Alex Durasow :: Wedding Photography

"You genuinely exceeded our expectations. You had the confidence to be honest with us throughout, even when we brought you our "Blue Peter" book, which in itself instilled that we had implicit trust in you to provide us with a product which was not only what we wanted, but equally important to us was that it was something we were proud of, as professionals, to show far and wide. The flexibility to be able to access you, usually out of normal working hours, was crucial to engaging us with the process. If you put as much time and effort into every wedding you do as you did into ours, then we suspect you are very busy people. Janet and Alex, your passion, professionalism and well evidenced experience of photography shines throughout everything you do. From the minute we first met to the minute we finally left with our completed album, we were in awe of two people who gain so much pleasure from their chosen career. Your dedication, time and effort to deliver a bespoke package to reflect our individual requirements and style, whilst still encouraging creativity with a respect for tradition, is just what we wanted. Your approach was truly outstanding. A five star delivery from a couple who are the epitome of professionalism, as well as ensuring a sincere amount of fun is injected ... it is your wedding day after all! In short, we think that thank you is the simplest way of showing our gratitude."

- Sarah and Matthew Wilson

"Thank you so much for photographing our wedding at Hazlewood Castle in August. We have enjoyed every minute of working with you, it was a pleasure from beginning to end! We can't imagine anyone more professional and we are truly grateful for such personal service. It was great to receive such excellent customer service, a quality which I feel is increasingly rare in the country! We really appreciate you both taking the extra time to explain everything about the different packages and that you were willing to work within our budget, even though we decided to blow it due to having far too many gorgeous pictures to choose from! At no point did we feel pressured into decisions or purchases and appreciated your invaluable advice regarding aspects of the storybook layout. We met with many other photographers prior to choosing yourselves and I was beginning to become slightly overwhelmed and confused, however, as soon as we saw your work we knew it was exactly what we wanted! You managed to obtain a perfect mix of candid and more traditional images which is exactly what we wanted. The storybook is amazing and we are SO pleased that we picked the larger Graphistudio book! We can't stop looking at it, it's the perfect memory of a perfect day and we will treasure it for many years to come! The results of your efforts are spectacular and we cannot recommend you highly enough. We'll see you again in June when you photograph our friends' wedding!! Del absolutely loved the album. He said you are amazing photographers."

- Claire and Derek Sylvester

"We are writing to say a big thank you for your exceptional photography service you provided for our wedding at Allerton Castle, North Yorkshire. From the moment we called to enquire about your service, you offered us all the help and advice we needed. Once we had visited you and looked through your portfolio, we knew we wanted you to be our wedding photographers. We loved your ideas and with such a magnificent wedding venue, the photograph opportunities were endless. You spent valuable time to understand our wishes and we worked together to ensure we could make the most of the time available for photography during the day - which of course we did! You are a perfect team - patient, calm and organised. This undoubtedly ensured the smooth running of the photography on the day. We didn't have to worry, as we knew you would do everything in your power to fulfill our wishes. You made us and our guests feel at ease, as well as sharing in the fun of our day. You made us feel special. Upon our return from honeymoon, we received an extensive portfolio of proofs from which we selected our favourites. This was a challenge as there were so many wonderful images to choose from! However, with your guidance, together we decided on a collection of images, which resulted in a perfect wedding album, which we are thrilled with. Everyone we proudly show it to comment on how fantastic it is. The quality of the prints and the album we chose is exceptional. We never felt pressured by you in any way and it was clear that you strived to ensure we were happy at every stage, regardless of how much time this would take to achieve. Arranging a wedding can be a stressful time and we learnt that it is so important to find such fine qualities in a photographer. It is due to you and your hard work that we have such valuable memories that we will keep for the rest of our lives. Due to all these reasons, we will highly recommend you at every opportunity. Once again, we cannot thank you enough for all you have done to make this a thoroughly enjoyable experience for us. We wish you every success for the future."

- Michael and Angela Davies

"Just a quick note to say a huge thank you to you both for a truly beautiful album. It surpassed our expectations and all who have looked at it have been stunned. Many thanks for all your hard work on the day."

- Dave and Becci Crichton

"Thank you for giving us such special memories of our wedding day. We have wonderful photographs to treasure and our storybook album you designed is perfect. You managed to capture the feel of the day and many special moments that we didn't even know you had spotted. We loved how you were both enthusiastic and nothing was too much trouble. Our parents, relatives and friends have all been really impressed with our photographs and album. We're sure we'll see you again - we'll continue to recommend you to all of our friends. Thank you for your creativity, hard work and good humour - we've really enjoyed your company and working with you. What more can we say, but thanks so much to both of you."

- Nicola and Anthony Pretty

"We have just arrived back home from Hazlewood Castle but before we jet off on honeymoon tomorrow we couldn't leave without thanking you once again for yesterday. You were both absolutely fantastic and the effort and attention to detail you put into every single photograph has made us even more excited about seeing the results. We really appreciate everything you did for us and your personal touch throughout the day made the photography really special. You managed to fit so much into the short space of time we had allocated you (between the end of the ceremony and the meal) but the amount of planning and organisation you had already done shone through, meaning you got the best out of the time we had. It was an absolute pleasure to have you doing our photographs as you are not only a lovely couple but work fantastically together. Thank you so much for sharing our special day."

- Matt and Sarah Wilson

"We would both just like to say a big thank you for all your hard work whilst producing our beautiful wedding photographs. You have been true professionals since our first meeting."

- Pam and Tony Bannister

"We both just wanted to say a very special thank you for joining us on our wedding day. Nothing was too much trouble for you and as a result we have a wonderful wedding album which captures the memories of our day. Thank you again."

- Diane and Michael Smith

"You made our wedding day so special, capturing memories that are priceless and could never be done again. You made the most amazing storybook for us. Everybody who sees it can't believe how unique and beautiful it is. We will never forget how much of a big part of our wedding you were. We look forward to seeing you soon and in the future for further photographs."

- Gemma and Dave Bell

"We are just writing to thank you for staying so late last night. We hope you guys enjoyed the day as much as we enjoyed you being there. The day wouldn't have been the same without you. We couldn't have worked with better photographers. Gosh, wasn't it cold? But we all managed and the cold was worth it. Want to say thank you again so much."

- Emma and Derek Lau

"I would like to say a VERY big thank you to you both for being so calm and professional on the day. I thought you both were fantastic and it meant so much to Stephen and I for you to be recording our day. I just can't wait to see all the photos now."

"Stephen and I have looked at all the photos and we love them. I think you have done a fantastic job and I simply can't wait to get my album sorted now."

"Just to say thank you ever so much for the beautiful wedding photographs and for all your help, advice and time. The photographs are just what we were after and are a stunning reminder of our day. We really couldn't have asked for a more professional service and for two such lovely people. We can honestly say that our wedding day was the best day ever and you were such a big part of that. We asked for memories of our big day, yet you have given us even more. We can practically relive those moments just by looking at your photos. We couldn't be happier. Thanks again."

- Kathryn and Stephen Boyes

"Thank you for Sunday. You guys are great and helped turn the day into my absolutely dream day."

- Sue Broderick-Gray

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