Caring, award-winning, family portrait and lifestyle photographer, offering studio or location photography.
Natural photo shoots, where your most important people are my most important people too. Based in Sherburn Hill, Durham, covering the North East.
A posed photo shoot perfect for babies from newborn to sitting, and include sibling and family captures too!
Whether you have a location in mind, or need some inspiration, outdoor shoots are lots of fun in the glorious British weather!
Cake smashes are suitable for up to age 4, and include a custom design to suit your preferences, and the cake to take home to finish off. Additional bath splashes are available as an add-on.
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Our landscape art is available to purchase as a hard copy, with the option to add a simple black, white or wooden effect frame. Prices vary.
What an amazing experience from start to finish! 😃 we have just received our photos back from our little boys first birthday cake smash and they are absolutely amazing! Rachel managed to capture every part of Theodore’s personality - cheeky, happy and cute! The entire process - from booking to receiving our final photos - has been seamless. Rachel had a fantastic selection of backdrops to choose from and had our photos back to us within a matter of days. 5 ⭐️ customer service! We felt so welcome at the cake smash, and Rachel was fantastic with Theodore, letting him explore and get comfortable before making him laugh and giggle non stop! Thank you so much - would 100% recommend The Whitley Captures to anyone looking for beautiful family photos.
I was a bit nervous about trying to get my two girls to sit/stand/smile but Rachel was so patient and made the shoot fun which the girls loved. The photos have come out better than I could have imagined and couldn’t recommend Rachel enough. Love love love them.
We took our little girl for a newborn shoot and Rachel was brilliant! So patient and lovely with our baby. The shoot was tailored well to what we wanted, some lovely poses, and we didn't feel hurried - the little one was happy throughout.
got my sons cake smash photo shoot and absolutely love every single photo so friendly will definitely be recommending and 100% would be back again thanks so much x
Rachel deserves a medal for managing to get the photos she did of our family for Christmas - she made everyone feel so comfortable and then the props she had helped the boys have some fun really naturally. My family all want copies and it was such amazing value. Thank you and we will definitely be back to capture more memories in the future.
Gorgeous photos again! Aged 9 months, 2, 6 and 8 years and Rachel got them all to cooperate and we got some amazing photos. Have used Rachel many times before and will continue to do so
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