Archibald Photography Blog

Gayle and Kahl chose to have their ceremony on the beach below Culzean castle. A beautiful place. The walk from the car park to the beach involved climbing down 130-odd steps. If I climbed those steps once I must have climbed them a dozen times. This wasn’t just a wedding, it was a full aerobic workout. I’d never been to Croy shore before and I’d recommend it to anyone (anyone without a stair-phobia). How they got the marquee down there doesn’t bear thinking about. I can imagine the process looking like a scene from a Laurel & Hardy film.

Outside weddings are brilliant for ceremony shooting. Loads of lovely natural light and I could wander about to my hearts content without anyone noticing. Then, up the steps again to the castle for some dramatic architectural stuff.

I had the honour of providing the photography for Lindsay Fleming wedding dresses (www.lindsayfleming.com).  If you don’t have your dress yet and are looking for something outside the same old designs, check them out.  We wanted a gothic, slightly outlandish feel to the photos so we grabbed the models (not literally) and whisked them (again not literally) to Caerlaverock Castle for this stunning location shoot.  I love photographing architecture and Caerlaverock Castle is up there with the best.  These dresses look amazing in a castle setting.  Thanks to Grace, Julie, David and the staff at the castle for their help on the day. 

To view all the shots of the dresses Mark took that day, visit:

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A few weeks ago I was in Ballachulish at one of the best wedding settings I’ve ever seen.  Check out the scenery.  This wedding was very personal to me since I’ve known both Louise and Simon for years.  Top people!  Even more surreal was the fact that the best man had been the drummer in a band I was in as a teenager and another of the guests had been in another band I’d had back in the wild days.  You can imagine how wild and crazy the nights were in the rural village of Biggar.  The whole day was a bit of a time warp really!  I seem to remember there was a bit of wine-soaked talk about reforming!  Mid-life crisis anyone?