Reviews

During the planning stages, we were told by so many people: “Before you know it, the day will be over.” Taking that into consideration, throw in a gruelling 2-year wait with 2 postponed wedding dates due to the pandemic, we wanted a photographer who’d be able to buy us some time on the day and that's exactly what Sarah did. We didn't want lots of family and friends shots, and although knowing we were breaking tradition, we set out to find someone who also appreciated that time was of essence on our wedding day. Sarah understood that time to engage with our loved ones was important, and especially to enjoy the reception drinks and take in the buzzing atmosphere of the day. And she did exactly that. Sarah fitted the photos around us, and she captured our day like a story, unstaged with raw emotion, and to an exceptional standard. 

When we met Sarah she was warm, engaging and so personable. She invited us over to meet face-to-face in the studio and instantly made us both feel at ease over a cup of tea and a good chinwag. We are so lucky to have found Sarah. I've met so many of my friends’ wedding photographers who have quite frankly been very rude, overbearing and getting in the way of guests. Sarah was respectful in her style of photography, you barely knew she was there on the day but she was still able to keep the photos flowing. 

Our favourite part of the whole photographer experience was something we feared - the pre-wedding shoot. We both agreed this was the best thing we could have done. It really prepared us for understanding how valuable 'Hands in pockets' are and it was exciting to be able to visualise what our wedding day could be like. It also helped Sarah pin down the locations we’d love for our couple portraits on the big day.

I would 100% recommend Sarah to anyone looking for a wedding photographer who takes her work very seriously, has so much passion for the world of photography, her customer, and works very tastefully. By this I mean doesn't do over-processed shots, you won't see a fake blue sky or a purple sundown. She understands the beauty of nature and puts you both at the centre of it. 

We genuinely can't think of anything Sarah could have done bette. She met and exceeded all of our expectations. She went above and beyond. Sarah has been a huge part of our journey, we will miss her!

Thank you Sarah so much for making what we thought would be an impossible task during the pandemic a possibility, and keeping us hopeful, and staying resilient with us along the way.

Sarah, what can we say! I've known and worked with you for over 15 years! To now have the good fortune for you to be my wedding photographer is amazing! When we received our photos yesterday we were just overjoyed. We were literally: love that one, love that one ... ooohh look at that one! So unbelievably happy! You captured every part of our day perfectly and we can't thank you enough! You are talented beyond belief!

Sarah is hands down the best in the business. Her awesome talents aside, she is one of the most genuine and thoughtful people I've ever met. Her empathy for us having to postpone our wedding four times during this pandemic has been amazing and is hugely appreciated. You're not just getting a photographer with Sarah, you're getting a real relationship with the person documenting your big day. I honestly can't recommend her enough!

I knew as soon as I came across Sarah's website that I wanted her to photograph our wedding; her photographs are natural but also stunning.

We are so grateful for her flexibility in accommodating a change in wedding date due to the pandemic.

Meeting Sarah in person confirmed that we had made the right choice as she immediately put us at ease in front of the camera.

With her help, we planned the timings, locations and poses before the big day, so that on the wedding day itself everything ran like clockwork and getting all of the shots that we wanted was effortless.

We are so lucky to have a beautiful wedding photo album that we will treasure forever, and that is all thanks to you, Sarah.

Our biggest worry when looking for a wedding photographer was that we wouldn’t find someone we felt comfortable and at ease with. That it would feel stiff and forced and the pics would come across as unnatural and not feel ‘us’. 

However, with Sarah we found someone we could chat and laugh with like we’d known her for years, which in turn made us feel so at ease in front of the camera and made a not normal situation feel actually quite fun!

We chose Sarah because of all the positive testimonials we had read but more the pictures we had seen of various weddings. The natural, effortless feel of the pics and the candid spur of the moment shots were exactly what we wanted. We met her and felt like we were chatting with a friend, and she made us feel so relaxed about quite a stressful situation that we had no doubt she was the one.

We loved the engagement shoot. It gave us a taste of what to expect and made us so much more confident being in front of the camera and the whole thing much less daunting. We realised that no matter what happened on the big day we would end up with beautiful pictures and that took so much pressure off of us.  

We 100% made the right decision choosing Sarah. Choosing a wedding photographer is a daunting task and we knew we were in capable hands.

She is a friendly calming presence to have around you on the day and most importantly capture the most stunning shots. She gave direction when needed and also encouraged us to just be “us”.

We have had endless compliments on our wedding pictures and couldn't recommend her enough! 

Our biggest worry in finding a photographer was to make sure that it was someone who had the right balance between formal photos and catching moments, but also ensuring that the whole album wasn’t all ‘edgy and arty’ pictures so much so that they belonged in a gallery rather than on a mantelpiece! But Sarah listened to what we were after and balanced all of this perfectly. We had a stunning mix of style of photos, which makes our wedding album so beautifully varied.

We loved the style of the pictures that Sarah had done previously and we were swayed by the stellar reviews that she received from previous clients. She knew Rushton Hall inside out and had even snapped a wedding in the small village church that we got married in (there aren’t many weddings in this church so this was quite unusual!). On meeting Sarah, we knew that she understood our vision and we had every confidence in the pictures that she would take.

One of our favourite parts of the photography experience was when our portraits were taken. This allowed us to have 20 peaceful minutes to ourselves where we were able to catch our breath, enjoy the photos being taken and take in the beautiful surroundings that we were lucky enough to get married in.

We would absolutely recommend Sarah (and I have mentioned her to my best friends that are getting married!). She is a genuine pleasure to work with and a pleasure to have around on the wedding day. She struck the balance perfectly between listening to our vision for the pictures, but also suggesting what she felt would work best and guiding us in the right direction. We have so many amazing photos that narrowing them down for the album was impossible!

I could not think of one thing she could have done better. She was exceptional at communicating with us in advance of the event. During the wedding planning we would often ask each other “Is there anything we need from Sarah?”, to which the answer was always “No, she’s on top of everything and has already emailed us all the information we need!”. When you have so many different plates spinning, that was just invaluable. She was a pleasure to have at our wedding, and she turned our pictures around before we even got back from honeymoon!

The only other thing I want to add is to say a huge thank you for all of your time and effort from the day that we first met. You thought of everything including extra details that we never anticipated and you have been a total pleasure to work with. Thank you for ensuring that the memories of our perfect day will never be forgotten.

Hello Sarah. I’ve been awake for about an hour (thanks to my body clock still being on Maldivian time!) and I can’t stop thinking about the absolutely beautiful photos of our wedding day that you created.

We watched the slideshow yesterday, and were moved to tears by the gorgeous quality and composition of each photo. You captured our day perfectly and we were able to re-live the whole day again as if we were actually there.

Terry and I feel so blessed that you were our photographer. You were a calming influence, so professional and your photos are the most stunning we’ve ever seen. My Dad wanted me to tell you that he’s never seen such wonderful wedding photos – they brought our day to life again.

We can’t begin to tell you how happy your photos make us feel. Unique and perfect. I will recommend you to everyone who will listen. You’re amazing.

Sarah is an extremely talented woman and I would 100% recommend her to any couple looking for a creative and professional photographer for their wedding.

We wanted a photographer who could blend into the background, take candid shots of guests and capture all of the details that we had put so much time into. Sarah did just that and made all the pictures look so natural.

She was fantastic at capturing all the key moments and throughout the wedding day she just fitted in so naturally into the day’s proceedings. She had such a calm and gentle demeanour which made us both feel comfortable when doing our couple shots, and she could equally take charge of the situation when there were the large family and friends photos!

We are beyond chuffed with the photos she produced and are so thankful she was part of our day!

Our biggest concern about finding a wedding photographer was being treated as just a job & not having our individual needs met. But Sarah ensured she listened to all our thoughts & input, even contacting us after our initial meeting with ideas for photos at the venue (one of these turned out to be one of our favourite photos from the day!)

We chose Sarah after falling in love with one of her photos taken at our venue and after looking on her website we knew she'd be perfect for our day.

Our favourite thing overall was Sarah's friendly approach, making us feel at ease.

We couldn't have asked for any more from Sarah and she will be top of our list if we need a photographer in the future.

Thank you so so so much for our photos and the amazing care and attention to detail that you put into covering our wedding.

We’ve been amazed and very appreciative of your enthusiasm from the start and the photos are beautiful.

You’ve captured everything just as we wanted and the smiles shine through in every photo.

Thank you for reading our minds, not attacking the ‘unofficial’ photographers! And for being such a calming presence on the day.

Honestly they're lovely and everyone has been very complimentary. 

Thank you for getting the 'detail' shots spot on too and the sunshine ones in the Elizabethan garden are lovely. The veil shot is perfect as is the ‘night arch’.

The favourites seem to be the arch at night (of course), the one of me, Nan and my friends, the one of Richard’s where we're looking up at you at the window and the one of my cousin with her baby on her lap during the ceremony! 

Thanks again from both of us!

We had friends who Sarah did the photography for. Sarah came highly recommended by them and after seeing the photos from their wedding we knew we wanted the same experience. When we met Sarah for the first time we knew we wanted her to shoot our wedding too.

Meeting Sarah was brilliant, for someone who shoots a lot of weddings throughout the year and therefore meets many couples all excited about their wedding, she was also so excited for us. She wanted to get to know us and our personalities to allow her to capture that in her photos. This made us feel special, extremely comfortable and confident in her expertise. Every time of meeting with Sarah thereafter was just the same, special and exciting.

What was brilliant is that Sarah made us feel so comfortable that we didn’t even know she was there on the day! The photos provide us with the perfect memories and she managed to capture just what we wanted.

The service is incredible, I would probably say ‘1st class service’ does not do her enough justice. Her friendship and professionalism is award-winning. Her photos are life-changing. Memories kept for a lifetime of the most precious moments of your life. They have to be the best and they have to be Sarah’s.

Pat spent a lot of time researching photographers and looking through portfolios. Sarah’s website was professional, and the many personal stories on her site gave us a good idea that we would get on with her. Her photography was very much in line with what we had hoped for on our special day – natural (but flattering!) shots of our friends and family, some beautifully captured photos of us, interesting angles and use of the venue we had chosen, and some great use of colour.

Our photos perfectly captured what felt like an unbelievably quick day, with a great variety of natural and posed shots to suit our personalities. Sarah captured moments we had forgotten about, or we were unable to see on the day as we were so busy being bride and groom. She was professional from start to finish, putting our minds at ease, and it is simply impossible to not feel relaxed around her. It felt more like meeting a (very well organised) friend (with a large fancy camera or two), and she made us feel at ease instantly.

Sarah and her second photographer David were very unobtrusive on our day. We were at a wedding once where the photographer was running up and down the aisle during the wedding, and we were worried that they might distract from the ceremony. Instead Sarah liaised with our Church to find the best places to shoot from, and somehow our two photographers were almost invisible while managing to take some incredible shots.

We were also worried that some of our photos may look unnatural and staged, but actually our ‘couple’ photos were the only time we had together alone during the day, and we sometimes forgot that Sarah and David were there! That time for us was really special, as we were able to have some much needed alone time to let it all sink in. They were brilliant, and with some gentle direction to us managed to capture some beautiful photos whilst allowing us the space to spend some quiet time together (although we are, of course, a little biased).

Sarah is professional, friendly, and incredibly well organised. Both her and her colleagues manage to tailor photos to your personality, and capture important moments naturally and beautifully, without getting in the way of your special event.

Tom and I stumbled across Sarah’s pictures when looking at venues; she had shot a wedding at Exton Park and the photos were amazing. All natural and showing such emotion from everyone. It was exactly what I’d hoped to have for my wedding. 

We were worried that Sarah couldn’t possibly fit taking all the family pictures and our portraits in the tiny time frame we had and that we would have to spend hours getting the shots and I would end up missing my own wedding. Thankfully that didn’t happen at all! We were so impressed at the speed and professionalism that Sarah worked with – I know I’m biased because it was my own wedding but I’ve never been to a wedding before where the photos were so unobtrusive (yet still oh so beautiful!).

It was so easy. We never felt rushed or under pressure. Sarah made it really easy to trust her judgment and I loved the fact that I had genuinely no idea what pictures she’d managed to grab until I got them. The box of photos she sent was an incredible surprise. I cried when I saw how lovely they were! 

I have recommended Sarah already! I told my friend that Sarah had a lovely eye for detail, that she took natural, beautiful photos, and she managed to take a nice picture of me and Tom together which I think may be a first!

When we set out to find a wedding photographer we were worried that we were not for the traditional, “staged photos”. We wanted someone who would capture the personalities and characters of those attending our intimate special day. After a lot of searching we came across Sarah’s portfolio and we just clicked! That is what we wanted, a story of photographs.

Sarah came across on her website as an approachable lady. Not only was the portfolio impressive, we were drawn to Sarah’s personal professionalism over email exchanges. Even over email it felt like we had already met Sarah as she was very personable and interested. 

Our favourite part of the whole wedding photography experience, simply put, was Sarah. Sarah just captured “our” day in the way we wanted to reflect on the intimate celebration of our wedding. It has taken me ages to actually write this recommendation because I am consumed with looking at the photos. Sarah caught some truly magical, special memories of our wedding day.

Sarah ran through our day, then suggested when would be a good time for her to join me at the house for the wedding day preparations, she caught those special intimate moments with my Mum & Aunty & Sister, the giggling and champagne, the impromptu moments when I received gifts from my husband to be. Sarah just seemed to “float” around the house, looking back there were times I don’t even recall her being in the room but she has produced photos of me touching up my make up and showing my sons ‘The Dress’.

Sarah is a friend, from the moment you meet her, be it email, or in person, she is just one of those people who you can connect with. She’s very approachable, understands what you want from the day, gives advice, listens and puts you at ease. We wouldn’t hesitate in recommending Sarah, in fact she would be the only contact I would provide.

We have just finished the most exciting journey, 18 months since getting engaged we have enjoyed the most amazing wedding day. The build up to our big day, the actual event ‘our wedding day’ & what would follow after the day had ended would not have been complete without Sarah.

We met Sarah at a wedding fair at our wedding venue ‘Rushton Hall’ and were both blown away by her portfolio. We instantly warmed to Sarah & knew we wanted her to photograph our wedding.

After meeting with Sarah a second time and talking through the full process, we were hooked! Sarah has a wrath of experience; she is by no means just a photographer, she is a wedding guru!!

Three months before our wedding we met Sarah for our pre-wedding photoshoot, we were pretty nervous about this as we weren’t sure what to expect. We didn’t need to be though, Sarah is a true professional and put us at ease within the first few minutes of arriving. This part of the photography process is critical, it’s a great way to get any wedding photography jitters out of the way before the big day as well as getting to know your photographer better. We came away with some beautiful photos that we will treasure our whole lives. 

On our wedding day we had a team of three ‘Sarah, Abi & Georgi’. With the exception of the group shots & portraits it’s quite easy to forget they are there, they kind of blend in with your guests which puts everyone at ease. 

We have just been to see our photos and are so impressed. Sarah is a true perfectionist &  even edited out an umbrella for us on some of our shots so we could decide which version we preferred. 

Don’t hesitate in booking Sarah for your big day!

When we were researching wedding photography I was worried that the photographer might try to create very modern and overly-styled shots, when we had a very classic wedding. I was also worried that we wouldn’t feel relaxed around the photographer and it would be more of a fashion shoot with endless pictures being taken. Instead, Sarah really understood what we wanted from the day. The pre-wedding shoot was a great opportunity to try different styles and to practice posing together so you feel relaxed on the day.  Sarah made the formal photos fly by and concentrated on taking a few, very good pictures rather than lots & lots of average ones.  Sarah and her team also captured so many pictures of all of our guests, which were great to include in thank you cards.

We chose Sarah because she was recommended by a friend, Becca, who had had Sarah as her wedding photographer. Becca recommended Sarah and I’m so pleased she did – Sarah was a great choice and coped very well with our large (pretty stressed) families and all the different stages of the day. Having a second photographer was a great benefit as well – it’s well worth it to make sure the whole day is captured.

We really enjoyed the pre-wedding shoot. It was a great chance for us to enjoy an afternoon together and means we have some lovely ‘couple photos’ that aren’t just from our wedding day.

I have recommended Sarah to friends. She is very friendly and warm, and really puts you at ease about how the photography of the big day will go. She’s very organised and produced so many amazing photos that our friends and family have loved as well.  She made us feel special and really focused on what was important to us about the day.