With photographs, large is best! 

Take your favourite photographs, print large and place in a good quality frame.  It’s simply the best way to display your family images and brighten up your home with something very unique and extremely personal.

A great way to spend Sunday morning…photographing all the fun and laughter of a family gathering.

All to often we don’t spend enough time with the ones that matter most, so when I’m asked to photograph a family it’s a real privilege.  I spent a very relaxed morning capturing these images. 

I thought I’d better post these pictures separately from the main wedding pics.  As a major Soap fan, Antonia informed me that these were the most important from the day!

The boys – Coronation Street star, Sam (Chesney) Aston and Nick Pickard, aka Tony Hutchinson from Hollyoaks - were in Scotland for a charity football match.  Needless to say they attracted a lot of attention and requests for photographs, however the duo were more than happy to make Antonia’s day extra special by posing for a few personal photographs.

The beginning of October saw me attending a wedding that I had been looking forward to for some time.  Colin is a fantastic singer I’ve known for around two years now, so to be able to capture images of this special day was a real privilege. 

Every wedding I attend is filled with a range of emotions by the, soon to be, newlyweds and this was no exception.  From nervous apprehension, fun, laughter, love…and lots of rain too, but that didn’t detract from an absolutely fantastic day.  Antonia and Colin were so easy to work with and I have to thank them for agreeing to go out in all that rain for some really special images.  The MacDonald Houston House Hotel, Uphall is one venue where, no matter what the weather, as a photographer you want to shoot those outside images which capture the majestic charm of the instantly recognisable architecture.

Once I finished working, it was down with the camera and a chance for me to relax and see the evening reception through to the wee small hours.

Once again, congratulations to you both and I wish you all the very best of health and happiness in your life together.

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Finally managed to find time to post these images from a wedding I was fortunate to be asked to photograph late September.  The Stair Arms near Pathhead was a wonderful setting for this relaxed and intimate family day.  Viv, Mike and their family were a joy to work with – something which is reflected in all the fun and laughter captured in the amazing final images I am about to present to them.

Whenever I’m asked to do a family portrait I feel it’s important to capture the individual personalities within the family.  This framed image, shot at the weekend, was a quiet moment of reflection during a very fun time.  The photograph captures perfectly one aspect of this young teenager’s personality. 

We spent time photographing the family around the home, then headed off to the beach…the weather held out for us, thank goodness. 

This shot is one from a series of ‘album cover style’ photographs taken on the waterfront, linking in with the family’s musical side…going for a slightly more ‘disconnected’ family image.