What a pleasure to film Lisa and Damian’s Marine Hotel wedding video in the beautiful East Lothian seaside town of North Berwick.
Although the summer had been wet and miserable, having one of the sunniest and warmest days of the year was brilliant.
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Marine Hotel Wedding Preparations
The day started with me filming the bridal preparations at the brilliant Marine Hotel.
Lisa and the girls were getting ready in the Honeymoon Suite on the hotel’s top floor.
This suite has spectacular views of the Firth of Forth and North Berwick Law.
The Honeymoon Suite is a generously proportioned room with spectacular views of the Firth of Forth and North Berwick Law.
It was a busy room with quite a few girls getting ready!
Fortunately, I still had plenty of room to move around and capture candid footage of the preparations.
This short wedding video shows the opening chapter of Lisa and Damian’s Marine Hotel wedding video.
The newlyweds chose all the music I used when editing their wedding video.
After filming many shots of hair being done, makeup being applied, and champagne being sipped, I departed for the nearby Our Lady Star of the Sea church.
Over one hundred guests attended the wedding, which was amazing because nearly everyone present had travelled from Kent.
Many guests were ferried from the hotel to the church in an old red London bus.
After the traditional Catholic ceremony and Mass, everyone returned to The Marine Hotel for the wedding reception.
After what seemed like weeks of wet and windy Scottish weather, we were fortunate enough to have one of the hottest days of the year.
It was great to have glorious sunshine all day long!
A Royal Navy Sea King helicopter flew overhead as the guests and wedding party enjoyed canapés and champagne on the lawn.
The helicopter had been participating in the air show display at nearby East Fortune airfield. One of the guests, an officer in the Royal Navy, arranged this flypast!
After the very entertaining speeches, which included a sweepstake on how long the speeches would last, everyone relaxed in the bar area.
The guests were treated to an ‘ice luge’ ice sculpture, through which shots of Jägermeister or Schnapps were poured.
The recipient of the shots was poised below the ice luge, ready to catch the drink in their mouth.
Or that was the idea – more often than not, the booze ended up over the recipient’s face!
It was great fun filming people doing this.
Everyone was having a real laugh, and the atmosphere was terrific.
My coverage of this memorable day ends with me filming the first three dances.
It’s a very beautiful way to end a terrific day.