Steve Smailes Photography

It was such a pleasure to have Steve as our photographer for our wedding, we did a pre-shoot a few months beforehand so he could get to know us as well as getting to know Steve, and he made us feel so relaxed, he was fantastic on the day and captured so many amazing shots, he was so patient and our guests commented on how great he was, would highly recommend Steve for any occasion.

We hired Steve on a friend's recommendation, my now wife loved his portfolio and we thought we'd made a good decision. It turned out to be a great one. We initially met and talked out how the wedding was going to go and what kind of photos we wanted, he was really receptive to our input and we booked a test shoot before the wedding. Steve was great at putting us at ease in front of the camera, we took a walk around the local landscape together where he had us laughing and posing even despite our awkwardness. When it came to the day he was there from the get go photographing the bridal party as they got ready and at the church he was entirely inobstrusive, capturing vivid, natural scenes from every angle with the congregation unaware of his doing so. He checked in with us after to get any scenes in the church that couldn't be done during the ceremony. Afterwards he was charming and engaging as he took a mixture of posed and impromptu photos, even crouching down into the mud to the get best possible shot. He also managed to wrangle the wider family into frames, the term herding cats never felt so apt, and got us some phenomenal photos. My 4yo nephew announced 'Bumcrack!' and had us in stitches and Steve was quick enough to catch us all laughing naturally. After the ceremony we were given a lovely wooden memory box with digital and physical copies of our photos to bookend the experience. Steve, a sincere thank you for the memories!

It was an absolute joy to have Steve photograph our wedding. He captured the atmosphere of the day perfectly. He had a warm and friendly presence; Steve was able to coordinate our (lively) guests for staged photos and morphe into stealth mode to get those natural shots (half the time I didn’t know he was taking photos!). These photos are now ours to treasure forever and I am so greatful - thanks Steve!

Absolutely thrilled with the photos from our wedding, we would highly recommend Steve for his skill and his professional but relaxed approach, he put us at our ease and the results speak for themselves, brilliant. Thanks Steve !!

Well what a day (and night) we gave Steve a rough brief but it soon became apparent we could trust his expertise and experience to deliver us superb memories of our day, and actually just let him ‘get on with it’ discretely in the background and relax. He was everywhere!! Looking at some of the photos now - we hadn’t even noticed he was busying away in the background. Really really pleased with the whole service Steve offered. Thank you Steve 👌

Would recommend Steve to anyone looking for a photographer for any type of occasion or event. He covered our wedding and couldn't have been more helpful, friendly and made the whole process enjoyable. He made our day extra special by giving us some beautiful photos that we will have forever and exactly what we were after. Great service, would (and have been already!) recommend to everyone!