happy weekending! | scotland

soooo I’m photographing a wedding in Scotland this October.

!!!!!!!

I’m excited. or, “stoked out of my mind” is how I’ve been putting it lately.

a while ago I heard about one friend who was getting married in Paris, and one in Scotland. fun people at an international wedding (not to mention getting to SEE these places) seemed like the best of all possible worlds so I hoped and hoped someone would be lovely enough to hire me. the Paris wedding got moved to DC but my flight to Edinburgh was just booked so now it’s really really real.

and this wedding is not just located there – judging from the venues it’ll be as authentically gorgeous as imaginable.

the Loch Alvie Church

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the reception site / hotel

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aaaaand the nearby Cairngorm mountain range

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I had to reread this a couple times before it sank in.

I was able to extend my trip to just under two weeks, so I can see as much of Scotland and England (and maybe Wales?) as possible.

and on top of that? I get to have my crazy friend Grace come with. we’re celebrating our 20th anniversary as friends this year so it’s only appropriate to do something this epic together.

she’s an adrenaline-junkie / gourmet chef / photographer who seems to travel abroad constantly. (haha in the first few minutes of adventure-planning she’d already listed off her favorite restaurants in Oxford we have to visit.)
and! triple score for both being freckled Irish girls so we won’t look like tourists.

I’m starting to compile a list of where I want to go, but castles and train rides are looking pretty boss.

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it’ll be my first trip to Scotland / England, so let me know if you have any recommendations!