What a day for a wedding...

We woke up yesterday to a very wet day, with the rain hammering down and bringing our week of sunshine to an end.

At 9:30 we headed off to Candice's mum's house to capture for history Candice getting ready for her wedding.  With visits from Vicki from Zenya styling the hair, and Blusha of Dumfries applying the makeup the morning went really quick, and thankfully the rain died away and the sunshine came out, allowing us to get some photographs of Candice and her mum and dad beside the fantastic Beauford car owned by Derek Scott.

Meanwhile our second photographer was at Johnny's house capturing the lads getting ready.

At Wetheral church I met up with Johnny and Tony his best man, and with guests assembled the scene was set for a fantastic wedding.

The sun stayed out all through the wedding, and even allowed us to take some photographs outside the church where doves from "Doves for all Occasions" were released to symbolise external love.  We then took Candice and Johnny away to a location close to Wetheral viaduct for a few images to capture the special day.  Storm clouds were gathering, and in the distance we could hear the rumbles of thunder, so off to the reception at the Creighton Rugby Club in Carlisle we went for a fantastic reception.

The day didn't end there, with food provided by the Vallum Hotel, and a cake to cut and of course the first dance.

We left the couple enjoying the rest of the party at 8:30 and we headed home to backup the images and start working on getting them ready to show.

An amazing day all round, and thankfully the weather didn't spoil any of it!

What happens to the images after a Photoshoot?

One of the questions that we get asked often is what happens to the photos after a photoshoot?

Many people think that we take the pictures, then upload the photos, which is often what people do when they have been to a party and want the pictures on Facebook quickly.

So what do we do?

First we put all the photos on to our computer, and at this stage put keywords into the photos so that they can be found quickly if need be.
The photos are then backed up to blueray discs and to additional hard drives.  We would hate to loss any photos having taken them.
Next we go through the photos and remove any where people have been blinking or dont look very good.
If we have carried out a photoshoot at an event that the local paper might be interested in, then we pick a few photos and fast track them through the rest of the processing stage, so that the paper can pick them up often within a few hours of an event.
We go through the photos a number of times and whittle them down to what our team feel are the best images.

These images are then run through photoshop to carry out sharpening, colour saturation and any other processes that we feel are necessary to make them look fantastic.  This might involve airbrushing, blemish removal or retouching.

Once the images are created they are all backed up many times and then small versions are created along with  relevant web pages and posted on www.kelticrose.co.uk with some being put on www.facebook.com/kelticrose and of course some used on this very blog.

The images are then available to buy for around 4 months before they are removed from our website and in many cases the images files are then deleted..