About Me
Hi, I’m Charlotte! I’m based between Edinburgh and St Andrews, and travel all across Scotland and the UK. I live with my partner Milly, and we’re on the lookout for a four legged friend from the Edinburgh Dog&Cat home to join us as soon as possible!
With a decade of experience as a professional photographer (having started out covering professional sports), I’ve refined my ability to capture all the action as it happens in fast paced environments, which set me up perfectly for a career in wedding photography.
I take an unobtrusive approach to photographing weddings, focusing on documenting authentic, emotional moments. I leave my ego at the door, always listening to and honouring my couples’ wishes while gently guiding them with my technical expertise to make the very best of the venue and the natural light. I’m visible when needed and invisible when not, allowing the day to unfold naturally with minimal interference. This means my couples can breathe easy, stay present with one another, and trust that every moment is being documented beautifully along the way.
The Unusual Privilege of Wedding Photography – from a Photographer’s Perspective
Wedding photography puts me in an unusual position – one I’ve thought about a lot over the years and that I don’t think gets discussed enough. I spend hours in close proximity to people on one of the most significant days of their lives. I’m there for the quiet moments before anyone else arrives, the tears that are only shed behind closed doors, the private looks.
None of my couples are ever obligated to share anything they wouldn’t ordinarily share. There’s no requirement to include me in anything beyond the photography itself – no pressure to talk, to confide, to involve me in the day in any way beyond my professional role. But in practice, something almost always shifts as the day goes on. The formality of “the photographer” dissolves, and what’s left is just people sharing a significant day with someone who is thoroughly glad to be there.
I’ve sat with brides in the quiet before a ceremony. I’ve been handed a glass of champagne at an intimate reception and toasted a couple’s 25th anniversary in a Scottish castle. I’ve been told things in the back of a car between locations that I’ll never repeat. I thrive in that space – the private, the unguarded, the real – and I think it’s precisely that capacity that makes the photographs what they are.
I couldn’t love this job more, truly, and every day, every time I am bestowed with this very intimate task, I couldn’t be more grateful.
