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Paul Read Photography

Paul Read Photography

Hastings, East Sussex
5.0 out of 5 rating, 55 reviews
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    Expensivereddecor59384 Sent on 05/11/2025
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    Discreet and talented, thank you Paul!

    Huge thanks to Paul, our amazing wedding photographer! So discreet yet he captured every emotion so beautifully. The photos are incredible and tell the story of our day perfectly.

    Paul Read Photography's reply:

    Thanks for your lovely words, Mathilde and Luuk. I loved every second! I'll hope to see you both again :) Paul
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    Ruth Sent on 15/09/2025
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    Amazing!!!

    Paul was amazing from start to finish!! He captured our day better than I could have imagined. Every guest has been photographed, and everyone looks so relaxed and happy as Paul has captured them just enjoying the day and catching up with friends! I would thoroughly recommend Paul!

    Paul Read Photography's reply:

    And what a gorgeous afternoon it was.......it was so lovely meeting and photographing you all! :) Paul
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    Christina Sent on 26/08/2025
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    Brilliant photographer - we were beyond happy with our experience!

    Paul was amazing. He was so friendly, responsive to emails and accommodating to our needs for the day.
    Paul kept in touch from our first email to those that I sent after the wedding.
    On our wedding day Paul blended in so well that we hardly knew he was there, yet he provided us with hundreds of photos that were thoughtful, carefully angled and covered all the most important moments, and the charming candid ones as well.
    Neither myself or my husband are particularly comfortable being photographed, but Paul made us feel very comfortable and not awkward at all. We laughed all through the day, and we were so at ease even when we were having photos just the two of us in the woods.
    Paul was kind to all our guests and got photos of all of our loved ones in their best moments without being obstructive or intrusive at all.
    He even drove us between locations and was game for a woodland walk mid-day. Paul got some absolutely stunning photos of us with some inventive, thoughtful and creative angles and locations, and we are so grateful for them.
    Paul felt like a friend and I would 100% recommend him to anyone. He was fantastic.

    Paul Read Photography's reply:

    Ahh thank you Christina - such kind, lovely words. I have fond memories of your wedding day. It was a complete joy to capture. Thanks for being so much fun! :)
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    Ellie Sent on 08/08/2025
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    Paul was fantastic!!

    From meeting Paul in our initial meeting he immediately made us feel comfortable, he was great at communicating on the lead up to the wedding and made everything on the day run smoothly. The photos are fabulous!
    We would highly recommend Paul.

    Paul Read Photography's reply:

    Thanks Ellie, it was so much fun photographing your delicious day!! Loved it! It was like being on holiday at the Gallivant and on Camber Sands :) :) :)
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    Camilla Sent on 16/06/2025
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    Thank you Paul

    Paul was super easy to work with. He put us at ease straight away with his relaxed style. We had lots of compliments from guests too saying how nice and chilled he was which allowed people to be themselves. Paul was incredibly responsive on email and was very flexible working with us on the day. The turnaround of the photos was short too given the busy summer period. Once we received the link to our album it was like reliving the wedding all over again. Paul really captured the atmosphere in the beautiful photos. We are delighted! Thank you for the memories.

    Paul Read Photography's reply:

    It was all an absolute joy, Camilla! So many congratulations to you and Chris and thank you so much for asking me to photograph it all for you :) A true pleasure! Paul
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    Niki Sent on 28/03/2025
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    Brilliant! We loved working with Paul and we loved our photos.

    Paul made everything very easy and relaxed, he had great creative input, was really easy to work with and we love our photos. He was really unobtrusive during our small intimate ceremony and captured the relaxed and joy filled spirit of the day beautifully, whilst and also managing to coral our guests to get the photos done with total ease. We would definitely recommend Paul, thank you for the super photos!

    Paul Read Photography's reply:

    HI Niki and Jeremy! I loved being a part of your beautiful, intimate and gentle wedding day - thank you so much for having me along. You were all a complete pleasure...and I'm glad you love your photographs :) Paul
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    Johannes Sent on 17/11/2024
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    Very pleasant, very professional, beautiful pictures

    Paul is friendly, flexible and easy going, before, during and after the wedding day. He got along very well with us, bride and groom, and with the guests. Despite his easy going look, he takes his job very seriously. Unnoted and discrete, he executed his task very well. Warm recommendations, and absolutely value for money!
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    Sophie Sent on 26/10/2024
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    Would 100% recommend

    We so enjoyed working with Paul from our first meeting right the way through our wedding and beyond. The quality of his photos is exceptional, we’ve had so many complements from our guests about them. Paul is really friendly and relaxed making us feel both calm and special on the day. He took the time to understand our vibe and what we wanted, also giving his suggestions to get some really great shots. We would thoroughly recommend Paul for your big day!
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    Paul is a must for your wedding!

    We were so grateful to have Paul as our photographer for our wedding, he made the day super easy and fun! We wanted natural photos to look back on and not spend ages doing this as we wanted to enjoy our day and Paul captured exactly that! Paul was great to work with before, during and after our special day which put us at ease.

    Our photos came back so quickly and we are over the moon with them and cannot believe how great we look on our special day and that was all down to Paul!

    Thank you so much for capturing our special day, we now get to relive the day through our amazing photos!
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    Gemma Sent on 14/08/2024
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    Absolutely brilliant photographer who was like a bonus guest

    My husband and I spent many hours looking at various photographer’s websites. He’s a bit handy with a camera so he had a real interest in this aspect of the wedding planning. As soon as I stumbled on Paul’s website I could tell he was what we were looking for. Well taken, natural shots that tell a story. You can tell Paul’s background is photojournalism.

    We spoke to Paul on a Zoom call before we booked him and we found him easy going and a laugh. We also spoke to Paul again before the wedding to discuss further what we wanted. At all times he understood the brief.

    On the day itself Paul blended in as an extra guest almost. Guests seemed to really gel with him and he got in to the spirit of the fun event we had planned. A couple of friends don’t remember a photographer being there so I think they actually thought he was a guest. We invited Paul back the next day to take day after shots as we had use of the venue for a barbecue. Again it was great having Paul around to capture the day.

    I’ve just received my wedding photographs. There are so many of them and they are al superb. They tell the story of the day so well I had a wonderful evening going through them. I am sure I will take many days looking through as each time I spot something different. It’s really made me reminisce. The day after shots are just superb too. There are photographs of people, decor, pets, food, laughter and hi-jinx.

    If you’re thinking of Paul as a photographer, think no more, he’s brilliant.
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