Andrew Davies Wedding Photography North East and Yorkshire, Acklam, Middlesbrough

We got married last month and have just received the DVD of images and we are thrilled with them! Andrew and Ruth have been absolutely brilliant all the way through the planning process and were great on the day itself. We loved the fact that they were more than happy for us to suggest what types of photos we had in mind and also used their photographers-eye to take some truly beautiful shots that had never even crossed our minds taking a mixture of formal, posed and reportage-style shots. They are really lovely people who put us at our ease on what could have been quite a stressful day, made sure that the day wasn't all about spending hours taking photos and have left us with masses of gorgeous photos that capture the day perfectly - our only problem now is narrowing down the selection for our album as we are so spoilt for choice.

A big thank you to you both!

We found Andrew Davies website and were impressed with the quality of the photos in his online galleries. We were even more impressed with how feasible his prices were. We live in Canada and had to organize everything with him via email, which was very easy with his in-depth checklist that he provided us. We showed up in York, England and hoped for the best. And we feel we got the best.

The photos were beautiful. We had a general idea of what we wanted, and were impressed with his ability to think on his feet while we were walking around and find other beautiful shots we never would have thought of!

We loved all the candid photographs he took that we had no idea about! While the groom and best man were being photographed, my maid of honour and I would be chatting and laughing... not even realizing he was photographing us every so often in between his shots of the guys!

He walked through the reception area where people were milling about before dinner so unobtrusively that he was able to take so many wonderful candid shots without anyone feeling like they were being stalked by a photographer! He just blended in and truly captured the essence of the day!

Turn around time was very fast, as well! The photos were ready before we even got back to Canada from our honeymoon!

Would definitely recommend Andrew Davies as a wedding photographer!

Andrew Davies was the photographer for our wedding at the Grange Hotel in March 2011. We initially chose him because his website was excellent, full of detail on the service provided and full of beautiful photos, as well as a highly competitive price. All of my dealings with Andrew before the wedding were conducted via email, and he provided us with a checklist so we could decide what we wanted him to take during the time he was at the wedding. He called the registrar so he could discuss what he was able to do during the service as there were some restrictions.

On the wedding day Andrew was at the venue in plenty of time and looked around for the best places to capture the key moments of the day. He was very pleasant to talk to and focused on what he needed to do. After the service he took some photos of Paula and I, and the agreed group shots. Despite only having a short time to look round the venue he knew which were the best places to take the photos and was able to make everyone involved in the photos feel at their ease. He stayed longer than he needed to in order to capture some extra photos.

The finished photos were put on his website for us to look at and then sent to us on a disc. They are fantastic photos which we will treasure forever. The photos of us and the family are excellent, and he was also able to get some good informal shots. What was particularly impressive was how he captured some of the small details to produce some very artistic shots.

We would recommend Andrew and Ruth to anyone who is looking for photographers to capture a special occasion.

After searching high and low for a suitable photographer for our wedding we met with Andrew Davies and immediately knew he was the correct choice – friendly, professional, cost effective and really understood our requirements.

Andrew and Ruth were absolutely fantastic on the day, helping to organise the photos we had requested and then quietly milling round the guests taking informal shots which really captured the essence of our day. Ruth even stepped in and helped with an emergency with the bridesmaids dress!!

The package we bought was fantastic value, 2 photographers for the whole day, album, online gallery, canvass print, a guest signed frame and a disc with all the photos set to music. A huge bonus was that none of the photos were copyrighted so anyone who wanted copies could have them at no extra cost.

We cannot recommend Andrew and Ruth highly enough, if you are looking for a friendly, professional service then look no further!

Carol and Darren, Beamish Hall, April 2011

Gillian and Patrick , Gisborough Hall , January 2011
Many thanks Andrew and thank you once again for capturing our wedding so beautifully. We have had so many fantastic comments and can't recommend you highly enough. We may be in touch for one of your wonderful landscape prints when we finally get moved into our new house! Kind regards, Gillian and Patrick

My partner Kath and I engaged Andrew Davies for private tuition on photography having taken up the hobby but possessing very little skill or knowledge of the subject. After 1 x full (and exhausting) day with Andrew we were both so much better informed on technique and more familiar with our equipment it made a huge difference. Since then we have been out with Andrew again and his relaxed informal style makes you feel more like you are learning from a friend rather than tutor/pupil relationship. Andrew’s own photographs are brilliant and I often look through some of them for inspiration before going off in to the country to take some myself, I just wish I had the same "eye" for a good shot that he does. I can thoroughly recommend him for photographic assignments and will certainly use him again myself.

Gillian and Patrick , Gisborough Hall , January 2011
Many thanks Andrew and thank you once again for capturing our wedding so beautifully. We have had so many fantastic comments and can't recommend you highly enough. We may be in touch for one of your wonderful landscape prints when we finally get moved into our new house! Kind regards, Gillian and Patrick

Andrew Davies was our wedding photographer last October in Guisborough hall and the ore wedding ceromonies I had.

He is a fantastic photographer, very discreet and requires little direction on the events. We spent time in the run up discussing the special day and rough timings and my exoectations. He has a relaxed personality which makes him easy to work with and he is very responsive when communicating with him via phone, email text.

I have opted to go for the storybook option and that is yet to arrive but I am extremely pleased with the number of shots he has taken given the demands of the wedding day and the music slide show of the images. Andrew was more than happy to recitfy any images I was not pleased with and also get samples from the Italian album publisher to provide me with a piece of mind on the quality of the final prints ion the album.

I have recommended him to my family and friends and I'm sure he will get more Asian Weddings.

One piece of advice I would give new customers is to go for Andrew and his wife. Especially if you are having a wedding with more than 150-200+ guests and the day has many elements to it.

Thank you Andrew and for those reading this I am a real person having born and brought up in middlesbrough. I got married in Guisborough Hall on October 25th 2010 and live in the South now.

All the best.

Shiponara and Khalid

Andrew photographed our wedding in July at Beamish Hall. We chose Andrew because of all the fantastic pictures on his website and we weren't disappointed!

Having met with Andrew and Ruth and discussed what we wanted we felt really relaxed. They were both really friendly and took on board everything we said. On the day we hardly noticed them, as we asked for natural shots, and they were amazing.

We were so pleased when the pictures were ready to view on our return from honeymoon. We were overwhelmed by the amount of photographs, and so pleased with the pictures themselves. They were better than we had ever imagined and it was so hard to narrow them down. The album we chose was gorgeous and Andrew and Ruth were more than happy to rearrange the photos on a number of occasions, when we couldn't make up our minds!

We would highly recommend Andrew Davies Photography to anyone who is looking for wedding photographer.