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.

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 👌

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!

Steve was a delight from the first meeting to editing my album. I wanted all natural photos apart from the traditional family group photos and he delivered. No one knew that they was getting their photo taken. He captured moments I want to remember forever. Amazing photos amazing photographer! He listen to what I wanted and made my dream a reality with little effort.

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!

Steve took some beautiful photos of our wedding, capturing the moments that often get missed including the groom, groomsmen and grooms family getting ready before the church. The photos were beautiful, he really captures the emotions of the moments. I would recommend him to anyone looking for beautiful wedding photos of their day.

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 !!

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!

Considering our wedding didn't get off to the greatest start due to the weather and other little things Steve helped to make a back up plan and stayed calm all the way through! If you want someone that will help to keep your loud bunch in line so they don't miss the photos they're supposed to be in Steve is your man! He'll make sure every photo you want is perfect and keep you laughing all the way through! Thank you!

We couldn’t have asked for a better service from Steve. He made us feel comfortable from start to finish and the results are incredible. We really wanted natural photos that highlighted our beautiful venue and that’s exactly what we got. The album we got from Steve is also amazing so definitely worth considering. We have it on display as one of his pictures is the front cover. Couldn’t have had a better photographer, more suited to us and our day.