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The adorable Jura | Baby Portrait Photography

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:11:54 +0000

Our clients seem to produce very beautiful babies; they are very clever that way! Back in the summer of 2009, we were photographing Jenny and Jeremy’s lovely relaxed wedding day at Culcreuch Castle. Their adorable baby Jura (as gorgeous as her name) arrived this summer and Jenny brought her in to meet us on a trip up to Scotland from London. She smiled the whole time which we chatted and drank tea and Mark grabbed a few snaps.

The gorgeous Freddie | Baby Portrait Photography

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:21:17 +0000

We have had many occasions at weddings to work with the lovely Alexis Miller. Alexis has been a professional make-up and hair artist since 2001. Fifteen weeks ago, her gorgeous son Freddie entered this world and we were honoured last week to have the opportunity to capture some of his many lovely facial expressions. Freddie is quite choosy about who he displays his smiles for at this young age so they are even more special when they appear!

On the best portrait photography sessions, the kids get very mucky

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:33:17 +0000

When families enquire about our portrait photography, we explain we offer two types. We have a studio and can offer more formal photography sessions but most of our clients opt for an environmental portrait. On this type of portrait booking, the personality, fun and laughter of kids can be completely captured. This is our favourite sort of photography. The McIntyre family were brilliantly gung ho – not scared of a little rain or mud and I think the photographs speak for themselves on how much fun was had.

Band Promotional Photoshoot | John Wean | Music Photography

admin — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:46:39 +0000

The great thing about being a photographer is the diversity of the work and photography assignments that Mark gets to work on. This week saw him in Glasgow involved in a band promotional photoshoot for new up-and-coming band John Wean. Their first single, “Desperate Dan (she told me she was single)” has just been featured on John Gellatly’s New Music episode. John Wean are four Scottish lads, originally from Uddingston and the photoshoot was huge fun. Massive thanks to Replay for providing the guys’ wardrobe and to Ainsley M and Charlotte for makeup and hair.

Here are some images from the band promo photoshoot:

Band – John Wean

Wardrobe – Replay

Makeup – Ainsley M (m: 07919 598043)

Hair – Charlotte (m: 07967 639354)

One of the images from the shoot has since appeared in Jim Gellatly’s feature on new bands in The Scottish Sun:

Jen, Graham and the gentle giants | Portrait Photography Glasgow

admin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:46:16 +0000

Jen and Graham met on a blind date, set up by a mutual friend who thought they were “too alike not to be together”. They’ve been together for 7 years now.

Jen and Graham love Whitelees Windfarm. Graham studied renewable energy engineering at Uni and Whitelees is biggest windfarm in Europe. The couple watched the windfarm being built and were glad they opened it to the public. Graham has such a massive turbine obsession, he wanted to get one as a tattoo. And Jen loves them because they look like “gentle giants”.

As Jen said “the day was absolutely soaking, and by the end we were drenched, but I loved it. Was so glad I wore the wellies! Graham’s converse were soaked through. Mark was running about all excited, lying on the ground. His enthusiasm is really infectious. The wind farm was so quiet since it was pouring, and everyone that was there was in full waterproof weather gear. We love that wind farm, but we were so glad we could introduce it to someone new.”

Lucy and Martyn | Pre Wedding Portrait Photography | Edinburgh

admin — Thu, 05 May 2011 09:22:57 +0000

Lucy and Martyn get married next month; a lovely couple very much in love. Their wedding promises to be very cool with the stunning Dirleton Castle and some utterly gorgeous Papakata tents. Mark is struggling to wait for this wedding to come around.

He met up with Lucy and Martyn to discuss the wedding plans and take a few images of them on a beach which is very special to them both. Shortly after these photographs were taken, the heavens opened and they had to run to shelter in their cars. But not to worry, Mark had managed to get some great shots – here are some of our favourites:

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admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:19:29 +0000

Jan and Adam’s Portrait Shoot | East Lothian Photography

admin — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:26:45 +0000

Mark met up with Jan and Adam not so long ago for a portrait shoot at a location in East Lothian that has great sentimental value to Jan. As she told us ” I used to go here to be alone or run, or just wander around in peace.”

Mark photographed Jan and Adam’s wedding a few weeks later at the amazing Mansfield Traquair and Jan thought that a pre-wedding portrait shoot might help her relax in their actual wedding pics. Jan says “anyone with concerns about how they will photograph should definitely try this – we had a great time.” They told us they loved their images are here are some of our favourites from the shoot:

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Feeling on top of the world | Edinburgh Photography

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:49:02 +0000

Mark recently met up with Lisa and Robert and took a few relaxed shots of the two of them in advance of their wedding in August at the Royal College of Physicians. The couple chose the location for their pre-wedding shoot as it was a place Rob went to a lot as a boy, but more importantly it was where he proposed!! Robert and Lisa are both from Edinburgh and loved having the stunning view across Edinburgh out as far as across to Fife while still feeling out in the countryside.

Lisa told us she thought the images were “gorgeous”. As added, “the light meant we couldn’t get too many shots across the view of Edinburgh but in amongst the trees was magical, I felt like the fairies that live at the end of the garden.”

Here are some of our favourites:

Laura and James’ portrait shoot at Kelvingrove Art Gallery

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:11:01 +0000

It was great to meet up with Laura and James yesterday for a chat about their wedding plans and thoughts on their wedding photography. We caught up at Kelvingrove Art Gallery for a coffee and as the spring was in the air and the sun was shining, I took a few shots of them before I left them. Really looking forward to shooting their wedding in April at the University of Glasgow and 29 Royal Exchange Square. Here’s a few images of them.