Thursday, July 29, 2010

Lianne and David at the Royal Botanic Gardens

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Well, this was a jolly one! Once the emotion of the ceremony was over, Lianne and David  and their friends and family certainly knew how to let their hair down (only metaphorically not literally, since despite some pretty vigorous dancing, Lianne’s hairstyle somehow managed to look as immaculate by the end of the evening as it had when she first arrived).

Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Gardens are a bit special, especially when the weather holds off to allow an outside ceremony, and behind the joking and good spirits there was a lot of emotion – as you can see from the pictures! The one downpour was perfectly timed until the ceremony was well over and most of the guests were safely in the marquee. And as soon as drinks were served, the sun beamed again, just in time for the group photos.

Here are some pictures from the day!

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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Louise and Matty

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A destination wedding this time – last week we headed abroad over the border into the exotic wilds of Northumberland for Louise and Matty’s wedding near Berwick Upon Tweed. In fact it was only just abroad, as the wedding was within a stonesthrow of the idyllic banks of the River Tweed.

The wedding was a wonderfully intimate one – Louise grew up in the area, and the reception was in a marquee by the family home.

This July has been one of the wettest months of the year, and it was perhaps inevitable that we would be caught by the odd shower. This did nothing to dampen the spirits of the friendly gathered party though, and happily the showers held off for the ceremony, and the heaviest shower waited until the wedding party were safely ensconsed in the marquee, so the timing was good! Just one shower caught a few of us off-guard. For the photographer, this just introduces more photo opportunities, and a slight misting on my lens at one of the damper moments gave an interesting ethereal arty glow to one or two of the pictures.

The happy couple paid especial attention to details, with lots of lovely little touches carefully prepared with a yellow and green colour scheme.

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Julie and Robin at Culcreuch Castle

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Julie and Robin’s wedding at Culcreuch Castle was an especially emotional day – I had difficulty focussing a couple of times during the speeches as my eyes became distinctly watery during some of the more touching moments!

Culcreuch is a beautiful location – a lovely old castle with a tall square shape somewhat reminiscent of Lennoxlove. Despite the fact that it is not a million miles from Glasgow, it is really in the middle of beautiful rural Scotland, slightly closer to Stirling than Glasgow perhaps, but with nothing larger than a village in a radius of 15 miles or 20 miles. It is located in a beautiful glen in a remote rustic setting.

Julie is in the veterinary business, and the discovery of some baby frogs by the lake caused particular excitement!

The delicate flower arrangments were by Mood Flowers of Glasgow

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Friday, June 25, 2010

Janice and Michael’s wedding at Duddingston Kirk and Prestonfield House Hotel

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Janice and Michael certainly chose the location(s) and the weather well for their wedding. Wedding venues around Edinburgh hardly come more idyllic than Duddingston Kirk with its unique position in the village by the loch at the foot of Arthur’s Seat, and the gorgeous Prestonfield House Hotel, which is close by.

As for the weather, we have often noticed that, no matter what the weather has been doing in the preceding week, the sun often seem to break out specially for the wedding ceremony. Well Janice and Michael were no exception – it was one of the hottest days of the year so far! And the rainclouds very considerately waited until the outside drinks party was over and everyone was safely tucked up inside for dinner and warm speeches in the welcoming and cosy interior of the Prestonfield.

Here is a small selection of pictures of the day. Many thanks to Janice and Michael for being such a pleasure to be with on their wedding day. We were especially grateful to Michael for thanking us in his speech and giving Sylwia’s ECA exhibition a free plug to the guests!

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Monday, June 14, 2010

And yet another exhibition!

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It’s all exhibitions at the moment. Yesterday I posted about Sylwia’s two exhibitions that are opening this week and next in Edinburgh and Switzerland. And I also have an exhibition that will be opening in London in October – November, at an exciting new space called Woolfson & Tay. The exhibition is about AIDS in Ukraine, and is called ‘Time Out on Holiday Street’.

The opening will be on 12th October. You can see an announcement of the exhibition and read further details about it here.

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