Balbirnie House is one of our favourite Scottish Wedding Venues in the depths of the Fife countryside. It is a fabulous location for romantic Scottish wedding photography offering wonderful opportunities for some stunning photographs.

In the middle of December we found ourselves back for another Scottish Wedding at Balbirnie House to photograph the Wedding of Gemma and Colin Fleming.

Gemma looked absolutely stunning wearing a ivory lace gown that showed off her petite figure to perfection. Her bridesmaid wore a champagne coloured chiffon gown which worked perfectly with the red and gold colour theme for the flowers and chair coverings.

There was wonderful piano music playing throughout the day provided by the fantastic pianist Alex Graham who encouraged guests to ask for requests! He was brilliant.

Tennis fans will no doubt recognise our Groom, Colin Fleming, as he is the Commonwealth Gold medal holder (along with Doubles partner Jocelyn Rae) and ranked number 33 in the World for Doubles. He often partners alongside another of our previous grooms, Jamie Murray.

So with Colin playing tennis at international level and Gemma being a primary school teacher, what better fodder for the wedding speeches!! Colin’s older brother, Michael, (with the aid of a projector) poked loads of fun at Colin recounting many sibling rivalry stories throughout their tennis careers (secretly you could see he is really proud of him). Not to be outdone, Gemma’s Dad, Graham, told many amusing stories about being mistaken for Gemma’s fiancé while picking stuff for their new house (as Colin is frequently away on tour). There was much hilarity when he told us what Gemma’s pupils had to say about her: “she brought in Irn Bru for health food day”. Very funny!

When we left our home near Stirling that morning there was a fair amount of snow underfoot so we dressed appropriately in our good snow boots and heavy coats and looked forward to some snowy white wedding shots! When we got to Balbirnie House there was not a bit of snow to be seen. How daft did I look in my snow boots?! We did capture some stunning cold crisp outdoor shots though as you will see below.

As soon as the room was set up for the evening’s entertainment and the band played their first note, the dance floor was packed and looked liked staying that way for the rest of the night. All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable day for all involved….

Weddings at Balbirnie House are always fabulous, but Alan says that “Carlsberg must have organised this wedding though” as it was just so perfect resulting in a huge amount of images that we just have to share with you. So as usual here are out favourite wedding photographs from the day.

Friends and family can view the rest of the wedding photographs in our Client’s gallery.

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Photographers may like to note that we’ve changed our processing regime and have started using VSCO Film instead of Alien Skin Exposure to emulate our favourite films Kodak Porta and Tri-X – we’re delighted with the results.

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Tennis fans can follow Colin’s tour successes on his website at www.colinflemingtennis.com or follow him on Twitter @colin_fleming

Alan Hutchison ASWPP LMPA is a Multi-Award winning Scottish Wedding Photographer. You can read the original blog post here Weddings at Balbirnie House – Game Set and Perfect Match for Gemma and Colin Fleming. Alan Hutchison Photography - Wedding Photography Scotland

Sinead is originally from Scotland and first met Australian-born Chris in Cyprus where he was working for the United Nations.   Sinead soon found herself over in Australia and the rest is history.

Sinead is an extremely talented jewellery designer – so as a fellow creative, it was no surprise that she put a lot of planning and design work into her wedding – even her earrings matched the Balbirnie window design.

Usually weddings from overseas-based couples are slight smaller, but this was a very grand Scottish Wedding with Sinead’s family being based here and a very large contingent of Aussies making the long trip from down-under.

The couple chose a Humanist ceremony with Gillian Stewart acting as the celebrant (Gillian is a wonderful celebrant who we have workedwith a couple of times now).  Sinead’s stunning wedding gown was designed by the Australian fashion house, Anita J Bridal Couture.

Here are my favourite images from the day (which was very hard as there were so many to choose from):-

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P.S. If you are planning a wedding from overseas, we make things very easy for you, we can show you our work online and we can even proof an album for you online and ship it anywhere worldwide.

P.P.S. Speaking of overseas, we have a second home of our own in Sunny Florida which we rent out as a vacation home – it makes a great honeymoon (or second honeymoon) location.  You can find out more at www.yourluxuryvilla.com

Alan Hutchison ASWPP LMPA is a Multi-Award winning Scottish Wedding Photographer. You can read the original blog post here Sinead and Chris’ Balbirnie House Wedding (all the way from Down-Under). Alan Hutchison Photography - Wedding Photography Scotland

Denis is Irish and a contingent of friends and family were flying in from the Emerald Isle, so I knew this was going to be a fun wedding and it certainly proved to be. The wit and wisdom of the Irish “craic” was never far away and the speeches were some of the funniest and heart-felt that I’ve heard.

Later that day news started to filter through the wedding party that flights from Scotland back to Ireland were being disrupted due to the volcanic ash cloud situation.  Did that dampen their spirits – not one bit!

Meanwhile, the staff at Balbirnie House clearly demonstrated why they are one of the most popular wedding and civil partnership venues in Scotland, with fantastic customer service throughout the day.

As a venue, Balbirnie House offers a great backdrop for wedding photography and Denis and Stevan were absolutely delighted with their photographs.

Here is an extract of an email I received from the guys after they received their images:

“We are delighted with the pictures they are amazing worth every penny, we have watched the slideshow three times in a row now laughing and crying through it each time. A big thank you for all the hard work you put into them we couldn’t be more happy.“

Thanks guys it was a pleasure.

Here are some of my favourite images from the day:-

P.S. Apologies for the lack of blog updates lately – we had a two week holiday in Crete recently followed very rapidly with a trip over to Tuscany, so it’s all been a little bit manic at this end.  Normal service has now resumed however, so watch out for more blog updates as we play catch-up on the website.

P.P.S. Another reason for the lack of blog updates is I have been engrossed with my new Apple iPad.  It is absolutely awesome and a gadget lover’s dream device.  I went for the 32GB iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G.  I can see lots of areas where I can use this in my photography business (well that’s my excuse anyway). If you haven’t seen one yet, get yourself along to an Apple Store.  This also reminds me that I need to tweak a couple of the areas on this website, particularly the portfolio area to ensure it is indeed iPad (and iPhone) friendly – watch this space…

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Alan Hutchison ASWPP LMPA is a Multi-Award winning Scottish Wedding Photographer. You can read the original blog post here Denis and Stevan’s Civil Partnership at Balbirnie House Hotel. Alan Hutchison Photography - Wedding Photography Scotland

1. Take the creative mind of a certain Mr John Denton (photographer extraordinaire)
2. Roll one wooden floor to an even thickness
3. Add one attractive model (thank you Ms Ashleigh Hewitt)
4. Garnish with some recycled Christmas Fairy Lights
5. Lastly sprinkle some digital processing to taste

This is a quick shot I took at John Denton’s mini Lighting Workshop that I organised at Stirling Camera Club on Wednesday night.

John very kindly drove all the way up from Yorkshire to present a mini workshop on lighting techniques to the members of the club.  John presented an extremely enjoyable evening and it was a real pleasure to meet him.

Coincidentally this shot reminds me that I don’t have any time to lie down at the moment as it’s all go.  I’m currently finishing off Joyce and Doug’s photographs from their recent wedding at Broomhall Castle in Menstrie. On Saturday Morag and I head off along the River Forth to Orocco Pier in South Queensferry for Nicola and Paul’s wedding.

On Sunday we have three client meetings and then a visit to the stunning Balbirnie House in Markinch to chat through final arrangements for an upcoming Civil Partnership.

Next weekend we will be at Gean House in Alloa working with a local model on a bridal photoshoot. We’ll be experimenting with some new lighting equipment recommended by Gordon MacGowan during his SWPP Convention Masterclass.

Then its back to editing and preparing some new sample albums just in time for an upcoming Wedding Fayre also at Gean House on the 21st of March.  Oh, and a little trip up to the Winter Gardens and Palm Court Hotel in Aberdeen on the 20th for Sharleene and Barry’s wedding.

Keep an eye open for some sneak peak images from Nicola and Paul’s wedding early next week.

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Alan Hutchison ASWPP LMPA is a Multi-Award winning Scottish Wedding Photographer. You can read the original blog post here Today’s Photo Recipe (aka “How to recycle your Christmas Lights”). Alan Hutchison Photography - Wedding Photography Scotland