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Wedding Photography Dunrobin Castle – Nicola & Derek

Another wedding at one of my favourite locations in the entire country, Dunrobin Castle.  Nicola Kemp and Derek Manson, from Thurso, were married here at the end of April. Dunrobin is a great location for wedding photography, due to the locely gardens, the fairytale-like castle building, and with loads of amazing indoor locations with lots of light if the weather isn’t good. Well this day wasn’t the best for weather, as there was showers of snow before the wedding and apparently the wedding party drove through a load of snow on the way down from Thurso. As Nicola and her bridesmaids were getting ready at the castle, it saved a lot of travelling and meant we were just in one venue for the entire day. The ceremony was conducted by the Rev. Susan Brown, who is the minister at Dornoch Cathedral, and she was her usual entertaining self, having everyone in stitches with her wit. After the ceremony despite the cold, it did brighten up briefly allowing us to get some outdoor images with the castle, but the gardens were definitely out of bounds for wedding dresses.

A fun day amongst a lot of old friends which made it very enjoyable.

A small selction from the day.

 

Engagement Photography Inverness – Fort George shoot

Donna Fleider and Andy Ross get married this summer, and chose Fort George for their pre wedding shoot. It was a cold day but we managed to get enough time in between rain showers to get some cool pictures around the Fort, before we headed off and did a few shots at a friends farm in the hay and I even found an old truck to use, so was in my element.

Hair Photography Inverness – Gallery Hair

I was asked to help Gallery Hair in Inverness with some new promotional images for their salon. The images were for an event they were exhibiting at, and we enlisted the help of Dress 2 Impress Bridal Shop in Inverness to provide dresses for the shoot. I then managed to arrange for access to Achnagairn House for the shoot, which gave us indoor and outdoor options, depending on the weather. The models for the day were Caroline  Carmichael, Chevonne Lee, Deborah MacQueen and LeighAnn Reid.

A few of the many images we took on the day

Scottish Master Photographers Awards 2012

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.

 

Wedding Photographer Inverness – Emily and Malcolm

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!

 

Wedding Photography Caithness – Roanna and Marty

The Portland Arms in Lybster was my next wedding after returning from Phuket, this time for the wedding of Roanna Sweeting and Marty Grant from Helmsdale. It was a cold but overall quite decent day for the end of October in Caithness. Roanna was getting ready at the Bridge Hotel, Helmsdale so I started off there with her and the bridesmaids as they got hair and make up done, before heading back North to Lybster to get ready for the ceremony. After the ceremony we headed down to a very windy and cold Latheronwheel Harbour for a brief but fun photoshoot. I hastily arranged for a young seal cub to turn up to be aprt of the shoot, and he did seem to enjoy it for a minute before taking off to look for his mother. Then it was back to the hotel for dinner, speeches and the dance, with the wonderful ‘Jude’ as the band.

Some images from the day.

Phuket Engagement Photograhy Shoot – Debbie and Gary

When Debbie  Denoon and Gary Weir booked me for their 2012 wedding, it then turned out that Debbie was going to be a bridesmaid at Alisha and Scott’s wedding in Phuket so we decided to set aside some time to do their pre wedding shoot over there on the beach. So on the Friday afternoon we headed down to Kata Beach in the hope of a nice sunset, but it was a very overcast day so we never got lucky on that score. However we did have some fun and got some nice images. Looking forward to their wedding in June!

Wedding Photographer Inverness – Sharon & Mark, Culloden House

Another lovely September day, this time at Culloden House Hotel, for the wedding of Sharon Kemp and Mark Vickerman.  The day began at the couple’s home, where Sharon and the girls were getting ready, before we headed over to Culloden for the wedding.  This was another first – the groom arriving by helicopter, which certainly caused a stir! It was a lovely day, and we got some great images in and round Culloden House, before heading over to the Drumosie Hotel for the reception.

Some images from the day

Wedding Photography Inverness – Jennifer & Niall at Dalcross Castle

Jennifer Fraser and Niall Farquhar chose the magnificent venue of Dalcross Castle, near Inverness for their wedding. It was a glorious day, and another afternoon when I was thinking it was too nice. We started off with shots in the room before Jen was piped down to the garden for the ceremony by Spud The Piper. Afterwards we had some fun taking photographs around the castle and grounds before heading in to the marquee for speeches, a lovely meal and the dance.

Here are a selection of the images from the day

 

 

 

 

 

Inverness Wedding Photographers – Drumossie Hotel

Back at the Drumossie Hotel for this one. Ching Ching Chua and David Grant were married in the hotel grounds, as part of their third wedding ceremony. They were married in Singapore, and then had another part in London, before this part in Inverness.

It was a wet and dull morning, but turned out to be just perfect later, and we managed a quick shoot at Culloden Batllefield before heading back to the Drumossie for the reception.

A fun day, and great shooting a bride in a red dress again!