Archive for June, 2009

Come Dine With Me!

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Andrea & Simon 301 copy

One to watch out for – Andrea Thornhill, a bride from a couple of years ago will be filming Chanel 4’s “Come Dine With Me” in the next couple of weeks and it will be shown in the Autumn.
Andrea needed clearance for her photographs to be used by chanel 4, so she contacted me for confirmation.
I’m looking forward to it as it is one of the shows that I can sit down to and relax!
Good luck to Andrea, I do hope you win the £1,000.00 on offer to the winner.

Sancha & Craig’s Wedding Day

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Sancha & Craig were married at Dunnottar Castle, just two miles south of Stonehaven. An absolutely breathtaking venue that I haven’t been to before but I would go again to at any time! Sancha & Craig’s wedding was organised beautifully by “Highland Country Weddings” who I have to say just put that extra wee bit of effort in to make the day special! On hand for Sancha & Craig and the rest of the wedding party was Jackie Goode from “HCW” who managed to bring along some smoked salmon, champagne, strawberries and nibbles……….what more could you have asked for in a romantic castle setting? The ceremony was conducted by Cressida Coates who made the couple very relaxed and I have to say that it was conducted superbly, very romantic and emotional. The weather could have been kinder, although in between the showers torrential downpours, we had glorious sunshine which gave us the chance of getting some wonderful photographs that I’m sure everyone will have very happy memories of. Sancha and Craig live in Australia and although Sancha is originally from England, they were heading back to Australia the following day. it was a small wedding party of 8 people but I think everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day. Sancha was stunning in her dress and Craig sported his kilt with pride. Both Sancha and Craig were great fun and we had a laugh taking some “fun” shots and of course the obligitory “formal” shots too. After the ceremony we headed to Raemoir House Hotel in Banchory, where all the staff were superb and made us feel very welcome indeed (thank you for the pot of tea – greatly appreciated) and the House and beautifully manicured gardens made a fantastic back drop for the photographs. We did the cake cutting and I have to say that Fiona from “Cakes by Fiona”  made a fantastic job of it and in a very Scottish theme! A big thank you to all involved in making Sancha & Craig’s day go so well, a safe journey home to you, your family and friends and hope to hear from Sancha & Craig soon. Enjoy the slide show!

Laura & Pauls Wedding

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Laura Pearce & Paul Atkins were married at Kirknewton Stables just on the outskirts of Edinburgh on Saturday 6th June 2009. The weather was a bit overcast with rain at times but of course perfect when the Bride arrived! The wedding was held outside under some beatiful trees, Laura looked stunning in her gown and to be fair, Paul looked extremely smart in his grooms outfit. The guests thoroughly enjoyed the ceremony which was a Humanist Ceremony and I have to say, was conducted very sincerely. Just after the ceremony and after the initial photographs were taken we were occaisionally running for cover when the rain came on!
Kirknewton stables is a wonderful small venue and the staff from Kirknewton House and catering staff from Annabelle’s were excellent and looked after the Bridal Party and their guests extremely well. Take a look at the web site http://www.kirknewtonestate.co.uk/index.htm
A very enjoyable day, thank you to Paul & Laura for inviting me to be a part of their big day.