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Last night we attended an amazing soirée organised by Annabel of the fabulous Love My Dress wedding blog. If you are planning your wedding and are looking for vintage-inspired inspiration from someone really in the know on which dress and accessories to choose, look no further than this online resource. The script was to dress vintage and to enjoy ourselves and I think we managed both rather well!
Over the last few years, Mark has done all the commercial photography for Lindsay Fleming Bridal photographing their different dress collections as new creations are revealed. Following on from their very successful 1920s wedding dress collection, they have gone on to launch a new 1950s wedding dress range. The initial sketch designs for this range looked gorgeous (have a look on the fabulous Love My Dress blog) and then yesterday, Mark did a quick preview photoshoot of the first beautiful dress to be made. The dress is called ‘Connie’ and it is made from guipure lace over thai silk, with layers and layers of tuile. The lace can be hand painted to the client wishes. The jacket is made from sandwashed silk crepe. Lindsay Fleming are in London this weekend (13th and 14th of November 2010) with their 1920s range and ‘Connie’ is also with them – if you would like to arrange to pop along for a chat and to view their dress range, please call Grace or David on 07966 243587.
Over the past couple of years, we have loved photographing the extensive wedding dress collection of bridal designers, Lindsay Fleming. Their 1920s vintage inspired collection ‘All That Jazz’ has been receiving lots of publicity lately and Lindsay Fleming have been travelling to London to hold appointments with brides to keep up with the high level of interest in their designs.
Recently, one of the images from a shoot of their 1920s vintage style dresses, won Mark the title of Fashion Photographer of the Year at the Scottish Master Photographer Awards. Thought we would just share some of our other favourite images from this photoshoot:
Phew! Just coming down to earth from last night’s Scottish Master Photographer Awards held at Dunblane Hydro. Mark was bobbing up and down out of his seat receiving 4 Certificates of Merit (in Contemporary Wedding, Monochrome and Fashion categories) , one Award of Excellence (in Fashion category) and the prestigious overall title of Scottish Fashion Photographer of the Year 2010. Just think of the studio space required for another 6 certificates and a trophy! Here’s the images and the awards they were given:
This image awarded Mark Scottish Fashion Photographer of the Year 2010
This image was from a fashion shoot carried out for Lindsay Fleming Couture showing the new additions to their range of 1920s vintage inspired wedding dresses ‘All That Jazz’. The vintage style makeup was provided by Ainsley M, vintage hair styling by Volume Hair and the gorgeous accompanying headpieces by Baba-C Designs.
This image won Award of Excellence in the Monochrome Category
This image won a Certificate of Merit in the Fashion Category
This image won a Certificate of Merit in the Fashion Category
This image won a Certificate of Merit in the Contemporary Wedding Category
This image won a Certificate of Merit in the Monochrome Category
A few weeks ago, Mark was at the wedding of Laura and James for their ceremony at the University of Glasgow Chapel followed by a reception at the stylish 29 Royal Exchange Square. Laura and James met when she was just 17 and James 18 through a friend while at a gig. James proposed to Laura on their 5th anniversary of dating. He hired a suite at the Golf Hotel in St Andrews, which is a place with special meaning to the couple. James proposed with a plastic cat ring on top of a cupcake and they went to pick the real ring the next day!
Laura has a figure to die for and choose a gorgeous vintage style dress by Suzanne Neville. Laura wore Mirabeau by Suzanne Neville, a designer at the forefront of British couture wedding design. Her dresses are well known for their perfectly structured bodices and Laura’s choice of dress had an elegant style reminiscent of vintage French cafe society in the 1950s.
Laura had a vintage style headpiece made for her by William Chambers Millinery who have just been nominated as Accessory Designer of the Year in the Scottish Fashion Awards for the third year running.
Evening Entertainment – Fat Sam’s Band who Laura said “were absolutely fantastic!” As Laura told us “my different groups of friends all bonded over dancing manically to the swing music” Laura and James danced their first dance to ‘Kiss’ by Dean Martin because it “felt just right and had a classic old feel”.
Laura told us that she chose Archibald Photography because “the quality of photographs was very high, I really loved the reportage sort of style, and we both felt really comfortable with Mark and that we clicked with him.”
Laura had many favourite parts of the day. As she told us “I really enjoyed getting ready with the girls in the hotel. My own speech was impromptu and I’m glad I did it. The band were absolutely fantastic and I really enjoyed seeing all my different groups of friends get on really well; here was a really laid back atmosphere all day. We weren’t allowed confetti at the church, but my family surprised us with it as we left the reception at night! I really enjoyed spending a short amount of time alone with James in the car after the ceremony, as it went down Kelvin Way on a sunny day with some champagne and my bridesmaids also surprised me with candles and rose petals in the hotel room at night. Walking down the aisle was so nerve-racking at the rehearsal, but lovely and exciting on the day.”
Laura and James’ day went very much as planned but amusingly, as the car was open topped and the couple had to go through the centre of Glasgow (down Argyle Street and up Queen Street), they got a lot of clapping and cheering. As Laura recalled “one particularly memorable drunk shouted ‘quality’ at us. Then on the way home, the car had to move up the street a bit whilst waiting for us because some drunks tried to get in it – I’d probably pick a more discreet car for going home if I was to change anything! My dress also was completely filthy at the end of the day, but that was OK. I lost my gloves, feather shrug, and one stocking by the end of the night!”
Laura would sum up the whole experience as “just exactly as I had imagined it would be. It was remarkably stress free, and I felt so comfortable leaving Mark alone to do his thing with the photos because I knew they’d be great, and they were. Really lovely and happy.”
Here are some of our favourite images of their day:
Everything about Sam and Marty’s wedding, from the start, was plain cool – from Sam’s vintage style wedding dress and bespoke fascinator to Marty’s genuine Stetson fedora hat and pocket watch. They were married in the luxury boutique hotel Malmaison Glasgow, a one time Episcopal Church and you can read the full story of their day here.
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:
We have been completely thrilled to see some of Mark’s images appear on some of the most popular wedding blogs around recently. One of our favourites is the blog of Annabel Beeforth at LoveMyDress.
Annabel tied the knot herself in 2009 and in planning her own wedding, discovered a new passion – seeking out inspirational wedding and fashion photography; hence her LoveMyDress blog was born. LoveMyDress is a style diary of Annabel’s fabulous inspirational finds. As Annabel says herself, she is “passionate about all things glamorous and extremely sexy gorgeous”.
Make sure you stop by LoveMyDress regularly for ideas when planning your wedding day, especially if you have a love of all things vintage.
You can read some of Annabel’s entries featuring Mark’s photography work here, here and here
We were very thrilled to have images featured on the wedding blog, Ritzy Bee. Ritzy Bee Events is a boutique style wedding & event planning firm offering planning services to Washington, DC and the surrounding areas.
Editor Maria Cooke has written an article about how much she is loving the vintage wedding dresses by Lindsay Fleming inspired by 1920s jazz which you can read here.
As you may have read in an earlier post, Archibald Photography were recently asked to photograph the new collection of 20s inspired wedding dresses from Lindsay Fleming Couture called ‘All That Jazz‘. Lindsay Fleming Couture are award winning bridal designers based in Scotland. Each of their vintage gowns are made to measure at their studio in Scotland and for many years clients who could not visit them in person have used their highly successful mail order service.
Lindsay Fleming Couture have decided this year to make it even easier for brides to have a face to face consultation with a designer and to see first hand the dresses, quality of fabric and workmanship. They have arranged the first in a series of visits to Central London where private consultations and fittings can be offered to clients without travel to Scotland. Their first visit will be on 26th, 27th and 28th March 2010 with further visits planned every eight weeks. The venue for these consultations will be Dolphin House Apartments, Chichester Street, Pimlico, London, SW1V 3LX and appointments can be arranged by contacting Lindsay Fleming on 01864 502522 or by email bridal@lindsayfleming.com . In addition to their 20s inspired collection ‘All That Jazz’, they will also be displaying their celtic and medieval inspired gowns; the ‘Celtic Spirit Collection‘.
Here’s some of our favourite images from the All That Jazz photoshoot (turn down the volume if you are at work!):
We were delighted to hear that Mark has achieved a Gold Award at the SWPP monthly competition for September. The SWPP (Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers) has judging each month in a wide range of categories and each Gold Award winning image goes through to the final end of year judging for the overall award in each category.
Mark’s image has been awarded a Gold in the Fashion category and is from a recent shoot on behalf of Lindsay Fleming. The images were commissioned as promotional images for their new range of 20s inspired dresses.
A Gold Award is deemed to be an “image of the highest standard” and will be published in Professional Imagemaker magazine.
Mark had the honour this week of being commissioned to photograph Lindsay Fleming‘s new collection of 20s inspired wedding dresses; a range called All That Jazz. The dresses are phenomenal and I would imagine they are going to be a big hit with brides looking to add the class of a vintage inspired dress to their day. Lindsay Fleming are award winning Scottish bridal designers traditionally best known for their celtic inspired creations. This new 20s range is an exciting new range to their collection offered both as made to measure and as a mail order service. To find out more, contact Grace on 01864 502522 or by email Bridal@Lindsayfleming.com or visit The Scottish Wedding Show at the SECC where the new designs will be premiered on the catwalk.
The gorgeous Lauren Tempany modelled the new creations by Grace Lindsay of Lindsay Fleming and stunning headpieces were created for the shoot by Baba-C Designs.
Ainsley M provided the 20s style make-up – heavy dark eyes and red lips – while Lidia of Volume Hair styled Lauren’s hair to suit the vintage theme. House for an Art Lover was used as a venue to provide an art deco backdrop.
