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.

Our Wedding Shot of the Year 2013 is...........

Congratulations to Ashley and Devin who scoop the title of Wedding shot of the Year for 2013. It was a mighty close race between the top 2. Our winners polled 934 votes from a total of 4304 (a new record!!)

In second place was the beautiful Katy with Danny collecting 839 votes and our third place runners-up were Samantha and Euan. Thank you to everyone who voted and I hope it was your favourite who won. The winners get a 20" canvas of their print

[caption id="attachment_3334" align="aligncenter" width="417"] Wedding Shot of the Year - Winners Ashley and Devin[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_3350" align="aligncenter" width="375"] 2nd Place with 839 votes - Katy and Danny[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_3382" align="aligncenter" width="400"] 3rd Place - The lovely Samantha with Euan with almost 500 votes[/caption]

Paisley Abbey Wedding - Lynsey & Robert

Paisley Abbey Wedding

Weddings at Paisley Abbey are always a little bit special and Lynsey and Roberts wedding was no exception.

As you would expect from 1500 Photography, we started the day at Lynsey's parents' house in Uplawmoor before making our way into Paisley. The Abbey itself is always an impressive sight but in addition to the wonderful surroundings Lynsey's dad, Ewan a musician himself had arranged for choristers to attend the ceremony too. The overall result was spine tingling!

After the ceremony we popped back inside the Abbey for a few pictures, then into the cloisters before making our way up to Barrhead and the Dalmeny Park Hotel. It was, as you can see, an absolutely cracking day. I love the shot of the young couple striding out of the Abbey and I promise that the blue sky isn't photoshopped, it's real.

Lynsey and Robert are such a lovely couple who were such a pleasure to work with. Lynsey looked absolutely beautiful and was ably assisted by SIX bridesmaids. Robert looked very smart in his suit and yellow and black stripey socks!

It was a great day, which hardly felt like work at all. Both families made the day very easy for us and with such a great couple, good weather and stunning locations - you can't really go wrong.

Paisley Abbey Wedding by 1500 Photography

 

 

Dalmeny Park Wedding - Pamela and Steve

Dalmeny Park Wedding

I used to shoot loads of weddings at Dalmeny Park when I worked over in Paisley, so it was a great pleasure to go back for Pamela and Steve's wedding earlier in the summer. As a photographer in Scotland trying to keep up with the vagaries of the Scottish climate can drive you insane.....and this day was no exception. Fair play to Pamela and Steve though. When the rain did come the couple simply brushed it off and continued with the shots as if nothing had happened.



The black and white shot above was Steve's idea. He thought it were possible to see both him nervously waiting and Pamela arriving - and he was right. The rain put paid to our plans of doing a full group of everyone so instead we shot all Pamela's family, all Steve's family and finally all of their friends. This meant everyone was captured, no one was missed out and we had a record of everyone at the wedding.

Dalmeny Park wedding photography by 1500 Photography