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I used to submit to awards. Quite a few, in fact. But over time, it started to feel like a box I was ticking — and one that didn’t really reflect what I value about photography, especially wedding photography. There were the obvious reasons: time and money.In a typical year, I’d spend between £1500–£2000 on…

…. Unless you pay me and we never talk about it (obviously) Every photographer has a few pictures they secretly dread being asked to take.Lets get all the kids together Lets do all the kilts (If you are Scottish) Can make this one black and white but keep the flowers in colour? All of these…

When couples first start planning obviously you want everything to be as good as it can be – Perfect timeline.Perfect weather.Perfect band.Perfect flowers.Perfect aisle walk. So I asked some of my past couples a simple question: Looking back now, did your wedding day feel perfect to you? Not whether everything went to plan.Not whether every…

Some venues reward a plan. Glasgow University is definitely one of them.It is spectacular, obviously. The Chapel, the cloisters, the stonework and the sheer scale of the place! It all gives you a great start as a photographer, but it is also a busy, structured, very organised wedding venue. Glasgow University runs a tight ship,…

Why Couples Come Back to This One Decision Not to be that person — you know, the one who asks on the first day of your holiday, “So… when are you back at work?” — but life does return to something like normal after the wedding day. That doesn’t make the day any less important….

or how it turned out your wedding was just a flimsy excuse to buy fancy shoes Every wedding is different. Every couple has, their tastes, their families and their priorities. And I’m not about to tell you there’s a right way to do any of this. That said, after a lot of weddings, I often…

TLDR? – 90 minutes but…. How much time should you set aside for your wedding photographyThis is Part Two on planning and timing your wedding day Part One : ‘How to plan out your wedding day’ Every couple has their own priorities on their wedding day.For some it’s the food, for others it’s the party.When…

A photographer’s-eye view of the day It’s no secret that I’ve photographed a number of weddings at The Cruin. It’s a venue I have a genuinely good relationship with, built on shared standards around professionalism, client care, and how a wedding day should feel. There are dozens of decisions and small moments that happen quietly…

‘Control freak’ is actually a compliment… If you want the smoothest wedding day possible, here’s the simplest advice I can give you: Plan it backwards. Not spreadsheets. Not Pinterest timelines. Just start at the end and work your way calmly back to the beginning. I’ll give you some rough thumbnail timings here. They’re not rules,…

Some wedding venues feel like destinations in their own right. Set right in the middle of Luss, it’s a place with warmth and character, just far enough away from the hubbub of a busy summer’s day, yet within walking distance of some of the most charming views in Scotland. If Luss is ‘home’ for your…

The Most Common Wedding Fear Scroll for five minutes and you’ll see it everywhere. Especially at this time of year. “No awkward poses.” or “Hate posing? Me too.” It’s become a lazy badge of honour. A way of shifting responsibility. Sometimes I want to slap some of my contemporaries. Words like candid, documentary, natural, “I…

A lot of wedding advice lives in an idealised world. Magazine timelines, influencer checklists, rigid “must-haves” that assume unlimited budget and zero context. This isn’t that. This is real-life advice, not styled-shoot perfection. There are guidelines out there, and some of them are genuinely helpful. But none of them need to be followed slavishly. There…