Engagement Shoot: Derek and Joanna

Today I'm featuring an engagement shoot I recently did with Joanna and Derek, who are getting married in a few weeks time in Edinburgh and have hired me as their wedding photographer.

I always invite my couples to select somewhere special to them. Derek and Joanna both love Edinburgh, and wanted to use this as the backdrop for their engagement shoot.

At the moment, the city is in the full throes of its annual festival, which brings thousands of tourists, performers, artists, writers and journalists into the capital. Rather than head to the popular Princes Street Gardens, we headed to Saint Andrews Square, with its recently renovated and very cosmopolitan garden. It was a lot quieter here, which made our photo shoot a lot easier.

We then headed to the Guildford Arms, where the couple first met which is also one of their favourite pubs in Edinburgh. As a photo location, it was a great venue. It has a restaurant upstairs with a balcony overlooking the pub, which provided some great opportunities for some birds eye view shots.

Congratulations to Joanna and Derek - I'm looking forward to photographing them some more on their wedding day.