Wedding Photography | Lucy & Gareth | Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland

Posted by Lynne Kennedy in Weddings | 4 comments

Every wedding I have the privilege of shooting is lovely, but now and again you get a real diamond of an event; a stunning location, a truly lovely couple, welcoming families, a great venue host and guests who don’t turn away every time you point the camera at them! Saturday’s wedding was just that, when Lucy and Gareth were married at Dunrobin Castle in Golspie, an hour north of Inverness.

Lucy and Gareth, who run the pharmacy in Dornoch, have been together for a while now – 12 years in fact – but they decided this year was the year to tie the knot. Gareth’s family arrived from Ireland for the intimate ceremony and my day started with them getting ready at the couple’s home. Gareth was keen to have a couple of photographs with Archie the chocolate labrador, one of the couple’s many pets which also include a few chickens, a tabby cat and Jake, the African Grey parrot who was almost as chatty as me!

I left Gareth to it and arrived at Lucy’s parents’ house in the heart of Golspie where the bride was being made up by Kendra of Bliss in Brora. Lucy wore a Jenny Packham dress and looked absolutely stunning – dad Graham was a bit overcome when he saw her and Lucy’s mum Caroline was equally proud.

After a ceremony at Dunrobin, wonderfully hosted by Scott Morrison, the wedding party moved to the Royal Marine hotel in Brora for a delicious meal of goat’s cheese starter, beef, haggis and whisky sauce main and the most delicious chocolate mousse ever (I know that, because they very kindly included me in the wedding meal) before returning to Dunrobin where a huge marquee had been set up at the bottom of the extensive gardens, right by the sea. There were 150 guests helping the couple celebrate, dancing away to The Jacks, who had the party well and truly moving when I left.

Lucy and Gareth are heading off for four days in New York followed by ten days in Greneda so please feel free to leave them a message for their return. I wish them all the very best for their future as husband and wife.

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