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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.

Horse Photography Ardvreck

On my way to Ardvreck I spotted this lovely Highland Pony down in a field so got the camera out and managed to get her to come up for a quick shoot. Really pleased with these images.

Pre Wedding Shoot Ardvreck Castle – Anna and Fraser

So it was second time lucky for this shoot, after the weather wrecked our plans the first time we planned it. Ardvreck Castle is a very cool ruined castle on the shore of Loch Assynt, up near Lochinver. Anna and Fraser were getting married later in the month so we were running out of dates for this shoot. The forecast was nice, but when I arrived up there it was absolutely baltic and there was a light shower of hailstones. This was not going to be a long shoot!

NNCMC – Music Photography

Last month saw me back at the Northern Nashville Country Music Festival, in Halkirk, Caithness. It is a huge and very popular event on the Country Music Circuit, and I have photographed it every year since it began, so was delighted to be invited back again by the committee. I love shooting live music events, so this is a great chance to get some cool images. There were bands from all over the world, including the USA, Netherlands, Ireland,England and of course Scotland, including some local Caithness acts.

Wedding Photography Inverness – Gemma and Andy

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!

 

2011 Top Images – Wedding Photography

Okay so usually I’d have done this a few weeks ago, but I was too busy so I am finally going to post my favourite images of 2011. I struggled to get this down to ten and if you aren’t in here please don’t be offended, this is purely on a photographic point of view.

 

 

 

 

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 Wedding Photography – Alisha and Scott

Well, what an adventure this was. An amazing time with some really awesome people. It was so nice to go out there and be made to feel so welcome by everyone, and by the time I left I felt like one of the family. A trip full of everything. Loads of laughter, good times, and an amazing romantic and emotional wedding to cap it all off.

The wedding was at the Banyan Tree Resort which was an amazing place. The villas were out of this world, and the chapel the wedding was held in was so beautiful, and the air conditioning was very welcome in there! It was very hot on the day, probably the hottest day of the trip, so a hasty wardrobe change was necessary just before  I left as I was soaking  in my usual wedding clothes! The ceremony was lovely. Alisha arrived by boat at the chapel and it was an emotional time, with quite a few tears around. Including myself…haha. We then had a baby elephant along to meet everyone, before we headed off to do a photoshoot. We then had the most amazing dinner I have probably ever eaten at The Plantation C lub

I cannot thank Alisha and Scott and everyone else enough for the amazing hospitality and friendship I received on this amazing trip.

Some pictures from the wedding 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!