Martin Pettinger Photography: 2007

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone. It's been a busy year for me and some of my personal favourites from 2007 follow below:

I'm really looking forward to 2008, lots of great couples and lots of new wedding venues to photograph at.

Glenskirlie Castle

Lynn and Stewart's album can be viewed below. They had a wonderful winter wedding at Glenskirlie Castle.

Lynn and Stewart's wedding album can also be viewed large using a flip book here

Falkirk Wheel

Joanne and Rob married at Denny Parish Church and held their reception at Inchrya Grange near Falkirk. Their wedding album can be viewed below:

Special thanks to the Falkirk Wheel for allowing permission for some spectactular bridal portraiture. The album can be viewed large here

Dundas Castle

Caroline and Graham's album has just been shipped to Cumbria. They married at Dundas Castle, South Queensferry.

Caroline and Graham's wedding album can be viewed larger using a flip book here

Craighouse Campus

Later today I deliver Vicki and Calum's album. They married at Craighouse Campus, Edinburgh and their wedding album can be viewed below:

Some of my favourite images of 2007 were taken at this wedding as the light was amazing. Their album can also be viewed large as a flip book here

Cairn Lodge

Another album completed and posted in time for Christmas was Vicki & Mike's wedding at Cairn Lodge, Auchterarder.

They had a fab wedding and their wedding car was amazing. Their album can also be viewed large as a flip book here

Piper Dam

There's a lack of posts recently as I complete albums for Christmas. Emma and Tim's wedding album is now on-line. It can be viewed via the slideshow below:

Alternatively the album can be viewed large using a flip book here Their album is a 18x14 reportage album and weighs over 16lb. This album is the most popular in my range.

Lynn and Stewart married at Glenskirlie Castle. Some of my favourites which tell the story of their day are included in the slideshow below:

Glenskirlie Castle is an amazing wedding venue with the most incredible honeymoon suites and I hope to return there again soon.

Lisa and Marcos

Yesterday was the marriage of Lisa from England to Marcos from Portugal. They had a small intimate wedding ceremony at Ballochneck House and some of my black and white favourites follow:

Ballochneck House

Yesterday I was at the beautiful Ballochneck House for the intimate wedding of Lisa and Marcos. Donnie and Fiona Allan's house is a very romantic setting for small weddings and some of my colour favourites follow:

Christchurch, Morningside

Last Sunday I was at Christchurch, Morningside for the marriage of Liz and Chris. A few of my favourite images before and during the ceremony follow:

Feel free to leave a comment below. More from this wedding later in the week. While all the wedding images should be on-line by 11th December.

Full Moon Magic

Some of my best landscape photographs occur when or near the moon is full. I had two weddings this weekend and looking at the images from Friday and Sunday, magic and romance was in the air.

Lynn and Stewart married at Glenskirlie Castle near Banknock the first castle built in the 21st Century and a photographers paradise. Those guests who wondered what I was doing during the soup course and later in the honeymoon suite see below:

The second image is a toned image, I love this image in black and white but for the purposes of this post thought I would present it as a golden toned sepia image. A lot of recent posts have all been black and white so here's some colour work for a change.

The last image was a spur of the moment idea, the four poster bed is surrounded by a stainless steel ball bearing curtain so using natural tungsten light I shot this romantic silhouette through the curtain.

Glenskirlie Castle

Yesterday I was at Glenskirlie Castle, Banknock for Lynn and Stewart's wedding. A few of my favourites follow:

Have a great honeymoon in Thailand Lynn and Stewart. Your photographs should be on-line on the 8th December.

Parents Albums

As well as making up main albums at the moment I have had requests for parents albums. I receive many favourable comments from venues / couples and parents regarding my albums so I thought I would post what they look like.

Below are some details of a parents album - it is a replica of the main album which are twice or four times the size but approximately A4 in footprint. I include my phone on the cover for a sense of scale.

The actual sizes are 27.5 cm x 20.5 cm (Approx 11 x 8 in) with the window of the pages being some 19.5 cm x 13.5 cm (Approx 7.75 x 5.25 in). Albums are available with 24, 30 and 36 sides.

The album has a textured black finish and is book bound - I have included close up shots of the cover, binding and keylining. Album prints are professional silver halide prints. These are beautiful fine art books.

Children in Need

Today I have no wedding which is just as well as I will be settling down with the family and friends to watch Scotland v Italy. The beers will be flowing but hopefully not tears.

We will also be blasting out one of our favourite songs and the unofficial anthem of the "Tartan Army" - Loch Lomond by Runrig and hoping for some more McFadden magic.

This has been remixed and is now available as a download on iTunes with profits going to Children in Need. Lets hope this single and Scotland will be top of the charts!

Happy Birthday

Today's my birthday and my present was the new generation iPOD Nano. Not only is this a fabulous music player it can also play my wedding videos. From this month forwards I can offer your wedding slideshows in iPOD format.

The video quality is absolutely amazing and I had fun downloading some podcasts of films such as Ratatouille for the children to enjoy plus spending some money in the iTunes store.