Carlogie House & Dundee City Chambers East Wedding

The stunning spring wedding of Richard & April at Carlogie House & Dundee City Chambers East. With a dash of the McManus Galleries!

Originally from Carnoustie, Richard moved around the globe and settled in Canada. The couple organised and orchestrated the most beautiful coming together, during the time when everyone was the furthest apart. I don’t just mean distance, I mean in the height of the pandemic. When the wedding day came, there are lots of images of powerful embraces. They were easy to photograph because none of them were short. Having moved abroad, old friends from Uni hadn’t seen him in a long time, and family hadn’t been able to travel due to restrictions. Emotions were incredibly high. And this is before the ceremony had even began.

I haven’t had to wipe away a tear in a while, but I was floored twice during the ceremony. Richard is an intensely likeable character, and I just fall to bits when kids are a part of it all. His face on seeing her walk down the lawn totally set me off. Then 20 minutes later the most moving moment happened during the first kiss, where their sons embraced mirroring their parents. I probably let out an ugly noise as a tear launched out uncontrollably, hopefully masked by the cheering and everyone else wiping their own eyes.

As usual I have no idea who made the dress, but April did all of her own flawless make up and hair. I love an outfit change for dancing. Be comfortable on your wedding day, do the things you want to do, go with your instinct, its about you!!!

Carlogie is an absolutely gorgeous venue and made for the perfect homely gathering. I love the totally flawless modern bedrooms and interiors, and the old architecture. The coach took all the guests over in a short drive to Chambers East for partying and dancing. The room looked gorgeous. I took the newly weds a 2minute walk to the McManus for some quick photos during golden hour. It is always worth going out as the sun comes down, just have a look at the images that took 5 minutes tops.

I made a couple of short drone videos, I always do weather and venue permitting.

If you are looking at marrying at Carlogie - a massive thumbs up from me!