Janet Finlayson Photography: 2009

Monday, 23 November 2009

I have to say, I have been very remiss in blogging and will have to do better in future.

In my defence though- I have been very busy with Christmas orders and the need to have everything organised before my lab’s cut-off date at the beginning of December.

Last week I managed to complete three album orders and two portrait orders - talk about burning the midnight oil!!!

One of the portrait sessions was taken at the Old Course Hotel, St Andrews. It was a birthday celebration and as such all the family wer

e there, making it an excellent opportunity to have some professional family photos taken. It is often the case now, that it is such a rare occasion for everyone to get together, we all lead such busy lives and we don’t always live near each other which makes it even more difficult to organise a get together.

Photographs are just great tools though for capturing a moment in time. As soon as we look at a picture we remember that day, all the little details can stay with us forever because we have something tangible to look at and hold onto.

The wedding photos you see below (one of my completed album projects last week) were taken at Keavil House Hotel near Dunfermline. It was such a perfect day for Claire and Colin's wedding, the sun shone all day long, which makes a change in Scotland. Usually on the day of photographing a wedding the first thing I do is check the internet for local weather so that I know what equipment I shall need that day - however even then it can change so quickly.

On top of all my Christmas order work last week, I also met with clients who wanted to book me for their wedding at Dunfermline Abbey next July, and I am really looking forward to that as it’s such a fantastic setting for a wedding ceremony. And just to finish off the week and save me from wearying - I was commissioned to take photographs of two doting grandparents (this being a gift from their daughter for Christmas) along with their two grandchildren in Anstruther. So - I’m sure you will agree - I really have been busy. Next week, well, it’s pretty much more of the same, but I promise to blog!

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Well - at last my new website is up and running and I am ready to blog!

It seems to have taken such a lot of time to get all the images I wanted ready to place on my website but with all the weddings I have photographed this year and the constant stream of orders they bring - which always take priority - things really did take longer than I had anticipated.

This week and last I have been concentrating on a couple of photography commissions at the Old Course Hotel, St Andrews. Unfortunately folks - I don't yet have permissions to place images from the photography sessions on my blog - so no images from that yet! I can tell you that one was a family portrait session and the other, a private function. The good thing is that you know that if anonimity is important to you I will never breach your wishes in favour of a little advertising. It really is all about you!

I really enjoyed photographing both sessions- who wouldn't enjoy photographing at the Old Course Hotel though - the opportunities for photography are endless! Oh happy days..................

I have also been working on an wedding album from a wedding at Balbirnie House Hotel, Markinch, Glenrothes - these photos I can place on my blog.

For Corrinne and Scott - photographs of family were very important to them. Scott's mum lives in France and since the family can't get together as often as they would want, their wedding was a great opportuntiy to get family pics. Corrinne is very close to her family and so family photos were also just as importants to her.

Even though the weather was mixed on the day, Corrinne and Scott were delighted with their wedding photographs and I am pleased to say, struggled to narrow down the images for their album. For me - as I told them- I'd far rather they had too many to choose from than too little.