Lower Largo and the surrounding area is a beautiful place to be married, sandy beaches, railway bridges, fishing boats, old harbour walls and sea all make for great backgrounds.
If you are planning to be Married in Lower Largo, Lundin Links, Earlsferry or the surrounding area then maybe we should have a chat. Feel free to call me on 07961 480485 to discuss your Wedding Photography in Lower Largo
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I’m delighted to hear that I have been booked for another Wedding at Dollar Academy. Last year I photographed LA and Petes big day which was the very first ever Wedding to be held here and now it seems I will also be photographing the 2nd ever Wedding here – I see a pattern emerging.
I am really looking forward to working with Nicola and Neil this summer, to whet your appetite, here are some shots from AL and Petes Wedding last summer:
Delighted that Carly and Martyn have decided I am the right Photographer for their December Wedding this year. December is proving to be a popular month for Weddings this year.
Fingask is a beautiful venue and I am really looking forward to working with them on the day.
Here are a coupe of images from Fingask
Brechin is a beautiful city, the surrounding Angus Glens offer fantastic areas for Wedding Photography. Brechin Castle is the ultimate backdrop for your Wedding Photography. In recent months I have photographed a few Weddings in the area, from a Marquee in the grounds of a house to small intimate Weddings in a local rental holiday home.
Brechin is not far from my home bas in Blairgowrei and well within the normal travelling areas for me, if you’d like to see more Wedding Photography click the links at the top of the page to go over to the main web site or search Brechin in this blog for more local stuff.
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The are round the Glenesk Hotel is nice and within a 20 minute stroll you can cover some good areas with lots of options.
Like the famous arch
The town hall buildings 
The woods by the Golf Course, just a little damp underfoot to go further in 
Then back to the hotel for a few more detail shots and an extra couple of family groups
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So, Kelly arrived with both her parents.
After the service we had a quick large group shot in the gardens, the weather was actually quite nice so we all stayed out there for the family groups then I took Kelly and Simon for a very quick walk round the area for a few shots.
More to follow
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The first Wedding of the year was last Saturday up at Glenesk Hotel in Edzell. Not a usual location for me having only shot Weddings there about 3 or 4 times but none the less a lovely venue. And, thank God for the weather, it could have been so much worse. We had a reasonably comfortable day which was dry and only slightly overcast.
As normal I started the day at Kellys House where her and the Bridesmaids were getting ready
Very unusual to have 3 different colours of Bridesmaids dresses but somehow it just seemed right
After I had finished there I shot along to the hotel to catch up with Simon and his best man. Firstly I took the opportunity to get some shots of the table decorations
Then it was time to await the Brides arrival. This was going to be an unusual Wedding in the both Kells Mother and Father were walking her down the aisle.
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Last Monday I spent the day in Birmingham at Focus, a large trade show for Professional Photographers, I watched a few seminars, bought some nice electronic gadgets and moaned that Canon had pulled out of the show at the last minute when they had agreed to give me a great deal on a new camera.
Another thing I had decided to do was to join 1 of the 4 main Trade Bodies who represent Professional Photographers, now in the past I have been a vocal critic of these bodies, to progress up the ranks your work is judged by other photographers who make a decision on how good it is. Quite frankly, I don't really care what other Photographers think of my work, I’d gladly swap an accreditation from a trade body for a letter of thanks from a real client – the people that actually pay my salary.
So why, you ask am I eating humble pie and joining up (I settled on SWPP by the way)? Well, over the last few years our industry has become saturated with “weekend warriors” or Uncle Bobs, amateur photographers that one day wake up and decide they are a photographer, with little or no formal training they call themselves Wedding Photographers, charge a price that in the real world (ie, decent equipment, proper training, insurance) simply is not commercially viable. In the vast majority of cases their work is way below par which reduces the overall standards of work when in fact we should all be pushing to increase the standards of work.
Whilst joining SWPP or any other trade body will never stop this happening, there is a strong voice in America which calls for mandatory qualifications for Photographers and I support that position fully. Whether that qualification is a formal educational qualification like mine or a certain level of accreditation from a trade body does not really matter. What it does is stop people setting up as Wedding Photographers on a whim, here today, gone tomorrow (with your deposit and dreams of a happy day) in their back pocket. I am 99% certain that this will never happen but a large trade body representing the Photography Community has a better chance of making that happen than I do alone.
So, I have joined up, I will work my way towards licentiate as quickly as I can and do what small part I can to protect Professional Photographers and Clients from Weekend Warriors.
We carry on from the Brides room to find Kevin looking very relaxed with life.
While it wasn’t a bad day, it was very cold so I didn’t feel it fair to keep dragging people outside for photographs. Except Kevin of course:-)
Kevin was so happy that day, it’s great to see people on top of the world
And then the Service started, it was a short Registry Office service. 
Then we organised a group shot of everyone, normally I’d do this shot outside from an upstairs window to get some height. It was just too dark and cold, we were almost at the winter solstice and it was freezing cold. So, we had to shoot it inside, thankfully it was a smallish Wedding so we could get everyone on the stairs but lighting that sort of arrangement is difficult. I hate (HATE HATE HATE) direct on camera flash so using a softbox I was able to get the bulk of the people lit and I filled in the people at the back with a speedlight shot through a brolly clipped to the top of the stairs. Took a bit of time but no one is in shadow. 
Gail and Kevin were keen to take advantage of she snow and the latew afternoon sun for some outside shots, we were literally wading through snow to get past the car park. I hope it was worth it, the shot below is one of my favourites, I love these spectral highlights – the little dots of light where the sun comes through the trees. 
More spectral highlights, I was in a “spectral highlight” kind of mood
Another of my favourites to finish with.
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