Fiona and Jean-Christophe at Dunkeld Cathedral

It was an early start on Saturday 21st August – up at 6.00am to get all my equipment ready and pack for an overnight stay. On my way to Pitlochry, I stopped at Dunkeld Cathedral to look at the setting. I had worked there previously but the last time I had to work inside as it was wet. It is a great setting on the banks of the River Tay and I was looking forward to photographing there.

Click here to see the "formal" images, and here for the informal, and the speeches and dancing shots are on this link

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Pamela and Paul at Meldrum House

After having taken photographs at the beautiful setting of Meldrum House the week before (click here to see the post on this wedding), I was looking forward to going back as although the previous Saturday,I was lucky to get most of my shots taken before the rain came on, I would have liked longer to get more shots. I had promised Peter, the General Manager, and his agency some images to use for their website so I wanted to show as many areas of the grounds as possible.

You can see all the formal images here and the informal images here.

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Olu and Jonathan at Craigiebuckler Church

Saturday 21st August was a very busy day for the aberdeenphoto.com team. While Lukas and I were in Dunkeld, Andy, David, and Greig were all at the wedding of Olu and Jonathan who had 360 guests at the church and for the meal with even more arriving in the evening. With so many people, three photographers were required. Jonathan and I had spent a long time planning the photography and even after the meeting, there were lots of emails confirming the groups required and the running order for the day. The careful planning paid off and the despite having so many people, Andy, David, and Greig did a great job making sure everything was done on time and getting a great range of shots – see the links below

Andy’s photographs
David’s photographs
Greig’s photographs

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Tina and Michael at Rubislaw Church 

Tina and Michael had got married in China earlier in August and then had a blessing ceremony and reception for Michael’s family in Aberdeen. Michael’s Mum had contacted me and we agreed a suitable service for their specific requirements. As I like to be upfront with all our pricing, we have packages listed on our website but these are often customised and amended to meet client’s specific requirements as we did here for Tina and Michael. Andy took a nice range of photographs and Tina and Michael can add these images to those taken at the actual wedding ceremony. Click here to view all the images.

Click here to view all the images 

Michelle and Gavin at the Holiday Inn

Michelle and Gavin had been referred to me by the team at the Holiday Inn in Westhill. I know the hotel very well as I have taken many photographs there, supplied canvasses for Luigis, a sales book, and created their website. 

On the day of their wedding (Friday 20th August), the weather was nice and we took most of the photographs in the park across from the hotel and the images can be viewed here.

Michelle and Gavin sent me a nice message the day after the wedding – see below

"Hi Neil 
Just wanted to say a big thank you to you and David for making our day special. I have seen some of the pictures online and they are amazing…….. 
Best wishes Michelle and Gavin" 

Laura and Euan at Haddo House

The beautiful  setting of Haddo House was the venue for Laura and Euan’s wedding and Andy and David were the photographers with Andy concentrating on the posed groups and Bridal shots while David took the candid shots which will give Laura and Euan a set of images that capture and re-create the day if they decide to have on of our storybook albums.

Click here to see Andy’s images and click here for David’s. Go to more for a slideshow of some of Laura and Euan’s photographs.

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Susan and John’s wedding at Aswanley, Huntly

John and Susan’s wedding on the 24th July was a great wedding to photograph. We started at Castle Huntly with Susan getting ready and then headed off to Aswanley to meet John, Gareth, and Euan (who’s wedding I photographed in 2006). I had never been to Aswanley but was delighted to find a beautiful setting set in the heart of the countryside. The service was outside in the grounds which was a stunning backdrop.

After the service, we took all the groups in the garden area while the quartet played, and the guests sipped champagne. The beautiful weather made the whole scene idyllic.After photographing the groups, the couple boarded the Rolls Royce Phantom to be taken back to Castle Huntly where we took a few shots with the castle in the background and the rest alongside a very picturesque stream.

Formal shots here and informal shots by clicking here.

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Dawn and Neil at Stonehaven South Church

The 17th July was a very windy day and after taking the family group photographs at the church in Stonehaven, Lukas and I went with Dawn and Neil to Dunottar Castle. At the pre-wedding meeting, we had discussed Dawn bringing alternative shoes but she had forgotten them and it was too uncomfortable for her to walk too far so we took some some shots not far from the car park with the castle in the background. 

We took the remaining bridal photographs at The Old Mill Inn where it was not windy at all. The images can be viewed at the links below.

The "formal" images are here and the informal set here.

Thank You Cards

I have featured Thank You Cards previously on this blog (click here for previous post) and they have become very popular. I have recently been discussing these at the pre-wedding meeting and some of my clients are choosing the design and layout before the wedding so that they only have to choose the image or images to get them ordered. As we aways have the photographs on-line within 24 hours, and the cards can be printed and ready to collect in 1-3 days, you can have these very soon after your wedding. 

The most popular design has 1 image on the front and 1 on the inside with ether a printed or hand-written message, or combining both. The sample above has 3 smaller images below the main shot but you can have any design you want in either upright or landscape format. Click more to see a few more examples.

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Cove Bay as a location for Wedding photography

Laura and Ryan live in Cove and were having their wedding service and reception in the Altens Thistle so at the pre-wedding meeting I suggested taking photographs at the small harbour in Cove. The day of their wedding was glorious and the views at Cove were stunning although the lighting gave me major problems. Luckily I had my Quantum Q Flash with me and using the Freewire radio system, I got David to hold this off camera flash so that I could get enough fill light to work with the very strong backlight. I did take one or two shots with sun behind me to show the setting but some of these were back or side views as the sun was too strong for Laura and Ryan to look towards.

The image above has not got the ideal lighting but it was worth having to show the view. The image below with the light behind is much more flattering but needed a lot of flash to match the very strong back light.

Click here to see images taken by me and David’s more informal shots are here.

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