** Preferential rates available when booking, for all Love My Dress readres. Please email Donna at Archibald Photography for further information **
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Hi chaps and chapesses 🙂 Time for me to introduce you to another of my lovely Sponsors, without whom, I really wouldn't be here blogging away for your benefit, like, at all.
Looking for a wedding photographer in Scotland? Please say hello to the award winning wedding team that is Archibald Photography. I'm going to hand on over to Donna from Archibald to introduce herself and her Photographer Husband, Mark…
"Hi Love My Dress readers! 😉 We are Mark and Donna; a couple with complete passion for documentary wedding photography and excellent book design. Our services are requested from across the UK and overseas and we have won several awards for our work.
Archibald Photography produce natural but contemporary images and specialise in storytelling photography. We are located in Lanarkshire in Scotland but travel all over Scotland, the rest of the UK and to destinations overseas to photograph weddings…"
Love My Dress Wedding Blog – Photography Copyright (c) 2011, Archibald Photography
"Mark lets people be themselves, enjoy the party with their friends and family and doesn’t ask people to do things that will make them feel awkward. For much of a wedding day, he remains in the background capturing candid and spontaneous moments plus all the little details which make a day so special. We believe it is very important that in many years to come a couple can look at their images and remember what happened on the day without thinking they look uncomfortable.
The people who book Archibald Photography don’t want endless pictures of people standing in straight lines looking like they are waiting for the ‘firing squad’ or for the photographs of the wedding party to take several hours – which suits Mark’s fast pace of working…"
"An Archibald Photography image is a natural, timeless snapshot of the emotion and fun of a wedding day. If you were to ask Mark to describe his style, he would say he tries to avoid ‘cheesy’ photographs! “My influences in photography come from the great photojournalists and travel photographers. I want to excite people with my pictures in the same way those great photographers excite me. I like spontaneity in picture taking which really suits a fast moving event such as a wedding or portrait shoot with kids…"
"We have a range of wedding photography collections and each is as flexible as a couple needs it to be. We can provide any album, any size and with as many images as a couple need to tell the story of their wedding day. We are happy to provide a bespoke quotation.
As wedding photographers, we get to meet really lovely people and share the most important day of their lives whilst contributing to the memory of their day. Couples often think they will never forget their day but are then amazed at how quick the memories fade – our work ensures the day lives on and a record of the joy, love and emotion can be passed to future generations…"
"Mark has always loved taking photos and his early photography was based on his travels in Asia in the late 1990s. The wedding side of Archibald Photography began in 2003 when Mark was asked to photograph Donna's brother's wedding and caught the wedding photography "bug"…"
"The best piece of advice we could give to any couple getting married is – book experienced suppliers that you trust to do an excellent job on your wedding day so you can relax and enjoy the most fantastic party with your friends and family.
When booking a photographer, try to see lots of examples of different weddings to get an idea of someone style. Try not to be thinking too much about products at this stage. A photographer with a quieter diary might throw more at you to gain your booking but at the end of the day, your album won't have images by your favourite photographer in it and it's not something you can go back and change…"
Archibald Photography are proud to have won the following awards…
2010 Fashion Photographer of the Year at the Scottish Master Photographer Awards
2010 VOWS Nominee
2009 VOWS Winner for Outstanding Service in the Wedding Industry
2009 Winner of the Complete Wedding Category at the Scottish Master Photographer Awards
2008 Fujifilm Licentiate Competition at the British Professional Photography Awards
2008 VOWS Nominee
Beautiful photography indeed. Archibald Photography prefer to compile bespoke quotations for each individual client, but are currently offering preferential rates to Love My Dress readers, so if you are a Bride living or due to marry in Scotland, drop either Donna or Mark a line now to make some enquiries! Donna is a super lovely lady and will look after you from the moment you get in touch, I can guarantee you 🙂
For further information, visit the Archibald Photography Website, or emai Donna.
Much love all,
Annabel xXx
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Annabel View all Annabel's articles
Founder of Love My Dress. Passionate Podcaster and Editor. Annabel lives in rural North Yorkshire with her husband and business partner Philip, their two daughters and menagerie of furry hounds. She loves photography, meditation, walking, being outdoors and star gazing. She is fierce when it comes to championing talent within the wedding industry and when she's not working on Love My Dress, she supports her husband Philip in the running of the family's sustainable flower farm and floral design business, Moonwind Flowers. In 2013, she became a published author.
