modern wedding at The redhurst hotel

Kirstie & Ross married at The Redhurst Hotel on the 1st of April 2024, a stylish and modern wedding venue in the south side of Glasgow.

This was a fun wedding and one of the best organised I've been to. Everything ran smoothly and on time! This was partly due to Kirstie's top-tier organising and planning skills and also the fantastic team at The Redhurst.

I arrived at the hotel around 11 am and met Kirstie and her bridal party in a room upstairs. The girls were having their hair and make-up done here before moving down to The Garden House (more on that later.)

Ross and his groomsmen were also getting ready at the hotel, in a room just down the hall. I was able to go between the two locations and spend time with both the bride and the groom before the ceremony.

Once hair and make-up were finished, it was off down to The Garden House with the girls so that Kirstie could get ready and then have a first look with her bridesmaids and her dad.

Set within the grounds of the hotel, The Garden House Honeymoon Suite is a stunning, exclusive-use area that the couple can use. Inside there's a master bedroom with a huge copper bathtub, a double rainfall shower plus a separate living area that has a bar, hot tub, fire pit and TV. It's an amazing place to spend some time in. You can even go back here and chill out during the reception to get some peace and quiet!

Outside is perfect for wedding photos with a landscaped garden and patio plus a stunning fountain and pagoda.

Once everyone was ready the bridesmaids lined up, closed their eyes for a minute and then opened them to reveal Kirstie in her full bridal outfit. As you will see from the photos there were plenty of tears and I managed to capture some great reaction shots. Kirstie then spun around and I grabbed her dad's reaction as he walked into the room - he was just as emotional as the bridesmaids which made for some great photos.

It was then on to the ceremony in the grand ballroom - a nice big space perfect if you have lots of guests. There's also plenty of space for me to move around which is good as it means I can get a few other angles and play around with different compositions.

The ceremony was a simple humanist ceremony led by Tasha the celebrant - she was super friendly and relaxed and made the ceremony really personal to Kirstie & Ross which was great.

Afterwards, the guests went off to enjoy the reception whilst the immediate family followed Kirstie & Ross to The Garden House. This made doing the family and group shots a breeze. As I said, Kirstie was super organised and doing it this way meant that there was no running around trying to find people or herd family members. I had everyone stand under the wooden pagoda and we got through the shot list in no time.

Pablo & Hawkins (Kirstie & Ross's dogs) showed up here too, so that was a lot of fun!

For the couples shoot, we stayed in the outside space and did a few variations of the 'walking shot' with and without the dogs. As I mentioned earlier, this is a great place for wedding photos. It's nice and clean with neutral colours and clean backgrounds and the pathways provide good leading lines and symmetry - all good ingredients when it comes to good wedding photos!

Back at the reception, I spent my time wandering around grabbing candid shots of guests enjoying themselves until we were called for dinner.

After dinner, the remainder of the evening was spent on the dance floor and that was me until around 9 pm when I packed up to head home.

Thanks again to Kirstie & Ross for trusting me to capture their wedding day!

Please take a look at some more images below!

Other suppliers:

Lisa Ivone hair - @lisaivonehair

Stephanie McDowell MUA - @stephanie_mcd_mua

Flowers - @bloomingdels_

Videographer - @mediaimagesvideo

Celebrant - @tasha.the.celebrant

Event Decor - @enlightenmy.day