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Dunblane Hydro Wedding : Natalie & Jamie

If Carlsberg did weddings, it would probably look a little bit like Natalie & Jamie’s fabulous day at the equally fabulous Dunblane Hydro back at the start of May, the first of five weddings for me that month. Not because of things like the favours, the cake, the dress even etc etc…these things are all important of course and all add to the make-up of the day but, no folks, for me, the very most important thing on the day are the people – the bride & groom, their families and every single guest that’s there too – they all contribute in some shape of form into how the day pans out…and what an amazing crowd we had here :-).

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  • Debbie ThomsonOctober 4, 2019 - 11:09 am

    Mike I cannot thank you enough.  You have captured memories that will last a life time of Natalie & Jamie’s very special wedding day.  I love your work and would not hesitate to recommend you to anyone. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Debbie xxReplyCancel

    • MikeOctober 9, 2019 - 1:19 pm

      Thank you Debbie for those kind words – it really was a fabulous day :-).ReplyCancel

Wedding Photography at Dunblane HydroLynsey & Robert

Looking out the window just now, with the freezing sleet coming down in buckets, it’s hard to believe that it’s Spring :-(. So, let me take you back to a time when it was just a wee bit warmer and the leaves were still on the trees…yep, I know, I sound like a kid’s storyteller!

Mid October last year is that time folks as I continue onward through “blogland” and all the fabulous weddings I’ve shot. The place, Dunblane Hydro, where I think it’s fair to say I’ve been quite a few times now – was there last weekend in fact. The occasion, Lynsey & Robert’s wedding day and what a great day it was too :-).

The great thing about Autumn weddings is that it affords us the chance to not only get the usual shots during the day, where we made good use of the tree lined drive and the views up to hill to the Hydro, but also, after dinner, hey it’s turned dark and the can only mean one thing? No, I don’t turn into a vampire!!! What I “do” do, is break out the speedlites for some night time shots and the ones we got are some of my favourites from the day.

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    Karyn & Mau’s Wedding Album

    It’s been a while since I shared a new album design with you guys, so very pleased today to be putting that right!

    Karyn & Mau were married last July at St. Alexander’s Church in Denny before heading up to the fabulous Dunblane Hydro for their reception.

    For their album, the guys chose one of Graphistudio’s “Original Wedding Books” with a huge 60 pages. The guys chose the brown oak wood cover (the first time I’d seen this and it looked great), bound in a sage grey maple binding. This was all topped off with my own design for the box with a dark grey scroll design raised and varnished over a sage grey maple box to complement the album binding – who says albums are dead and buried!

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      Wedding Photography at Dunblane Hydro | Ashleigh & Peter

      My first August wedding this year took me off on my third visit this year to the fabulous Dunblane Hydro for Ashleigh & Peter’s wedding. Now, I have this theory that you can often tell how the day’s going to pan out by the “vibe” (if that’s the right word) during the bridal prep sesion that I always start the day off with. It’s always a great opportunity too to meet (as well as the bride who I would usually already have met before), the bridemaids and bride’s parents, plus anyone else who happens to be around as well. So, was I right? Of course :-). Great time shooting the bridal prep and that certainly carried on throughout the day.

      Before heading to the Hydro, the cermony took place at the Holy Cross Parish Church in Croy and, if memory serves me right (and I am writing this over two months after the wedding), it was just a touch breezy up on the hill – great for veil shots though :-). Of course, during the ceremony, I’m very much just an “observer” (and picture taker) but there’s always plenty of great moments to observe and shoot, as you’ll see below.

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        Wedding Photography at Dunblane Hydro | Karyn & Mau

        Back at the end of July, I shot my last ever wedding “triple header”, and the third and last of these took me back to a couple of old “haunts” for Karyn & Mau’s big day…namely St. Alexander’s Church in Denny for the ceremony and then up to Dunblane Hydro for the reception.

        Mau is from Mexico and it was great to see a couple of nice little touches such as the Mexican flag flying high outside the Hydro and the tequila slammers for all the guests, that rounded off the speeches :-). The guys met, if I recall correctly, working at Disneyland in Florida and carried the Disney theme through to the wedding day…who knows, perhaps we can even build a customised wedding album with the famous Disney logo on the cover to round things off nicely.

        Karyn & Mau, a big thank you for choosing me to shoot your fantastic day. Here’s just a few of my own favourites which I hope you like – click on any image to enlarge.

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