Sneak peek - Claire & Grant's wedding, Old Course Hotel, St Andrews Burgh Chambers & the Seafood Restaurant

It was a frantic weekend in St Andrews with the Old Course wedding fayre one day and a wedding in the town the other!

It was a lovely intimate vintage-styled wedding for Claire and Grant, and a handful of close friends and a special family member. This is a sneak peek of the fantastic day. More soon!

Old Course Wedding Fayre winners

What a fantastic day it was today at the Old Course Wedding Fayre - a well attended and very well organised event.

I spoke to many couples about their wedding photography and there was a great response to the prize draw for free wedding photography coverage.

I happy to announce the results - I couldn't just pick one winner...........


Winner Samantha Morgan (free wedding day photographic coverage)

First runner up David Sinclair (£100 voucher for Nikki McLeod Photography or Blast Off Portraits)

Runners Up Alistair McKinkay, Hamish Kinnon, Alexandra Coutts, LeeAnn Alexander, Stacie Fraser, Gillian Smith (complimentary 20" x 16" Box Frame)

I shall be sending emails out to all the above tomorrow, plus a little special something for everyone else who entered!


It was great to meet you all!

Old Course Wedding Fayre

NMP will be at the Old Course Hotel's Wedding Fayre this coming Sunday.

it looks like it is going to be a cracker; fashion shows, free mini massages, reduced rate make up, indoor putting.

I am very honoured to be a recommended photographer at the Old Course, and have photographed many weddings there, in fact I am there this weekend!

At the fayre, I am also planning to give away complimentary wedding photography coverage to one lucky couple, and I have a special Old Course Wedding Fayre package, only available at this fayre! This Sunday, 11am to 4pm see you there!

Kat Yoga commercial shoot

I was super excited to see the new website for Kat Yoga has been released. I met the lovely Kat recently for a commercial shoot for this website and she was a joy to photograph. And boy is she one flexible woman!

If you find out more of her amazing work, click here for details.

Here are the original studio images Kat picked for her site.

NEW STUDIO ADDRESS FROM TOMORROW!

As we speak, I am moving the studio from it's soft play base to it's own base just round the corner!

New address as of March 1st is

Suite 6 Unit 10a,

Ridge Way Donibristle Ind Est, Dalgety Bay

Dunfermline, United Kingdom, KY11 9FY

Phone number and email stays the same

tel (01383) 821498

email nikki@nikkimcleodphotography.com

Sneak peek - Chloe & Miriam's wedding, Lodge on Loch Goil, Lochgoilhead

After blogging every single day all of January and half of February, I went on a little blogging hiatus, having some photography learning in London and Vegas.

Straight back to work after the learning though, I went up to the Highlands for Chloe & Miriam's civil partnership at Lochgoilhead. Sneek peak here!

Tomorrow is a big day, NMP and Blast Off moves to it's new studio! Special offers coming soon!

Model shoot winner is PAMELA GILFILLAN!!

Blast Off Portraits - fun family time!

I just have to blog this; a career first - baby's first steps! Loving everyone's expressions!

DWFC 2011, San Antonio Texas

I was in Texas for a photography convention, one I have attended for 4 years in a row now. Excellent training to better my business, photo shoots to practice & learn from others and lots of partying and fun with state-side friends I only get to see once a year.

Here are some images from a model shoot I did one day with forum friends. It was SO sunny and warm, it was the only warm day we were there, so lucky.

Texas!

Having a little break from weddings just now; back to normal in a couple of days!

A couple of weeks ago, I had the great opportunity to go to Texas for a photography convention. I flew into Dallas first, amongst the crazy things I did there including an excellent Dallas Stars game, was a visit to Southfork Ranch - yes the original home of the tv series "Dallas"!

Those not born in the 70's and 80's or before might not know what I am on about, those that were will know exactly what I am on about!
It was interesting to hear all the stories of behind the scenes and seeing the actual ranch, which is much smaller than it looked on the tv when I was a teenager!
That infamous pool that they were always jumping in, apparently because it was always 100 degree heat when they were filming in the summer. It certainly wasn't that warm in January!
Dallas is a really cool city.


Dallas is where JFK was shot....

I moved onto San Antonio for a photography convention and the weather was better there!

MOVING ON UP!

Super exciting news - from March 1st 2011, the base for

Nikki McLeod Photography

Blast Off Portraits

"breathless" by NMP

Pamper and Pout

is moving from the Play Planet to it's OWN STUDIO!

Less than a minutes drive from the Play Planet, the new NMP/Blast Off Portraits studio is based within the same building as Bay Printing. With a bigger studio, natural light for beautiful portraits of the adults and no soft play to distract the children, it is a fantastic move on up for NMP & Blast Off!

Check out this blog and the NMP Facebook page in the next couple of weeks for some fantastic MOVING ON UP offers.

The new address;

Nikki McLeod Photography/Blast Off Portraits

Suite 6, 10a Ridge Way

Donibristle Industrial Estate

DALGETY BAY

Fife

KY11 9JN

email & phone number still the same; nikki@nikkimcleodphotography.com & (01383) 821498

COMPETITION - free shoot! Be a model bride!

Would you like to
- wear beautiful handcrafted bridal hair accessories and wedding dresses for the day

- have your hair and make up professionally styled

- be fabulously photographed & appear on a professional website as their model!

When; Friday 4th March 2011, 10am up to 5pm, but your stint will be 3 hours maximum, sometime in that timeframe

Where; Blast Off Portraits studio in Dalgety Bay

Oh and you must have long hair!

Email me a photo of yourself to nikki@nikkimcleodphotography.com, with your contact details

Closing date 10th February; surprise prize for the winner!

Kat & Stewart's wedding, St Salvator's Chapel & College Halls, St Andrews - part twelve

Lots of good looking guests at this wedding!



Many thanks to Kat & Stewart for commissioning me to photograph their big day! Hope you are both settled in your new life in Dallas, Texas!

Vendor’s information

Wedding venue; St Salvator’s Chapel, St Andrews

Reception venue; College Halls, St Andrews

Flowers; Lundie Blooms

Bride’s dress; Pronovias bought in Bond Street, London

Bridesmaids dresses; Coast

Boys outfits; Hector Russell

Make-up; Emily At Simply Make Up

Stationery: Handmade by Kat

Kat & Stewart's wedding, St Salvator's Chapel & College Halls, St Andrews - part eleven

All too soon it was time for the cake cutting, and there were some lovely personal touches here too!
I think the cake cutting was just all too much for this pair!

Kat & Stewart's wedding, St Salvator's Chapel & College Halls, St Andrews - part ten

Kat's adorable lightweight veil was just ideal in the light winds....as was her dress!
But in the Cloisters, it just got a bit carried away!
We were SO lucky with the weather.
But even inside the College Halls there are stunning places to take great images.