Loch Lomond Wedding (Cameron House) - Claire and Ian

Loch Lomond Wedding

Claire and Ian's wedding on Loch Lomond was a crazy day and lots of fun. It was an intimate affair with both the bride and groom getting ready at Cameron House, before making their way down to the marina and climbing aboard the Silver Dolphin boat. Once on board we sailed up to a lovely quiet spot on the Loch for the ceremony to take place.







Claire and Ian had come over from Ireland to enjoy some wonderful Scottish scenery and sunshine. As you can probably see from the pictures this couple were a brilliant laugh and the 'craic' was flowing all day. Relaxed, personal and more fun that it probably should have been. The perfect Loch Lomond Wedding !

Cameron House Wedding - Shelly and Ryan

Cameron House Wedding

What can I say about Shelly and Ryans Cameron House Wedding. Intimate, classy, personal, an amazing dress, fantastic views, great banter and all with two of the nicest people you could ever meet.

Ryan and Shelly had come down from Aberdeenshire to marry on Loch Lomond and Cameron House was the obvious choice for their wedding. With its great views, amazing architecture and fantastic service its hard to beat, especially for more intimate weddings like this. We started off in Shelly's room as the finishing touches were applied and caught some beautiful shots of her before we made our way downstairs to the ceremony. With a bridal party of 30 ish it meant that the couple married in the Morning Room of Cameron House, held their drinks reception in the library, popped outside for pictures and then returned to the Morning Room for dinner.



 

We also got the very rare chance to take the couple out onto the jetty, now the permanent home to the sea plane, thanks to the generosity of the seaplane staff. They granted us permission to grab a few shots there while the plane was out on a tour. As you can see - the weather was perfect (for a photographer). Calm, still and offering us beautiful light. It really was just a lovely day and one which Gillian and I really enjoyed and look back on with great fondness.
Even better was last week while shooting at Cameron House, who did we run into? Ryan and Shelly celebrating their first anniversary ! It was fantastic to see them both again. I couldn't believe a year had passed since the pictures above but the couple looked exactly the same (minus the formal attire obviously). Running into them was like running into a couple of old friends. Congratulations Ryan and Shelly, one of our favouate weddings of all time.

Weddings at Cameron House - Sarah and Scott

Weddings at Cameron House

As you can see, we had a wee run of weddings at Cameron House. However hopefully you will see a lot of variety in the different weddings and pictures. Everytime we go here, we are looking for a different way to shoot the wedding and take a unique approach to each day. This was especially the case with Sarah and Scott who are friends of 1500 and a great couple. Sarah was a bridesmaid at one of our favourite ever weddings (Leanne and Robert back in 2009). In fact Leanne and Roberts wedding was our sample albums for many years so if you have booked us, Sarah's face may already be familiar to you.

On the wedding day itself it was so nice to catch up with Leanne who was returning the favour of being Sarah's bridesmaid. Sadly we had to dodge in and out of showers to get some pictures outside but as you have read on here many times before, thank goodness Cameron House looks great inside too. Sarah and Scott are such a lovely couple. It was really important to me to do a great job for them as they are so warm and so friendly and even though I'd only met them a few times before it genuinely felt that we were shooting a friend's wedding. My only sadness is that I wish the weather had been better for them. However I am sure that they hardly noticed. It was a wonderful day with so many great personal touches - from the Willy Wonka Candy Cart to the life-size cut out Tom Jones at the top table. Within the next day or so I will be delivering the wedding album to the couple. I cant wait to have them view the finished product and to see them both again.

 

Wedding at Cameron House -  Royah and Ed

What a beautiful wedding at Cameron House this was. Royah and Ed had travelled up from London with their daughter, friends and family to get married on the shores of Loch Lomond.  Now here I have to make a confession, which as a Scotsman may well see me exiled........ I prefer blokes to wear a suit at a wedding ! I know it's almost sacrilege but check out these pictures and tell me how smart Ed looks? It goes without saying that the gorgeous Royah looks amazing too, but guys, think about it - pockets !!





I am frequently amazed that so many couples come from all over the world to Loch Lomond and Cameron House in particular. I guess it's a real testament to the natural beauty of the area, the friendliness of the people and of course the cracking venues right on the Loch. I wouldn't want to be a photographer anywhere else !

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Weddings at Cameron House - Fiona and Ian

Fiona and Ian's Cameron House Wedding was a lovely day which took us back to our favourite stomping ground on the banks of Loch Lomond.

This was a real Celtic affair with Fiona's Scottish friends and family mixing very well with Welshman Ian's contingent who had travelled up to Scotland for a wonderfully warm ceremony. Fiona and Ian had been brought together by a mutual friend who thought they would be perfect together. With the entire day taking place at Cameron House it was a nice and relaxed affair with only the very strong winds putting a little spanner in the photography works. Sadly we did not manage out to the loch side but thankfully with Cameron House there are some many nice areas indoors to take pictures that it hardly matters. The last shot of the 5 here is of Ian and Fiona with their 'matchmaker' (awwwwwwww)

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Cameron House Wedding - Amanda and Davie

Cameron House Wedding

Our wedding was a trip back to our favourite venue for a Cameron House Wedding. Amanda and Davie had come up from the Scottish Borders to tie the knot on the bonnie banks and brought an intimate party of friends and family to join in their celebrations. Its not often that they hold weddings at Cameron House held in the Drawing Room, in fact, I think this was the first time. The service, conducted by the ubiquitous Rev Miller, was extra hilarious due to a slip of the tongue by the ministers. When discussing the number of colours available for bridesmaids dresses he inadvertently replaces replaced the 'L' with an 'R' when he mentioned a Dulex Colour Chart......



Even without this mishap it was a fun filled day as pretty much all the guests gave Dave some good natured ribbing about his tendency to fall off his motorbike. Even to the point its was suggested that the mini bride and groom on top of the cake were totally inaccurate, because the grooms motorbike was upright.......



Davie took this and the photography (which he was initially a little reticent about) in his stride. Amanda looked beautiful with a dress with not only showed off her slender frame but which was also practical for a cool February day. A really nice couple with a really nice set of friends on a really nice day. Lovely stuff !

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Cameron House Wedding - Birgit and Armin

Cameron House Wedding

Our last wedding of 2012 and it was a Cameron House wedding, but this one was a little different. It was conducted almost exclusively via sign language !!

Both Birgit and Armin were German and had come over to the 'Bonnie Banks' for not just one wedding ceremony but two. A civil ceremony first in the morning to take care of the legalities of getting married then a traditional Scottish Wedding ceremony complete with 'tying the knot' conducted by a hairy highlander, Scot AnSgeulaiche

The wedding part just consisted of Birgit and Armin with their wedding planners Magdalena and John who specialise in 'destination' weddings from Germany. Birgit and Armin spoke very little English and I speak even less German (for some reason 'schnell' and 'ya' about covers my knowledge). So this meant the finer points of posing the couple and eliciting a reaction in them either through banter, corny jokes and them interacting with each other was taken out of the equation for me.

But when you look at the pictures......it doesn't matter. You wouldn't know that we could barely understand what we were saying to each other, somehow what I wanted to do for Birgit and Armin and what they wanted from the pictures married up perfectly and I left Cameron House that day with one of the best weddings of the year. I am humbled that we got on so well after only spending a few hours together and produced such wonderful results despite our communcation being so limited. It was a magical day and the perfect way to round off what had been a magic year for 1500 Photography.

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