Raphaelite has been producing beautiful wedding photography since 2006 and with experience of a wide variety of budgets and customer preferences, has formulated a flexible package to suit your wedding day.

Raphaelite Photography's wedding packages come with beautiful print-to-page albums, hand made in Italy by Graphistudio. Previous wedding customers report that with all the best intentions, they fail to get their photographs put together in an album for months or even years after the day itself, therefore Raphaelite Photography will handle this for you, leaving you with only the task of enjoying and sharing the images with your family and friends. A variety of paper types and sizes is available to suit your budget and you can add to the package with parents' albums, thank you cards and mini CDs of images.

Raphaelite Photography aims to be discreet and unobtrusive, focusing on reportage (fly-on-the-wall) style photography for the majority of the day. The objective is to photograph the day as it happened rather than creating scenes that would not otherwise have taken place. Coverage starts with hair and make-up and runs through to the first dance, taking in all the key elements of the wedding day. A second photographer or videographer can be added to the package to cover a wider range of action on the day.

A pre-wedding consultation and visit to the wedding venue is included in all wedding packages, which will help the photography schedule run smoothly on the day. Time will usually be set aside sometime between the ceremony and reception for a set of formal photographs. The pre-wedding consultation is a good opportunity to bring images you have seen from magazines and discuss styles that you prefer as Raphaelite Photography aims to fulfil your own personal taste. If you are uncomfortable on camera or simply don't like traditional wedding photography, your "formal" photographs can be informal - this is the chance for you to produce the images you want as a lasting memory of your wedding day.

Raphaelite Photography always offers a CD of your wedding photographs for you to copy and share amongst your friends and family, whilst extra copies can be made up into gifts for special guests or those that were unable to attend your wedding day.

Large format printing is done in house, for large scale photo prints, canvas prints and specialist fine-art papers for an exceptional quality reproduction of your wedding photographs.

A DVD of the highlights from your wedding photographs set to the soundtrack of your first dance can be added to your package as an entertaining way to show off your wedding day to friends and family. All music is licenced from the Performing Rights Society.

Thank you cards featuring a selected photograph from your day and cards containing mini CDs of photos can also be purchased to send to your guests.

Raphaelite Photography is based near St Albans in Hertfordshire and covers Harpenden, Rickmansworth, Chorleywood and North London as a local area, but has travelled all over the UK as well as around the world photographing weddings. If you are planning a wedding abroad, contact Angela to find out if booking a UK-based photographer may be a more cost-effective solution with easier access to planning and post-wedding services.

 

Pre-Wedding Shoots, Hen Parties and Post-Wedding shoots

A pre-wedding portraiture shoot may be a useful way for you and your partner to get comfortable on camera, try out poses you might want to use on the day, or create fantastic shots for your wedding invitations. It's also a great way to get to know your photographer so you are more at ease on the big day.

A photoshoot at home or in the studio is a fun activity for your hen party. Sessions with a female photographer can be booked by the hour and you can be as creative or daring as you like! Angela has experience working with celebrities and even FHM models, and photos can be airbrushed for that magazine-quality look.

After the wedding, almost every bride wonders when she can put on that dress again, so Raphaelite Photography offers studio or location portraiture photography any time after your wedding. With experience in commercial photography, Angela can create unusual and striking art or fashion style images perfect as a gift to the mother of the bride, something to save as an anniversary or valentines present or just for yourself as this is probably the most beautiful and extravagant dress you'll ever wear. You can plan shots that you'd never have time for on the wedding day itself, reproduce images you've seen in magazines, bring your husband along, family members or other friends with their wedding dresses.