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The Approach Used
My aim is to produce a selection of very high quality portraits to match your wishes. Please look at the style given in here and in the example and album pages and decide if I can offer what you might want.If you would like a range of high quality portraits on your wedding day I would be happy to talk to you no matter the size of your wedding.
I feel that photography should be an enjoyable part of the wedding day. I also feel that photography should be important but not be dominant.
Long after the flowers have faded and the taste of the meal has been forgotten the photos of the day will remain an important and vivid reminder. I hope to produce pictures that you can look back on in 30 years time and see something of the character of the people photographed. It is therefore worth me making a special effort and for you to set a side some time for good photography. I see wedding photography as portrait photography rather than documentary for the formal parts of the day are in reality very short.
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The Bride Before Changing
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The Groom Waiting |
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Friends before the Ceremony |
Photographic Style
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The Witnesses
Afterwards
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In terms of overall photographic style, I think it is better to produce a mix of formal and informal pictures as this gives the couple, their friends and families the widest possible choice. You might call it a semi-formal portrait style. This method works for all concerned for 3 reasons. Firstly, most couples choose a mixture of image types. Secondly I have found that some people can completely change their minds about what they want when they see the proofs. Lastly parents, family and friends often want different pictures from the couple.
For me wedding photography is about high quality portraits that tell the story of the day. I advise clients to select a diverse range of pictures reflecting different aspects of the day as this makes the album more interesting.
Personally speaking I do not like 'trash the dress' because I support a much better and charitable use of wedding dresses. Instead of trashing it for a photo shoot you might like to consider donating your dress to help a Kenyan charity. Click here for more information >
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Speeches
Before or After Dinner
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Little People
when they are in the mood
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Image Processing After the Wedding Day
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I put much time into producing the proofs, the final images and the album page designs.
Each proof image is individually optimized. The images chosen for the album are then re-worked and retouched at the time of order for maximum quality.
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Wedding Cake |
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Brides Flowers
on a 'Thank you' Card
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Groom signs the
Marriage Schedule |
Formal Signing Photo
Park Circus Registry Office Glasgow
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Guests after the Ceremony |
Wedding and Civil Partnership Venues from a Photographic Point of View
Having shot throughout the West of Scotland in churches, registry offices, hotels and even a football stadium I have to say that each type of venue has its advantages from a photographic perspective.
(see a list of places in Scotland approved for civil marriage ceremonies >)
A beautiful church building gives atmosphere, although that seems most appropriate for religious people and is now less commonly used. It is perhaps not widely known that those of other faiths can be married in the Church of Scotland. The Church of Scotland web site (click here > ) says " The Church does not regard marriage as a sacrament and ministers are free to marry people who are not members of the Church of Scotland".
The local registry office has the advantage of being quick and easy. No religious content is allowed. (see General Register Office for Scotland ) |
Between Registry Office and Church
Scotland also has Legally Authorised Humanist Weddings
Since 2005 Scotland has become the only part of the U.K. where you can be legally married by an authorised humanist celebrant. If you are interested in this option you can find a celebrant who has been trained by the Humanist Society of Scotland (see the wedding page of the Humanist Society of Scotland >).
There are two advantages in humanist weddings, for nonreligious people. You can have the ceremony personalised to your taste. This is a good option for those who want a particular form of words and who place emphasis on the ceremony itself. A Scottish wedding conducted by an 'Authorised Humanist Celebrant' has the other advantage that the ceremony can be conducted in any place that is ''safe and dignified'. |
Scotland has wide scope for wedding venues
 
Church and football stadium can both be venues for religious services
The National Wedding Scene in Scotland
If you are planning a wedding in Scotland and live elsewhere you might be interested in some Scottish national facts and figures for weddings that took place here in 2007.
There were 29,866 marriages in Scotland in 2007, 339 male civil partnerships and 349 female civil partnerships. Hotels were the venue for about 2,300 religious and 3,400 civil ceremonies. 7,987 civil ceremonies ( 52% of civil marriages) were conducted at ‘approved places'. 48 % of civil marriages took place in registration office. 63 % of the religious marriages were celebrated in places of worship. Approximately 900 religious and 600 civil marriages took place in castles and other historic buildings and 27 religious and 19 civil marriages were held on ships and barges.
In 2007 there were:
710 weddings by the Humanist Society of Scotland
758 weddings in the Scottish Episcopal Church
1,953 weddings by of the Catholic Church in Scotland
8,000 weddings by the Church of Scotland
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Coming down the isle
A church wedding in summer |
Leaving the church
Late on a very dull snowy January afternoon |
Are you looking for Glasgow Wedding Photographers ?
Try Scotimages, Milngavie
Telephone 0141 570 1368
Email me at admin@scotimages.com
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