Steph & Stuart's wedding - St Salvatore's Chapel and the Golf Hotel, St Andrews

Somebody was looking down on Steph & Stuart this past weekend - the forecast was for continuing rain........ it didn't touch the glorious town of St Andrews giving Steph & Stuart the day of their dreams!
Granted, the build-up to the wedding was a bit stressful for the bride; one thing being her dog Murray decided to have a little swim in a burn and got swept away, and Steph jumped in after him! Luckily both were fine, if a little wet and soggy.....
And on the day the dogs nearly stole the show.... with custom designed dog coat kilts (and this blog is apparently to blame for that, as she saw a previous wedding had featured dogs in kilts!)
Steph was..............stunning, and just my kinda bride; cathedral length veil in the wind, and very relaxed in front of the camera!And her man was no bad either!Steph kept us all waiting, and arrived smiling, on her father's arm.Cute moments during the ceremony. I am a blubberer, I know that, I cry at anything these days but I was really worrying that my images were going to be in focus during this ceremony - why? The beautiful singing by Abigail & Nuala, the groom's cousins from the chapel balcony had me not being able to see anything through the tears; their wonderful singing would have moved everyone below.
And soon, it was time for the newlyweds to depart as husband and wife...ready to greet their guests in the Quadrangle. And some of the younger guests were definately stealing the show!
Soon it was time for piper John to take the guests to the hotel, while the couple stayed in the Quadrangle for the start of an amazing couples session. I was totally blessed to be given an hour to "play" with them, and the sun shone all the way through.

Soon it was time to move onto the Castle.

And it was definately all about Steph on the day! I had so many favourite shots on the day; the one above and this one below, I just LOVE long veils!
And just before we returned to the party, we made a quick detour to the Swilken Bridge allowing me to repeat my favourite shot from last year's top wedding of Jen and Jon.

The party was in full swing at the Golf Hotel, and the cake has got to be the BEST I have seen yet. A story of the newlywed's time together; from buying houses and having to borrow their mum's work van to move their stuff in, from purchasing Murray, to the engagement, to the wedding day. All designed by the bride herself!
After a lovely meal, and some hilarious speeches, I stole the couple away again for a quick session as the sun went down!
As I left the newlyweds enjoying the sunset, I couldn't imagine a more perfect day from my point of view, and I am sure everyone else there that day thought the same!

Enjoy your whistlestop tour of the States guys, I can't wait to show you the full results when you return! And if you want to see the results too, email me on nikki@nikkimcleodphotography.com with the bride's maiden name, and the groom's surname. When the password is released on the couple's return, I shall email you back with the information!

Vendor’s information;
Wedding venue; St. Salvators Chapel, University of St Andrews, St Andrews
Wedding reception venue; The Golf Hotel, The Scores, St AndrewsHotel coordinater; Dreich
Cake; Special Days, Uddingston – designed by the bride
Flowers; The Ladybirds Florist, St Andrews
Transport; Ian Cargill Cars, Newport on Tay
Band; The Copycats
Bride’s dress; “Shanesa” designed by Rosetta Nicolini, bought at the Bridal Room in House of Fraser, Glasgow
Bridesmaids dresses; designed and made by Maggie McAllister dressmaker, Cumbernauld
Boys outfits; MacKenzie Menswear, Glasgow
Hair; Charlie Taylor Hair, St Andrews
Stationery: handmade by bride
Favours; Mrs Tilly’s, TillicoutryPiper; John McIntosh, Edinburgh
Balloons; Arty Party, Glasgow
Seat Covers at Reception; Love is in the air, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.