Most of my wedding meetings were for dates in 2010 with three couples having dates in September, October and December of this year. Just as there is such a diverse choice in wedding venue’s in Edinburgh there is also an equal abundance of wedding photographers. Personally, I’m not the kind of wedding photographer who spends great quantities of time and resources trying to track and work out why couples pick me over other Edinburgh wedding
photographer’s. I’m a great believer that discerning and educated clients are very easily able to judge the quality and skill of a photographer from his photographs and therefore I adopt a simple approach of having plenty of images on my website and an ample variety of books and albums for meetings. I’m always happy to show any enquiry the complete set of photographs from my last two or three weddings too.A common denominator from several meetings this week however was brides giving me a specific reason why they were going to book me and I found some of their reasons quite intriguing…
The first booking I took this week was from a bride who had simply fallen in love with one specific photo on my website. As soon as she saw it she’d made up her mind that I was going to be her wedding photographer (I love these kind of brides! lol) The photograph in question was an image of Maggie who was married at Melville Castle last August. It is the first picture shown here. I’m not sure what exactly makes the image so magical, and the bride in question couldn’t put her finger on it either, but whatever it was it touched her anyway.
Another bride I met this week said how she loved the fact that I make all my brides look like fashion models. I’ve been told this a few times before, too, lol. Again, every bride is individual and different and some personalities I may endeavor to portray and work with in different ways, but as a brides wedding day is going to be the most glamorous day of her life I believe it is important that among her wedding memories are a set of images where she looks absolutely stunning!
I also met back up with a couple who had visited my stand at a wedding show earlier in the year but hadn’t yet set their date. Once again this was a couple who had already set their heart upon booking me so I was glad I still had their wedding date available. The thing that had triggered it for this bride was she remembered one of my Image Books at the wedding show, and in particular one specific page.
This was a multi image page spread, containing six photographs across a 12” x 8” page. I had given the page a light purple background which the bride who was browsing through the book was observant enough to spot that this was the colour of the sash the small flower girl was wearing. This is a typical example of the albums and books being designed around your wedding photos, not the other way round. It is also a touch you can only employ if your creating the design from a completely blank canvas. 
It certainly isn’t possible using generic album templates where the pages have already been created for you and the images are simply being dragged and dropped onto them. Anyway, it was this little detail that stuck in the brides mind. 
Amongst the above comments were two other couples who gave the same reason, and this brings me back to the theme of this post. On looking through my photographs they said that one of the things they really liked was that I really made the most of each venue, capturing the character, ambience and charm of each location. This is something that I not only consider important, but also get a lot of pleasure from. Wedding venue’s in Edinburgh, and indeed anywhere, are very costly, probably taking up the highest percentage of a couples budget, so it is therefore essential that I make the most of each venue in the wedding images. But over the years I’ve also received many magazine commissions to photograph
some of our most illustrious castles, palaces and stately homes in the country, including their renowned owners. However, although these establishments may very well be enchanting and indomitable they are never more alive than when hosting a wedding. The buzz of having a bride and groom getting married and spending the day within their walls really does breathe life into it! 
Edinburgh is famed for its magnificent churches, cathedrals, hotels, castles and palaces which is one reason, as I said at the outset, why Edinburgh wedding photographers are very blessed. Not only does it keep us busy and on our creative toes but also enhances what it is already the best job in the world!
Links related to pictures:
http://www.melvillecastlehotel.com/
www.apexhotels.co.uk/hotels/edinburgh-international
http://www.macdonaldshotels.co.ukroxburghe/
http://www.royalmusselburgh.co.uk/
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