With this ring, I thee wed

With this ring, I thee wed, a photo by Dan Baillie on Flickr.

Taken at Petr and Nicola's wedding at Knockbrex Castle, Borgue, Kirkcudbright a fantastic venue, a beautiful bride and a perfect day :-)

Ben and Vicky

Ben and Vicky, originally uploaded by The Puddock.

The 9th May marked my first outdoor wedding this year. The location was Glentrool Estate on the banks of Loch Trool. As the ceremony was to take place outside on the lawns of the lodge, during the week proceeding there were at least three people praying for sunshine....and low and behold it was a gorgeous sunny day. Also a credit to Ben and Vicky it was the most beautiful wedding with a really relaxed and joyful feel and they were a lovely couple to photograph.

Taken looking towards Glentrool Lodge, taken using a Nikon D200 and 70-200mm f2.8 lens set at 70mm, ISO 200, natural light.

Baillie Photography

Let me start by introducing myself, my name is Dan Baillie and I live near Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland and I am a photographer.

I developed a keen interest in photography when I was fourteen years old, as I write this I am thirty six. I started with 35mm Praktica MTL5B with an excellent 50mm Tessa lens which my Dad gave me for my birthday. I learnt the basics, burned hundreds of rolls of film and eventually upgraded to Canon EOS 5 autofocus bodies when they were launched.

My Father and I ran a photographic company called Sandringham Photographic and took a variety of postcards pictures, shots to be used on calendars and a selection of weddings.

In 2003 I left my home town of Southend-on-Sea in Essex and moved to the wilds of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland.

I swapped film for digital in 2007, when I moved from Canon 35mm SLRs to Nikon. Purely because Nikon were producing slightly better cameras at the time, and also offering better deals. Around this time I also started my own photographic business, Baillie Photography, which at the time concentrated on limited edition prints and stock photography. In 2008 I branched out into wedding and portrait photography, and also began to specialise in taking equine portraits and event photographs.