Mareike & Gary's Trash the Dress Shoot - Cramond Beach, Edinburgh

It takes a very brave bride to opt for a trash the dress shoot on a Scottish beach in October, but Mareike did just that. Having married the lovely Gary in July this year at Glenfinnan, she seized the opportunity to wear her stunning dress once more.

It was bitterly cold when we arrived at Cramond Beach this morning but Mareike was determined to go ahead with the shoot.

And despite the cold it turned out to be a fantastic day for a trash the dress shoot - blue skies, a beautiful breeze (when you managed to ignore the wind chill!), a fantastic setting and a gorgeous couple.

Both Mareike and Gary were fantastic to photograph - committing entirely to the shoot and following our direction to the tee, even when our requests did sound a little odd! Mareike also had some great ideas for photographs and her beach run inspired a whole segment of spinning and twirling shots. A very good way to warm up!
After the shoot we all headed into the warmth of the Cramond Inn and never before had hot coffee tasted so good! Then it was back home to start editing the photographs.

And here are a few of our favourites...Our thanks go to the kind gentleman walking by who lent us his beautiful black lurcher!

Laura & Derek's Paisley Abbey wedding - Real Life Weddings

Back in April we photographed Laura & Derek's wedding at Paisley Abbey. It was a great day and these two were fantastic to work with.
We were really pleased when Real Life Weddings magazine contacted us to say they'd like to feature this wedding in the Winter 2008 edition. And we were even more delighted when Derek got in touch to let us know that they are expecting a baby next month.
We wish Laura & Derek all our very best for the future and think they will make fantastic parents!

To read Laura & Derek's wedding story click here

We are a VOWS Awards 2008 nominee

Some fantastic news today, we have just heard that we have been nominated for the VOWS Awards 2008! The awards recognise consistently excellent levels of customer service in the Scottish wedding industry.
We'd like to say a huge thank you to all of our beautiful brides and gorgeous grooms who voted for us. As a young business, this kind of recognition means so much to us.
We will be attending the awards ceremony in Glasgow on November 2nd where the overall winners will be announced.
Now just the tricky decision of what to wear... surely this is a legitimate excuse to buy those new shoes?

To view the full list of nominees click here