When we discuss our pre-wedding photoshoots with couples, the choice of photography locations is always a bit of a stickler. Most of the time the couple would like somewhere semi-private, but at the same time they also want somewhere that has a special significance to them.
In Morag and Simon’s case their choice of location was to be the spot where they they originally got engaged, Wallace Monument, one of Scotland’s most popular tourist attractions.
As a Scottish Wedding Photographer who was born in the shadow of “The Wallace”, this is a particularly favourite location of mine and is right bang in the middle of my home patch of Central Scotland.
Wallace Monument stands proud on Abbey Craig rock high above the town of Stirling, and was opened to the public in 1861 to recognise one of Scotland’s greatest heroes, Sir William Wallace (or as Hollywood now affectionately knows him, “Braveheart“).
Nowadays, you can actually get married at the top of Wallace Monument – just keep your fingers crossed that it’s not too windy a day!.
In Morag and Simon’s case they are getting married next year at the stunning wedding venue of Airth Castle Hotel, once owned by the family of another Scottish hero, King Robert the Bruce. Airth Castle Hotel and Spa is one of Scotland’s premier wedding venues and will make a stunning backdrop for Morag and Simon’s wedding photography.
So, on to the photographs from their pre-wedding photoshot at what was NOT a “semi-private” location by any measure. Cue the magic trick of making 300 tourists, also visiting Wallace Monument that day, disappear……
by Alan
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