Blysthwood Hotel Wedding - Niki and Stephen

Blythswood Hotel Wedding

Niki and Stephens Blysthwood Hotel Wedding was a wonderful day which I will remember for a long long time. Niki the bride is, like me, bit of a film buff the echos of movies were present throughout the whole day. We started off with Niki and Stephen both getting ready at the Blythswood Hotel, so I was able to flit between both room to get both bride and groom preparation shots.



After that we were onto the magnificent Glasgow Cathedral for a ceremony in some of the most dramatic settings imaginable. When the ceremony concluded we nipped back inside for a few shots of just the couple on the alter before making our way back to the Blythswood. This was my first wedding at the Blythswood Hotel & Spa since its 2009 reopening and my goodness what a change from its old RAC days! We did manage to shoot a few images across in the square (in the freezing cold) before settling in to shoot the rest of the wedding pictures inside.



Niki had asked us to stay on and cover the evenings entertainment and that is where we really got to strech our creative muscles. First of all, in keeping with the movie theme, we put Niki "in" The Birds. Hitchcock films had been running all evening in the Blythswoods own private cinema and the tables were all named after Hitchcock movies, so the temptation to combine both was irresistible. Then we popped outside into the Glasgow night and had some fun with sparklers. The results from both shots were stunning but if you get a chance, pop over to our facebook page and see how the sparkler shot was created. Scott McKenzie of Mckenzie Wedding Films 'very kindly' captured the"creative process" (ie Gillian and I running around the couple like a couple of wallies!!)



Then back inside to catch Niki throwing some shapes on the dancefloor...... It was a fantastic day and Niki and Stephen were amazing on the day. Their enthusiasm, sense of humour and love for photography allowed me to create an absolutely stunning wedding album. Working with both of them was brilliant experience and a wedding which I loved to be a part of. Thank you both x

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Wedding at Glenbervie House Hotel (& St Andrews Glasgow) - Ashleigh and Davie

Our story of Ashleigh and Davies wedding at Glenbervie was featured recently on the fantastic 'We Fell in Love' Scottish Wedding Blog (you should really bookmark it!!)

Hopefully their images and a bit more of their story will be appearing soon in the best Scottish magazine around - The Scottish Wedding Directory. So, at the risk of totally over exposing them, I thought I would add them to my own blog (before they get too famous!). It is one of the few occasions where we didn't attend the 'bride getting ready' first and instead focused in on the groom at the church. It brought a whole different flow to the pictures of the day which I really enjoyed.

This was the first of two visits we had to St Andrews Cathedral in the space of a few days (see Hazel, below) but it was the first time I had worked and Glenbervie and I must say, what a pleasant experience it was. Lots of interesting nooks and crannies for our couple to pose in and a fantastic lawn to play with and a peacock - I loved it! You can see what a handsome couple Davie and Ashleigh make and it was great to be involved with a couple who were so particular about their photography, bringing their own ideas into the shots and setting aside plenty of time for the pictures.

I will leave the last word on the wedding to Ashleigh who, when asked about how her and Davie got together answered with this great wee story  -

"We bumped into each other in a nightclub that we both love (The classy Shed in Shawlands). A song that we liked came on which we both started to dance to. We were dancing back to back and literally bumped into each other! We both apologised and then had some cheeky chat: Davie: “I think you’ll find I was dancing here first so you will need to move” Ashleigh: “haha I think you’ll find I was dancing far better than you so you’ll need to move!” Davie: “Well there is only one way to settle this, a dance off!” Ashleigh “haha you’re on!” … we still disagree to this day on who actually won the dance off!"

This was just one of those weddings where everything ran smoothly, absolutely to plan, really nice guests who helped, a stunning couple and fantastic weather.  A 'perfect day'which appropriately enough was the 'marryoke' song they performed in the evening for the fabulous Gee-Whizz Wedding Video

Little did I know then that this was about the only sunshine we were to see over the summer months.......

 

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29 Royal Exchange Square Wedding - Tracy & Riad

I have been really looking forward to posting this wedding.........

My first 1500 Photography wedding was for Colin and Judith - now a few years down the line I was honoured to be the photographer at Tracy's wedding (Colin's sister). The venue for the day was the rather splendid 29 Royal Exchange Square which gave us lots of scope for pictures with all its nooks, crannies and textures (which was just as well as it was typical Glasgow summer weather  - teeming down!!)

As you can see Tracy had an absolutely stunning dress and looked simply amazing. Riad looked pretty cool in his kilt and it was great to see all of Tracy's family again. I must admit that i was a little nervous about the day as Colin had got possibly one of the nicest albums I have ever produced...... till now. Dare I say Tracy's album might top it?

I better not, especially as I will be shooting Pams wedding in March.

Pam is Tracy and Colin's sister..........now that's pressure!!

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