An artist, photographer, story-teller, dog lover, and outdoors fanatic - Derek O’Rourke is the the talented man behind the camera at Memento Photography and he LOVES what he does!
Derek has a background in Animation, Fine Art and Design and combines all of his creative arts and experiences to deliver unique, contemporary and genuine images to each couple. His style is artistic, edgy and uniquely creative with a load of fun thrown in for good measure!
Derek finds it exciting and rewarding to deliver wedding images to a couple and he takes great pride in what he does, he finds it even more rewarding when he gets such positive feedback from his lovely couples.
Derek loves music, which forms an important part of what he does, as each couple receives a bespoke wedding slideshow set to some carefully chosen tunes.
Derek says "I've met some amazingly quirky people who entrust me to fulfil their photographic visions on one of the most important days of their lives, what a huge privilege this is! Many of my couples keep in touch and I've made some great friends and continue to do so."
If you feel inspired or like what you see, get in touch with Memento Photography, Derek would love to hear your plans!
Testimonials
Thank you so much for everything, you were brilliant on the day! All my family and friends commented on how great you were. You put us at ease and we had such craic with you. You went above and beyond for us and we will never forget it.
Mary
We are still talking about your photography and we have had so many people remark on the pictures and the stop motion video. Once again, a huge "thank you!" I hope some day you can come to Canada to do other family members wedding pictures. I'd fly you over here in a heartbeat and they ALL loved you. You have a wonderful way with people and your sense of humour was fantastic.
Patrick + Alecia
“We got in touch with Memento photography through word of mouth. The word of mouth was in fact so good, that we didn’t even look for another photographer! It was one of our easiest decisions in the whole wedding process and we are so delighted with the finished product that we are more than happy to keep spreading the good word! From the word go, Derek was so professional and easy to deal with that we knew we had made the right choice.
We also live in Australia which could have made things difficult but not for Memento Photography. We communicated by email and met up on trips home to discuss what kind of photos we wanted and what end products we could choose. Derek made us, our families and all our guests feel totally at ease and they managed to get the best out of everyone ensuring that all our photos showed the best of everything we could have wanted. We are both thrilled with the album, disk full of all the photos and the slideshow of which both our families also got a copy off.
Thanks so much for capturing the magic and happiness that we felt on our very special day.”Catherine + Donavan
“We cannot thank Derek enough as he captured our special day in such a creative and personal manor, We cannot recommend him highly enough! Thank You Derek — Very much appreciated”
Martin + Elaine
“Derek, myself and Ger would both like to say a huge thanks for the amazing job you did on our wedding day. Everyone told me I’d have a sore face from smiling for the photos but I don’t think I had to use one forced smile because you kept us laughing throughout. Walking from the church to the venue with the new husband and you snapping away was one of my favourite parts of the day. We love the photos we’ve seen so far and can’t wait to see the rest. Not only are you a huge talent and a dream to deal with but you’re a true pro. Many, many thanks xxx”
Elaine + Ger