A Winter Wedding

I photographed a lovely wedding just before Christmas. The ceremony took place at Boarhills Church, just outside St Andrews.

It was very cold, we already had snow and the ground was white but it was a clear day and we managed to get some lovely photos of the groom - Neil - and his family outside, although the light was failing as the wedding ceremony began slightly later than normal at 4 p.m. The biggest problem I had was actually the low temperature as my lens started to freeze over!

By the time the bride, Jenny, arrived, it had started to snow quite heavily - as you can see from this image of Jenny in the car.

Boarhills Church is not large and the ceremony was very intimate. Since it was dark outside we did a fair amount of photography in the church .

As we left, I could see how pretty the church looked lit up from the outside so I took the opportunity to take a final photo of Jenny and Neil with the church in the background.

The wedding breakfast was held at the Peat Inn, thankfully not too far from St Andrews, as the roads were pretty bad and driving was difficult. I took along my studio lighting equipment for a few more pictures there. I particularly like this one of Jenny, she was a great model!

My last photos of Neil and Jenny's wedding day were of the speeches. Then it was off home for a quick change, then to the Golf Hotel in St Andrews for a Christmas night out with friends.

And finally, I thought I'd show you our new addition to the household - a puppy for Christmas. Meet Belle (well she is beautiful and her name has a Christmas "ring" to it!) our golden retriever puppy.