Atken Photography
Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Yorkshire
(37)
Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Yorkshire
(37)
What are we about . . . we're about you!
When you need us we'll be there! Anywhere in Yorkshire the UK and overseas.
Whatever your style, we’ll capture those natural, joyful, spontaneous, photographs. No set scenes, cut takes or cheesy poses.
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37 customer reviews
Gemma Jacques
Wonderful friendly couple who are the best at what they do! Photographed at my wedding in 2017 and what stunning professional photos. Would recommend to everyone xx
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Annabelle Pickard
Shane is not just a brilliant photographer but a wonderful person too! He brought fun, laughter and even a few tears to our wedding day, but above all else professionalism. He made all our guests feel at ease we can highly recommend Shane and can’t thank him and his amazing duo Kelly enough xx #bestinthebusiness More...
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Katie Stancliffe
What can I say about this guy!! Not only one of the loveliest gentleman you will have the pleasure of meeting but from day one of going to see Shane regarding him capturing the most treasured day of our lives has been a pleasure. As one of our local photographers it was without doubt from seeing his photos online and in the window of his shop that we wanted him to capture our big day! We received our pictures the other day and WOW!!! Myself and my husband are beyond pleased with our photos, he has captured everything and more! Haha. We can’t stop looking at them there just amazing, he’s captured the most amazing memories that I now can not forgot. Thank you so much Shane, we look forward to seeing you soon for the hard job of choosing which ones for the album. Katie & Rob XxX More...
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Clair Ellis
Shane is amazing he did my wedding photography in 2017 we had a pre wedding shoot a couple of weeks previous where he made us feel at ease and we got to know him while having some gorgeous photos taken all ready for the wedding! .. my wedding photos couldn't of been better! We had a lovely day having Shane at our wedding it was like having a friend you have known for years there! .. we felt that comfortable and confident with his work that we have recently been for more photos done of my new born and family I would highly recommend atken photography to anyone! More...
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Kerry Christlow
AMAZINGShane and Kelly photographed our wedding back in June 2017. From the moment we approached them at a wedding fayre they made us feel so welcome and were very accommodating. Once we had booked them Shane was in constant communication with us regarding everything which made us feel at ease. Shane carried out a pre wedding photo shoot at a great location and we had the chance to include our little girl which made it even more special for us. When the big day arrived Shane and Kelly pulled out all stops to ensure every moment of our day was captured from start to finish. They made everyone feel at ease and caught loads of action shots that reflected that moment. Instead of pulling us away from our guests constantly they worked around us constantly so we got some beautiful shots as husband and wife without being taken away for Hours in end. Once we received our photos it was such a task to choose them for our album as they were all so good! It took us nearly a year to decide! Our album is unbelievable and the quality is amazing. It is something we will cherish forever and I cannot thank Shane and Kelly enough. We really enjoyed sharing our special day with them :) More...
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lenita hicken
Not only do have the privilege to call Shane and Kelly family. They have done some fantastic shoots for us, both in the studio and on location. They go the extra mile to capture those special moments. More...
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Jess Kirby
3 years on and I still feel so incredibly lucky that Shane was our wedding photographer. He created such a wonderfully fun, laid back atmosphere from start to finish. It’s so hard to find a photographer that captures exactly what you’re after - images that reflect your personalities and the exciting energy of the day, an amazing and effortless transition between candid natural moments and posed photographs that look non-posey, and portraits that are as creative as they are timelessly romantic. Shane absolutely nailed it for us. He worked with us and took our ideas on board, as well as coming up with ideas himself that were truly brilliant - unique ideas that he must come up with for each shoot to suit the couple/family/location. All the while blending into our wedding seamlessly. Honestly, he’s SO GOOD. Cannot recommend him highly enough. Makes me want to get married all over again just writing this! More...
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Christopher Burrows
Shane and Kelly are both incredible to work with. They can calm the most stressful situation (and let's face it, a wedding is pretty stressful) and capture amazing photos that are filled with the emption of the day. Outside of weddings, they've photographed our family both in the studio and in the wild which was great fun as well as giving us great shots.We are really thankful for Shane and Kelly and will be using their services to capture our family for many years to come. More...
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Nichola Rowell-Potton
What can I say... AMAZING!!!!! We have used Atken photography a few times, Pre wedding, wedding, bump, arrival of baby and cake smash each time Shane has been wonderful. He’s patient, funny, kind,caring, makes you feel at ease and comfortable. Im always pleased with our results and will always go back. Top guy top photographer. We have had photo shoots in the studio which is lovely. We have had location shoots which are great too Shane always picks the right places to go to capture your moments. Thank you for capturing so many special moments in our life ❤️ xx More...
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Martin Harvey
Lovely people, fantastic studio, bags of patience to wait for that beautiful picture, very understanding & kind. A wonderful experience!
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Bex Lightowlers
Fantastic!! We booked Shane and Kelly for our July tipi wedding after meeting Shane at Driffield Wedding Fayre, we loved his pictures and albums and most of all he was really easy to talk to. Shane and Kelly have been great from start to finish. They have captured our wedding day perfectly and the pictures are amazing. They made everything so easy for us and listened to what we wanted. Our friends and family all commented how friendly they where and it shows in our photos. The only issue I have now is picking which photos to put in my album as I want them all!! Would recommend Shane and Kelly to anyone. Thanks you so much for everything. Xxx More...
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Jessica Brunton
Our wedding album is amazing! Thankyou so much for everything, couldn't recommend you enough! Xxxxx
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Lauren Snow
Over the moon with our beautiful wedding album! Thank you for capturing our big day so elegantly. I would and do highly recommend Atken photography. Thanks again!
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Catherine Farn
Shane and kelly are an amazing team, they made our wedding do so special and captured some amazing moments. I could not have picked two better people to look after us and shane went above and beyond his duties, by getting in the river to get a perfect pic!
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Rachel Dube
These guys are amazing!! They attended my brothers wedding and they are incredibly good. Go above and beyond to get a perfect shot, even if it means climbing a few fences. Highly recommended. Thanks for making my brother and his wife's day brilliant. X More...
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Lauren Walton
We received our beautiful wedding album today, thank you to Shane & Kelly for capturing our day so amazingly! On the day they did everything they could to get some awesome photos, especially getting our wedding car into the grounds of Burton Agnes Hall when there was a Jazz festival on! Thanks again, we're over the moon with our album. Kevin & Lauren x More...
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Melissa Ann Kay
I had the pleasure of meeting Shane and Kelly on Saturday- I would just like to credit their professionalism and their passion towards their work. They mixed amazingly with the guests and were nothing but accommodating for me as a Videographer. I hope to work with Atken again in the near future! I'm sure Kerry and Josh will be astounded by their photographs! More...
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Kirsty Louise
absolutely amazing; if your wanting modern; elegance; unique; tailored; fun photographs then Atken are for you. Kelly and Shane are amazing right from Kelly getting you looking beautiful in your dress through to the both of them capturing you in a way you never knew you could look;
beautiful; film star; handsome; magazine ready!!!
Perfect at listening and sharing ideas; a mind full of creative ideas; framing the moments forever
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Jenna Jackson
Right from the start Shane was friendly and professional & we knew he would be perfect for photographing our wedding day. He helped with Johns nerves at the pre-wedding shoot and on the day he and Kelly were amazing and went above and beyond to get the perfect shot . Shane is a perfectionist, and it shows in the beautiful, unique photos he takes. Our family and friends loved them both. We can't wait to get our album and show everyone. Thank you guys so much xx More...
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Gemma Moverley
Fantastic, friendly and professional service. Amazing photos!
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Laura Lloyd
Shane and Kelly were amazing both before, during and after our wedding day. We were always at ease and Shane did a fantastic job of organising guests without being too formal. Our wedding album is perfect and we will treasure it forever. We can't thank them enough for capturing the beginning of our marriage so beautifully. More...
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Jamie Webber
We’ve worked at many of the same functions as Shane and having worked along side other photographers, we can hands down say that Atken Photography is undoubtably the best in the area/region.
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Gemma Jacques
Shane and Kelly are the most friendly professional and lovely couple I have ever met. I would highly recommend them to anyone. They did my wedding photos and I am so impressed with them. Thank you to you both xxx More...
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Richard Binsley
Well from start too finish the service and quality of photos we received was fantastic...great fun happy guy...every guest commented on the friendliness of Shane. .. he not only captured photos of Me and My Wife but also pictures of our venue..favours and alot of little things that made our big day all the more special which we can now look back on and cherish....our final album is excellently presented....we let shane put our album together and his work is just amazing he has produced a album of memories and experience that we wouldn’t be able too relive if it was not for Shane’s amazing attention too detail and amazing photography skills...Highly recommended...!!!! Truly passionate...Very talented and Genuine Guy xxx More...
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Chloe French
What can I say, the best photographer for the job. We had a brilliant time sharing our special day with Shane. He fitted in as a wedding guest and we had the most perfect day. Can't wait to see the pictures
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Katie Stevens
My husband and I are thrilled with Shane’s work. We had great fun on our pre-wedding shoot. The pictures were so amazing that we had them on display on our big day for all to admire. Shane’s pictures of our wedding day itself surpassed our expectations - they are incredible and we will treasure them for years to come. Shane is extremely talented and has a way of making those around him feel at ease so he can get those sort after relaxed shots. We cannot thank you enough, Katie & Gary. More...
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Chloe Seckel
Absolutely second to non! Shane and Kelly you were absolutely amazing from start to finish. From the minute I emailed (organised wedding from overseas) you were professional, friendly and put us completely at ease we just know new we had to book you and everything photowise would be taken care of. We absolutely LOVE every single image u captured of our wedding day and pre wedding photos. We are obsessed with our white leather wedding album, we had to add so many extra pages as the photos were SO good the album just had to include them. So very talented. Thankyou to you both for capturing and documenting in photos our very special day. Love Chloe and Olly x More...
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Sharon Jones
Shane was a delightful photographer, charming, helpful and cheerful throughout our special day. As soon as we met him we knew he was the right man for the job. His enthusiasm to be part of our special day was prominent from the beginning and gave us great confidence. On the day, many of our guests commented on what a 'lovey happy' chap he was. He mingled well amongst the guests whilst still doing his job and was great with the children. He was more like a guest rather than someone paid to do a job. He made us all feel relaxed, which shows in the photos. He had great ideas for photos, again which shows in the results. They are all so good we are still struggling to chose the number we need for our Story book album. Thanks Shane, you did us proud. More...
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Will Annakin
Shane and Kelly are wonderful, genuine and hilarious...
We met them at a friends wedding who had chosen them after seeing them at a friends wedding and we seem to be just passing them around.
From the moment we made our first enquiry as to who they were and where we could find them, We knew we needed to have them at our wedding.
After just a few moments with Shane you feel at ease and you know everything is under control.
My wedding wouldn't of been the day it was if it wasn't for them and I couldn't recommend them enough. You get amazing photos but you never feel like they are in the way or bothering you....
Unless Shane is doing it on purpose
:)
You amplified our special day and we can't thank you both enough.
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Jo-anne Bowes
Wow. All our wedding photos are outstanding, and the album was amazing. Better than we could of ever imagined. Both Kelly and Shane are so friendly and very professional and we couldnt have asked of better photographers for our special day. You really did capture our perfect moments and have now given us a life time of memories to look back at, and for that we are so grateful, so thank you. More...
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Alexandra Goode
Shane and Kelly are amazing! We loved spending time with them both before the wedding and on the day, they are great fun and they captured our day perfectly. They were really accommodating, have lots of fab ideas and loved to hear our ideas too! They made us both feel so relaxed and captured so many beautiful natural photographs. We absolutely love all of our photographs and our wedding album and we cannot thank Shane and Kelly enough for everything! Would definitely recommend and hope to use again soon xx More...
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Gareth John
Quality pictures Real nice funny guy what more can I say
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Jo-Anne Bowes
Wow. All our wedding photos are outstanding, and the album was amazing. Better than we could of ever imagined. Both Kelly and Shane are so friendly and very professional and we couldnt have asked of better photographers for our special day. You really did capture our perfect moments and have now given us a life time of memories to look back at, and for that we are so grateful, so thank you. More...
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Ruth Petch
Another fabulous photo shoot with perfect photographs, thank you so much again Shane. We love them! X
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Keeley Woolford
Absolutely brilliant both of them a pleasure to have by your side on your special day x
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Katie Bouché
Just fab!!!
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Becky Dennis
Brilliant photographers! Friendly couple, highly recommended!
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What’s the secret to taking a great photograph?
First and foremost it is your rapport with your Bride and Groom. Spending time with them before the big day really makes that difference. We offer a Pre-Wedding shoot which allows us to casually catch up and also diffuse any of those 'chandler from friends' smiles!! Its our job to put your mind at rest and have a good old laugh.
Its also a great opportunity for us to test your knowledge of each other in turn we'll find out more about you and what makes you both tick. We offer some unique and informal pictures that really tell the story as we build up to your big day. With some of the most stunning coastline in the UK and rugged countryside we are spoiled rotten for locations.
Ultimately though it is a chance for us to get to know you a little better and vice versa preparing the bride and groom to be a more informal and relaxed before the big day. Having a knowledge of you ensures that your wedding day will run as smooth as silk.
What questions might you ask a client when starting a new project?
We are a little nosey, so asking questions about where you first met, your first date and engagement are just the beginning of the interrogation (we don't actually interrogate you!) Plus you can find out more about us too.
What do you love most about your job?
It is the most rewarding job when Brides and Groom (and even family) view the wedding story. Seeing and hearing the giggles, smiles and even the emotion (good emotion we should just add!) really sends us onto cloud 9!
What inspired you to start your own business?
Its simple really, we are completely passionate about capturing memories.
Why should our clients choose you?
We like to think when choosing us you are buying into us, it's as much about the work we produce as it is about us being a part of your journey. Photography is a skill and to completely fulfil assignments you have to know your clients and what makes them tick.
Wedding Photography
Choosing the right photographers for your Wedding Day is one of the most vital decisions you can make and with more choice than ever before we can sympathise that its a huge challenge. Being comfortable and not feeling pressured is of utmost importance with any of the wedding services you both choose.
We offer a truely unique photo journalistic style, capturing events as they happen. We can tailor any package to your requirements and our availabilty covers the UK and Destinations.
Location or Studio Photography
We love our own family so we know how much you love and treasure yours. The Studio is located in Bridlington & we have a quaint space to accomodate couples and small families.
Location Photography options are individually tailored to you - capturing all those special moments in your life to create unique and beautiful images that really tell your story. Rather than offering expensive packages, we have broken the rules!! So you can choose what you would like, we feel this is a far more honest way for you to enjoy your photographs (and we don't delete them either!)
After every session we professionally retouch your images and have a private viewing in the studio or we can offer our online gallery service for your comfort. All our prints and products are professionally lab printed and graded to perfection each and every time.
Pre Wedding Photography
Beautiful Stories begin. Pre-Wedding Photography allows us to casually catch up and also diffuse any of those 'chandler from friends' smiles!! Its our job to put your mind at rest and have a good old laugh.
Its also a great opportunity for us to test your knowledge of each other in turn we'll find out more about you and what makes you both tick. We offer some unique and informal pictures that really tell the story as we build up to your big day. With some of the most stunning coastline in the UK and rugged countryside we are spoiled rotten for locations.
Ultimately though it is a chance for us to get to know you a little better and vice versa preparing the bride and groom to be a more informal and relaxed before the big day. Having a knowledge of you ensures that your wedding day will run as smooth as silk.
