Gilmerton House Wedding, North Berwick

Gilmerton House Wedding, North Berwick

Gilmerton House Wedding Photography, North Berwick We absolutely adore photographing weddings at Gilmerton House, and Catriona and Jonathan's special day there will show you a lot of the reason why. The beautiful building, the stunning interior design, lush garden and...

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Winter wedding at Edinburgh Castle

Winter wedding at Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle Winter Wedding  For memorable Scottish wedding venues, I struggle to see how you could top Edinburgh Castle! Yvonne and Jason's wedding was every kind of wonderful. A completely laid-back couple who never stopped smiling, their happiness and...

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Hotel du Vin Glasgow wedding: Antonia & Andrew

Hotel du Vin Glasgow wedding: Antonia & Andrew

Beautiful autumnal Hotel du Vin Glasgow wedding. Looking back at this stunning wedding we captured at Hotel du Vin, I've been yet again blown away by the colourful styling and happy feeling this day had. Situated in the heart of Glasgow's West End, but on its own...

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Award-winning wedding photograph

Award-winning wedding photograph

I'm really pleased to have won a Wedisson award for this wedding photograph from Melissa and Ollie's wedding! We had hoped there would be a glorious sunset and we would get out for a photo showing off the incredible Scottish landscape surrounding Millearne, but...

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Pantone Ultraviolet: Wedding colour of the year?

Pantone Ultraviolet: Wedding colour of the year?

   Ultra Violet Pantone Color of the Year - wedding colour of the year? We often ask our couple if they have specific colour schemes for their wedding, and when they do we love to spot all the ways they've incorporated their colours into their day. From...

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Behind the scenes: Lifestyle portrait photo shoot

Behind the scenes: Lifestyle portrait photo shoot

Behind the Scenes: Lifestyle Portrait Photography in Edinburgh Today I want to take you with me behind the scenes on a corporate portrait photoshoot I did recently. The client brief Iona Russell is a woman with many irons in the fire, with a wealth of experience and...

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Autumn Wedding Photography – Mhoraig and Colin

Autumn Wedding Photography – Mhoraig and Colin

Scottish Autumn wedding bursting with seasonal goodness I'm going to start with a small disclaimer: I love everything about this wedding, so prepare for gushing and an inordinate amount of adjectives. In fact, allow me to get them out of the way: Introducing Mhoraig...

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Can you spot the difference?

Can you spot the difference?

See anything different about Tallulah's face in these two portraits? As photographers, we have many tools to create different looks during a shoot, including lighting, lenses, poses and backgrounds, not to mention the endless array of editing and retouching options...

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First Light is 10 years old!

First Light is 10 years old!

I have had a triple celebration this summer, which I thought I would share with you wonderful people. In July I turned 40 - a big round corner in life, which I have happily welcomed. It feels like a very happy, very settled and confident place to be - a perfect...

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Nathalie & Lennert, Broxmouth Park wedding photography

Nathalie & Lennert, Broxmouth Park wedding photography

Wedding Photography, Broxmouth Park, Dunbar Nathalie is Swiss/ Scottish, Lennert is Belgian. They live together in Switzerland, got engaged in Portofino and were married in Bonnie Scotland - proof that beautiful things grow from a solid, European base 🙂 Below is the...

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Wedding album – Classic Mounted wedding album

Wedding album – Classic Mounted wedding album

"Just a wee note to say...our wedding album has arrived! And we couldn't be happier or more impressed. We are quite overwhelmed, really - it's such a beautiful, unique object. Thank you for being so careful and exacting in putting it together; it really shows. We'd...

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How to have a great Humanist Wedding

How to have a great Humanist Wedding

I've always loved photographing humanist weddings; each and every one is unique, tailored perfectly to the couple and telling their story. I asked one of my favourite humanist celebrants, Tim Maguire, to write a little about what makes humanist celebrations so...

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