Red 5 Studios

It is our 40th wedding anniversary this year and, as part of the celebration of the event, we decided to have professional photographs taken of our family. We are very pleased that we asked Paula and Gary to do them for us. Their studio in Elland is perfectly situated in the town centre with plenty of free parking nearby. It is spacious, beautifully decorated and ideal for a family photoshoot.Paula and Gary were very welcoming and put us all at ease. There were ten of us altogether - six adults and four lively children, ranging in age from 4 to 67! The photoshoot started with the children. Paula and Gary quickly developed a very good rapport with them, and beautifully captured their energy and sense of fun.We continued with photos of the children, their parents and us, followed by family shots of our daughter with her family and our son with his. Paula and Gary managed to combine structure with a relaxed style in the final photographs, and we were all very pleased with a great selection of images which were not too formal and provided all the family groupings we needed.We are really delighted with the DVDs they produced for us which are wonderful mementos of our anniversary year and a celebration of our family. We can confidently recommend Paula and Gary.

We would just like to thank Paula and Gary very much for capturing our wedding day. You were absolutely brilliant on the day, you made us feel so relaxed and we had great fun creating all of the photos. Its great that you both have the knowledge and creativity to capture truely unique photos alongside the traditional. The photos we got were perfect and excellant quality, everyone commented on how beautiful they were. We think that the photography of a wedding is one of the more important things as the photographs that you get are a lasting momento of that special day. We are very glad we found Paula and Gary as the photography and professionalism they exhibited was outstading. We would highly recommend them.Thank you again, Nick and Cat.

As part of my 70th birthday celebrations I arranged a photo-shoot with Red 5 Studios.Paula and Gary were great. They made the whole experience fun, it was very easy to smile in the photos because of this. I now have some beautiful photos of my family to treasure.

I cannot explain just how wonderful Paula & Gary are! A wedding day is a day you want to remember forever and for all the right reasons and this is why we picked Red 5 Studios.Paula and Gary got it so right with us - they weren't imposing, demanding or rude. They were 100% attentive, creative and allowed us to enjoy the whole day without feeling like we were just on a shoot. It was like having an extra two friends with us to share in our day.Nothing was too much for this pair – they were complete professionals without the cold front. I cannot express the importance of having a photographer you actually like – it’s a long day to spend with them otherwise and Andy and I had such a laugh with Gary & Paula. We wanted a few different types of photos and Gary couldn’t have been more obliging or excited to do this for us.All our guests commented on how good they were on the day and the quality of their service really is 1st class. We opted for the fun shoot as well and they got everyone involved which is exactly what we were hoping for.I felt like they had a genuine interest in us and were truly pleased to be there.In summary – fantastic people, fantastic photos, fantastic service and fantastic prices!A massive thank you Paula and Gary – we will be recommending you to all of our family and friends!!!!

Gary and Paula photographed our wedding at the Saddleworth Hotel and I cannot sing their praises enough! They were amazing right from the beginning of the day, and both myself and my husband felt very comfortable with them, which is important as you spend a lot of your day together!! I would 100% recommended Red 5 Studios to anyone getting married! Thanks again Gary and Paula!

First time we have had a professional photo shoot done. Made us feel very welcome and relaxed. Had bags of patience with our uncooperative 2 year old son who eventually came round and had loads of fun posing for the camera.We would recommend Red 5 Studios to anyone. Top job by top professionals.

We hired Gary and Paula from Red5 to take our wedding pictures. It was one of the best decisions we made regarding our wedding and truly worth every penny!Gary and Paula did an excellent job of keeping everything running smoothly, being gracious with our guests and ensuring we got the pictures we wanted throughout the day. When our pictures arrived they were more than we ever wished for. Absolutely stunning, a true reminder of how special and truly beautiful our day was. Long after the wedding we still have guests talking about our photographers and the pictures we have.We would recommend Red5Studios to be your photographers for any occasion and we won't hesitate to use them for every big occasion in our lives going forward.

Wow, what amazing photographers Gary and Paula are! Our wedding was the most wonderful day and I wouldn't have changed the service we received from Red5Studios at all! From our first meeting with the couple, they put us at ease with great likeability, warmth and professional approach which meant that when our wedding day came, it was like having two extra friends along for the journey. They started with bridal preparations and got the key shots of dress, shoes, perfume, flowers etc without imposing on all the girls getting ready and drinking champagne. They then captured the fun and ensured I got lots of shots with the bridesmaids, my parents and of course sneaked off to capture the groom as well. There were natural photos and directed ones but Paula and Gary got the balance just right so that it all added to the fun rather than distracted from it. During the ceremony I was oblivious to all the camera shots so they weren't imposing in any way and didn't detract from all the special moments. The photos we got afterwards were perfect. They made our guests laugh when Gary was climbing on a stone wall to get the all important group shots outside to capture everyone, almost falling in the field below but showing complete dedication! This was a continuing theme of the day as despite the mud and the rain of December weather, Gary and Paula traipsed through fields, muddy turnstyles and down to the river of the village we got married in to get some phenomenal shots, including Gary lying down in the grass to get some creative photos. They must have been freezing as the adrenaline of the day was what was keeping me warm! The time we got on our own for photographs of just us two meant that we also got some special moments to talk about the day and our morning apart getting ready, as the rest of the day was a whirlwind spent with all the other guests. This was one of my favourite parts of the day. My favourite action shot was when I nearly took off in the wind holding my umbrella up. All our escapades outside were watched by our guests who stayed inside in the cosy warmth. However all this was due to us being willing participants and Gary would easily have found alternative (dry) places for us to have photos if we hadn't wanted to do any of this. Paula and Gary are so flexible and had previously asked for a list of 'must have' shots for the day. Since we have got our photos back, everyone who has seen them have said how unique and different they are to other wedding photos they have seen and said they were like photos of models in a magazine rather than the typical wedding photos (of course there are some of those as well!). I can't emphasise how much they helped to make our day perfect and the photos were so brilliant I've looked through them millions of times. The online slideshow set to music was an added bonus as it summarised the day without our guests having to trawl through all 400+ photos. We'd like to say a massive thank you to Paula and Gary.

Gary and Paula couldn't have made our experience more perfect. From preparing us for what the day would 'look like' to actually producing amazing photographs. All our guests commented on how happy and helpful they were at our wedding. Both of them made us feel relaxed, and enabled us to get the most out of producing a record of our very special day. The service we experienced was second to none - keeping us updated with when the photos would be ready (which was very quickly) and hand delivering the disk for us. We cannot thank them enough, highly recommended.