The Drawing Room

Let me introduce you all to The Drawing Room! The Drawing Room is a team of two creative people (my partner Alex and I) and our adventures as wedding photographers in Scotland and beyond. We have been working together for a couple of years now and we thought that it was already time to create something that represents the two of us and what we do.

I have also realised that this blog has been a bit quiet for a while. Apart from having a few busy months filled with wonderful weddings and events here in Scotland and in Spain, we have been working in our new branding and website. We hope to have the chance of sharing more stories with you very soon over our new blog. You can also follow The Drawing Room on Instagram or Facebook for regular updates or drop us an email if you have any questions.

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Fiona & Graeme | A fantasy books wedding at Kirknewton House Stables | Edinburgh

Kirknewton House Stables got to be one of my favourites venues in Edinburgh and the place where Fiona and Graeme chose to have their autumn wedding. What I like the most about this barn with beautiful gardens is that it can be the perfect canvas for a creative couple like these two. They both are avid readers who wanted to bring their passion for fantasy books into their wedding day, and with Fiona being a crafty person they managed to turn an empty room into a true expression of themselves. Throw in a few fairy lights (with help from Graeme’s brother) and the warm smiles and support from family and friends, and you have the perfect celebration in a Scottish autumn day. They even got their dads involved in the design and colouring of their wedding invitations in a truly Quentin Blake’s style. Did I mention that this guys love books, right?

They are shy people who were a bit worried about having their photos taken, so Alex and I arranged to meet them a few weeks before for a pre-wedding shoot at the Hermitage of Braid and Blackford Hill. We spent an afternoon exploring a pretty spot of Edinburgh, chatting about their wedding still to happen and trying to make them feel comfortable in front of the camera. As you can see, they had nothing to worry about. Here is their wedding day in pictures:

All photographs © Ingrid Mur | Alex Woodward

 

Sam, Nathan & Boyd | A family portrait shoot | Glasgow

As wedding photographers we got this wonderful job of running around with big cameras, collecting people’s memories from that very important day in their lives. But what happens after that day or… before that day? What happens in your everyday life? Aren’t those ordinary moments without confetti worth remembering too? One thing we are really keen to do is more lifestyle photography and document those everyday life moments of a family. When we had the chance to do this a few weeks ago, we decided to approach it in a very natural and relaxed way – as we do with our wedding photography.

We made a visit to Bearsden to meet Sam & Nathan and their little boy, Boyd. We joined the three of them for some Sunday afternoon adventures in their exceptionally steep hillside garden and to visit the ducks and other rather more imposing wildlife in their local park! Keeping up with such a lively two-year-old was no mean feat and it was a struggle to remember to point our cameras at Sam & Nathan for at least a few shots. But we had a fantastic afternoon, we got a glance into their life (major house rebuild included) and now we can’t wait to see them all again come the eve of the summer solstice when we will be photographing their wedding celebrations in a seafront garden in the village of Crail in Fife.