Scottish Wedding Photographer Alan Hutchison Photography

Destination Wedding Photography – Omni Orlando Resort, Championsgate Florida

Scottish Wedding Photographer’s don’t often complain about the heat. But for today’s wedding, we did have an excuse. It was well over 90 degrees and it was only the start of April. Of course with temperatures like that you’ll have quickly guessed this wasn’t a Scottish Wedding!

We were in fact over in Central Florida for the Wedding of Nicola and Rob Atherton at the stunning Omni Orlando Resort at Championsgate.

Both Nicola and Rob hail from the North East of England (i.e. COLD!!), and for many years they have had a long-standing love affair with Florida (i.e. HOT!!), so they quickly decided there was no better place to get married! Fortunately, as luck would have it, over 60 of their family and friends totally agreed with them and jumped at the opportunity to travel over to the States with them to help celebrate.

So it was all hands to the pumps to organise a beautiful wedding at the stunning Omni Hotel – a familiar landmark to Orlando holidaymakers as it dominates the skyline as you drive south on the I-4 Highway.  This was also the hotel where Rob asked Nicola to marry him so it was really special to both of them.

We all know how much organisation goes into any wedding and this one was no exception. Nicola and her Mum put a huge amount of effort into ensuring everything was just perfect. Their chosen colour scheme was bright orangey/red and the flowers they chose were a riot of oranges, yellows, peaches and creams. Her Mum made the flowers for hair clasps, hair bands, baskets and shoes so that they all matched and they were absolutely beautiful. And the hint of orange/peach was carried through to everything down to the little tea light candles to decorate the garden tables where the ceremony and drinks reception was held. It was a perfect colour scheme to match the gloriously sunny day.

Being used to the cold and rain that can often make an occasional appearance at a Scottish Wedding – it was a completely different experience photographing a wedding in the hot early afternoon sunshine of Central Florida. Wedding Photography in Scotland can be a challenge in certain weather conditions – but the challenge here was just to stay upright and not faint in the blistering 90 degree sunshine.  Fortunately with plenty of bottled water on hand, we made it through the main Wedding Photographs and it was on to the Wedding Breakfast.

The meal and speeches seemed to be over in a flash then it was down to the party! Nicola’s passion for dancing was evident from the off. The American style of DJ-ing and music choice was amusing but effective as the DJ made sure that the dance floor was never empty the whole night, with Nicola taking centre stage for most of the evening. She NEVER sat down! And I’ve never seen so many fantastic dancers under the age of 10. Everyone had a thoroughly great time and could get up the next day to go and see Mickey and Minnie at Magic Kingdom to shake off that morning after feeling!! An absolutely brilliant wedding.

(P.S. If you are looking for holiday or even honeymoon accommodation in the Orlando area, please take a look at our holiday villa – it’s just 10 minutes from Disney and has it’s own private pool – check out our website for more details.)

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