Ray Ashmore Photography

Ray was our photographer for our wedding at St Nicholas Church and our reception at Pendrell Hall. Ray was a brilliant find - he had prior knowledge of the venues so knew where to take the best photo's. Neither of us are particularly comfortable in front of the camera and weren't keen on having lots of 'staged photos - Ray spent plenty of time with us and really settled our nerves, and we've got a great selection of natural photos, as well as the expected group shots. Our guests thought Ray was great - he spent time talking to them and making them laugh, and was even playing football with the kids at one point....while of course getting us lots of photos of everyone having fun. We ordered a canvas, photo book and a memory stick of our photos - all arrived quickly and are top quality. On top of all this, everything was reasonably priced too. We're really happy with Ray and our photo's - he was a great addition to our day and we'd highly recommend him to anyone. Thanks Ray! :)

Ray was fab from start to finish on our wedding day! He captured so many beautiful and natural shots, and was so lovely to work with. From the first meeting to receiving our finished album, everything went smoothly and he kept in contact all the time. We couldn't thank ray enough for capturing the best day of our lives and we would definitely recommend him for a wedding! We will be sure to use ray again in the future!

We originally booked Ray for our Wedding in 2019... 2 date changes later and we finally got our special day and wow. Ray was amazing... not only a photographer but fantastic at organising myself and the wedding party, was brilliant at providing moral support for us all during the nervous parts and captured all the magical parts of our day. We asked for two photographers and Jo came along to assist... she was just fantastic too and I know she got all the groomsmen laughing away during their morning prep. From start to finish nothing seemed too much trouble for Ray, being so accommodating with the date changes and receiving our images so soon after the day. We have recently received our albums and they've brought tears to everyones eyes. Just magical. Thank you Ray from the bottom of our hearts

Absolutely love ray and his work.. we got recommended ray through someone on my moms Facebook. Very professional and so down to earth. From the start, he's always been great with us any questions we've had he's answered. When we met ray he showed us his work explained his background how he got into photography and also he asked about us! From there we knew he was the guy for us to take our photos on our special day, we wanted someone who we could have a laugh with, feel comfortable round and we got that instantly. Due to the pandemic we had to re-arrange from may 2020 to September 2020 he was so understanding and there for us completely. We couldn't of asked for a better photographer, we would like to think we have truly made a good friend in ray. Rays work is very high standard, and our pictures look absolutely amazing! I would highly recommend. He's someone you can 100% trust with your photos for any occasion. Thankyou so much ray! Av & Demi.

Ray was absolutely outstanding in the work he did for us at our wedding in October. His photos were fantastic, and his contact with us from our initial booking to his delivery of our photo albums has been brilliant. His professionalism combined with his friendly and approachable manner were second to none, both during the entire process and on our wedding day itself, and we couldn't recommend him more.

We highly recommend Ray - he was an absolute pleasure to work with for our wedding, from start to finish and our photos are absolutely stunning. Ray met us before the wedding to go over everything and talk about what specific photos we wanted and timings etc. On the day itself, he got on so well with all of the bridal party, the guests and staff at our venue, Blakelands Country House, and even helped out with making sure everything happened on time. We chose to book the package with 2 photographers which worked really well so we have pictures of both of us getting ready and different angles of lots of different parts of the day. And the finished result - wow! We honestly couldn’t be more thrilled with our photos and can’t stop looking at them! Great mix of funny and romantic shots and we love them all. The albums and canvas are fantastic quality and really tell the story of the day so we will always remember it all. Thank you so much Ray, we hope to see you again in the future! Mr and Mrs Fox xx

Well what can i say…….Myself and my husband booked Ray last year (2018) to photograph our special wedding day. From the moment we first met him we just clicked and we knew that we would not only have a professional but someone who was extremely organised and most importantly someone we were going to get on with and have some fun with on our day…..and what fun we had. Ray understood exactly what we wanted to get out of our day, as we both loved very natural ‘in the moment’ photos so that we could spend as much time with our guests as possible. Ray was always efficient at replying to our messages on the lead up to our wedding and even worked around us to arrange a meeting at our chosen reception venue to finalize things. Our day was just perfect and Ray was great at getting everyone where they needed to be and got on with all our guests (who have all said how wonderful he was) especially our bridesmaids and best men he had us laughing all day long. Ray has a special eye for fun and unusual images which has made our photos unique and personal to us. The photos have turned out so beautifully and so we can relive the day all over again whenever we look at them. We had so many to choose from but Ray’s gallery made this easy as we choose which photos we wanted in our album and how exactly we wanted them placed. His gallery is professional and easy to use and you can even send it to loved ones for them to purchase photos of their own. We ordered a large canvas from Ray who makes these at his studio and collected this a few weeks ago when we went to talk about what style and colour we wanted for our album, the canvas is absolutely stunning and is proudly hanging in our living room. We have now received our album which was well worth waiting for (perfection can not be rushed). If your looking for exquisite posed and candid photographs Ray’s your man! We can’t recommend his services enough. Thank you Ray for capturing our day that we will remember for the rest of our lives. :)

Ray and Yvette photographed our wedding in September 2016. From the moment we met with them, we could tell they were the right couple to cover our wedding. They put us both at ease and really inspired us with their ideas and suggestions. On the day of the wedding they were fantastic. Both were great fun but so professional. Yvette went the extra mile to ensure my veil and dress were positioned nicely and I really appreciated this. The photos themselves were out of this world- even better than we could have imagined. The presentation of our album and print were outstanding and really ‘showcased’ our day. We cannot recommend Ray and Yvette highly enough- my twin sister has even booked Ray for her own wedding next year! Thank you both so much for capturing our day so perfectly. Sarah and Matt

We would not hesitate to recommend Ray to anyone looking for a photographer for any occasion. It was a pleasure to have him and his lovely wife there on our wedding day, they were warm, friendly and professional and we had many comments from guests about how great they were. It really felt like Ray was enjoying the day as much as we were, he obviously has a lot of passion for his work and really threw himself into making the most of our venue with a difference (the Severn Valley Railway), climbing tables and trying not to fall on the tracks in the quest for the perfect shots! Wedding days go by so fast it can be hard to take it all in, but our beautiful photos bring back all the lovely moments and memories for us. Thank you both so much for your hard work!