We've been celebrating communal moments since 2013

Established more than decade ago in Ireland and now based in Lisbon, Portugal, Magic Chair is the meeting of two minds who are passionate about street photography, cinema and music. We love the freedom weddings offer us to create unique imagery for our couples!

Northern Ireland wedding photographer in yellow field
Catarina
Catarina
from Lisbon, Portugal

Photographer
Videographer
Editor & Designer

From Lisbon, Portugal

Derry wedding photographer in red field
Rory
Rory
from Derry, N. Ireland

Photographer
Videographer
Editor

From Derry, Northern Ireland

frequently
asked questions

We are based in Lisbon, Portugal and love to travel throughout the country.  If you’re looking for documentary wedding coverage in Portugal or Spain, we want to hear from you!

Our approach for both photo and video is very “hands off”. We rely on natural light (no flash) and use silent, handheld equipment in order to be as unobtrusive as possible. You can simply forget about us and immerse yourself in celebration!

Travel is usually free within Portugal.  Please contact us with your locations for an exact quote.

We sure can! We can arrange a video call or voice call, whichever you prefer!

You can check your date or request our price guide here. To secure a booking, we require a €700 non-refundable booking fee and signed agreement. The remaining balance is then due 30 days before your wedding.

Rory often shoots solo.  For larger weddings (+100 guests), we may recommend adding Cat as a second shooter.  This allows us to cover all the special moments from two perspectives and be in different places at the same time!  Never outsourcing our work, we edit together as a team and really enjoy this control over our creative process.

That’s your choice.  All the songs on our website were picked by us.  We really enjoy finding that perfect soundtrack to complement the footage!  If you’re not 100% about the soundtrack we choose for your edit, we will be very happy to re-edit with songs of your choice.  Or, if you know exactly what songs you want before we start editing, please send us a playlist!

We usually soundtrack our wedding videos with music only.  This gives us the maximum creative freedom to convey the mood and feel of your day. We offer full speeches, full ceremony edits and raw footage as separate add-ons.

We are perfectionists and our craft takes time. Wedding photographs are usually delivered within 4 weeks.  Wedding videos are considerable more work and can take up to 12 weeks, depending on the time of year.

We always carry multiple camera bodies, lenses and more memory cards than we need. If either of us can’t make it for some reason, we will find a suitable replacement to fill in for shooting.

Our default style is documentary but we are more than happy to take couple or group portraits.  We can usually wrap these up within 30 minutes so you can get back to the party!

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