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Happy Otter Photography

York, North Yorkshire, County Durham

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‘21 Certificate of Excellence, 2021

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York wedding photographer, Happy Otter Photography is run by professional female wedding photographer, Emma Womersley, who has over 10 years experience photographing weddings throughout Yorkshire and the North East. Emma has naturally developed her own unique style which is a storytelling blend of documentary and reportage photography designed and delivered with modest and introverted couples at heart.

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2 March 2022

What can I say?! Emma is simply amazing. She took the most beautiful photos of our intimate wedding. She was super helpful from booking, through virtual meetings beforehand and especially on the day. Emma captured every single moment, looking back through the photos is like reliving the day all over again. She put everyone at ease including those not confident in front of the camera and was just generally fantastic. Emma, we cannot thank you enough!xx More...

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13 February 2022

Emma took the most beautiful photos at our recent winter wedding.She made us feel confident right from the start of the booking process, arranging meetings to make sure she knew how the day would go and exactly what we wanted from our photos. We were amazed she managed to capture every tiny moment that made the day so memorable, we can't sing her praises enough. She was totally unobtrusive and put a camera-shy family at ease. Thanks so much Emma xx More...

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29 August 2021

Hiring Emma as our photographer was one of my favouriate things about our wedding. She honnestly made the day so much easier and stress free! I instantly warmed to her and was able to feel relaxed around her - which is quite the achievement when she was armed with my nemesis (a camera). She knew exactly what she was doing and organised herself to get it all done, without having to check in with me. I often saw her getting fabulous candid shots of the day. In fact, whenever I thought, ooh that would make a nice picture, i'd turn around and she'd already be on it! I honnestly can't sing her praises highly enough. It all felt so natural and Emma just fitted into the wedding party and the day perfectly. From booking her, to the meeting to the wedding day itself, Emma has been a wealth of knowledge and support. I honnestly don't think this experience would of been the same without her!🙌🦦🦦 More...

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21 October 2019

Emma is an amazing and truly talented photographer. She captured every moment of our wedding day&night just perfectly, getting the shots that we’d not even thought about and captured those moments that we were just too busy to see ourselves. She done this in the most perfect, natural and friendly way, not by pushing her camera into our face or the faces of our guests, which I’ve experienced at other weddings, but by keeping it so friendly and relaxed, the children just loved her.Emma we can’t thank you enough for being our photographer on our special day, our photos bring us so much joy and are filled with so much love. Anybody looking for a photographer For your special day we would Definitley recommend this lovely lady! You won’t regret it xx More...

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9 July 2019

Words can't fully describe how fantastic Emma was throughout our whole wedding day photography experience but I'm going to give it a go. From the very start Emma put us at ease, was extreamly professional and always friendly. On the day we wanted to make the most of spending time with our loved ones and didn't like the idea of standing and posing for hours and this is exactly what we got to do by picking Happy Otter Photography.The final photos were exactly as we hoped and more, they captured all the fun and touching moments of our day in a really natural way. If you're looking for natural photos, that really document you're day as it happens then this is the business to pick. Just amazing. Thanks Happy Otter Photography More...

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7 July 2019

Wow - we just got our photos back of our wedding day, and Emma captured it all perfectly. Her candid, natural photography style was exactly what we wanted and she’s captured all of the big and small moments throughout the day. Watching the slideshow was like reliving the day. We can’t recommend her enough if you want someone who will just blend in and capture the love of the day More...

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7 May 2019

Emma was great on the day, not too pushy, took the right amount of posed photos and then just mingled. I can't wait to see the photos

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28 March 2019

Great place for tools

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13 December 2018

Emma captured our day so beautifully, her photography is so natural, exactly what we wanted to capture our day. Her knowledge of how to organise the formal photos ensured they ran smoothly, even with two naughty mini shnauzers! ???? Thank you Emma for preserving our memories forever, so perfectly. We can't recommend Happy Otter Photography enough! ???? More...

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12 October 2018

Emma is an amazing photographer and a lovely lady. Our photos are perfect. Thank you so much for capturing our special day. X

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20 August 2018

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My husband and I aren’t ones for being front and centre as we are both quite introverted by nature but with our wedding on the horizon, we knew we really wanted to capture our wedding memories so I spent a lot of time doing research to identify a photography style that fit the bill. The only thing I really knew going in was that I didn’t want the fake posing photos that really aren’t us - they would sit on a USB stick and never be looked at again. I knew I wanted someone with attention to detail, someone who would capture the bits of our wedding that I wouldn’t necessarily see, and someone who’d get us through the pain of formal photos (that I hated the idea of but knew I’d regret if I didn’t get them) as quickly as possible. I was taken by Emma from my first look at her website - but it was her blog that made me confident she was the photographer for us. A documentary photographer at heart with an eye for detail, who appreciates the need for the formal bits but knows it’s all a bit awkward for the camera shy among us. At our first meeting, I knew I’d made the right decision. She cared about our needs and wants and we quickly got down to business discussing all of the intricate details of the day. She called out my husband for watching sport rather than focusing on the task in hand - which I’d been desperate to do - but she did it in such a great way and with such good humour that he laughed with her and zoned back into our conversation... I instantly fell in love with her just a little bit as he never reacts so well when I try to get him back in the room when sport is on! I appreciate that is a weird thing to write in a review but you need someone strong when they need to start rounding up wedding guests and Emma, in that one action, showed me she was strong, funny, confident and task-focused. What more could you want in a photographer? On the actual day, Emma very quickly got to work and took some cracking photos of random things I’d never have even thought of. She worked tirelessly all day, she was swift and decisive and like an absolute ninja, she was in different parts of the wedding taking snaps that I didn’t even realise at the time. Emma also managed a barrage of changes that were thrown in at the last minute with absolute professionalism which is testament to her character. Her photos are totally beautiful and we have memories captured that we will treasure forever - particularly some beauties she took of my gran and my husbands nieces. I’ve already printed so many copies just to give out as gifts so that other people can share our treasured memories. We’ve had so many compliments on our wedding photos from friends and family and I am looking forward to getting some framed and around our house as soon as I can. I cannot recommend Emma’s services highly enough. Thank you Emma for immortalising our perfect day in a way that was so perfect for us - words cannot describe how grateful we are. Claire and Steven xx More...

Reviewed on Facebook

8 August 2018

Absolutely amazing photos. Thank you so much for capturing our day. Emma was excatly what we wanted! Captured some beatiful natural moments couldnt have asked for more.

Reviewed on Facebook

8 August 2018

We've been lucky to have found Emma. We are very happy with the beautiful photos she took on our wedding day. The little details and moments captured looking naturally take us back to that magical day. We love the colours and the quality of the pictures. Thank you EP Photography for your outstanding services :) More...

Reviewed on Facebook

8 August 2018

We've just had our wedding photo's back from Emma and they are absolutely fantastic!
On the run up to the wedding and on the day itself Emma was a complete professional and we couldn't be happier with the results!
Thank you Emma!

Reviewed on Facebook

8 August 2018

Truly amazing from start to finish! Emma just blended in all day and captured the things that we had missed... now our photographs are here and I'm so glad that we picked this very talented lady to be part of our special day �

Reviewed on Facebook

8 August 2018

Not had all of our photos yet but the ones I have seen so far clearly show the talent of this wonderful photographer highly recommend Emma very professional and calm throughout can't wait to see the rest of the photos so happy with the ones so far.

Reviewed on Facebook

8 August 2018

A lot of our friends have said that although they love their wedding photos, it's the small things on the day that they miss being able to recall again. Everyone 'poses' for photos, but it's not necessarily how we know them. Candid shots of them, laughing, cracking jokes, looking at the photos they took on their own phones, flowers, table layout, trinkets scattered around, menu cards and all those hundreds of other things that make up the day are the things that get hard to remember years on.
We wanted all those memories, and seeing Emma's website and photos we felt she could deliver that. We arranged to meet Emma at the wedding venue so she could see it, and we pretty much knew we'd made the right choice. She asked the right questions, getting to know us first and what we wanted and then going through the venue with us looking at potential shots and involving us in ideas about locations.
On the day she worked tirelessly, it was obvious a lot of planning had gone on because she was right there for every important moment.
When we got the photos we were over the moon! We had the necessary 'formal' shots we had asked for, and the rest were an amazing picture story of the whole day. Years from now that photo album will come out and take us right back to that day, and that is exactly what we wanted.
We can't thank Emma enough. Everyone who's seen the photos has praised her work so from us she comes highly recommended.
Roy & Jill
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8 August 2018

We've just received our photos from Emma and we are absolutely over the moon! She has perfectly captured so many special moments and I honestly felt like I was reliving the day as we went through them all!

So many of our guests had commented on how refreshing it was for a photographer to blend in and capture all the little moments, rather than jumping in front of guests and dictating the day.

We honestly couldn't be happier with the results of your hard work - thank you so much!

Robert and Joanne Burn
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Reviewed on Facebook

8 August 2018

Absolutely amazing choice for a wedding photographer! Emma's relaxed and professional style creates the most gorgeous shots for your big day. She concentrates on capturing moments rather than framing shots, helping the day go smoothly and providing wonderful memories. Excellent service, good price, and quality product. I highly recommend her! More...

Reviewed on Facebook

8 August 2018

Our amazing wedding photos arrived yesterday, and everything is perfect, even down to the USB with the cute otter logo! I can't sing Emma's praises high enough, she was exactly what we needed in a photographer. I love the relaxed unposed photos which tell a perfect story of our day! Thank you so much More...

Reviewed on Facebook

8 August 2018

Our photos are absolutely PERFECT. Emma has managed to create exactly what we wanted and so much more. Cannot recommend her enough! We are not posy people at all and didn't need to be, we were made to feel at ease and it felt like a friend was there with us. We would both like to thank you very very much for capturing our day exactly as it was: colourful, loving and fun! Thank you again so so much we are thrilled :) More...

Reviewed on Facebook

8 August 2018

If I could give Emma more than five stars I would- everything about our experience was perfect. From the initial meeting and discussing ideas, to the lead up to the day and the day itself was brilliant thanks to Emmas professional yet relaxed manner.

Both myself and David hate having our picture taking but Emma took all of the stress out of it and made them enjoyable. All our guests agreed and commented on how lovely it was to have a photographer who captured special moments rather than having staged pictures.

We were so excited to get our pictures back and they were better than we could have imagined! The way we received them was so thoughtful and the pictures were amazing. All the important moments were perfectly captured and we got to see parts of the day we missed.

We couldn't have been happier with the service and photos we received from Emma.

Thank you!
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Reviewed on Facebook

8 August 2018

Emma was perfect on our special day. Unfortunately we didnt get to meet in person before the wedding due to the weather, but we had frequent email contact and a really helpful Skype call where we went through all the things that were important to us for our photographs.
On the day I barely knew Emma was there! We've got so many lovely photos that I wasn't expecting and it was really lovely to look through them all. She also took fantastic family photos that we had asked for, which we will treasure forever.
Thank you Emma for our amazing photos, we are so so happy with them!
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7 August 2018

Just received our photos today and we are thrilled- Emma captured a genuine feel of the day and was calming, organised and relaxed (yet professional). we'll treasure the photos forever. Highly recommend! More...

Reviewed on Facebook

1 July 2018

Fantastic service always, always professional desurves top praise for all the hard work in there always busy on phones but still manages to proform an amazing service while waiting.

Reviewed on Facebook

29 May 2018

Friendly, professional and holistic

Reviewed on Facebook

27 May 2018

Very handy

Reviewed on Facebook

27 May 2018

Great service.

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27 May 2018

HSS Hire were great Delivered and collected with no problem and the scythe did exactly what they said it would so thank you again. Would use again

Reviewed on Facebook

26 May 2018

Emma photographed our wedding (end of May 2017) at Comlongon Castle, Dumfries. Although she is not based in the area, she was happy to travel there for the event. She arrived exactly on time, stayed longer than she needed to, and took hundreds of fantastic photos. She was completely unobtrusive and did a great job taking both candid photos and getting our guests together for group photos.Emma's prices were very reasonable, and she has provided us with a usb stick with both high res and low res versions of all of the photos, as well as a lovely slideshow set to music. We would definitely recommend her! More...

Reviewed on Google Maps

17 May 2018

Our amazing wedding photos arrived yesterday, and everything is perfect, even down to the USB with the cute otter logo! I can't sing Emma's praises high enough, she was exactly what we needed in a photographer. I love the relaxed unposed photos which tell a perfect story of our day! Thank you so much More...

Reviewed on Facebook

7 May 2018

Emma was perfect on our special day. Unfortunately we didnt get to meet in person before the wedding due to the weather, but we had frequent email contact and a really helpful Skype call where we went through all the things that were important to us for our photographs. On the day I barely knew Emma was there! We've got so many lovely photos that I wasn't expecting and it was really lovely to look through them all. She also took fantastic family photos that we had asked for, which we will treasure forever. Thank you Emma for our amazing photos, we are so so happy with them! More...

Reviewed on Facebook

6 April 2018

If I could give Emma more than five stars I would- everything about our experience was perfect. From the initial meeting and discussing ideas, to the lead up to the day and the day itself was brilliant thanks to Emmas professional yet relaxed manner. Both myself and David hate having our picture taking but Emma took all of the stress out of it and made them enjoyable. All our guests agreed and commented on how lovely it was to have a photographer who captured special moments rather than having staged pictures. We were so excited to get our pictures back and they were better than we could have imagined! The way we received them was so thoughtful and the pictures were amazing. All the important moments were perfectly captured and we got to see parts of the day we missed. We couldn't have been happier with the service and photos we received from Emma. Thank you! More...

Reviewed on Facebook

13 February 2018

Absolutely amazing choice for a wedding photographer! Emma's relaxed and professional style creates the most gorgeous shots for your big day. She concentrates on capturing moments rather than framing shots, helping the day go smoothly and providing wonderful memories. Excellent service, good price, and quality product. I highly recommend her! More...

Reviewed on Facebook

3 October 2017

Absolutely amazing photos. Thank you so much for capturing our day. Emma was excatly what we wanted! Captured some beatiful natural moments couldnt have asked for more.

Reviewed on Facebook

31 August 2017

We've just received our photos from Emma and we are absolutely over the moon! She has perfectly captured so many special moments and I honestly felt like I was reliving the day as we went through them all! So many of our guests had commented on how refreshing it was for a photographer to blend in and capture all the little moments, rather than jumping in front of guests and dictating the day. We honestly couldn't be happier with the results of your hard work - thank you so much! Robert and Joanne Burn More...

Reviewed on Facebook

10 August 2017

We've just had our wedding photo's back from Emma and they are absolutely fantastic! On the run up to the wedding and on the day itself Emma was a complete professional and we couldn't be happier with the results! Thank you Emma!

Reviewed on Facebook

16 July 2017

Not had all of our photos yet but the ones I have seen so far clearly show the talent of this wonderful photographer highly recommend Emma very professional and calm throughout can't wait to see the rest of the photos so happy with the ones so far.

Reviewed on Facebook

29 May 2017

The fact that I have regularly visited the centre for nearly two years says everything. David and Nicola have created a great ethos and a realistic approach to healthy living and fitness which has helped me to make long lasting changes to my diet and lifestyle with no pain or drastic measures. The classes are fun and full of lovely people who I look forward to seeing. The centre is an extremely friendly and supportive place. David and Nicola have a great approach which is gently encouraging and non judgemental. I have felt comfortable to get involved with extra events and challenges that have given me confidence and self belief and had a really positive impact on my life. SSWC is a unique place and I love being part of it. More...

Reviewed on Facebook

27 May 2017

Good service

Reviewed on Facebook

27 May 2017

Very helpfull

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26 May 2017

Professional wedding photographer, excellent!

Reviewed on Google Maps

23 April 2017

Truly amazing from start to finish! Emma just blended in all day and captured the things that we had missed... now our photographs are here and I'm so glad that we picked this very talented lady to be part of our special day �

Reviewed on Facebook

19 December 2016

We've been lucky to have found Emma. We are very happy with the beautiful photos she took on our wedding day. The little details and moments captured looking naturally take us back to that magical day. We love the colours and the quality of the pictures. Thank you EP Photography for your outstanding services :) More...

Reviewed on Facebook

3 November 2016

A lot of our friends have said that although they love their wedding photos, it's the small things on the day that they miss being able to recall again. Everyone 'poses' for photos, but it's not necessarily how we know them. Candid shots of them, laughing, cracking jokes, looking at the photos they took on their own phones, flowers, table layout, trinkets scattered around, menu cards and all those hundreds of other things that make up the day are the things that get hard to remember years on. We wanted all those memories, and seeing Emma's website and photos we felt she could deliver that. We arranged to meet Emma at the wedding venue so she could see it, and we pretty much knew we'd made the right choice. She asked the right questions, getting to know us first and what we wanted and then going through the venue with us looking at potential shots and involving us in ideas about locations. On the day she worked tirelessly, it was obvious a lot of planning had gone on because she was right there for every important moment. When we got the photos we were over the moon! We had the necessary 'formal' shots we had asked for, and the rest were an amazing picture story of the whole day. Years from now that photo album will come out and take us right back to that day, and that is exactly what we wanted. We can't thank Emma enough. Everyone who's seen the photos has praised her work so from us she comes highly recommended. Roy & Jill More...

Reviewed on Facebook

16 August 2016

Professional wedding photographer, excellent!

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9 August 2016

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This site was really helpful when you are struggling to find what you want thank you and I look forward to working with you thank you

29 May 2016

Started running at SSWC last October as due to an injury I had stopped training in martial arts around two years before and was felling very unfit, tried training in a gym but got board. 12 months later I have lost two stone and ran my first 10k this year. Using the Herbalife products and also taking some classes I am in the best shape I have been for years physically and mentally. Can not thank David ,Nicola and all the coaches enough. More...

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29 May 2016

I first visited this centre during a very bad part of my life and I can honestly say it has changed my life in ways I didn't think possible all because of the people and support they give to everyone from every walk of life so don't hesitate if you want to change your life for the better and for ever make the first step you won't regret it. Lots of love to all the coaches and to Nicola and David who set up the centre. Xx Paul W xX More...

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Q&As

It requires a combination of technical skills, an artistic eye, and being in tune with people.

Do you like to pose? If so, we probably won't get on!

Sharing such a special day with a couple - and providing them with photos that bring back happy memories time and time again.

Because I hate having my photo taken, so I know what it's like! My clients are usually introverts who want photos of them and their guests having a good time.... so that's what I do. I won't turn your party into a photoshoot!

Services

Any length of coverage - from a couple of hours for a simple ceremony, to the full day from prep until after the first dance.
I provide the digital files in an online gallery and on a USB.