Lorna & Giuseppe

Scotland 6th December 2010 - I've never seen so much snow in the UK ever!

I set out at 8 am in the morning with the aim to reach St Andrews for 10:30 at the very latest. With the wedding starting at 1:30 I thought that would leave me plenty of time to get to know the for me unknown venue - The Old Course Hotel. At 10:30 I've not even made it out on the Edinburgh City Bypass and a feeling of dread was setting in quite nicely. Despite getting phone calls from all sorts of people telling me to turn around I thought I'd try to push through for wee bit longer. Eventually after crossing the bridge into Fife the traffic eased up a little and I was able to drive as fast as I dared on the icy snow covered Scottish roads. My driving adventure resulted in a couple of near accidents and a close to 6 hour drive to St Andrews, a journey that normally takes just over an hour. This is the first time in my career I've been late for a wedding and as I sneaked into the church at 1:45 I was hoping my pounding heart was only audible to me... Anyway show must go on, so with trembling hands I started snapping away at what was left of the church ceremony. It is not easy shooting at low light at the best of times so I really had to fight a peculiar urge to run away and perhaps phone my mother...

After having calmed down a little the picture making went quite smoothly, and the wedding party itself was the complete opposite of the freezing cold outside - warm, happy and full of Italians (didn't see any of those on my way up) Lorna's vail was particularly amazing and after having worn it as a vail for the first part of the day she turned it into a shawl towards the evening, more couture than wedding in fairness - It was stunning. Lorna's parents also made me feel incredibly welcome and they got me room for the night in the hotel since there was no hope of me making it back that night. Their warmth and hospitality will definitely stay with me for a while.

In this wedding I broke one of my number 1 rules about photography - I shot a large number of pics with the camera tilted to a wee bit of an angle. Normally I think that is the ultimate tacky tackling of having no compositional angles, (when in doubt lean camera type of thing), but due to the chandeliers in the ceiling I thought it framed the pictures quite nicely. All images are shot on a 5d and a 1ds, lenses 50mm 1.2 & 85mm 1.2. I shot one or two on my 24-70 2.8, but it really wasn't a lot.

Below are a few of my favourites from the day. Njoy!

It's fashion darling...again

Igår var det dags för vårmodefotografering (!) för Amelias bröllopsspecial som kommer i januari. Vårmode i höstvädret är ingen lätt sak, men vi tog oss igenom det, nätt och jämnt bör tilläggas, men allt går med lite is i magen och i det här fallet var vi stelfrusna in i våra själar och med diverse värkande kroppsdelar när det hela var över...:0)

Den sköna Arwen som var dagens modell var fantastiskt bra på att låtsas som att allt var toppen o inte allt snorkallt, så guldstjärna till henne så klart.

Fotograferingen skedde i Rosendals trädgård på Djurgården i Stockholm och den fantastiska Paul Raeburn var fotoassistent.

Jag plåtade hela baletten med Canon 1Ds MK3 och objektiven EOS 85mm 1.2 & EOS 50mm 1.2 som är bästa objektiven Canon har, i alla fall av de jag provat, vilket med största sannolikhet är de flesta. Var tvungen att använda min gamla trotjänare EOS 70-200 2.8 till ett par bilder för att få rätt perspektiv, vilket är OK, men man blir ju inte lika tänd av bildkvalitén som man får av den.

Nedan är några hipstamatic bilder från fotograferingen, (måste vara världens bästa app) vill ni se mer är det bara att köpa Amelia i januari. Lätt värt det för Josefine (stylisten) har gjort ett galet snyggt upplägg med klänningar som man aldrig sett förut - alltid bra för brudklänningar kan kännas lite likadana från år till år.... That's all folks!

ANDERS JACOBSSON

Igår plåtade jag Anders Jacobsson som tillsammans med Sören Olsson skrivit böckerna om Sune och Bert. Bilderna ska användas till lanseringen av Anders första vuxenroman "Alla mina andetag bär ditt namn" som jag fick en kopia av dessutom. Anders är en väldigt öppen och avväpnande man och fotograferingen var superkul att göra, så fick man något att läsa framöver - bonus! Men först ska jag kolla på när Sverige spöar Holland i fotboll så finkulturen får vänta. :0)

Sofia Paldanius

Jag är inte bara bröllopsfotograf, jag fotar annat också... :0)

Det har gått nästan 2 år sedan jag plåtade Sofia Paldanius. En svensk kanotist som har fixat det mesta i medaljväg bla ett brons i VM i år. Listan över alla hennes framgångar kan göras lång och hon är minst sagt en mycket inspirerande kvinna. Jag tog kontakt med Sofia för att höra om hon vill vara med i mitt nya projekt som jag tänker hålla på med ett tag framöver, och hon och hennes kanotist partner Josefine Nordlöw (de tog VM brons tillsammans förra året) var med på noterna direkt. Projektet ska porträttera starka idrottskvinnor och kommer förhoppningsvis kan leda till en utställning framöver. Känns i alla fall jättespännande att göra något för mej själv snarare än en kund av något slag. Det är skönt att vara ego ibland...

Lägger ut lite bilder nedan från 2 år sedan (fotoassistent Anton Thorstensson). Kommer med uppdateringar när nästa session är avslutad. Watch this space...

Laura & Kenny

Back working with the Wilkins, this time around Laura the eldest sister got hitched at the Edinburgh George Hotel. I have previously worked with Laura's younger sister so it was good fun to get back into it again, and it's always easier to work with people you know a little.

The George Hotel however, is a bit of a nightmare to shoot in due to its total lack of windows, or any other type of directional light. I couldn't do anything but crank up the ISO in my camera and shoot a few more frames than usual. I think it worked well, although many of the pics suit being black and white rather than colour.

Below is a wee selection of my favourite snaps from the day. Njoy!

GILLIAN & HAMISH

Back at Glenalmond Chapel - a lovely wedding venue situated on the grounds of a boarding school up in Perthshire. The place makes me think of Hogwarts. Magic wee spot!

The wedding was a wee 4 hour number so no pics of the bride getting ready. Even though I really like doing those kind of shots because it's such a personal part of the day, I couldn't help enjoying having some more time prior to the wedding. Less stress is always a bonus I suppose... Anyways, the party was held at the ever so imposing Doubletree Dunblane Hydro Hotel I'd imagine one can get lost for days in that place.

Below are a few nice ones of the day. Njoy!

Louisa & Kevin's garden party in the rain

On the rainiest summers day of the year (or quite possibly even the past decade) Kevin & Louisa tied the knot at Kildrummy Castle Gardens just south of Aberdeen, Scotland. The plan was to have a relaxed garden party, complete with giant jenga, skipping ropes, picnic sets and candle lit lanterns- all prepared, gathered and organised by the ever so fabulous Rebecca at Rebecca Barnett Wedding Design. If you ever need a hand planning a wedding she's a relentless source of inspiration. check her out, it's definitely worth it!

The weather Gods however had other plans for the wedding day and the rainfall eliminated most grass related games :0) The atmosphere however was fantastic (wet, but brilliant) with plenty fun still going on.

Below are some of my favourite shots of the day.