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.
Had our little girls 1st cake smash photoshoot today & everything was perfect, the room was already set up when we arrived, all we had to do was get our little girl changed, Rachel had kids nursery rhyme music playing & was so lovely to our daughter doing all sorts of funny noises to make her smile & laugh for the photos. We only had the smash this afternoon so haven’t seen the final photos yet but Rachel showed us a few on the camera & they looked great, we can’t wait to see the final edits! Also the cake was delicious, we brought what was left of it home & ended up having it for tea 🤣 thank you so much Rachel, we will certainly be back! We had a newborn photoshoot with someone else & got charged an absolute fortune for 3 photos that we didn’t even get to choose, I wish we found Rachel sooner she was amazing! You certainly won’t be disappointed if you book a photoshoot! ☺️
So so pleased with the beautiful pics Rachel has captured for us! We had a non-compliant 2 year old on the day and we still came away with beautiful pics. Rachel put us at ease and I’d definitely recommend her if you’re thinking of booking a photo session.
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.
Rachel is so patient and understanding with our little one each time she meet him. I would highly recommend The Whitley Captures to all of my family and friends! Thank you so much Rachel, you are a gem!
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.
We’ve had four photoshoots with Rachel this past year and our little one is only one. If that doesn’t tell you how good she is, I don’t know what will! Rachel is warm, friendly and really knows how to capture your little ones personality. Each and every photo she has taken have became my favourite, and I’m fastly growing out of wall space to hang these. Rachel is super quick and will get your photos back to you as quickly as possible, and will even add the extra sparkle (sparkle on pics for Christmas, glowing lights for birthday shoots). There’s simply no one else I’d choose to get my photos with. Thank you so much Rachel, and no doubt I will see you in in the future 🤍
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