Craignethan Castle Wedding - Clare and Paul

Clare and Paul's Craignethan Castle Wedding was a whole series of first for me.

After 20 years shooting weddings, nothing gee's you up like a brand new venue. Clare and Paul's wedding had 3 new venues for me to discover ! For a start, I had never even heard of Craignethan Castle which sits somewhere between Larkahll and Lanark. This stunning castle was to prove the backdrop for the majority of our pictures between St Benedict's chapel and the rather nice Shawlands Park Hotel





One of my favourite shots from all of 2013 is the first shot here of Clare. Its taken in her parents living room with just the vertical blinds tilted. I guess it's a great contrast and shows the range of venues you come across as a wedding photographer that we went from a modern living room, to a modern chapel and a 16th century castle!  As I mentioned Craignethan was an incredible building and inspired some fantastic shots of Claire and Paul who were just so great to photograph. With 4 beautiful fun bridesmaids and Paul's 2 brothers as best men the banter flowing back and forth, there was not need for me to ask anyone to smile. In fact, when I think of Clare and Paul's wedding that is what I think of. Everyone smiling and Clare's wonderful expression when she laughs.

A brilliant day with a brilliant couple !

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Dalmeny Park Outdoor Wedding - Samantha and Euan

Dalmeny Park Outdoor Wedding

Our next wedding took us over to Refrewshire for Samantha and Euan's Dalmeny Park Outdoor Wedding.

Isnt this almost every brides dream? A sun soaked day, getting married on the lawn of a fabulous hotel, then a light summer garden party feel to your reception? Then you'll notice just how beautiful the bride looks, how handsome the groom is, how nice the guests are...........and you'll see that it is also a photographers dream too!

As always our shots started out at Samantha's parents house in Alexandria before we made our way over to Dalmeny Park. Despite another little transport hiccup (sadly a recurring theme for 2013) Samantha arrived looking truly wonderful and I am sure the guests didn't mind a little extra sunbathing and drinking time! As usual the Rev Ian Miller was on hand to perfectly hit the balance between fun and sincerity with his ceremony. I have shot so many weddings alongside Ian now that I actually have a great rapport with the minister, who even makes sure that I get a great picture during the ceremony ! With time being a slightly pressing matter now, we ensured the groups were taken care of with maximum efficiency and that the timings of the day, especially for dinner, got back on track. Importantly though we didn't rush - we just kept the pace brisk and hopefully no one really noticed that we were working flat out. In some ways it worked a little to our advantage as, after dinner, we finally got 15 minutes alone with just the bride and groom to get 'their/our' pictures done. However I would like Samantha to have the last word on her wedding day experience with 1500 Photography

I don’t know how Euan and I along with both our families can ever thank you enough for all of your amazing support on our big day.  From the moment we met you we knew we were dealing with a complete professional and you continued to go above and beyond our expectations.  Both of you were extremely kind and helpful with guests commenting on how professional you were.  Thank you so much again from the bottom of our hearts as on our day you got your job done whilst treating us like good friends, rather than just paying customers and we appreciate it so much.