Day out with the Kids at Findlaystone!

I decided to make the most of the good weather on Saturday and went straight out after Rhonda and Steven's shoot to Finlaystone Country Park in Langbank. I wanted to spend some time with the kids in the last few days of their Easter holiday and, as I was in the mood after the morning shoot, I just had to take the camera. We bumped into some friends while we were there so the kids went of to play together while we got the chance to relax. The only regret was not bringing anything for the b-b-q. Here are some very happy kids.

Steven & Rhonda's Engagement Portraits

Another fabulous morning (in April???) and I met up with Steven & Rhonda for a chat about their wedding and of course to take a couple of pre-wedding shots for them. Apart from a couple of scary moments when we nearly all fell in the river next to the mill (featured) we had a great little portrait session and managed to catch some nice light. Really looking forward to the wedding next month in Troon.

New Arrival

Congratulations to Margo and Mark on the safe arrival of baby Jack in the early hours of Saturday morning. We are all totally thrilled!

Mike and Lizzie's Portraits

A lovely spring morning in Culross set the scene for a relaxed portrait session with Mike, Lizzie and 'Murphy' the Jack Russell at the weekend. It was great to finally meet with Mike and Lizzie, having booked us for their wedding at Guthrie Castle later in the year. We shot some natural and relaxed portraits using the mediaeval buildings and streets of Culross as a backdrop.

A great portrait session, but Murphy always tried his best to be the centre of attention!

Tony & Leah's Wedding

Tony and Leah's wedding on 25th Feb provided us with some fantastic opportunities for photographs. The service took place in Garnet Hill Synagogue and the reception at Mar Hall, Bishopton (about a mile from our doorstep!)

Leah's fabulous dress is shown here while she and Tony stole a quite moment in their suite at Mar Hall.

During the reception the Tony, Leah and guests took to the dance floor for a bout of fast and furious Israeli dancing.

They were a great couple to work with as they were so natural in front of the camera. Leah was a brilliantly happy bride and even in her more candid shots she was radiant and always expressing a smile.

Special thanks to Ken for second shooting and grabbing some great candids!

February Weddings

My next busy spell took me to The Isle of Eriska Hotel, near Oban, for the wedding of Suzy and Thomas Finkle. Susy and Thomas's celebration was an intimate affair surrounded by their family. The photo opportunities were abundant at as I had the luxury of bags of time to spend with the bride and groom before their evening ceremony. I spent time with the guys on a clay pigeon shoot and time with girls as they relaxed and prepared. My special thanks to Susy and Tommy who made us feel more like wedding guests than photgraphers for the day.

New Award & Latest news

We have fought our way out of a mountain of wedding albums and decided it was time to take stock of what's been happening lately. Apologies for the big time lapse since the last update - but it seems a photgrapher's work is never done.

Probably the biggest thing to date was David picking up an award at the annual MPA Scotland awards. Yes, my brilliant husband got himself an 'Award of Excellence' in the Avant Garde Portrait category for the entry posted below. This is a portrait of Lisa on the pier at Irvine.

The next biggest thing was probably the wedding of our great friends, Martin and Louise. This wedding is probably so special because it was at Martin and Louise's housewarming party in '95 that David and I met. So why did it take them 19 years to get married?

It was a great, if unconventional, wedding which took place on 27th January in The Pierhouse cottage at Loch Melfort near Oban. It was small, intimate and really good fun. The Humanist ceremony was really personal, they had a treasure hunt for the kids, Louise made her own wedding cake and bouquet as well as an impressive spread of canapes and pink champagne.
A house party followed the meal at a local restaurant; then a poker game in the evening - which ended in the groom causing himself some GBH when he split his chin open mucking around outside in the dark. Being in very remote place with a severe lack of first aid supplies the best he could do for sticking the open wound was the 'best before' tape from a loaf of bread.


We were also thrilled that Louise asked Antonia to be a flowergirl