You only see the true beauty of a wedding story when you receive the final printed book and with Queensberry, we can present a wedding story in the most beautiful way possible.  Each Queensberry book is a completely unique story.

We have just delivered Becky and Godfrey’s finished wedding album to them from their beautiful day at Glenapp Castle a few months ago.  Everything about their day (and especially Becky’s Vera Wang dress!) was carefully chosen to be classy and timeless.  Their choice of the beautifully tactile ‘earth’ contemporary leather was the perfect presentation for their wedding story.

Godfrey and Becky sent us a wonderful email of thanks saying:

“It’s difficult to put into words what it means to us.  The album itself is a beautiful work of art.  The cover (indeed the whole album) is stylish but also has the classic feel of antiquity.  The layouts are exactly as we had hoped for and against the white background with the black border the prints really come to life.  We will treasure it forever.  We are so pleased that Mark was able to capture those magical moments of our day and that we are able to immortalise them in this album.  Mark must be very pleased with the final result as it shows off his talent so extremely well.”

Thank you Godfrey and Becky for your lovely words – Mark loved working with you and we hope we can stay in touch and get together when you are next in Scotland.

Read more about Becky and Godfrey’s day here.

Having received the finished book, Nicola emailed to say “So nice to see the photos we love looking the best they can and it totally tells the story of our day. Can’t wait to show it off to our friends and family.”  Here’s a peek at their finished album:

You can read the full story of their day including how they met and what suppliers they worked with here:

http://www.archibaldphotography.co.uk/blog/2009/12/20/nicola-liams-wedding-at-western-house-hotel/

They have opted for a black leather understated but fantastically timeless wedding album to display their favourite shots from their wedding day and below is the finished story of their day:

“OMG… the faces all look familiar, but was that really our wedding? Did that really happen, or has Mark got some sort of pixie dust in his camera?  Thank you both. Rather enormously.  D&J -x-P.S. Looks like we will indeed need a bigger coffee table / house. And I hold you both personally responsible!”

Following their wedding ceremony at the fantastic Craigmillar Castle, Derek had arranged a surprise horse drawn carriage ride for Jen.  With a ceremony running very late and no parking seemingly available in the centre of Edinburgh on Easter Sunday, it was looking impossible.

Mark drove Derek & Jen to Arthur’s Seat to meet the carriage, abandoned his car in the Grass Market then ran (according to Derek “like Forrest Gump”) to beat the horse and carriage to the High Street.  Stunning urban photography was achieved despite the Easter crowds then Mark managed to beat them to The George Hotel to record their arrival.

Here’s their rather gorgeous wedding album:

You can view their album here:

Vicky and David were married this year at Cornhill House outside Biggar and opted for a gorgeous 14 x 10 landscape format album covered with iron contemporary leather with their names blind embossed.  All our album formats and designs are completely bespoke to any client.  We loved this album so much, we found it quite hard to hand over to the couple!

Vicky emailed this morning to say “We absolutely love it – can’t stop looking at it!  Thanks a million for all your help – it’s outstanding.”

Here’s a link to a slideshow of their stunning wedding album which we hope Vicky and David will love forever:

Click here to View Cornhill House Album

As a little update we have just opened this morning’s mail to find the most lovely thank you card from David & Vicky.  It has made our day!

“We just wanted to say a massive thank you for our wedding album.  It is the most amazing present we have ever given ourselves and we will be able to enjoy it for the rest of our lives.  The time, care and effort taken by you both to ensure that our day was captured perfectly on film and to print was nothing short of amazing.  You go above and beyond to ensure everyone is happy!  We have loved working with you both and are sad now it’s ended – we feel like we have gained new friends for life.  We’ll be back in touch in the New Year to get some framed pictures and til then, don’t go changing!”

I think this just sums up why we love our work as wedding photographers; the ability to make our clients so happy is unbelievable.  Hopefully David & Vicky won’t be strangers – we like to continue our relationship with our clients by shooting special family occasions or new arrivals to families.

Pamela emailled to say “Our album has arrived – yippee! It’s just breathtaking. Thank you so much! I can’t believe how much better the photos look. Its one thing to see them on the computer, but it’s quite another to see them printed so beautifully on the book – just gorgeous. It’s absolutely stunning and we really can’t wait until the weekend to show it off! The perfect keepsake of such an emotional and beautiful time in our lives, we will treasure it forever.  Thank you so much!”

Pamela and Steven have been together since 1996 when she was 16 and he was 19. They met in the local bar in Motherwell and then spoke outside the chip shop – high romance indeed! Pamela thought Steven looked like he could be in Oasis so she fancied him rotten! Since 1996 they have been together through all Steven’s studies – he did 8 years at Uni including 6 months at Stanford University in the US and Pamela’s work in London as a dancer. As they had been partners and best friends for 12 years, there were no wedding nerves, Pamela said she couldn’t wait to get married to Steven!

The planning was easy and Steven let Pamela design the whole day. But the language barriers to organizing a wedding in Girona, Spain sometimes proved funny. One day Pamela went alone to the Barcelona Bridal event without realizing it is really for fashion buyers while she thought it was a wedding fair! It’s one of the biggest Bridal fashion shows in the world and she just walked about in heaven looking at all the dresses and the catwalk shows. Karl Lagerfeld (whom Pamela adores) was there with Rosa Clara. They also found it very difficult to make some of the wedding arrangements as the Spanish are so laid back! A lot of things were left very last minute (i.e. a few days beforehand!) but Steven was a great help with this. He would be on the phone constantly trying to make arrangements happen on time and finalize them – a lot of patience was required! Booking Girona Cathedral wasn’t too tricky as they went about 14 months in advance and asked when they were free. Pamela & Steven had a Scottish priest flown over to Girona but the choir were all Catalan and so a few things went wrong (like when they were going to sign the register and the choir started singing one of the hymns. When they finally started the hymn, they added a long intro so the poor priest started and then had to start again. The hymn was sung so slow that Pamela & Steven were in stitches!)

Every time Pamela bought a Spanish magazine, she was always drawn to Rosa Clara dresses. She felt they were very distinct in their style – either clean, contemporary lines with a fashion edge or traditional Spanish made from beautiful lace. When she opted for a Rosa Clara, she chose a modern design that she had seen in Hola magazine – cotton and taffeta with a low waist. Pamela changed the dress a little to suit her body shape and Rosa Clara were very helpful; she was absolutely delighted with the result.

Pamela also had a bespoke fascinator from Beth Morgan (www.bethmorgan.co.uk). She saw one of Beth’s designs in Brides Magazine and had put it into her ideas/look book. When Pamela contacted Beth, she gave her great ideas and designed a fascinator to go with her dress. Pamela found buying from abroad quite nerve wracking as she wasn’t able to try things on. But again she was absolutely delighted with the fascinator and all the work that had gone into it.

The restaurant who catered for the wedding were El Cellar de can Roca who have 2 Michelin Stars (www.cellercanroca.com) It’s very distinct as it is a very traditional Catalan house with beautiful gardens but inside it’s completely modern (black and white with huge light panels on the walls). The restaurant’s theme went perfectly with Pamela’s wedding theme of contemporary/art deco/black and white. Plus the food is famous, and was amazing!! The restaurant was quite difficult to organize and in the end they got married on a Sunday to accommodate them. The Church were very helpful, even though it’s quite unusual to get married at 5pm on a Sunday.

Mark was asked to provide the photography as one of Pamela’s best friends had used us before and she loved the natural but arty, contemporary results. Mark has said “I had a great time walking around the streets of Girona with Pamela and Steven, making the most of the great architecture and natural light. Pamela and Steven are really into photography which made them easy to photograph. After a summer of photographing in Scotland, it was nice that it wasn’t raining!”

When asked about her favorite part of the day, Pamela said “aside from the service and actually being married, my favorite part was when we entered the restaurant to Depeche Mode’s ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’ and everyone was standing waving their napkins wildly propeller-style in the air as is the tradition in Catalan. Amazing!!!!”

I love designing these albums as each can be as unique as the couple’s wedding day.  We worked with Julie and Kenny to choose a colour scheme and page layout to suit their tastes.  Our cover range includes timbers, premium leather, suede and metals.  Julie and Kenny opted for the luxuriously soft sandstone outback leather with their names and wedding date blind embossed onto the cover.  Within the design, we included two pages with their favourite images flush mounted to the edge of the page.

Most importantly, what did Julie and Kenny have to say about it?:

“Our wedding album arrived safely last night.  I couldn’t wait to get it unwrapped!  We really are delighted with it….it’s outstanding!  Thank you so much for all your hard work in perfecting the photos and the album itself, we will treasure it always.  Now all we need to do is save up to buy a canvas!!!   I’m so happy it came before Christmas as we will have so many opportunities to show it off and it will be a nice surprise to show our families when they come over.  Wishing you both a very happy Christmas and all the best for 2009!”  Julie & Kenny

You can view their full wedding album here:

Glenbervie House Wedding Album

“Just received our album and its amazing! We love it, love it, love it. The pictures look even better(if that’s possible) in the album – the design is just superb! Been texting all our friends and family to come and have a look over the weekend. Cried when I saw some of the pictures – it just takes us back to the day like you wouldn’t believe, because the album tells the story so well. Lots of laughing, lots of emotion. Thank you so much to the both of you – the service you provide is second to none! We wish you all the luck for the future and I’m sure we’ll be in touch soon for canvas shots etc when our building site/house is ready for wall pictures.”  Donna & Warren Palacci

Thanks Donna & Warren!

You can view their final album here:

www.archibaldphotography.info/palacci