Bride and groom walking hand in hand through Maxwell Park after their wedding at Holy Cross Church, Glasgow. The groom wears a navy suit and fedora, the bride in a simple white dress with a veil and bouquet.

Ellie & Dan’s Wedding at St Luke’s Glasgow | East End Wedding Photography

June 25, 20252 min read

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Ellie & Dan’s Wedding at St Luke’s Glasgow | East End Wedding Photography


Ellie & Dan’s Glasgow Wedding Celebration with Music, Light & Soul at Saint Luke’s in the East End

Saint Luke’s in Glasgow’s East End brings together everything you don’t usually find in one venue: history, music, grit, atmosphere. A former church turned live performance space, it’s full of contrast. Stained glass and stage lights, old stone and raw energy holds atmosphere in a way that’s hard to replicate.

It suited them. Ellie and Dan. Modern, fun, unfussy with the right edge to be pretty cool. From the ceremony through to the last song, Saint Luke’s gave the day a sense of structure without making it feel rigid. It held the big moments and the small ones with easy transitions, full hearts, good sound, and better lights.

The right ones, at the right time.

Wedding Venue: Saint Luke's, Glasgow

Wedding Photographer: Victoria Rose

Wedding announcement in The Winged Ox for Ellie and Dan's wedding in Glasgow, Saint Luke's.

Wedding decor, light candles.

Wedding celebrant preparation before ceremony in Saint Luke's, Glasgow.

Bride holding her bouquet in the centre with mother of the bride to her left and wedding car behind her. East End, Glasgow wedding.

Bride, mother of the bride and bridesmaids heading from wedding car to wedding venue, Glasgow.

Bride, mother of the bride and bridesmaids outside wedding venue before wedding ceremony, St Luke's, Glasgow

Natural moment of bride as she is about to make her way up to the steps of the wedding venue.

Groom making last minute adjustments to tartan tie in wedding prep. Glasgow.

Groom and best men interacting before the wedding ceremony in St. Luke's, Glasgow.

Bride and mother of the bride walking down the aisle in Saint Luke's, Glasgow.

Image of couple holding hands during wedding ceremony, Saint Lukes, Glasgow.

Bride and groom engaging in traditional hand fasting ceremony, Saint Luke's, Glasgow.

Bride and groom tied the knot after handfasting during wedding ceremony, St. Luke's, Glasgow.

Ellie and Dan on the stage during wedding vows in Saint Luke's, Glasgow.

Bride and groom laughing while sitting down to sign register, St. Luke's, Glasgow.

Looking down on the venue and wedding ceremony from above, Saint Luke's, Glasgow.

Bride and groom celebrating their newly made vows as they walk down the aisle and out of the ceremony room, St. Luke's, Glasgow.

Confetti shot of bride and groom on the steps of Saint Luke's, Glasgow.

Confetti shot of bride and groom on the steps of Saint Luke's, Glasgow.

Group shot of entire wedding party on the steps of Saint Luke's, Glasgow.

Group shot with Bride and Groom and Groom's family in front of Winged Ox Mural, Saint Luke's, Glasgow.

Group shot with Bride and Groom and bridal party in front of Winged Ox Mural, Saint Luke's, Glasgow.

Groom and Groomsmen walking forwards in front of Winged Ox Mural, Saint Luke's, Glasgow.

Bride and Groom in front of the Winged Ox Mural, Saint Luke's, Glasgow.

Bride and Groom running towards one another in front of the Winged Ox Mural, Saint Luke's, Glasgow.

Bride and Groom sat in front of the Winged Ox Mural, Saint Luke's, Glasgow.

Bride holding bouquet near Glasgow Green, during couple portraits on wedding day.

Close up shot of bride and groom, foreheads touching, near Glasgow Green, Glasgow

Evening drinks and laughter shared as groom does his speech in Saint Luke's, Glasgow.

Bride and groom cutting cake during evening reception, St. Luke's, Glasgow

Bride and groom cutting cake during evening reception, St. Luke's, Glasgow

Bride and Groom first dance in wedding venue, St. Luke's, Glasgow.

Bride and groom dancing with guests during evening reception.

Bride dancing with wedding guests, Saint Luke's, Glasgow

Bride dancing with wedding guests, Glasgow wedding.

Groom dancing at wedding, slow shutter speed, light trails.

Wedding guests dancing, slow shutter speed, light trails.

Wedding guests dancing in Saint Luke's, Glasgow.

St Luke’s wedding venue, Glasgow

Ellie and Dan knew they didn’t want traditional. They wanted a space that felt like them. Bold, relaxed, full of character. St Luke’s in Glasgow’s East End ave them exactly that. A former church turned music venue, it holds the past in its bones but the energy is all present tense.

The stained glass is still there. So’s the height and the weight of the place but what makes it work for a Glasgow city wedding is the way it flexes. Ceremony, reception, dancing, it holds it all without needing to be reworked.

It’s the kind of venue where you can stand together and say what matters. Overly staged? Think again. Al that's needed is light, sound, people and the couple ready to begin their story.

 

Capturing what matters

Ellie and Dan didn’t build a wedding. They built a space where people could be themselves. Light sabres. Fake tattoos. Inside jokes that didn’t need explaining.

It wasn’t curated. It was lived.

I’m not here to direct or rearrange. I watch. The way people respond to each other. The shift when the music kicks in. The hand that rests without thinking.

This was a Glasgow wedding that pulsed with personality. St Luke’s gave it shape. Ellie and Dan gave it everything else.

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