Welcome! I’m Ashley, an award winning documentary wedding photographer based in Scotland, who likes to keep things simple.
If you LOVE photography but don’t want your wedding day to be all about a posed photoshoot…. you’re in the right place!
You CAN have fun at your wedding without having to worry about the photography.
It’s all about story telling with pictures. Building up a narrative of the greatest day in your life. Weaving together the real moments and the real emotions so you can open your album in the years ahead and that raw emotion will come flooding back to you.
Take a minute to look at the slideshow below – nothing is staged, no direction from me, just authentic moments that really happened in the natural course of the day.
20 years as a photojournalist working for The Times, The Independent, The Guardian to name a few, has given me the perfect training to be your wedding photographer.
My background documenting the news has given me the skills to anticipate the unexpected, capitalize on the best light and handle things calmly when they don’t go to plan – drama and emotion is the essence of every wedding!
I work quietly and unobtrusively to photograph your wedding the way it really happened. The big moments and the little gems you didn’t even notice, ready to share with your children and your children’s children.
Please feel free to explore these weddings and other blog posts that they lead to. I hope you like them.
Some kind words I’m really proud of…..
We can’t recommend Ashley highly enough. We chose him as we love his documentary approach and his love of light. He delivered, and then some. Both of us loath having our photo taken – we now have a portfolio of photos where, quite frankly – we look fabulous! He was so unobtrusive we hardly realised he was there half the time, but he was, capturing magical moments that will enable us to re-live our perfect day time and time again. Rachel & Keith, Mansfield Traquair.
I am commissioned for Scottish weddings around Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Central Belt. I also photograph marriages further afield – London and the South East and the occasional destination wedding abroad.
The range and size of the weddings I photograph varies enormously from Marquee Weddings in private homes to Ancient Castle venues and Grand Hotels as ewll as Village Halls and elopements in the wilds of Scotland. I love them all equally as they are always endlessly fascinating and totally unique – what I love is to document the people and the gathering wherever it is. It sounds like a cliche, but I have the best job in the world!
If you’d like to discuss the options for your wedding please get in touch at any time, I’d love to hear from you.
If you’ve come across my wedding website when looking for my commercial work, please visit www.epicscotland.com