lot of portrait sessions and shoots following a highly successful promotion after being signed up by Edinburgh’s Great Deal’s. I also think it’s highly likely that a well known fashion name will be running a Kool Kids photo contest in Edinburgh sometime before the end of the year but at the moment that’s top secret so please don’t tell anyone. I had a great time at Ocean Terminal last weekend for the Debenhams Wedding Weekend and now
I’m getting ready for the Edinburgh wedding fair this Sunday at the Hilton Edinburgh Hotel. That’s providing I survive my shoot at the National Mining Museum Friday night, of course. For the first time in over 30 years the National Mining Museum Scotland is going to be illuminated at night and the Switch On is this Friday. The switch on itself is being carried out by a top secret prominent well known person (yes lots of secrets this week) and after photographing them pressing the Switch On button the museum want to hoik (my spell checker is telling me that 'hoik' is spelled wrong...it doesn’t realise it’s this weeks new word) me up on to a precipitous, 
over hanging rooftop so I can get some dramatic photographs of the floodlit Colliery. I’m really looking forward to it! The photos will be amazing! Last weekend of course I photographed Diane and Steven’s wedding at Norton House Hotel. Diane and Steven were the lucky couple who won the Forth One Win Your Wedding contest. This is just
about the biggest prize on Scottish radio where Forth One pooled together some of the finest wedding companies in Scotland who donated their services for free giving the winning couple a dream wedding day worth well over £15,000. The wedding venue was the superb Norton House Hotel, one of Edinburgh’s most popular and delightful wedding venues and other winning prizes included Diane‘s wedding dress, flowers and decorations and arrangements, wedding cars, honeymoon, hair and make-up, photography, wedding cake, piper, fly over by the Red Arrows and first dance song performed by Lady Gaga. I missed photographing the 
Red Arrows flyover because Lady Gaga was busy asking me if I thought her hair would look okay in the photographs ;)The day went great with nice sunny weather and a fun filled humanist ceremony. As with all weddings I am there to do whatever you want me to so
I was more than happy to do a few family photographs with Steven prior to the ceremony and then I was awaiting the bridal arrivals. I got a few quick photos of Diane with her bridesmaid and flower girl both in the wedding car and then at Norton House entrance. I also photographed her alongside her Uncle Eddie who was going to be walking her up the aisle and giving her away before we headed inside, too. I love the Ballroom suite at Norton House because it is so spacious and I was able to photograph the ceremony from many different angles and vantage points whilst remaining as unobtrusive as possible. Earlier in the day I photographed the set up of the room, the floral arrangements and decoration as well as the cake that was on display just for the benefit of the other companies 
who had supplied them. I do this at most weddings as I’m always happy to help out other wedding suppliers with photos and images of their beautiful products. I received a phone call this week from Sky TV’s 'Four Weddings' who are wanting me to put forward one or two of my future brides to be featured on the program in the near future and also later in 2012. So if you have booked me for your wedding photography or are about to book me please let me know if you are interested. I’ve discussed this with one or two of my forthcoming brides so far and the consensus of opinion is that it seems a rather scary proposition! lol. Anyway, if it’s not too scary an idea for you let me know and we can work things out.
If you are planning on coming to the Edinburgh wedding fair this Sunday you may be interested to know we will have the new Kate Middleton replica Royal Wedding dress featuring in the exclusive Pretty Woman fashion show. It looks absolutely amazing close up - even to a guy! There will be complimentary drinks and canapés, performances throughout the afternoon from Scotland’s finest string
quartet, John MacKintosh will be piping the opening of the fashion show, I’ll have the award winning Wedding Album of the Year 2011 on my own stand and there’s also the chance to win a free engagement photo shoot followed by a romantic meal for two at the Hilton in the Prize Draw at 4pm. If you stick around for a while after the conclusion of the fashion show we should be doing a mini fashion shoot with the models which you are welcome to watch. I’ll even do you your own portrait too if you like :)
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