Matt & Becky's Wedding

We had a fantastic time at Matt & Becky's wedding, it was great to see them get married after 8 years together. Becky looked beautiful (and was at the church in plenty of time!)

and unbelievably, having had torrential downpours the day before, the weather held all day.

There was an opportunity to catch up with some old friends from our time at Ford. Needless to say the years have been kind as they hadn't aged since we last saw them. There was time for a quick team photo.

Lastly, in case you wondering how Charlie coped with the day ... here he is polishing off the last of the profiteroles and not the slightest bit interested in going to bed.

Charlie Bear

It's been a while since I have posted, so with Charlie being his usual mischievious self today, I thought I would make a few images for you to see his progress. He is really growing up so quickly!

Take me to the river

This weekend we visited Paul, Katie and the girls in Wickham. As always, it was great to catch up (and see what desserts were waiting in Katie's kitchen!). We had a wander down to the river where the girls and Charlie went for a wade. Here are some of the images and there are more here.

Charlie in Frimley

It's been a while since I've updated you with Charlie's progress, so I thought a new haircut was about as good as an excuse as was needed. Here's our little fella with his new haircut (being amused by his "ride-on Winne the Pooh" from Annie and Steve).

I took these today, to try out a backlighting effect I had been reading about (for non-photographers, this is the light at the back of Charlie's head that seperates him from the background in the image).

Jim and Gillian's Wedding

We had a fantastic time at Jim and Gillian's Wedding yesterday in Oran Mor. It's a great venue for a wedding and the staff were wonderful. Luckily, the weather held for just long enough for us to get some group shots in the Botanic Gardens too. Nick, who was 'second shooting', made sure there were a variety images from different angles of their special day. I have added a couple of images of Jim and Gillian ...

... and some images of the details too.

Out and about in sunny Glasgow

We have been having some fantastic weather recently (most unlike Glasgow!), which has given us a great opportunity to enjoy the local parks. Here are a couple of images of Charlie in the park

and no trip to the park is complete without a quick turn on the swings.

Engagement Shoot - Jim & Gillian

Today, I had arranged to meet up with Jim & Gillian ahead of their Wedding on July 4th, so that we could run over some of the wedding plans (which sound fantastic) and take a few images while we were together to make sure we were going to get the best images on the big day.

We walked down to Maxwell Park in the brilliant sunshine that we have had all weekend and sought out a couple of shady spots where the flash wasn't directly competing with the sun! Jim and Gillian were great and these are a few of the images from the day.

Charlie's Dinner

If a picture paints a thousand words, here's a two thousand word essay on what Charlie had for dinner. I'll say no more than ... it doesn't matter whether he has a spoon or not!

Playpens

We haven't really used the playpen too much, as we have to keep packing it up when viewers come 'round to see the house, but there has been the odd occasion that it has been a godsend. I'm not sure if you're meant to or not, but we found loading it up with some balls (from Tescos) and turning it into a ball pit ... now that's a great idea.

Byron Bay

Still working on the images from our last trip to Australia. Have just completed the images of Bryon Bay and it's fantastic lighthouse which is the eastern most light in Australia. We got there late one afternoon and were able to get some great images before sunset. We stayed in the Arts Factory which was really eclectic (but had a great bar ... and restaurant).

Sunshine in Glasgow

OK, so here are some pictures that I didn't take (altho' I did post-process them), taken at the Shaws when we stopped in to drop off a whole boot full of toys that they had lent Charlie. Brian and Jane have been wonderfully generous in keeping us fully stocked with toys for Charlie from their Aladdin's cave /toy warehouse.

We couldn't miss the opportunity for a team photo with John and Gillian as incredibly the sun was shining in Glasgow! Below, Charlie resting up after a busy afternoon playing on a trike.

...Ok, so not every picture is factual, this isn't really Charlie pulling his first wheelie, although with some careful panning from John and a bit of post-production from me ... well, it could be ... and I'm sure he'll be impressing the girls at "Ruff 'n' Tumble" for a week or two.... and since we are on the subject of factual images ... this is one of Gillian mowing the lawn ... yeah right!

Weekend in Arran

I got 'round to working on all the images from the weekend in Arran - you can find all the images here. Below, a few of the B&W / Sepia conversions I made from the rocks on the shore at Kildonan, the Mountain Rescue team and Lochranza Castle.

Mugdock Country Park

We just returned from a walk around Mugdock Country Park on the outskirts of Glasgow bordering the Campsie Fells. Incredibly it has 2 castles (Craigend Castle being slightly more ruined than Mugdock Castle) and used to house an artillery battery that covered Glasgow from air raids in WW II (which you can walk around). So if you are looking for something to break up a long-ish walk there is plenty to see. So below is Mugdock Castle...

and after a bit of a walk ...

... you'll come to Craigend Castle, which was fenced off as it was falling into disrepair .

... as you can probably tell from the tree growing out of the ramparts. The park was absolutely fantastic and gave me a chance to try out a new rucksack we bought for getting Charlie "off road" and out and about a bit more. You can see a few more images here.

Charlie on the move

This is Charlie's favourite walker (particularly enjoys it when he has the "tunes" on) and he can normally be found ramming one of the walls !

Other than the walker, he is now pretty adept at getting around on his knees (I would say crawling but it would be better to describe it as "crabbing" with regular rest breaks)

On his rest breaks he's pretty partial to putting everything and anything in his mouth ... and occasionally when he needs to get going with some more "crabbing", he just leaves it in there as a pretty good place to carry things around.

...today, I came to check on him while he was having his afternoon kip to find him wide awake ... but looking pretty relaxed and chilled.

Charlie at Easter

We had a quick shoot to get the images below this weekend and here are are a couple more of Charlie from the same session.