Rafe Abrook Photography

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  Carina Dempsey

  I can’t even begin to express how wonderful Rafe is. After doing a LOT of research around wedding photographers and styles we settled on Rafe to photograph our day. From the initial call right through to the big day Rafe was a breath of fresh air, a calming present and a bundle of laughs all rolled into one. Looking back on our photos, the joy he’s captured in each and every shot is masterful and they completely bring our day back to life. Words will never be enough to sing Rafe’s praises high enough, so I will simply say a big THANK YOU for capturing the most perfect memories of our special day! I highly recommend Rafe and his team to anyone looking for a fantastic wedding photographer.

  29-03-2023
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  Jane Cooper

  Rafe literally brings your wedding back to life when you receive your gallery! The photos capture everyone absolutely naturally and beautifully! With his expertise he literally knows exactly which moments to shoot and he produces the most amazing magical photos! We can highly recommend Rafe and his teams if you want to have photos that capture your special day to perfection! Thank you so much Rafe! Forever grateful! 🏼

  29-03-2023
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  Mike Thompson

  Brilliant photographer great website and if you are having a wedding the person to go to.

  29-03-2023
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  Natasha Rataj

  James and I got married last year at Offley place. We absolutely had the best day from start to finish. After James had asked me to marry him I knew straight away that I needed Rafe to be our photographer. I had in-fact for years before I met James been following Rafe’s work and page and was adamant if I ever got married that I would have him capture it! Rafe was great from even before I booked him. Advising on venues and all things wedding before I had even committed to a booking or a date. On the lead up to the wedding we had an engagement shoot up at pegsdon hills. These are so worth doing as we were a bit nervous of the camera and it totally put us both at ease! When you have fallen over in the mud and mingled with the sheep on a cold February day your wedding seems like a breeze. On our wedding day Rafe and his team totally got stuck in with helping out (moving wedding dresses and shoving in fallen out veils all without asking!) but didn’t miss a shot! Our wedding photos are everything we dreamed of and so much more. We love looking through them and reliving our day. There are many many photos of things that happened that we weren’t aware of and tiny details that we may have forgotten captured forever. Photos of all the special people in our lives and the most special of all the ones with our two darling children. The albums that Rafe can provide are absolutely stunning. Great quality and something to treasure and share with generations to come. Thanks so much for everything Rafe, it was so lovely to share our special day with you. Natasha and James x

  29-03-2023
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  Nicola Joseph

  We only have the best to say about Rafe and his amazing work! We are so happy with our photos and would highly recommend him!

  29-03-2023
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  Sandra Moss

  If you're considering booking Rafe, do it! We went with him because we loved the look of his relaxed candid style of photography, and he definitely delivered. The action shots were great, especially of the dancing, and we love all the impromptu intimate shots he managed to capture, even of those family members who are notoriously hard to get a good photo of! Both him and his 2nd shooter Jo made us feel super comfortable on the day. They were really calm and worked well with our videographers, we felt in very safe hands with them. They both also managed to wrangle our very large family for some great group shots. The only issue we now have is trying to whittle so many great photos down! Thanks for a great experience and capturing our special day Rafe and Jo! Sandra and Richard

  28-02-2023
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  Miss Jones

  I've known Rafe for quite a few years now within the wedding industry and always knew that if I ever got married, Rafe would be my photographer! 100%! He is simply amazing and can literally make the simplest of backdrop look amazing on camera. I first hired Rafe to take photos of my band and I for self-promotion (about 4/5yrs ago!!), then Aug of 2022 I hired him again for my wedding day; he even cut his holiday short to accommodate my day! I wanted photos of my wedding that were natural and 'in the moment'; arty/stylish and beautiful. This is exactly Rafe's style! Every picture of his tells a story. Rafe is the loveliest person, incredibly efficient and professional- his photography speaks for itself! I always recommend him to anyone looking for a photographer and will continue to do so. He is brilliant and we absolutely love our photos x

  28-02-2023
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  Alex Blair

  Rafe photographed our wedding in August 2022. We spent many evenings researching a photographer who'd capture our wedding day with the style and look we were hoping for. We were absolutely over the moon after looking through Rafe's portfolio. We felt like we'd struck gold and even better, he was available for our date - definitely worth booking early as he's a man quite rightly in high demand! Right from our first meeting with Rafe, we knew we'd made the best decision. His knowledge, experience, dedication and passion made us feel so at ease. Rafe really helped us shape our da. He even wrote us a full itinerary for the day and helped us organise an entrance with our classic car & confetti throw with all our guests lined up as we arrived. It was such a highlight of the day and he captured the pure joy we felt & the love that surrounded us so beautifully. Having a second shooter was brilliant, a great recommendation from Rafe - it meant we could every special moment captured. Huge thank you to Michael, who captured such wonderful getting ready shots of the groomsmen & one of our absolutely favourites of the father of the groom helping the groom putting his tie on. All the guys said Michael fitted right in, so much so, they felt like he was part of the grooms party! As for the full album.. just Wow. Our photos are just incredible! We knew we'd be chuffed with Rafe's final album but we can't describe how over the moon we are with how wonderfully he captured the pure joy and overflowing happiness of our wedding day. He even got right in the action at the madness of our ceidlih! The memories of laughter and dancing come back through every photo of the evening! Rafe made us both feel instantly comfortable; it was just so natural. We both felt like we were with two mates (Rafe and Michaek) and will always remember feeling so relaxed when they were being taken! It was so special to have the couple shot moments to ourselves, away from the buzz. We really appreciated how Rafe created the space for us to breath and make the most of the time together! We were so excited to share the photos with our friends and family and they were completely blown away too. Rafe - Thank you again for such beautiful photos to relive our day time and time again. We'd recommend to anyone looking for a wedding photographer who is incredibly organised, reliably, fun, experienced and incredibly talented. Emily & Alex

  28-02-2023
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  Emma Samuel

  Rafe photographed our wedding back in 2021 (yes I'm slow) and he was incredible. He kept in regular contact with us in the lead up and did an amazing engagement/pre wedding shoot with us. My husband and I are very laid back people with very little experience of weddings and although we did have a couple of photos we wanted we really wanted a photographer who would just spend the day taking candid photos without us needing to tell him exactly what we wanted. Rafe was able to do exactly this for us, he took the lead when necessary to make sure we got those photos we wouldn't have thought of (first look with the bridesmaids, ring details etc) but also just spent the day observing and snapping away. Our photo album is incredible, every time I sit and properly look through it I start crying because I cannot believe that someone has managed to document our wedding in such a perfect way. Rafe has an amazing skill at putting you at ease in front of a camera and taking photos which show your true self. His photos are real, they show how the day actually went, not just some picture perfect false representation and I couldn't be happier. I cannot recommend him enough, thank you Rafe.

  28-02-2023
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  Naomi Grossman

  After seeing Rafe’s photographs of my sister’s wedding a couple of years back, we knew that we wanted Rafe to photograph our Jewish wedding in summer of 2022, in fact he was the very first wedding supplier we called! We had Rafe and his colleague photograph the day as a pair. Rafe’s colleague followed my Husband in the morning and Rafe photographed my bridal party. Both then came to the venue and captured all the important moments in the ceremony, reception and Israeli dancing. We couldn’t be happier with the photos Rafe provided. The photos he takes are so natural, and he has captured the whole day from start to finish absolutely perfectly. As an added bonus, Rafe is absolutely lovely and was such a pleasure to work with. We would highly recommend Rafe to anyone!!

  29-01-2023