MacDonald Studio will be attending the Oran Mor wedding show on Sunday the 28th February. If you fancy a chat, a coffee and to watch our showreel on a 42 inch Sony Bravia come along! Tickets are £6 and you can book them at www.supernovaevents.co.uk. Hopefully see you there!

Robert

My whole system seems to have a virus… my external hard drive won’t show, my software won’t do what it’s told, everything is slower and I have loads to do. Sometimes I hate computers and the simple minded little terrors who create viruses. Apparently most computer viruses come from either disgruntled IT geniuses who “disagree” with they way Microsoft have taken over the computer world and bored teenage IT geniuses who are have too much time on their hands. Either way they have wasted three days and counting of production time.

We have a wedding this weekend in South Queensferry which sits on the south shore of the narrowest part of the Forth Estuary east of Grangemouth, looking across to North Queensferry, its twin on the Fife shore. As an obvious place to cross the river when heading into Fife from Edinburgh it is likely that settlements either side of the river here, and ferries between them, date back to ancient times. You can see the history in the cobbled streets and old buildings and with the breath taking views it’s an excellent choice for a wedding. The wedding and reception are being held at the Orroco Pier Hotel and the Priory Church and are a 3 minute walk from each other, both are stunning venues. Can’t wait to film there!

We’ve just had three bookings for a weddings in Bothwell in May and July. Bothwell is a lovely wee town, just down the road from us it has some excellent venues and breathtaking scenery, like Bothwell Castle and the Clyde Walkway, well part of the Clyde Walkway anyway, it’s massive!

The Bothwell Bridge Hotel is probably the most popular, I’ve been to several funtions there and I can easily say they are very good at what they do. Good food, good staff and well maintained building and grounds.

Hope everyone had a great new year. My wife and I saw in the bells at the Edinburgh Street Party with some friends, it was incredibly cold but the atmosphere was electric. The Noisettes were brilliant as were Madness who saw in the bells singing “it must be love”. The fireworks were definitely the best I’ve ever seen, a truly professional display of pyrotechnics!

When I’m working my hands tend to be exposed most of the time, especially when I’m filming from the shoulder and I can’t wear gloves because I need to feel all the buttons on the camera to work effectively. So at this time of year you can imagine when I’m filming outdoors my hands tend to get a bit nippy and eventually numb. I tried so many methods to keep my hands warm without effecting the footage but it’s near impossible without creating even a bit of shakey footage so I normally just brave it now or wear extremely thin gloves.

If anyone can invent a clever solution to this little dilema, please feel free to contact me, I’d be delighted to hear it!

We have a taker for one of the free wedding DVDs in January. A lucky couple in Edinburgh getting married on the 30th of January, well done to Zoe for making the enquiry.

MacDonald Studio will be attending the Thistle Hotel Wedding Show on the 24th of January 2010. This show is relatively small, compared to the one at the SECC anyway, and we will be showcasing some of our best weddings and coolest motion graphics. If you want to come and have chat with us or just check our showreel and equipment please come along.

For more info on the event contact the Thistle Hotel on 0871 376 9043.

Well, it’s true, we are doing two completely free wedding films for two lucky couples getting married in January. We are doing the wedding show at the SECC in February and will be showcasing both of these weddings at the show. The offer will be standing until the end of December so if you’re having a brisk January wedding get phoning and you’ll get a high end, professionally edited DVD with motion graphics and music fit for a showcase wedding fair….FOR FREE!!