Last year we photographed the wedding of Jen and Derek with the ceremony at Craigmillar Castle followed by a reception at The George Hotel, Edinburgh. We finalised their album with them at the end of 2009 and I’ve been meaning to share it with you for a while as it’s a bit of a favourite of ours. Jen and Derek opted for an extremely classy leather bound matted album to display their favourite images and emailled us after we delivered it to them to say:
“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: