VOWS Awards 2014 - 1500 Photography Nominated

I am surprised, proud and delighted to announce that 1500 Photography has, for the second year running, been nominated for a VOWS award.

Now in their tenth year, The Scottish VOWS Awards celebrate and promote excellence in customer service within the Scottish wedding industry. This award recognise companies who strive to provide outstanding service and deliver consistently high standards of consumer experience. To be thought of, by our clients, as a company worthy of this kind of acclaim is humbling and rewarding. I can only thank my wonderful brides and grooms from the last 12 months who not only took the time to fill out a form and vote for us but who also must have enthused about us so much that it impressed the judges. The awards themselves are on the 24th November. I will keep you posted.  Thank you so much to all our clients. We are completely blown away.

Scottish Master Photographer Awards 2013 - 2 in a row 'Best Complete Portrait'

I am absolutely delighted to announce that we picked up two winning trophies at this years Scottish Master Photographer Awards including our second 'Best Complete Portrait' in a row !! We had a fantastic day at the Glynhill Hotel in Paisley with guest speakers Vinnie O'Byrne and Dutch Master, Henk Van Kooten. After two hugely entertaining and educations seminars it was onto the awards dinner.

We picked up an award of excellence for our black and white shot of Muti taken at the Summerlee Heritage centre. This image then also went onto win the Fashion and Glamour category

Then our images from the fashion shoot we had for the 'Stanley Place' label also picked up an Award of Excellence. These shots were taken at Ramilia's Hair and Makeup salon on Bath Street (whisper it - one floor up from a photographers!!) This shot was the one I was most pleased with but which also went onto to form part of the 'Complete Portrait' award which was also won.

As well as winning two Awards we also scored highly with the judges for our wedding work. Two of my favourite weddings from 2012 (for very different reasons) picked up awards in the Complete Wedding category. Firstly Craig and Clairs wedding at Moorpark House which was great fun as I had shot the bestman and bridesmaids wedding the year before and they are a brilliant couple. Craig and Clair were absolutely brilliant on the day and I am delighted that their images were rewarded.

Then finally - Marianne and Johns wedding which gave me one of my favourite shots of the year (which I am disappointed to report - did nothing) However, as part of a Complete Wedding these shots were awarded and 'Award of Excellence' just missing out on the top spot. This wedding at Cameron House was a more intimate affair with the couple, close friends and family and possibly the most memorable character I met all year - Marianne's Gandmother !

All in all a very happy evening with just one last shot to share - my big daft mug (left) receiving one of my trophies from Regional Chairman, Seppi Preston (right)

Scottish Wedding Photographer of the Year - Stuart Wood

Scottish Wedding Photographer of the Year

Amazed, Proud, Delighted......

All these and more just about sum up how I felt about picking up the title of  'Scottish Wedding Photographer of the Year' at this years MPA event at Dunblane Hydro. We picked up some of the best possible awards for our business. First we won 'Classic Wedding Photographer of the Year' with this shot of Victoria & Darren

We then picked up a couple of merit awards for our shots from Amanda & James' wedding and Stephanie & Grahams

We then won the award that we really wanted -

"Best Complete Wedding" with Victoria & Darren's wedding

With the above body of work we were then crowned

"Scottish Wedding Photographer of the Year"

I cannot begin to tell you how thrilled I am to have finally got my hands on this trophy. I owe a huge debt of thanks to Victoria and Darren who chose me to shoot their wedding, the wedding staff at Cameron House who are always very professional and understand the importance of photography on the wedding day and most of all.....Ms Price.

My other half who has supported me, assisted me and encouraged me from day one of 1500 Photography. I could not have got this award without her - thank you Gillian x

Awards News for 1500 Photography

I am delighted to confirm that we have had 2 shots chosen at this years Master Photographer of the Year awards. Shots from Victoria & Darrens wedding and Amanda's Trash the Dress shoot have been selected to be judged against the very best photography in Britain and will feature on the "Wall of Fame"

This is a huge honour for us and hopefully provides our clients with the assurance that 1500 Photography is maintaining its position as one of the leading wedding photographers in the country.

The Master Photography Awards are the most prestigious awards for photography in the UK and feature the cream of today's photographic talent and the winners will be announced on the 17th October.

Prizes !!

So you might have seen a very similar shot to this recently (here)

Lee-Ann and Kieran not only scooped the 1500 Photography - Wedding Shot of the Year 2008, but also have now picked up a digital camera courtesy of Kodak.

Their shot, taken at Glenskirlie Castle in October last year, is one of the shots we have in this years "Kodak Wedding Photographer of the Year". By getting their images into the final 10 shots, Lee-Ann and Kieran and Jason and Loretta will receive a Kodak digital camera and the chance of winning £1000 should their image go all the way.

Watch this space......

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2009 Kodak Awards

A wee bit of exciting news has come our way

The finalists in the first stage of judging in the 2009 Kodak Wedding & Portrait Awards have been announced.

The successful photographers in the wedding category are : Peter Trenchard (2) from Jersey, Gary Walsh from Stockton-on-Tees and Stuart Wood (2) from Dunbartonshire. Each of these now go forward to the final judging in September 2009. The overall winners will be chosen from this final judging. The overall winning consumer (ie the bride and groom) wins £1000. The overall winning photographer(s) receives the title of Kodak Wedding or Portrait Photographer of the Year 2009, a framed certificate and trop Presentations will take place at the Master Photography Awards 2009 at the Newcastle Hilton on 11 October.

I am delighted to have managed to get two images into the final. If successful, the couple featured in the winning image are also awarded a prize of £1000 !! So fingers crossed for Leanne and Kieran, Loretta and Jason and 1500 Photography (although, I just want the trophy) !!!

Learn more about theses awards here www.thempa.com/consumeraward

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Vote for Our Wedding Image of the Year

Just for a bit of fun I've put up some of my favourite images from 2008.

I'd like you to pick you favourite 3 images and submit them.

The winner will recieve a small token of our affection but more importantly will claim the prestige of being voted 1500 Photographys "Wedding Picture of the Year" .

You can only vote once and the closing date is the 3rd of Feb.

The winning shot will be announced on the 14th and displayed on here.

Get voting (and I know you might vote for yourself, but thats ok as long as you pick a 3rd choice)

Note : Tick the box above your favourite shots

Poll Now Closed !!!! -

Thanks to all who took the time to enter - Almost 300 votes were cast in total and we have a clear winner......