Catching Up

It's been a while since my last post, so what have I been up to lately? Well......

I was delighted to help an old friend at a recent wedding. Paul, from Aviemore Photographic was shooting Suzi and Dairmund's big day at Insch Church, by Kincraig.

About an hour before the ceremony we encountered an epic downpour making conditions very slippery........however, that didn't phase the bride who arrived wearing wellies!

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Congratulations to Nellie Mowatt who has just celebrated her 80th birthday.

Nellie's party at the Golf View Hotel in Nairn was attended by all her family, including her five grandchildren- all boys, and her one great-grandchild- a girl!

Many Happy Returns.

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I was recently asked to take a casual photograph of all the staff at MacKenzie and Cruickshank, here is the present workforce gathered in the coffee shop.
Incredibly, the last staff photo was taken in 1930 and includes Messrs MacKenzie and Cruickshank. Even more bizarrely, the group was snapped in front of Singapore House, which is now my house!

The above photo was recently seen in the book 'Forres Past and Present' which was the inspiration for the new staff picture. Strange to think that in another eighty years or so the new one may appear in "The Way We Were" and someone else will be photographing the next generation of MacKenzie & Cruickshank employees!

This is a great opportunity for other companies to have staff group pictures taken!!!

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These photos are now available in ready to frame prints.

Above, the Red Arrows perform a spectacular aerobatic display over Forres and below, an aerial shot of beautiful Findhorn Bay.

Both prints are £35 each and would make a great Christmas present, please email for more details.

Wedding of Dianne and Alan

Fantastic wedding at the eightacres elgin lots of magic going on
A pleasure to be asked to take the pics
the bride Dianne has responded as

"hi lez absolutely love the photos . thankyou so much for everything !!!!!xxxxxxxxxxx"
and some of her friends were also over the moon.

"Just had a sneaky peek and the pics look FANTASTIC! Great memories from an absolutley brilliant day. x"

"Lez the pics look fantastic!!!! I second that mel!!"

i also had a sneaky peek they are wonderful photos of a wonderful great day..x"

"The Photos are absolutely brilliant, alot of great memories! Fantastic day! . x"

Wow!!!!.......wheres the time gone
Had no idea it was last July i entered up a blog
I am now on Facebook see me there

Have taken a great family picture at the Laichmoray for Nancy's 70th birthday

Happy Birthday Nancy

Anniversary

31st July 2008 It just seems like last week we started in business at Express Photo Services, Gordon Street, Forres. 25th July 1977 Hey! That's 31 years WoW!! We changed to Hester Photography in 1981

Very exciting... We moved in on the Saturday and opened on the Monday I particularly remember the front door. It was rigged up in a way that when the door opened a loud buzzer went off and stayed on until the door was shut again.

Daughter Jane would have been 22 months old and she thought it was great fun going up and down the stairs.

A lot has changed since then, its been a pleasure to make someone happy with a picture that you have created, no matter how you achieved it. Photography must be way upon the list of jobs that give most satisfaction..

Testimonial

There is no better way of advertising than word of mouth, it was great to receive this email a few months ago as a way of thanks, so I share it with you..

'What an excellent photographer'
Les captured our wedding day exceptionally, from church to sunset.
The quality and range of photographs were fantastic.... and Les's sense of humour and
ability to make everyone feel at ease and relaxed went down well.

Thanks to Sharon XXXX

Here's another..
Just a wee note to say thank you so much for the wonderful job you made of our wedding photos. We are delighted with them and have enjoyed looking at the album over and over again.

A big thank you also for all the fun you brought to our special day.
Love from Glyn and Shirley XXx

Les Hester

This is me.
Taken by my dear wife Alison, to celebrate our thirty years in business
A photo exhibition of Forres personalities held in the the Forres Museum back in March, for a month and then another month in the Forres Library.
You can see them all on my web site, just click on the events section, and look for exhibition.
Pictures were taken over a two year period, and it was great fun doing it. The difficulty was deciding who we should include... we decided on just showing 30 pictures.

I love deadlines...

I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by!!