Fiona and Alex

There is just so much to say about Fiona and Alex's wedding day that took place a few weeks ago. I have to say that when I first met with the two of them I knew pretty much there and then that I wanted to be booked for their wedding. In fact not even 'wanted' but more so 'HAD' to be booked. And I am so very glad that they did! Fiona and Alex's wedding day was vintage themed and they got a cracker of a day for it.

Never had I shot a short wedding dress until this summer where I've been so excited to see two being worn by brides. Fiona's dress was a Lizzie Agnew creation.

I also *loved* her birdcage veil with a little bit of 'something blue'

Deborah Harper did the make up on Fiona and I know how exciting it was for her to be able to go so red and vintage with the make up.

Kelly McLean of Ashby Hair Lounge did an amazing job with Fiona's hair. I think this may be the only time I've ever heard a bride say 'Can we go bigger?' and it was so lovely to see Kelly get excited about the style she was creating with Fiona on her wedding morning.

There were so many lovely touches with Fiona's outfit. I loved her lace gloces and her shoes were a gorgeous pair of Jimmy Choo's

Their wedding day took place at Clandeboye Estate. When I asked them why they chose their venue they explained that they truly wanted the day to be theirs. They wanted to go with their own schedule and their own plans and more so to be able to add their own touches to the day that you wouldn't necesarily have the freedom to do in a hotel. And I have to say that when I saw how their day unfolded, how absolutely genius that decision was.

Alex is Scottish and I let out a wee whoop to myself when I saw the men in their wedding atire ;)

Alex is just absolutely lovely.

Never before has a wedding car got me so excited!

Alex and Fiona planned out lots of time to share with their wedding guests in the gorgeous sunshine

And then they did another genuis move. They cut their cake surrounded by all of their guests so that when we sneaked off to take wedding photographs their guests could enjoy some cake with their drinks. See! Genuis.

And yes it was this moment I FB and tweeted that I was riding in a VW camper van :)

Gorgeous Fiona. Some of these shots never happened thanks to a very random but friendly collie who wouldn't move out of the shots until he'd been sufficiently petted and played with! It took the driver of the camper van to play with him just off the side, that we were able to keep going :)

The wedding party - who knows whether is was the sunshine, the drinks or the general all round happiness of the day, but by the time we came to doing their shots they were all positively hyper!

P.S This will be an inside joke, but I'm amazed that the 'melon cam' remained out of shot in all of these pictures!!

When I went into the banquetting hall to take some detail shots, my chin hit the floor. The set up and the details were incredible! Vintage tea cups and birdcages galore :)

Posh Nosh did an incredible job with the food. In fact each table had a picnic basket, filled with lots of lovely things so that all of the guests could enjoy a picnic while the speeches took place.

What a beautiful day that I will find very hard to forget. Thank you so much for inviting me to be a part of it and lots of love to you both XOX