Emma Marshall - I shall take the heart

Emma was our photographer for our wedding at Hackney Town Hall. Our wedding was a small family event and we wanted someone to capture the day. Emma did a fantastic job helped by her local knowledge of the area. We had a mixture of photographs at the venue as well as with just the bride and groom in the local area. Emma was personable and made everyone feel at ease with her friendly genuine nature. We were very happy with the finished result, thank you so much Emma!

Emma was the ideal wedding photographer. Very attentive with calls beforehand about the kind of day we had planned and what we might want, and a well-organised but unobtrusive presence on the day. We had a slightly unconventional day given our choices, and the covid restrictions, and a bit of a tight timescale. Emma was resourceful and creative throughout. She made the pictures taken in the local autumn park look like we had the run of our own summertime country estate. She captured the smaller moments and the big themes of the day.

Emma's friendly, professional manner made our big day a dream. We wanted plenty of pictures to document our day but didn't want to spend all our time posing for photos when we could be spending time with our guests. Emma listened to our needs and helped us strike the perfect balance. She so impressed our guests that one booked her for their own wedding shortly afterwards! We love looking at our pictures - they captured so many special moments candidly.

We wanted mostly natural, un-staged shots of us and the guests at our wedding and luckily we came across @taketheheart. We immediately loved the photos we saw on Emma's website – they really captured the moments of the day in a candid, beautiful way. Emma was great to work with from start to finish; she went through our day in detail, listening to all of our requests for each phase, made suggestions where appropriate, was flexible with timings and basically just tailored the whole service around us. Highly recommended!

Emma was the most fabulous photographer! We had a bit of a nightmare as our wedding had to be cancelled due to lockdown in may 2020. Emma was very flexible and understanding. When we finally did get married, Emma made everyone feel at ease which meant we got some absolutely gorgeous photos full of joy that really captured our day perfectly. Thank you so much Emma!!

We are so happy with our decision to go with Emma for our wedding photos - throughout all of our interactions she was super friendly and helpful whilst professional and responded really quickly to our questions. We had to re-arrange the pre-wedding session due to Covid, and again she was really accommodating and went out of her way to our chosen venue. The first session was amazing and helped us get past our nerves about the photos being taken, and the outcome was incredible - we're over the moon with the result. In the lead up to the actual wedding, Emma was again communicative, and coordinated a fantastic second photographer to work with on the day. During the wedding and reception she was unobtrusive, but when we looked back she had captured all of our favourite moments without us noticing. Plus the portrait session was amazing. We honestly cannot recommend Emma enough - we adore looking back at the photos (tears are involved as they are so beautiful).

Emma was so lovely to work with, we are both very camera shy and she was great at making us feel calm and make taking the photos fun and special rather than daunting. The photographs are absolutely beautiful, she found some wonderful scenes around our venue and captured lots of great natural moments during the ceremony and reception.

When we initially booked Emma we were attracted by the understated yet no less elegant and beautiful look of her wedding photos. What we got was somebody who supported us through multiple pandemic-related cancellations, somebody who really listened to us and understood us to the extent she felt like a friend rather than a vendor on the day itself and, most importantly, a collection of photos that we’ll treasure forever and that truly reflect the warmth and fun of our long-awaited wedding day. We were so impressed by Emma’s professionalism and talent and can’t recommend her highly enough!