A glorious May day and the wedding of James and Kirsty at
Dundas Castle, Edinburgh.
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| Big shoes, wee shoes.. |
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| Bridal Preparations |
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| Bridal Preparations |
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| Bridal Preparations and Kirsty's Dad lends a hand |
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| On route to the ceremony with the girls leading the way |
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| Kirsty and dad |
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| On route to the ceremony with the girls leading the way |
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| Kirsty and Dad on route to Ceremony |
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| Ceremony in The Keep, Dundas Castle |
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| Bling :-) |
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| Humanist Ceremony |
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| Humanist Ceremony |
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| Humanist Ceremony |
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| On the rooftop tower, Dundas Castle |
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| On the rooftop at Dundas Castle |
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| Chatting and champagne |
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| Oscar wins the boys race |
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| Kirsty and James, Dundas Castle |
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| Kirsty and James, Dundas Castle |
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| Kirsty and James, Dundas Castle |
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| Wedding cake shot from above |
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| Guests enjoying speeches. |
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| Guests enjoying speeches. |
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| Kirsty's Dad does a good speech |
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| The Grooms Speech |
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| Guests enjoying speeches. |
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| Golden light for Kirsty and James at Dundas |
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| Reflections |
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| Dundas Castle silhouette, Kirsty and James |
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| Hello Sunshine.Kirsty and James, Dundas castle |
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| Buttonholes for the boys |
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| Hello Sunshine.Kirsty and James, Dundas castle |
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| Hello Sunshine.Kirsty and James, Dundas castle |
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| Groom portrait, James in evening light. |
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| James in evening light. |
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| Kirsty, beautiful bride in the evening light. |
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| Kirsty, beautiful bride in the evening light. |
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| Happy couple in the evening light. |
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| First dance, James looking good for a first timer.. |
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| Getting ready |
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| In safe hands |
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| Bridal prep |
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| Bridal prep |
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| Happy flower girl |
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| Bridal prep |
Dundas is a stunning venue, with superb views from the top of 'The Keep' out over to the Forth bridges, The Firth of Forth and to 'The Hallowed Kingdom of Fife'(Where quite a few of Kirsty's family hail from) so I was doing my wee sundance on Friday evening in the hope I could take the happy couple 'up on the roof' to shoot some post ceremony shots.It all worked out on the day and we had fun shooting images on the tower and out over the gardens aswell.The service was a beautiful Humanist Ceremony situated in The Auld Keep and taken by the lovely
Juliet Wilson.The guests then relaxed in the Castle grounds while we set up some of the big group shots as the kids ran around on the grass and generally had a ball. We worked through the groups quickly thanks to the help of handy Ushers and Best Man who were on good rounding up form (cheers guys!) and then I set up a few shots of James and Kirsty on their own, working well alongside the the top notch "DVD" guys
Cherrytree Films who were filming the whole day aswell.Into dinner and I covered the speeches, lots of laughter is always great to photograph, including an interesting sailors hat, presented to James by his best man. Im not sure of the connection, but dont know if I want to go into the details :-) (stag do in-joke perhaps?).After dinner the early evening light was getting better all the time, with the sun creeping downwards the shadows were lengthening and creating some lovely warm light. for photographers, this 'golden light' is much more pleasing and more dramatic than the harsh light of a summer afternnon so I was keen to bag some more pictures of James and Kirsty at this time, so we all went out and had a bit of fun running around, using the setting sun to illuminate some both gentle and dramatic portraits before returning to the marquee for the first dance(James' first dance.. EVER :-))which he pulled off very well.Effort mate! Thanks for being so easy going on the day guys, all the very best to you both. Sean
