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Products and Services
Capturing Your Wedding Day with Authenticity and Heart
Based in the vibrant city of Birmingham, Raphael Lionel Photography is dedicated to telling your wedding story in the most genuine and heartfelt way. With a natural, relaxed, and unobtrusive style, Raphael focuses on capturing those real, candid moments that showcase your unique personalities and the special bond you share. This means you can fully enjoy your day, knowing every laugh, tear, and tender glance is being thoughtfully preserved.
A Perfect Mix of Documentary and Creative Photography
Raphael combines documentary storytelling with creative portraiture to give you a wedding album that’s both beautiful and meaningful. While he captures your day as it naturally unfolds, he also sets aside time to create stunning, artistic portraits of you as a couple. Using creative techniques like off-camera flash and shooting through objects, Raphael adds a unique and memorable touch to your photos, ensuring your collection truly reflects your love story.
What Your Wedding Day Experience Will Be Like
Expect a calm, relaxed atmosphere designed to make you feel comfortable in front of the camera. Couples often praise Raphael for his professionalism, reliability, and incredible attention to detail. From the quiet moments getting ready to the excitement of your first dance, Raphael captures every important part of your day with care and a keen eye for the moments that matter most.
Wedding Photography Offerings
- Wedding Collections: Coverage starts at 6 hours, ensuring all the key moments of your day are beautifully documented.
- Second Photographer: For fuller coverage—especially to capture both partners getting ready—a second photographer is available and included as standard in the Romantic Collection.
- Fine Art Albums: Showcase your wedding photos in timeless style with deluxe Italian albums from Graphistudio.
- Digital Galleries: Every collection includes a private online gallery where you can view and purchase prints.
- Travel: While based in the West Midlands, Raphael is happy to travel for weddings anywhere in the UK and internationally.
Raphael Lionel Photography is passionate about preserving the magic of your wedding day. With expert skill and a genuine approach, Raphael creates a beautiful, authentic record of your celebration that you and your loved ones will treasure forever.
Experience
What is your most memorable wedding?
The one where 'I' married 'her'! My own wedding! When it's special.. the passing of time doesn't diminish it. One of the reasons it has to be done right.
Describe your style in 5 adjectives.
Relaxed, Artistic, Creative, Honest, Emotive
What is your No.1 wedding planning tip for couples?
Your wedding is more then one day, it is the foundation of your 'forever'. Make sure it's beautiful to the both of you!
What is your favourite personal touch you have seen at a wedding?
Personal pre-recorded messages from the bride to the groom and groom to the bride, from the time of their engagement, never seen before. The excitement, hope and love was undeniable and it touched all at the reception.
Describe your typical process with a couple.
After the initial query, a face to face is arranged where I aim to learn as much about the couple as possible. I discuss their intended date and plans. Pricing packages are discussed. If, after the discussion the couple wish to proceed and the date is available, I forward some preparatory documents that I find useful to have completed and shared beforehand. These include the contract, with the wedding day 'Getting Ready' location(s), the location for the ceremony and the venue address. A retention fee is a must at this point to hold the date. Over the oncoming months, periodic communication will be made, as and when the need arrives. I like to comfort the couple with the fact that I have their date in mind and am preparing for it. The final payment for the photography must be paid 14 days before the wedding and a reminder of this is sent out. A week before the wedding day I have a final discussion with the bride and groom to run over the preparations and update on any last minute arrangements.
What is the No.1 photo that you think every couple should take?
The Bride and Groom portraits are my highlight images for the day. Usually I find this lends to a creative shot and becomes iconic for the couple. Golden Hour, sunset images are my favourite.
What is the most original photo you’ve been asked to take at a wedding?
A couple once asked that more photos be taken of the outside of their wedding venue, than themselves! They were architects, it was a nice venue, but....!
What do you recommend for a rainy day wedding?
Umbrellas! Rain shots still make great shots! But for groups, we can plan a nice indoor location and I shoot small groups with compression on my 50-140 which is great.
Describe how you got into photography.
I always loved capturing new experiences. My about page on my website details 'My Story'. Feel free to head over to it. https://raphaellionelphotography.com/telling-stories/