Roberta Cotter Photography

New blog!!

2009-01-07T12:03:00.004Z

Hi all,

Just a quick note to say that my blog can now be found at www.robertacotterphotography.com/blog. It's still a work in progress but with the help of the wonderful heather from Love Bugs Photography it's getting there very rapidly!

Hope everyone is keeping well wrapped up in this freezing weather :)

-Roberta

Never a truer word spoken!

2008-12-20T22:01:00.001Z

the girl, originally uploaded by Bobbi C.

"There was a little girl who had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead.
And when she was good, she was very very good.
But when she was bad she was horrid"

snow, weddings and an adorable church

2008-12-16T16:07:00.003Z

Friday was a disaster weather wise. Gale force winds, torrential rain, sleet, snow and ice. Like I said, disaster!! Saturday turned out to be a wonderful day, mostly dry and bright, only raining when we were inside (who can complain about that!). Michelle and Gavan, you guys are so lucky!

The church at Ballinahinch was one I have been dying to get into since I moved to Connemara, and I was not let down by it. Wow is all I can say, it was just adorable! The church was solely lit by candles and the atmosphere in there was outstanding. Have to say, it is my favourite church by far now. The hotel too was fabulous, and those blazing fires were appreciated by everyone I think!

So here's a little sneak peek at some of the photos from the day. I'm still working my way through them all, but these have been some of my favourites so far from throughout the day.

Enjoy.

-Roberta

this girl...

2008-12-08T11:17:00.003Z

-constantly tests the limits
-loves her back being scratched
-is painfully opinionated
-really wishes the cat wasn't so scared of her.
-likes mints, but prefers fruit and veg
-not so sure about lawnmowers but doesn't bat an eyelid at 20 tonne machines

Iain and Mary

2008-12-02T11:25:00.004Z

I had the wonderful pleasure of photographing Iain and Mary's wedding last weekend in the stunning location of Tuam Cathedral. Storm's were forecast for the day but I was greeted by clear blue skies as I drove into Tuam and thankfully they stayed until just as we finished doing our portraits outside after the ceremony, phew!! I hope you the rest of your day went wonderfully for you.

I'm still working on the photos but as promised here's a sneak peek for you!

-Roberta

PS for a larger version please click on the photos

monday, funday

2008-12-01T18:42:00.003Z

Last Monday I had the great pleasure of visiting the J family to take some portraits for them. It was Summer 2007 when we had last met for portraits, between then and now K has turned into such a big girl and baby C has joined the family. Poor little C had a tooth coming up and was apparently feeling less than delighted all morning before I arrived but he was a great little man and was full of smiles and giggles for me!

-Roberta

The Beach

2008-11-18T17:05:00.002Z

I have to say, we are really lucky with where we live. A beautiful mountain and lake right behind our house, a little harbour only a 3 minute walk away and an amazing beach that goes on forever is but a 10 minute drive from us. Since we got Mia it has been in our plans to take her to the beach, we knew she'd love it (and I knew I'd love it too!!) Finally the time came 2 weeks ago, we loaded Mia into the trailer and headed for the beach. She was such a good girl while we were there, though she was a little apprehensive. I knew the second time would be better.

We went back to the beach with her again this Sunday, and boy was the second time a million times better!! We didn't go near the water the first time we went so we decided we'd do it this time. At first she wouldn't have anything to do with it, she wouldn't even walk through the shallowest of puddles, so Peadar put on his wellingtons and walked out into the water, after a moment of hesitation Mia followed. And that's when it got really wet and really fun! She had a great time, and had myself and Peadar in knots laughing!!

We're all very much looking forward to going back and getting soaked again! next time I think I'll bring a towel!

-Roberta

PS Thanks to Peadar for taking these great photos of myself and Mia, they are ones that will be cherished for years to come :)

Michelle and Gavan

2008-11-10T17:37:00.003Z

It was a very windy and bitterly cold Sunday afternoon when we met at Ballinahinch for Michelle and Gavan's engagement session. Getting out of my car the door nearly got blown off, so I knew we were in for some fun times! Thankfully the rain held off for the hour that we were out shooting, and we got some great photos too.

See you in December Michelle and Gavan :)

Melissa and Craig

2008-09-08T14:21:00.006+01:00

Yesterday I had the great pleasure of photographing the wedding of Melissa and Craig. They came all the way from Montreal, Canada to getting married atop the Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, and what a place it was to get married! The ceremony, a barefoot ceremony, was performed in the grass in front of O'Brien's Tower and had many spectators!! I hope everyone at the wedding had as great a time as I did, from my viewpoint you all certainly seemed to have a fantastic time and I'm sure it went on long after I had to leave! Enjoy the rest of your trip to this side of the Atlantic :)

-Roberta

switching places

2008-08-19T17:09:00.002+01:00

I recently had the great pleasure of shooting some portraits for a fellow photographer, and her mom. Aaryn and her mom Anne came all the way over to Ireland to check out our lovely island and wanted some portraits done together while here. And they chose me! We had a lovely time on a very rare very sunny and warm Galway summer day! It was a pleasure to meet them both, and thanks so much for lunch :)

A quick shout out..

2008-07-25T16:33:00.003+01:00

Hey everyone,

Things have been really busy around here recently, from christenings, equus and portrait sessions. I've been editing non-stop and I'm almost finished with the latest session now, whew!!

We got the planning permission for our beautiful new home, so we now have to wait a few more weeks and then we can start working on the site. There's quite a bit to be done before we can start building, but we figure the sooner we start the sooner we'll be in the house!

Back in February in Boston we stayed in the Sheraton hotel on Dalton Street. Amazing hotel, with even more amazing beds. Listening to Ray D'Arcy on Wednesday morning I heard that you can actually buy the beds on line at Westin Hotels at home I haven't been so excited about a piece of furniture in so long, if ever!! I've checked the plans of our house and I'm pretty sure the California King size bed will be a future purchase for us! Yay!!

Mia is doing great. My study of this lovely girly is still continuing and is coming along great. She's now backed for the past month or so and is doing just fine with that thankfully. She will be going for schooling at the end of August in a yard only 10 minutes from us. We'll be calling in often to visit her and make sure everything is going ok. I've a feeling I'm really going to miss her while she's gone!

I best get back to my editing now. Hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine of the last few days, its been so hot here!

-Roberta

new website

2008-07-01T17:17:00.002+01:00

Hey all,

At long last I can announce that my new website is up and running! It took a while to get it exactly the way I had envisioned it, but it was worth the wait.

Head over to www.robertacotterphotography.com and have a look around.

Enjoy.

-Roberta

Baby K

2008-06-14T20:59:00.002+01:00

I had a session with this 11 weeks old cutiepie on Tuesday (I also passed my driving test that morning, woohoo!!). She was so full of smiles and chat, and made my job so easy!

Summer is creeping upon us

2008-05-29T21:42:00.003+01:00

For the past couple of weeks Mia has had the great pleasure of being let out onto her paddocks, at she is loving us for it! Why has she been let out? Cause it's Summer! Never mind the midges or any of the other bugs that come along with the summer season, right here we're loving the warmth of it. I've gone and jinxed it now, so sorry to all Galwegians for the forthcoming rain and freeze!!

-Roberta

.equus.

2008-05-14T14:19:00.003+01:00

I recently decided that I want to do a detailed photographic study of the equine, more specifically my equine. I have the honour of sharing my life with this wonderfully affectionate, intelligent, stubborn, confident and oh so funny 4 year old. I want to capture everything that makes Mia what she is. Her strengths, her weaknesses, her personality, everything. I have already selected a few of my past photos to include in the study, and I hope to add to them with many more over the coming months.

-Roberta

The happenings...

2008-05-03T10:57:00.001+01:00

Originally uploaded by Bobbi C

I've been so bad at keeping my blog up to date, smack on the wrist to me! I have been very busy the past few months, here's a snippet of whats been happening.

My lovely fiance and I spent a wonderful week in Boston where we witnessed a snowstorm and its aftermath, cold but gorgeous! Suprisingly we didn't have a snowball fight, does this mean we're getting old!? Nah, no chance of that!

We've also been busy designing our house and getting that ready to submit planning permission to the local council. The engineer said that it would be put in either yesterday or early next week, so finger crossed for us. We'll know if we have permission in roughly 6 to 8 weeks. I have my south facing studio and office all planned into the house and I can't wait to get in there! I've started picking out paint colours and furniture already, getting a little ahead of myself but thats what excitement does!

Mia, my beautiful Thoroughbred mare has also been keeping me on my toes. I have done all her training and work in preperation for backing her myself. She is now ready to be backed so I'm very excited about that. She's been getting on really well now that she's moved home with us and everybody loves the big cheeky monkey that she is!

I've also been putting together my website. Its in its final stages now, I think, and will be up and running soon. Of course I'll post a link here as soon as its done.

Hope everyone is enjoying the nice May weather (between the showers, but it is Ireland so is to be expected!).

-Roberta

Its that time of year again...

2008-03-11T16:57:00.002Z

I N N O C E N T
Originally uploaded by Bobbi C

First Holy Communion that is! This is an image from a Communion session I did 2 years ago for my niece. It was a wonderful day and I love reliving it through the photos.

I am offering a 10% discount on the session price for the first 5 people who quote me "communion" when booking their very special day sessions.

Book early!!

.motion.

2008-02-08T12:11:00.001Z

.motion.
Originally uploaded by Bobbi C

Our girl.
3 years old.
knows what she likes.
knows what she doesn't like.
loves to run.
loves to play.
beautiful,
and she knows it!

Models Required

2008-01-09T12:09:00.000Z

I'm looking for bridal/couple models to do some portfolio building sessions for my wedding photography. Models can be between the age of 20 and 35. Model must have own dress/suit.
If you're interested please send your photo and a short description of yourself to robertacotterphotography@hotmail.com and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Roberta

Busy days...

2008-01-07T23:09:00.001Z

bit'a'dew
Originally uploaded by Bobbi C

Hope everybody has a great Holiday Season, and Santa brought everybody the gifts they wanted!

Things have been very busy around here, with getting our new arrival settling in, designing a house and new advertising, then Mia being unwell for a couple of weeks.

This is a photo I took while waiting for the vet to come take a look at Mia, he eventually came about 5 hours later, but was worth the wait!

Will update the site more soon, promise.

Roberta

2007-11-26T21:18:00.000Z

We spent this past weekend visiting friends in Strandhill, Sligo. Spent Sunday on the beach and everybody had a great time!

I'm working on my wedding packages on the moment and the information will soon be available on here.

23 today

2007-10-12T12:33:00.001+01:00

23 tomorrow
Originally uploaded by Bobbi C

My lovely turns 23 today, happy birthday sweetpea. I'm going to the supermarket at lunch to buy all the makings of his fave dinner (steak and chips, with black forrest gateau for after). I hope he's having a great day, and not working too hard.

I'm still working on advertising and my business cards at the moment. Its a lot of work, but its getting there, and then it'll all be shipped off to the printers, woohoo!!

Acceptance

2007-10-08T12:42:00.001+01:00

Holga bokeh goodness!!
Originally uploaded by Bobbi C

I always have a camera in my hand, or at least 90% of the time!

I was taking some shots of Peadar last night and while doing so I was telling him that he'd got much better with having the camera around (at first he hated having his photo taken).
He said he hadn't, that he just learned its easier to accept its going happen, the camera will be pointed at him, and his photo will be taken! He's so patient with me and the camera.
He's the greatest :)

Took a walk....

2007-10-07T17:58:00.001+01:00

Originally uploaded by Bobbi C

a short one, maybe 20 minutes. Got some air. Cleared the head. Got some shots. What more could I want!!

Busy....

2007-10-01T15:38:00.000+01:00

and incredibly so at that. Still working on the wedding photos from last week. Its a slow but enjoyable process, one that is taking up most of my time. But thats ok, i love doing it.

I have decided on a course (photography obviously!) that I hope to be starting soon. Its a correspondance course, and it seems to be perfect for me in everyway. I'm so excited about it too!

I'm going in 15 days for an operation, a minor one, but my first ever. Slightly nervous but I know its for the best, and hopefully will be life changing!

Here's a small sample from the wedding shots, the first possibly being my fave out of almost 1000 photos!!

Take care.

Bobbi

My first post

2007-09-22T20:48:00.000+01:00

Finally, I have my blog up and running! I hope to use this blog until I can get a proper site up and running.

Just did my first wedding shoot yesterday, it went really well. I hope to have some shots of it up here within the next couple of days. Until then, here's some of my previous faves...