Monday, 30 January 2012

Cameron House Wedding - Craig & Zoe

Cameron House Wedding


This wedding at Cameron House, between Craig and Zoe, was our last wedding of 2011.

Craig popped the question only 3 weeks before the wedding at the end of November and since then the couple managed to organise everything to make a perfect day on the shores of Loch Lomond. After a lovely civil ceremony we took the couple out to the front door of the hotel for a few 'trademark' 1500 shots (that's all the weather would allow!!) before once again making the very most of the Cameron House interior.

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This was a lovely way to sign off 2011, with probably one of the most memorable shots of the year.


Zoe resplendent on the boardroom table !! I have to say that this was just a passing thought from me which was very quickly taken up by Craig and Zoe, next thing you know we have set up a cracking shot which both the couple and myself absolutely delighted with finished shot.


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We also had time to shoot a festive version of our big award winning shot featured on the front page of our website. It's a festive twist on Darren and Victoria's shot also taken at Cameron House. A brilliant finish to a fantastic year for 1500 Photography. I would love to say that we then put our feet up and relaxed but as you will see , 2012 was up and running very soon indeed.........


Cameron House Wedding by 1500 Photography




Monday, 23 January 2012

Wedding Shot of the Year 2011 - Get Voting !!

Its that time of year again. Time to vote for……

1500 Photography’s “Wedding Shot of the Year”

Have a look through the images and pick your two favourites.  Obviously many of the couples involved will want to vote for themselves, this is absolutely fine as long as you remember and cast two votes in total which will help ascertain the best picture taken by 1500 Photography in 2011. This was really really hard for me to only pick only one shot from each wedding as there are so many that I love, so my apologies if your own personal favourite isnt there.
The winners  will not only receive the ‘kudos’ of being voted the most popular picture of 2010 but they will also receive a framed 10×8 of the image and find themselves gracing the front page of our website.

Pass this link onto friends, family and colleagues and get as many votes as you can. Last year saw a few twitter  and facebook campaigns so the more the merrier - Good Luck !

The poll closes on the 10th Feb 2012. The winner will be announced on 13th Feb

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Friday, 20 January 2012

Lodge on the Loch Wedding - Jennifer and Martin (Jennie and Macca)

Lodge on the Loch Wedding


Scheduled to be our last wedding of 2011, Jennie and Macca's Lodge on the Loch wedding was going to be something special. Not just because it was the last one but also because the couple themselves are a great laugh and were really looking forward to getting their pictures taken. We started off with Jennie getting ready at the Lodge on the Loch before making our way down to beautiful Luss Church for the ceremony.

It had been raining pretty hard the week of the wedding and I have to say that this was the highest I had ever seen Loch Lomond at Luss. There was very little between the pier and the water, as you can see below.

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Jennie and Macca were superb out in the chilly December air and gave us some lovely shots, then it was back to the Lodge for a full group of everyone and then dinner and speeches. I must say - the speeches were absolutely fantastic, what a great laugh was had (mostly at Macca's expense) before the dancing began.

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I should mention that the band on the night were the superb 'The Jiggers' and boy did they have their work cut out for them. Getting a room full of English people through a ceilidh is always a spectacle!!  Brilliant day, top couple and some of the best evenings entertainment I have seen for a while. Thank you Jennie and Macca.

Lodge on the Loch wedding by 1500 Photography

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 7 January 2012

Loch Lomond Youth Hostel Wedding - Kim and David

Loch Lomond Youth Hostel Wedding


This was our first wedding at Loch Lomond Youth Hostel, but not our first wedding with Kim and David.

We had previously worked together at Elspeth and Tom's wedding at Cameron House a couple of years ago (Kim was one of the bridesmaids and Dave a dutiful guest). We started Davids day with my first foray into sports photography....... Rather 'adventurously' David has organised a full scale 11 a side football match for all the male guests coming to the wedding. I don't mind telling you I winced at every 50/50 tackle although it should be noted that everyone came through the match unscathed.

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Then it was onto Cameron House where Kim and the girls were putting together their finishing touches.

Unfortunately the rain on the day did not let up once. So heavy was the rain that you couldn't see Loch Lomond from the Youth Hostel. However we were lucky that both the interior of Cameron House and The Youth Hostel lend themselves rather nicely to photography, so we were not short of opportunities for great shots.

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Kim and Dave also had some of the best table decorations I have ever seen - homemade album covers. They looked absolutely fantastic. A wedding in a Youth Hostel is a brilliantly novel idea. The thought of the guests all sleeping in bunk beds and making their own breakfast in the morning certainly gets the imagination going....

Then, after the wedding, we set our own new record. Within the space of 7 days the album was made up, checked, changed twice, and printed ready for the couple to take away. This is not usual service but a special case as Kim and David live down south and are emigrating early in 2012.

A fantastic couple who take with them to Uganda our love and very best wishes.

 

Loch Lomond Youth Hostel Wedding by 1500 Photography