Customer Testimonials

Read from a selection of real client reviews below and check out my 5-star reviews on Google

From the first email correspondence, to the pre-wedding shoot, to the actual day, Stephen made us feel very comfortable and excited about our wedding. He knows exactly how to work with you to make you feel confident in front of a camera and gets to know you so he can find the perfect portraits and candid photos that matches your personalities.

We were both very nervous about being in front of a camera but Stephen helped us relax with helpful tips and kept us chatting away, this made us look and feel natural. On our wedding day, Stephen was a huge part of it. Not only did he find beautiful candid moments whilst we were getting ready but he captured the beautiful moments of our family members reuniting at the first big event post-covid. These photos we’ll treasure forever!

He also helped orchestrate our large group of friends and family into a beautiful, smiling, colourful photo. This is one of our favourite shots and we couldn’t have done it without Stephen seeing this opportunity and somehow managing to control the crowd! Nothing was to much to ask, Stephen took the candid photos we wanted and the ones we didn’t know we wanted but also when it came down to the portraits and extra people sneaking in for one, he was not phased.

Post-wedding, we were stunned at how quickly and how beautiful the first few teaser photos came through...and the final album. We have smiled, laughed, shed a happy tear and truly relived our perfect day through this album.

We couldn’t have asked for a better photographer, just perfect!
— Beth & Ollie
Stephen did an amazing job capturing our wedding day in Malta perfectly. We originally spoke to Stephen in early 2020 and he stuck with us when we had to postpone our wedding twice due to COVID restrictions abroad. He was sympathetic to our situation, and flexed fully with our changing dates.

We didn’t want to stand around and pose for lots of photos for a long time and his approach to capture moments that were natural and authentic have us reliving the whole day over and over again.

We are so thrilled with the end result and we couldn’t recommend a more genuinely nice person who is worth every penny.
— Craig & Lee
Stephen did our wedding in September and we couldn’t recommend him highly enough.
He arrived very early in the morning and spent a lot of time with the bridal party getting ready at the venue, then off to the church before everybody arrived, then back to the venue in time for our arrival as man and wife, he stayed long into the night in order to capture every element of our special day.
Nothing was too much trouble and for the most part of the day you wouldn’t have known he was even there.
Having recently received our photos we couldn’t be happier
— Rachel and Martin
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We couldn’t have asked for a better wedding photographer. Stephen took the time to get to know us before our wedding day so we were relaxed having him around on our special day. He captured our day beautifully.
— Tor & Jon
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We cannot thank Stephen enough for being so kind, accommodating and the ultimate professional. We are not ones for the limelight but we felt immediately comfortable around Stephen, like we were with a friend we’d known for years! Our family also said how wonderful he was and managed to put everyone at ease, whilse working his magic in the background. Thank you doesn’t do justice and Stephen absolutely deserves every credit for his work. He captured every precious moment and detail of our wedding day and it means so much to us to have those memories, which we will look back on with so much joy and happiness forever.

Thank you so much for everything.
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— Laura & Shane
We love our wedding photos, they are a fabulous reminder of our special day and have made a photo book and canvas prints from them. Steve did an amazing job of ensuring he got all the pictures we wanted and more, without being intrusive, and was super friendly and approachable from our first meeting through to producing final images. He worked really hard on the day, and clearly spent time making sure the photos were beautifully finished. We would and have recommended Steve to anyone needing a photographer, and would hire him again in a heartbeat.
— Rosie & Scott
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Thank you very much for everything, Ash and I would just like to say how impressed we’ve been with you throughout. You did a fantastic job we really can’t thank you enough x
— Gemma & Ash
We used Stephen for our wedding in October 2016 and we cannot recommend him highly enough. We had a meeting and practice shoot with him prior to the wedding so we could explain exactly what we wanted, and that was what we got! Stephen made everyone feel very relaxed and we hardly knew he was there. We’d asked for more natural, rather than staged, photos and Stephen managed to just blend in so people didn’t even realise he was taking their photos. We have some really beautiful photos of our wedding and even though it was a grey day, Stephen made the most of it and cleverly used light to make the photos look really dramatic. After the wedding, we got the photos really quickly. A very professional service from start to finish. Thank you Stephen.
— Laura & David
Pike Photography were so enthusiastic, professional and helpful throughout our wedding journey with them - we would recommend them without any hesitation. Stephen took the time to arrange our engagement shoot in a local location that was both meaningful to us and that would provide a suitably dramatic back drop - the end results were stunning.
The wedding day itself went by so quickly but we had no doubt that Stephen and the team had everything in hand. We love our wedding photos and the way they tell a story of the day - and especially the way they capture all of the little funny and emotional moments that happened along the way.
Thank you again!
— Jenny & Mike
Steve stuck with us from preparations until after the party had started. He listened to what we wanted and he pushed us to have fun and try things we wouldn’t have otherwise.

We arrived back from Honeymoon to a lovely thank you card from Steve featuring one of our wedding photos and our fully edited photos were with us within only three weeks! We highly recommend!
— Kirsty & Mark
We highly recommend Stephen, his photos tell a story and captured our wedding day so perfectly. He made everyone, including us, feel so comfortable and at ease, everyone was saying how lovely our photographer was and he really is. We didn’t even notice him during the ceremony and with the formal photos after he was great in getting a good variety of pictures. The whole experience was amazing! Thank you for being part of our day and delivering such beautiful photos which we will cherish forever!
— Fiona & Wilfried