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Emerson Photography: Capturing Your Wedding Day with Heart and Artistry
Planning your wedding in Aberdeenshire or beyond? Emerson Photography, led by Jamie Emerson, has been helping couples tell their unique wedding stories through beautiful, authentic images since 2006. Known for a friendly, relaxed, and professional approach, Jamie focuses on capturing the real moments that make your day truly special.
A Natural, Storytelling Approach to Your Wedding Photos
Emerson Photography specializes in documentary-style wedding photography. Instead of posed shots, Jamie captures genuine emotions and candid moments as they happen—those stolen glances, joyful tears, and little interactions that bring your celebration to life. This means you can enjoy your day with loved ones, knowing your memories are being preserved in a creative and contemporary way.
What You Can Expect on Your Wedding Day
- A Low-Key, Unobtrusive Photographer: Jamie’s calm and relaxed style helps everyone feel comfortable, so your photos reflect natural, heartfelt moments. You might barely notice he’s there!
- Emotion-Focused Coverage: Every smile, tear, and laugh is captured to create a lasting record of your wedding day’s feelings.
- Beautiful Couple Portraits: While the day is mostly documentary, Jamie sets aside about 15 minutes for creative portraits—giving you a quiet moment together and stunning images to treasure.
Experience You Can Trust
With nearly 20 years of experience, Jamie has photographed weddings in all kinds of settings—from intimate candlelit ceremonies to grand ballrooms. This expertise means you get a professional, dependable service that adapts to any lighting or venue, allowing Jamie to focus on capturing the emotion and artistry of your day. Based in Aberdeen, Emerson Photography primarily serves Aberdeenshire and Grampian but is happy to travel anywhere in Scotland, with weddings covered from the Isle of Skye to Edinburgh.
Experience
What is your most memorable wedding?
Tough one - there have been so many! Other than my own, I suppose it was the biker wedding I photographed some years back. A strange mix of tradition and motorbikes. Hardly a suit to be seen - this was all about leather and denim in a very beautiful country house venue. Quite surreal and just so much fun!
Describe your style in 5 adjectives.
Candid, friendly, almost invisible, modern, timeless.
What about your business are you most proud of?
Its longevity. I must be doing something right to have been in business since 2006 :-)
What is your No.1 wedding planning tip for couples?
Have a well thought out structure for your day. Weddings are so much more enjoyable without any long gaps between events. Maybe go for a later ceremony to avoid that early afternoon slump.
What is your favourite personal touch you have seen at a wedding?
I've seen everything from a troupe of 10 year old dancers performing Swan Lake, to the groom abandoning everyone to play with his band at his own wedding! The most touching gestures are the small ones though, I think. Like the groom who tied a love letter to the couple's dog collar and let his bride to be find it on the morning of the wedding. Such tears!
Describe your typical process with a couple.
Although I'm pretty 'hands-off' on the day, I do like to get to know my clients. It's helpful to have an idea of what makes them tick, so ideally, I'll meet them at least once before the day. After the wedding, it takes up to a month to deliver the finished photographs (I'm meticulous but it's worth the wait!).
What is the No.1 photo that you think every couple should take?
A selfie?!
What is the most original photo you’ve been asked to take at a wedding?
At the end of a particularly riotous wedding, the groom appeared in the bride's dress, snogged the best man and demanded a photo for prosterity... And no, you can't see the photo...
What do you recommend for a rainy day wedding?
Wellies. Porridge for breakfast.
Describe how you got into photography.
My grandad was a wedding photographer so I grew up constantly exposed to all things photographic (my mum is a keen amateur too). Like so many, I received my first proper film SLR camera at about age 10 and carried the interest throughout my teens and 20s. It wasn't until I was nearly 30 that I decided to ruin a perfectly good hobby by returning to university to take an arty photography degree.