. You can check them out the last Sunday of every month in Foley's.

Pious14

Who would people recommend currently for a wedding band? Have had a few quotes which range in prices, looking for a band that can play modern stuff but the oldies for the older crowd. Any advice would be grateful

amiable

Pious14 wrote: »

Who would people recommend currently for a wedding band? Have had a few quotes which range in prices, looking for a band that can play modern stuff but the oldies for the older crowd. Any advice would be grateful

Restless played for my wedding and I couldn't fault them for a wedding. Catered for young and old

Kankan14

Pious14 wrote: »

Who would people recommend currently for a wedding band? Have had a few quotes which range in prices, looking for a band that can play modern stuff but the oldies for the older crowd. Any advice would be grateful

Was at wedding new years Eve. A band called the news played. They are excellent.

Berty

Pious14 wrote: »

Who would people recommend currently for a wedding band? Have had a few quotes which range in prices, looking for a band that can play modern stuff but the oldies for the older crowd. Any advice would be grateful

Had Escapade. They also played at my friends wedding. We really enjoyed them at both events. They play most weekend doing weddings and play in Smyths on Thursdays(as a 4 piece, but they are a 5 piece at weddings).

RhubarbCrumble

Was at a wedding last year where Atomic Chicken played. They were really good.

vanessamee

The Patrick Roche band are fab for weddings his based in Clare and does weddings in limerick

Clareman

+1 for Patrick Roche, caters for all age groups and will have the dance floor full for the night, he's not a clock watcher either.

h3000

Zombie thread..... OP here

We went with Traffic for our band which were excellent. They were able to supply a DJ as part of the package too.
http://www.trafficweddingband.com


We used Angles Photography for our pics. Diane is really cool and got some really good pics.
http://www.angles-studio.ie

Clareman

My sister in law had Traffic as well, they are very good also.

Mc Love

Not Limerick based but The Suite are an excellent band! The lads are all very sound.

Vito Andolini

Have been to 3 weddings traffic played at, and we had them at ours they're great in fairness to them. They did the dj'ing too, not the cheapest but defo worth it.

893bet

At a wedding recently and the band the had was "wavelenght". Think they are mayo based but play all over. Best band I have ever seen at a wedding.

They did a 90's dance mix (Mr vain, rhythm is dancer etc) but not in a techno and it was brilliant. They played all the usual stuff aswell.

angeleyes

I would recommend Cardam Photography for wedding photography, very professional.

http://www.cardamphotography.com/

I was at a wedding before Christmas and there was a great band from Galway Raindance and they were just brilliant.

http://raindancelive.com/

Berty

Speaking of Photographers. I held back suggesting one until I saw the Album(s) he produced for us. They are excellent.

I recommend Martin Bedford Photography. Good guy who turned a passion into a business.

Slashermcguirk

The swing cats are brilliant! Would highly recommend them as a wedding band

Pious14

Thanks for the recommendations lads, hearing good things about Drive - has anyone had any experience with them?