The Martins Photography

Name: The Martins Photography
Address: 5 locksley grange, Belfast, BT100DW, GB
Telephone: +447921612495
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Carefree photography that makes your heart skip a beat
Ѧѧ breaking rules
⋒ having fun

just a creative little wildling based in Northern Ireland, specialising in documenting Elopements and intimate weddings in Ireland
⚡Carefree photography that makes your heart skip a beat⚡
Ѧѧ breaking rules
⋒ having fun
⸙͎۪۫ creating magic

08/05/2026

In fits of giggles thirty seconds before it started. Then they looked at each other and everything went quiet.

Kinbane in that light, at that time of day. We planned it exactly. It still managed to be so much more than anyone expected.

Louisa and Jordan gave me both sides. The silly, the chaotic, the spontaneous. Running along the cliff edge, the cape doing something genuinely unhinged in the wind. Then in the next breath, completely soft and still with each other.

Getting people there. Comfortable, unselfconscious, actually letting go and being in the moment and experiencing. That's the job before the camera even comes out.

The photos are just what's left when it works.

The era of the cape continues, and I am very much here for it.
Wonderful Ceremony by
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02/05/2026

Three locations. One coast. A handmade cup, a secret, and a cape that deserved its own credit.

Morgan is a ceramicist. The quaich they drank from at the ceremony, she made it. Her own wheel, her own hands. Not because she had to. Because when the day is only yours, you have the space and the reason to make it mean something.

They planned the whole thing in three months. No venue visits, no tasting menus, no two-year countdown to something that was always going to happen anyway. Just a decision, a date, and someone who knows this coast well enough to handle the rest.

Nobody knew. Not that morning, not while it was happening. The whole world just carried on being the world while Morgan and Drew got quietly, privately, completely married in the valley at Dunseverick.

we aimed for some sunset chasing and by f**k did we get treated to the most delicious golden spring light, it genuinely gives me goosebumps every time it happens.

for the eagle eyed watchers who caught .emerald.explorerr drone clip from last week, you've seen what it looked like from above. These are the moments that got them there.

and If you're wondering whether it can feel like enough without the crowd, the room, the production. Morgan and Drew are your answer

Wonderful Celebrant
Accommodation
Check out Morgans beautiful pottery

12/04/2026

Everyone books Summer. I understand why.

𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

The Causeway Coast in winter is not a compromise. It is a specific, extraordinary thing that the other seasons cannot replicate.

Yes, on paper it sounds bleak, winters can be wet, windy and grey, but in person it is something else and utterly cinematic

From October onwards, there is a massive reduction in the number of tourists, so you can have popular locations almost entirely to yourselves.

There is a light quality that exists nowhere else at any other time of year. A quietness to the landscape. In December, the sun sits low above the horizon. In summer, it very high ( and very harsh). What that means in reality: 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧. Not just the last 45 minutes. From around 10 am until the light drops, everything is directional, cinematic, and flattering in a way that summer light isn't.

The Causeway Coast in winter is a completely different place. The sea goes pewter grey. The ruins look ancient because they are. The cliff paths are empty. There is an intimacy and quietness to it that makes the whole thing feel like it belongs only to you.

It is also, not for nothing, significantly cheaper. Flights, accommodation, vendors. A different season entirely.

𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲. They're for couples who are dramatic and certain. They choose atmosphere and mood over aesthetics. They hear "empty cliffs, churning seas, blue hour at 4 pm" and feel something move in their soul. They want mood, feeling and an experience that is like no other.

If that's you, the full breakdown is on the blog.

Link in bio.

08/04/2026

Rain.
heavy rain, sideways rain....Always rain. Rain that arrived before the couple did and had absolutely no plans to leave.

Forgetting the handfasting cord
We made one on the spot, from whatever we had, while they stood on the cliff edge laughing at the chaos of it. Nobody watching the photos back would ever know. It doesn't show. What shows is the two of them, hands bound, completely present.

The mud.
Mud. So much mud. The shoes that did not survive. The dress that has a story to tell for the rest of its life. One of them going down in the mud about 10 mins into their elopement. Full slide. Not a gentle stumble. A proper, committed, horizontal situation. They got up, checked nothing was broken, looked at each other, and kept walking. It was the first moment of the whole day and it set the exact tone for everything that followed.

Arriving late.
Showing up forty minutes late because the GPS took them down a road that technically doesn't exist anymore. The cliffs don't care what time it is.

The wind.
Wind that was, at points, genuinely trying to take the dress. The dress that had a whole separate agenda. The veil that made a break for it over the cliff edge and somehow came back. The wind doesn't ruin elopements. It makes them

The weather warning.
A weather warning that changed the entire plan with less than 24 hours' notice. The original spot not working out, so you ended up somewhere you'd never have chosen but turned out to be perfect.

The forgotten vows.
Forgetting every single word of the vows. Standing there, looking at the other person. And then saying the thing they'd actually been carrying around for years but hadn't planned to say out loud. Unscripted and unrepeatable and so obviously true that everyone present just stood in silence for a moment after.

None of it. Not once.
The only thing that has ever ruined an elopement is spending it performing for other people instead of living it. And that's not something I've ever watched happen on a cliff in Northern Ireland.
Everything else, the weather, the timing, the plans that fell apart, the nerves, not once did it ruin an elopement

|Northern Ireland elopement| elopement photographer |

12/02/2026

It was freezing

The wind tried to steal half the vows.

At one point we were running against the incoming tide, timing our steps between waves.

And honestly? It was so perfect. Not because it was comfortable. But because it was theirs.

Ireland in winter doesn’t perform for you.

You either fight it, or you step into it. They stepped in. Boots soaked. Dress in the wind. Laughing the whole way back to the car.

Romantic doesn’t mean easy. It means chosen.

Northern Ireland elopement photographer

06/02/2026

Most couples come to me thinking they need to have answers first.

A plan. A structure. A sense of certainty.
They don’t.

What they usually need is someone who understands how this kind of day actually works.

How light shifts.
How energy dips.
How timing either gives you space or quietly steals it.
Elopements aren’t complicated.
They’re just interconnected.

When the right person is involved early, things start to feel steadier.

Not because there’s a rigid plan, but because someone is already holding the shape of it.

You don’t need to figure this out alone.
And you don’t need to turn it into a production to make it meaningful.

Photos matter.
How the day feels matters more.
If you want both, you know where to find me.

Northern Ireland elopement photographer

03/02/2026

First elopement of 2026 and proof that winter on the Causeway Coast is still wildly cinematic.

Jillian and Corbin chose to elope in Northern Ireland in the quieter months, and I know winter makes people nervous. The cold, the wind, the what ifs.

But this is what no one tells you. Winter strips everything back. The landscape feels bigger, moodier, more dramatic. The cliffs show off. The sea deepens. The story gets louder.

Yes, it was colder. But it was calm. Spacious. Intimate. No crowds. No rushing. Just the two of them, the sound of the waves, and that soft grey sky doing its thing.

Jillians dress was linen, textured, unfussy, and honestly perfect for this landscape. It moved with the wind, picked up the earth, and felt like it belonged here. Nothing stiff. Nothing precious. Just wearable romance that made the whole day feel grounded and real.

This is why I love winter elopements. They are quieter, moodier, slower. The light is softer. The connection feels closer. The photos are cinematic without trying.

If you are worried that eloping in Northern Ireland in winter means sacrificing magic, this is your sign. You are not losing anything. You are gaining atmosphere, intention, and a day that feels like it was made just for you.

Save this if you are quietly dreaming of a winter elopement and needed permission.

Elopement photographer Northern Ireland
Causeway Coast elopement
Winter elopement Northern Ireland
Intimate weddings for rule breakers

16/01/2026

No 2025 roundup.
No perfectly curated 9 grid.
No trying to decide which moments were more worthy than others.

This year gets an awards ceremony.
Because these were not highlights.
They were full on stories.
Chaotic, tender, unhinged, emotional, cinematic, deeply human love stories that deserved trophies, not a ranking system.

Every elopement, wedding, and couple I photographed in 2025 brought something completely different.
Different energy.
Different reasons for choosing each other.
Different ways of saying yes.
This carousel is my way of celebrating that.

Unhinged energy.
Holy s**t light.
Plans falling apart and becoming something better.
Hands squeezing tighter in the wind.
Vows that we're felt deep to our cores
Quiet moments you would miss if you blinked.
Landscapes showing off.
Rules being fully ignored.

This is elopement photography to me.
Not perfection.
Not performance.
Not ticking boxes.
Just real connection, real emotion, and doing things your own way.

And a quick note before anyone overthinks it, if your love story is not in this post, it is nothing personal. There is only so much I can fit into one carousel without breaking my Instagram completely. Every couple I worked with this year mattered, deeply. I am forever grateful for all the trust and incredible stories you bring.

If you are planning an elopement or intimate wedding and want photos that feel like your relationship, not a photoshoot, you are exactly my people.

Elopement photographer Northern Ireland
Causeway Coast elopement photography
Intimate weddings, rule breakers, and love stories that do not fit neatly into squares

01/12/2025

Eight love stories. Same photographer.
And not a single one looks or feels the same.

This is the beauty of choosing an elopement that reflects who you are. Every couple brings their own rhythm. Their own energy. Their own way of showing love. Some chase the wind along the cliffs. Some whisper vows in quiet valleys. Some lean into soft calm. Some dive straight into wild adventure. Every story is different, and that is what makes this so very magic.

And yet, they all share something powerful.
Honest moments. Genuine connection and
realness you just cannot stage or script.

If you are planning your elopement, take this as your reminder that there is no right way to do this. Your day does not need to match a trend or a tradition. It only needs to hold the atmosphere that carries your story.

08/11/2025

Some weddings are pretty.
This one was powerful.

Alex and Dan walked into like main characters.
Cape flowing, tattoos on show, winter light hitting like it was paid to be there.
Every second felt magical.

The energy was electric. Vows and a ceremony that hit deep, banter that never stopped, and lashings of good vibes from the best bridal party to ever exist

I mainly photograph elopements these days but when the vibe aligns, when the couple wants feeling over formality, when the room is filled with people who cheer for love like it is a sport, I will show up with my whole soul and document the f**k out of it.

Absolutely delighted that the amazing joined me to second shoot 🖤 she is truly a master of her craft

Here is what it looks like when two people choose to celebrate the life they built, not just the day they planned.

Wonderful humans who made this day possible
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