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See our fabulously bonkers trash the dress photoshoot

In addition to my wedding photography services, I love doing a trash the dress photoshoot in Edinburgh.

This latest trash-the-dress photoshoot was at the top of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh!

It’s one of the wildest ‘rock the frock’ photoshoots I’ve ever done!

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Trash the dress photoshoot at Arthur’s Seat – the photos

I want to share a few of my favourite photos from the trash the dress photoshoot.

  • A bride and groom walking hand in hand near the ruins of an old stone structure, with a cityscape under a blue sky in the background.
  • A bride and groom posing in the doorway of an ancient stone tower under a bright blue sky.
  • A bride and groom stand in an embrace under the archway of a ruined stone tower, with a dramatic sky overhead.
  • A bride and groom holding hands and smiling, standing outdoors with an old stone structure in the background and greenery in the foreground.
  • A bride and groom stand together near old stone ruins, looking into the distance with a cityscape in the background.
  • A bride in a white dress and a groom in a black suit walking together on a rural path, with grassy hills around them.
  • A woman in a white wedding dress stands on a rocky hilltop overlooking a cityscape, her curly hair blowing in the wind.
  • A joyful bride in a white dress stands on a rocky hilltop, her hair blowing in the wind, with a panoramic view of a cityscape in the background.
  • A woman in a white dress stands on a rocky peak, her hair blowing in the wind, with a blurred cityscape in the background, captured in black and white.
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  • A black and white image of a bride and groom smiling and standing on rocky terrain with a blurred cityscape in the background.
  • A bride in a white dress and a groom in a suit hold hands on opposite rocky cliffs under a cloudy sky.
  • A black and white photo of a joyful bride and groom holding hands, with the groom on a higher rock ledge, pulling the bride upwards as she climbs.
  • A person hiking up a steep, grassy hill under a cloudy sky, gazing into the distance.
  • Two people practicing fencing on a grassy hill under a cloudy sky.
  • Two people walking on a grassy hill overlooking a city and water in the distance.
  • A couple in wedding attire walk hand in hand on a grassy hill, with a coastal town and water in the background.
  • A bride and groom walking up a grassy hill, with the bride's long white dress trailing behind, against a backdrop of a small town.
  • A couple in wedding attire dancing in a lush green field under a dramatic cloudy sky.
  • A bride and groom sharing a kiss while performing a dip in a lush, green meadow with rolling hills in the background.
  • A bride and groom sharing a dramatic kiss outdoors with a rugged hill in the background, all in black and white.
  • A man in a suit playfully knights a laughing woman in a wedding dress, who is seated on a rock in a shallow lake, with swans in the background.
  • Woman in an elegant white dress sitting in shallow water surrounded by swans, black and white photography.
  • A couple in wedding attire sharing a kiss while standing in a pond surrounded by swans.
 

I photographed Helen and Bram’s wedding at Dalhousie Castle a few days earlier.

A ‘trash the dress’ shoot is a post-wedding photoshoot where we have more time to shoot photos of the bride and groom wearing their wedding outfits in an unusual location.

It doesn’t have to involve trashing the dress, but it generally involves a more dramatic photo session and getting it dirty!

Helen and Bram wanted dramatic and exciting photos, so they asked if we could shoot photos on and around Arthur’s Seat.

Literally at the top of Arthur’s Seat! I leapt at the chance to create photos there.

It’s one of Edinburgh’s most famous landmarks and not somewhere I’ve ever seen wedding photos taken before (I’ve shot plenty of photos around the lower parts of Arthur’s Seat, but never 822 feet up at the top!).

On their wedding day, Bram presented Helen with an engraved sword.

The sword was brought along as a prop, adding more drama to our photoshoot.

Our trash-the-dress photography session began at the ruined St Anthony’s Chapel.

Then, onward and upward, I took a few photos of Helen and Bram standing on top of rocks with Edinburgh in the background.

Arthur’s Seat was busy with walkers who wanted to congratulate the newlyweds!

We reached the summit of Arthur’s Seat. It was the windiest I’ve ever experienced up there and undoubtedly the windiest conditions I’ve experienced during a photoshoot!

We got some fantastic photos with Helen and Bram standing near (not too close) the sheer drop, with Edinburgh Old Town in the distance.

Theatrical photos are precisely what we wanted.

Then, a few photos of Bram ‘helping’ Helen climb the rocks to the summit.

Bystanders shot plenty of photos. I reckon Helen and Bram were the most photographed couple in Scotland yesterday!

On the way back down the hill, we took different routes.

I went back down the route I had come up. Helen and Bram took a slightly different path.

This allowed me to view them from the side, in profile, during their descent.

Helen was great, holding the sword above her head and getting into the photo session!

Our photoshoot ended in true ‘trash the dress’ style.

Helen wanted a photo of her in the water at St Margaret’s Loch.

It was an icy wind, and the water was cold, so we discussed ensuring Helen wouldn’t be in it for long.

We created some extraordinary photos, and the nearby swans were quite nosy, managing to get into the back of the photo.

It is a nice end to an amazing and unique photoshoot.