picaBlog by Paul Mackie Photography

2012-01-16T11:57:00.000-08:00

Hi there, I have just done some pics of a brand new family, Kerry, John and baby Rhys. We did the photos at my home with my portable studio which was fun. Baby Rhys thought it best that during his prep he should have a poo on some props then take a wee on the carpet and Sofa, once he was satisfied that he was comfortable then we could proceed. Somehow we managed to get some nice pics of his feet, although this was not a straight forward as I thought, his dad John did know it would be tough as little Rhys does not like to straighten his legs for anyone, speed was of the essence. I had an Idea of how I wanted it to look so it worked out well.

The next thing was to get baby and mum with just the right look, this was easy on this occasion as the love was there and the stress levels were non apparent so Mum smiled a big warm loving smile and baby could feel it CLICK and the rest was easy. After a feed baby Rhys decided a nap was in order and then it was time to lie him face down and see what happened as he wriggled for post milky comfort. CLICK next. Well next was a grand pee, all over the place and me. Oh well thats what happens, a quick clean up and got busy with a brand new mum and dad who have there own personalities as individuals, people with names Kerry and John the couple, not just Mum and Dad, I wanted to capture their intamacy. I asked them to wear black only as I knew I could relax them enough to get their true and natural ambiance, quite shy and loving, they both love a laugh and are clearly in love. Shooting in black and white and with the right post production you can enhance an intimacy between people and this with a great rapport will produce photography that wont go out of fashion. I certainly felt that I could pull it off with excellent results and given Kerrys comments it seems I have. Prior to the session Kerry was concerned that she would not like any of the photographs with her in them but I knew I could prove her wrong and I did, They are delighted, infact they are over the moon and so am I.

hope you enjoy them and If you ever need some photographs of your brood please do call me or email me via www.paulmackiephotography.co.uk

Thanks again for looking

Paul

Claire and Alistair's Wedding at Pittodrie House Hotel

2011-11-10T18:17:00.000-08:00

A fantastic wedding at Pittodrie House Hotel last weekend, great couple and very relaxed too. I was looking forward to this one as I had the chance to build up a great rapport with the Bride. I had a good idea of what they were looking for from there photographs and after talking with Claire (the bride) since the wedding I seem to have delivered. They love the photographs........... therefore I am pleased with my work.
Jon, who was the coordinator at Pittodrie house hotel, worked real hard and was very flexible to my ideas for the photos and assisted me in achieving my goals. I especially liked his flame thrower which he used to light the Chinese lanterns.
I wont witter on, instead I will upload some images of the day.
Thanks again,

Paul

Paul Mackie Photography Wedding John and Rachel 2010.wmv

2011-03-11T11:12:00.000-08:00

Paul Mackie Photography Wedding Luke and Jess.wmv

2011-03-11T07:43:00.000-08:00

Luke and Jess's Wedding at Balmoral

2011-03-08T12:11:00.000-08:00

Hello again folks, I am writing now on reflection of one of my favourite weddings of the past year. At this point I love all the weddings I have done because I do insist that any couple who have hired me have made sure that they are comfortable with me first of all therefore my ideology must be working. Like the photography and know your photographer.......
In this case everything was done by email as they are both from Australia but we did this regularly and developed a relationship, one which was above client and photographer, one which is very important so as you know you dont have an extra worry on your big day. We achieved this and both Luke, Jess and myself are all really happy with the results.

"Hi Paul,

Thanks so much for everything - we are back in Australia now and were so thrilled to see the CD of the pics were waiting for us! They are so brilliant and we are so happy with how the pics turned out. You did a fabulous job.

Jess and Luke

The wedding preparation took place at the Inver hotel and then on to the beautiful Balmoral Estate, the weather was perfect although they were a bit cold (it was only -1)

We all had a great time and once again I felt a good job was done.

Alistair & Nicola pre wedding shoot

2010-11-25T07:48:00.000-08:00

Hello again folks, thats the snow here and my 42 year old feet are cold again. Just prior to the white stuff arriving I managed to get this pre wedding shoot sorted with Nichola and Alistair who are getting married at the the end of December 2010. They are a nice down to earth couple.
Infact I have been lucky in that all my wedding couples have been like this. Shows my philosophy stands up. Choose the your photographer on the following two points,
1 Like their images and
2 Feel comfortable together, both equally important.

Alistair also enjoys a winters night out in a bothy, Good man, I don't get the impression that Nichola is so keen but she is happy to fly down a mountain on twa bits of fence post strapped to her feet, ski's i think they are called..... (see below for a winter bothy)

These are a few of my prized bothy photos. a story behind each one that I will get round to in a different post.

Anyhow, we had a brew at the Norwood House Hotel where their reception will be then out where the leaves were clinging on to life to get a few pics.
Again the value of this is that they both had a laugh and we will all be that bit more comfortable on the day.
Here are some of the pics hope you enjoy and do get in touch with comments

Pre Wedding Shoot

2010-11-05T12:22:00.000-07:00

Hello all, been a really busy Autumn with both wedding and Landscape photography. I will upload some of my Landscapes pretty soon. In the meantime I will share some pics from a pre-wedding shoot with a really nice couple called Nick and Jo who get married next April at Kings College Chapel then on to Norwood hotel. Both of these Venues should make for a great wedding shoot so Id best go have a good snoop around that Chapel as I haven't done a wedding there as of yet.
Anyway for this shoot we popped out to Loch Skene just passed Westhill, very nice for photographs, on this occasion we had Aberdeen wedding films with us shooting a mini movie on how I contuct this type of shoot.
Westley, cameraman, just ran around in the background and at the end of it he asked to interview me. Twas strange but I look forward to see the final cut and will post a link to it.
Cheers again for your time and hope you like the pics

Jon and Rachels wedding at Fyvie

2010-11-03T09:32:00.000-07:00

Hi there Folks, Finally I have a bit of time to add some new pics .
This was a Great wedding at Fyvie Castle http://www.nts.org.uk/Functions/Venue/11/ .
Jon and Rachel are a nice couple, fun and talented too, Rachel teaches music and plays some mean Piano so I needed to get a nice photo of her doing that. There were some talented musicians performing there, Pianists and singers, suits me as I am a musician myself. I was there from there house to their Dancing at night, another very busy day producing over 2500 images to get down to 500 and then to process. This all took a few days but got there in the end. Here are a few highlights.
Thanks for looking
Paul

Daniel and Carolines Wedding

2010-08-26T10:06:00.000-07:00

Good day folks,
I did a wedding a few weeks ago of a couple who just look totally happy. Great fun they were and great day.
We started at the Brides house where we photographed the shoes and dress etc then Caroline arrived with her sisters already with the make up done sadly one of the sisters had not long returned from the hospital with food poisoning, she was still up for a photo. We got a few as seen below then off to meet the groom, Dan and his groomsmen. The venue was the Aberdeen winter gardens and it was a bit warm in there under all the glass. After a great ceromony we all went outside and got busy with the camera. Lots of fun and nice people in front of the lens, I love that. On to The Atholl hotel http://www.atholl-aberdeen.co.uk/ for the meal, speeches and beer. The father of the bride bought myself and my assistant and wife a drink, real nice and it went down in a second.
Anyhow, here are a couple from the day and hope you enjoy.

pre weddding Shoot

2010-08-16T10:54:00.000-07:00

Hello to all the millions of blog followers, ??
Today I am a wee bit hung over to say the least but managed to edit a few pics from a pre wedding shoot I did yesterday. John and Rachel have hired me for the wedding at Fyvie Castle http://www.fyviecastle.com/ this October.
I think its very important do do a pre wedding shoot so as myself and my bride and groom can get used to how I work and I can see what they are comfortable with. I like also to keep intouch on the run up to their day so we build a relationship. With all this in place we are on the right road to getting their entire day photographed from the inside.

We headed down to the riverside in Inverurie to do the photographs however the sun was pretty harsh giving me a few headaches but thats my job to overcome and I think we did that. We had a good laugh and were all pretty relaxed pretty quickly so much so that Johnathon said "please just call me John". He felt like he was in trouble with his mother when I called him Johnathon, every 9 seconds.
Anyway here are a couple of my favourites from this.
Thanks for reading.

Paul

picaBlog by: My first ever post

2010-08-12T10:25:00.000-07:00

picaBlog by: My first ever post: "Hi There, This is it I have entered the world of blogging... ahhh! The Fear. I will keep it brief as I will end up waffling away and you wil..."

My first ever post

2010-08-12T09:28:00.000-07:00

Hi There, This is it I have entered the world of blogging... ahhh! The Fear.
I will keep it brief as I will end up waffling away and you will fall asleep.
Where to start..... My name is Paul I am a photographer based in Aberdeen, Scotland. I specialize in, well taking photgraphs of Weddings and landscapes around Scotland. I love to shoot both equally but for different reasons.
Landscape photography for me is exciting in the planning, pulling out a map and working out the angles of the sun (not in too much depth) then working out where to camp for the night. When I get there I set down the tent make a brew and begin to search for my composition. In the morning and with luck CLICK i get my Image.
Its hard graft sometimes, especially when its -10 but Its so focused that all the worries of the world just don't exist. I got more serious about my work when I met Joe Cornish http://www.joecornish.com/ (standing in a blizzard) we spent a few days out and about in the Deeside area and he taught me so much.

Weddings, the exact opposite of Landscape photography, you got to be mad or love the pressure.
I love these days , not that im a huge romantic but more for the diversity of opportunity and lighting situations that you MUST overcome and quickly. ITS A CHALLENGE..You know your alive when you are doing a wedding shoot.
I also love people and having a laugh with everyone, life is just to complex and although Im working at wedding I am subtly socializing and this works well for me as I mostly get a shot and thats what Im paid for AND I have a blast too, like a guest. Then home for the real work POSTPRODUCTION ..................
Anyway I will add some images as I learn how to use this stuff.
Thanks for your time

Paul
http://www.paulmackiephotography.co.uk
info@paulmackiephotography.co.uk