Alex & Shaun's Summer Wedding at Ardgowan House, Inverkip

Bride and groom sit in a shaft of light beside the staircase at Ardgowan House during their wedding

Alex and Shaun had the most amazing wedding at the beautiful Ardgowan House in Inverkip.

Their eye (Alex’) for detail was incredible. Together with their friends and family, they spent the entire weekend at Ardgowan House where they were wined and dined. The party would begin on the Friday evening where I joined them for a couple of hours capturing the fun and laughter whilst they enjoyed some BBQ food.

I returned the next day where I joined the girls in the Bow Room for bridal preparations. The guys all shared a cigar in the library before moving on to the ceremony in the Sculpture Room. I’ve never seen so many tears, even I was crying!

Alex & Shaun’s dog George was there as was their gorgeous new (ish) baby daughter Holly.

I absolutely love Ardgowan House as a wedding venue, it’s on my top 5 list! There is just so much to explore and I’ve been here many times.

Shaun’s dad brought along his MK1 Ford Escort! My goodness, what a car. It was absolutely immaculate and Shaun drove Alex down the drive complete with tin cans dragging along behind.

Anyway, what a weekend! One I’ll never forget.

Their amazing wedding team: Cake by For Cakes Sake (Alex’ own biz) // Band - The Socials (best wedding band I’ve heard in ages) // Hair & Makeup by Salon Above // Filmed by Tall Tale Films (so so good) // Venue: Ardgowan House // Celebrant - Rachel Middleton

Here’s some photos from the day for you all to enjoy.

Bride in her wedding dress during bridal preparations at Ardgowan House
Father of the bride seeing his daughter for the first time in her wedding dress at Ardgowan House
Bride on the swing in the gardens of Ardgowan House on her wedding day
Bride looking into the light on the Ardgowan House swing during her wedding day
Bride and groom with their dog at Ardgowan House on their wedding day
Bride and groom kiss in dreamy golden hour at Ardgowan House

A beautiful and romantic Scotland elopement at Crear in a barn and on the beach

A dreamy wedding couple on the beach at Crear for their Scottish elopement

Victoria and Dominic decided to remove the stress of planning their wedding and opted to escape to Crear and have an elopement.

They both met online during the Covid pandemic and quickly fell in love. It was meant to be. But as their wedding grew arms and legs they decided they just wanted it to be the two of them. And so it was that they would escape to Crear, near Kilberry in Scotland.

Victoria had the most amazing wedding dress, fit for a princess, maybe not for walking along a beach, not that that stopped her! As she descended the famous Crear staircase, Dominic was patiently waiting for her at the bottom, it was all just so magical!

Together with just Iain the piper and myself for company, they entered the barn where they were married by David the Minister. Beautiful light shone on them from a window whilst overhead they were surrounded by lights and beside them lit candles. It was, for want of a better word, perfect.

An enormous privilege to sign the paperwork as one of the witnesses of this awesome wee wedding.

We then just spent time together as I photographed them truly in love and in gorgeous light. We then jumped in the car and headed to the amazing beach where we walked and explored to the sound of Iain playing the bagpipes.

Their amazing wedding team: Bouquet: Blooming Wild Crear Flowers // Makeup: Leanne Fraser // Venue: Crear Weddings / Wee Weddings

Here’s some photos from the day for you all to enjoy.

Beautiful bride holding her bouquet in one of the bedrooms at Crear
A Crear wedding ceremony in the barn with fairy lights
Bride and Groom surrounded by fairy lights in the barn at Crear after their Scottish elopement
Scotland Elopement bride standing in the barn at Crear looking out the window holding her flowers
A Blooming Wild Crear Flowers bouquet being held by bride
The sun shining on wedding couple with standing stone on Crear beach in Scotland
Wedding couple standing looking out to sea as the waves crash on to Crear beach
Wedding couple stand on the beach at Crear after their elopement
Crear wedding couple standing on the beach looking over to Jura after their Scottish elopement