F A Q S
You guys got some questions? Well maybe I got some answers!
WHERE ARE YOU BASED AND WHERE WILL YOU SHOOT?
I live in the beautiful city of Glasgow, Scotland and I’ll shoot absolutely anywhere I’m invited. I always love a good journey and I’ve shot weddings as far afield as Abu Dhabi and Spain and as close to home as just down the road and just round the corner so no distance is too much or too little!
I live in the beautiful city of Glasgow, Scotland and I’ll shoot absolutely anywhere I’m invited. I always love a good journey and I’ve shot weddings as far afield as Abu Dhabi and Spain and as close to home as just down the road and just round the corner so no distance is too much or too little!
DO YOU PHOTOGRAPH FAMILY SHOTS?
Absolutely! Given my candid shooting style, it’s a question many couples feel the need to ask but rest assured, no matter how “out there” the couple may be ... We’ve always done group shots. The fact that you’ve been able to get everyone you love in the same place at the same time is a HUGE deal so it would be pretty wild not to want to capture at least a few frames.
Absolutely! Given my candid shooting style, it’s a question many couples feel the need to ask but rest assured, no matter how “out there” the couple may be ... We’ve always done group shots. The fact that you’ve been able to get everyone you love in the same place at the same time is a HUGE deal so it would be pretty wild not to want to capture at least a few frames.
I do of course try to keep the length of shooting here to a minimum as the time from just after your ceremony to just before you all head inside for the speeches is very precious and I’ll have a whole lot to cover - A possible confetti line, canapés, guests, your family shots, portraits and room details etc ... Man, the list goes on and it all happens in this tiny space.
You’ve invited me along because the look and feel of my photography speaks to you both. Well at the heart of my photography is it’s ‘candid’ nature so let’s fire through the “formals” as fast and as efficiently as we can and I’ll get you back to where you all really want to be. The heartbeat of YOUR party.
HOW MANY PHOTOGRAPHERS WILL BE THERE?
I'm a single shooter over here and every photograph seen on this site is me.
I'm a single shooter over here and every photograph seen on this site is me.
My style of shooting is to capture images from the inside out, not the outside in. I don’t ever want your photographs to feel like they’ve come from the perspective of a stranger but instead from a close friend. I‘ve found that adding a second photographer to the mix can change the dynamic and make guests far more aware that there are people with cameras creeping around.
When I shoot weddings alone I am less obvious and I’ll never be part of a wall of lenses and flashes pointed your way. My couples really aren’t looking for that frantic paparazzi style coverage but instead just want to have an absolute blast whilst knowing that their photos will be a perfect reflection of the love, fun and madness they all had ... When it comes to one or two photographers, I firmly believe that less is more here guys!
CAN MY FRIEND MOONBEAM & HER DOG KERMIT ALSO TAKE PHOTOS AT THE WEDDING?
Yip, just so long as they stay out my cross hairs then please feel free to fire away!
Yip, just so long as they stay out my cross hairs then please feel free to fire away!
... Tried to think of a dog pun but couldn't. 🐕
HOW LONG WILL YOU STAY AT OUR WEDDING?
I’ll stay as long as you need me! A full days shoot covers from the mornings preparations right up until you and your best buds are killing it on the dance floor.
I’ll stay as long as you need me! A full days shoot covers from the mornings preparations right up until you and your best buds are killing it on the dance floor.
This usually lands as somewhere between 8 to 12 hours of photography so when we approach roughly a month before the wedding and start working on your personalised timesheet for the day, this will become very clear.
That’s not to say if (and when) things run over that I’ll simply drop my cameras and say “later guys”. Hehe, no way. You’ve got me for the day and I just keep shooting until we’re all happy! Of course if you’re planning on something crazy like sending your love to the stars by burning a 20ft effigy of you both at midnight and want me to stay and continue to photograph it then I’d charge an additional 180 pounds per hour. I’m more than happy to decide on this during the advanced planning stage or by just winging it on the night!
DO YOU CHARGE EXTRA FOR TRAVEL?
I don’t charge any travel costs for weddings throughout Mainland Scotland.
I don’t charge any travel costs for weddings throughout Mainland Scotland.
If there were any ‘necessary’ expenses such as flights/accommodation then you would be made well aware of this right at the beginning. I always do my absolute best to keep these costs to a bare minimum and make a point to include my couples in any and all decisions.
Hey, I just wouldn’t want to have to do an 8 hour drive back home after shooting all day or have to sleep in my car like a degenerate. Makes sense right?
WHAT EQUIPMENT DO YOU USE?
Canon bodies.
Canon bodies.
Sigma Art lenses.
HOW MANY PHOTOS DO WE GET?
Every wedding is different so it’s a pretty hard question to answer but for a full day of coverage, I’ll typically deliver somewhere between 900-1200 fully edited photographs (however I have gone as high as 1600). It’s entirely down to however many images are needed to FULLY capture your incredible story! A wedding day ebbs and flows so the number will naturally land where it should.
Every wedding is different so it’s a pretty hard question to answer but for a full day of coverage, I’ll typically deliver somewhere between 900-1200 fully edited photographs (however I have gone as high as 1600). It’s entirely down to however many images are needed to FULLY capture your incredible story! A wedding day ebbs and flows so the number will naturally land where it should.
I shoot on average around 10,000 photographs for a full day’s shoot and I do this so at the editing stage, I can go in and remove all of the not so great facial expressions and fix onto those split second moments when everything comes together!
ARE ALL OF YOUR PHOTOS EDITED?
Every single shot is personally touched, and processed by me.
COULD YOU SEND ME ON THE UNEDITED/RAW FILES?
If you ordered a pretty cake from a bakery, would you expect to be handed all of the unused ingredients too? Nope and that’s just what the RAW files are ... RAW ingredients. What I deliver to you is a finished product so let me do my thing and bring out the absolute best in your photographs!
HOW WILL WE RECEIVE OUR PHOTOGRAPHS?
You’ll first receive your very own private, password-protected online gallery. Here you can view all of your beautiful final high resolution photographs, download single images or the entire collection, share the link with all of your guesties and purchase incredible prints!
You’ll first receive your very own private, password-protected online gallery. Here you can view all of your beautiful final high resolution photographs, download single images or the entire collection, share the link with all of your guesties and purchase incredible prints!
A couple of weeks after this you will receive your seriously pretty, engraved Light Oak box in the mail which again includes all of your 900+ high resolution photographs on a sweet corked glass USB bottle along with a few fine art prints.
You know what ... Just go do yourself a favour and check out the “WHAT YOU GET” link for photographs of some red hot packaging!
DO YOU HAVE WORTHWHILE SUPPLIER CONTACTS THROUGHOUT THE WEDDING COMMUNITY?
Damn straight I do. I’ve been immersed in the Scottish wedding community for 10+ years now and during this time I’ve built beautiful working relationships with likeminded venues, florists, videographers, celebrants, make-up artists and photographers.
“WE WANT A PHOTOGRAPHER WHO’S SHOT AT OUR VENUE BEFORE.”
Yip, I get it and this statement seems to pop up quite a bit but I can tell you with absolute certainty that whether or not I’ve previously shot at your venue, it will make absolutely no difference whatsoever to the quality of the photography that I’ll produce for you.
Yip, I get it and this statement seems to pop up quite a bit but I can tell you with absolute certainty that whether or not I’ve previously shot at your venue, it will make absolutely no difference whatsoever to the quality of the photography that I’ll produce for you.
If I’ve said it a million times, I’ll say it again. EVERY SINGLE wedding (even visually) is different than the last. None exactly the same. This means that each and every couples wedding story should be viewed with a fresh set of eyes and therefore deserving of its own attention.
Keeping that in mind; with roughly a month to go before the wedding, I’ll shoot you across an email just to check in and this will also kickstart the process of working alongside you and perhaps your wedding planner to create a fully detailed timesheet of the day. This will cover exactly where and when certain events e.g. morning prep, ceremony, confetti line, canapés, family shots, couple portraits, speeches, cake cutting, first dance, etc will take place and allows us to balance that time effectively and efficiently to ensure that everything you’re looking for as a couple is covered perfectly.
I’ll also familiarise myself with the venue and on the days leading up to your wedding, will fully scout the location inside and out regardless of whether I’ve shot there before or not ... BTW, please feel free to ask me more about this when we‘re chatting as there’s just WAY too much to fit in here. Again, this happens with EVERY single wedding without fail and my ultimate goal here is to become 100% comfortable and 100% confident within my shooting environment. 🌿🌾
CAN WE SEE SOME FULL GALLERIES?
Sure can! I think it’s EXTREMELY important for you to be 100% sure that your photographer is able to meet the demands that an entire day of wedding shooting will throw at them. You don’t want to find out that they’re great at knocking out a handful of cool Insta shots and leaving the rest in the garbage.
Sure can! I think it’s EXTREMELY important for you to be 100% sure that your photographer is able to meet the demands that an entire day of wedding shooting will throw at them. You don’t want to find out that they’re great at knocking out a handful of cool Insta shots and leaving the rest in the garbage.
Yip, not being willing to share entire galleries is a HUGE no no for me so I’ll send you on a few links to a selection of different weddings that you can view in their entirety. Take your time to work your way through them and you can check out all of the “quieter” photographs that don’t quite fit the social media mould.
SOUNDS AWESOME, HOW DO WE GET BOOKED UP?!
Just shoot me a message so I can check my availability (fingers crossed here). Depending on where you guys are, we can either sort out a meeting in person or a ZOOM/Skype/FaceTime call and here you can ask me any questions you’d like ...
Just shoot me a message so I can check my availability (fingers crossed here). Depending on where you guys are, we can either sort out a meeting in person or a ZOOM/Skype/FaceTime call and here you can ask me any questions you’d like ...
“How do you balance your shooting time during the ceremony?”
“Have you ever photographed any really horrible brides?”
“Do you believe in UFOs or worse ... BigFoot?” 🛸
All questions are on the table and it’s really just a chance for us all to sit down, shoot the breeze and get comfortable with each other.
If everything feels good and you wanted to move forward then high five! All we’d do then is draft up and sign a very simple contract and have you guys pay a ‘Save The Date’ fee of 400 pounds (which is then deducted off of the final price) and that’s you ... Booked!
WOULD WE HAVE TO DECIDE ON AN ALBUM RIGHT NOW?
Nope. I do offer a beautiful range of hand crafted ‘Folio’ artbooks which will absolutely blow your socks off! So even if you’re sitting 6 months after the wedding and suddenly have the urge to have your socks blown clean off your body then shoot me a message and we’ll start building something incredible! Free your wedding photographs from their digital prison and give them LIFE!
IS YOUR BEARD FAKE?
Yip. 100% horsehair.
DO YOU ENJOY WHAT YOU DO?
I love what I do. 🔥