We were doing a piece about using locations, and this shows me setting up some images on the fire escape at the side of the hotel.
I recently attended the Scottish Regional MPA annual awards event at the Novotel Edinburgh Park
It was a great day, and lovely to meet up with so many friends in the industry. There was a seminar by well known businessman Gerald Ratner, which I found totally inspirational and also very entertaining. The awards attracted a huge number of entries and the standard was very high, as pointed out by the judges. I was absolutely thrilled to win the Contemporary Portrait category with this image below of Jade Hunt, who won Face of Glasgow and more recently Miss Galaxy Scotland:
I was also chuffed to get a Merit Award in Pets and Animals for this image of a Highland Bull.
Second wedding of the year and another one at the very popular Loch Ness Country House Hotel. Emily McNelis and Malcolm MacDonald were married at this great Inverness wedding venue. It was another beautiful spring day, with more complaints from me about the sunshine…but it was great to be able to work outside so easily in March. We started off with some shots of Emily and her lovely bridesmaids getting their make up done and getting ready, before heading to LNCHH for the shots of the guys arriving. After the ceremony, we had some great fun shooting around the grounds of the hotel, before finishing off with some fun group pictures. It was yet another amazing day and a privilege to be part of it. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs MacDonald!
So the first wedding of 2012 was last month, and after a nice break over the winter it was back to one of my favourite venues, Loch Ness Country House Hotel just outside Inverness. I love shooting weddings at this Inverness location as it has such great opportunities for pictures, either outisde or inside if the weather is not favourable. Luckily Gemma and Andy had an amazing day and the sun was shining all day right up until time to sit for dinner. We started at Gemma’s home for getting ready shots, before heading to LNCHH for the ceremony, which was a humanist one, and as always very nice to be aprt of as it is so personal to the couple. Jackie did a great job, and there were a few tears! There was a few special moments along the way which had myself and Gillian my assistant having a tear in our eyes, one being when the couple’s youngest son Cailean saw mum for the first time as she got out of the car, and when the very grown up Evan walked mum down the aisle then waited patiently for a kiss. All very special parts of the day which I am glad to have captured for them to cherish forever. Moments like that cannot be repeated! The shoot was a load of fun and I was pretty6 excited about the light and the shots we got. We then had a lovely meal as usual at LNCHH, before the band The Shire started up and the evening fun began! A really lovely and wonderful day to kickstart a new year and if every other wedding is as good as this one I will have a great year!
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