Since the weather outside could barely be much more wintry I thought I would post a few pictures from a beautiful wedding at the end of the summer this year as a reminder that it can actually be quite warm in Scotland. I had been looking forward to Liz and John's wedding for a while - I already knew them since I photographed Liz's sister's wedding and I knew that Liz had put a lot of thought into the details of their day. There was a dragonfly theme to the day and Liz went for a lovely 50's look with a wonderful vintage dress and hair and makeup.
Liz actually asked me to suggest a venue in Glasgow that I thought might suit and straight away I thought of Pollokshields Burgh Hall (try to look past the dodgy pictures on their website...). It is, I think, a great venue for a wedding and all of the weddings I have done there before have all been really nice. It provides some lovely rooms inside and Maxwell Park is right at the back door - what could be better! I needn't have worried about arriving on time from taking pictures with Liz just before the ceremony - she was apparently in no rush to arrive and I could have popped into Glasgow for a coffee and still made it back in time to capture pictures of her in the car...
To make the most of the park there were a pair of Clydesdale horses from Glasgow to give people a ride around in the sunshine. It did make the photography trickier because, as the guests were so keen to get a ride on the horses, there weren't very many people left behind to photograph. Of course, the only solution was for me to ride around with them in the sun - ah the life of a wedding photographer!
All in all I think everyone had a super day and I truly enjoyed photographing the wedding for them. It was very relaxed and Liz and John didn't want to have to fuss around having pictures taken so I was left to record their wedding as I wanted to. I even did a deal with them whereby I could sit down with their guests afternoon tea (which consisted of incredible sandwiches and cakes) in exchange for staying later to photograph some of the dancing in the evening.
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