Lorraine
Portraits and weddings, photographed in York.
Golden hour in York today
Portraits, as they happen
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Three ways to book a shoot
Everything is shot in and around York, directed from the first frame, and yours to use.
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Test shoot
Two hours, two looks, on the street or in the studio. Twenty finished pictures for agencies and your own pages. For anyone starting a portfolio.
£180
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Portrait session
Three hours, up to three locations in the city, thirty-five finished pictures. For actors, musicians, founders, families and anyone who needs a picture of themselves they like.
£260
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Golden hour
Ninety minutes on the walls or by the river in the last light of the day, timed to the minute. Twenty-five finished pictures. The one people come back for.
£320
Prices for one person; add £60 for a second. Hair and make-up by arrangement. Pictures within ten days.
Book a shootWeddings, shot and run
Lorraine photographs the day and keeps it to time, so the pictures happen on their own. York, Yorkshire and the North; further by arrangement.
How a wedding day goes
A typical timetable, written with you a month before and kept on the day. Yours will differ; the point is that it exists.
- Getting readyLorraine arrives with the second camera. Details, the dress, the room, the quiet.
- Guests arriveThe venue is briefed, the florist and the car are checked, the groom is found.
- CeremonyShot from the aisle and the side, without flash, without moving the celebrant.
- Confetti and drinksThe one picture everyone asks for, then an hour of people enjoying themselves.
- GroupsEight groups in twenty minutes, from a list agreed the week before. Nobody is herded.
- The two of youTwenty minutes away from everyone, in the best light the place has.
- Wedding breakfast and speechesFaces at the tables, the speeches from three angles, the cake.
- Golden hourTen minutes outside, timed to the light, if you want it. Most do.
- First dance and the eveningThe dance, the band, the people who stay. Lorraine leaves at 22:00 or when it is right.
Three wedding collections
Every collection is shot by Lorraine herself, includes planning the timetable with you, and delivers an online gallery you can download and share. Travel within fifty miles of York is included.
Check my date-
£1,650
The ceremony
Six hours, from the last hour of getting ready to the first dance. One photographer. Around four hundred finished pictures.
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£2,400
The whole day
Ten hours, a second photographer for the ceremony and the groups, the day run to time, a short film of the speeches. Around seven hundred pictures.
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£3,200
Two days
The whole day plus the evening before or the morning after, two photographers throughout, a bound album of sixty pages. Around nine hundred pictures.
In York, with the light
Lorraine has photographed in York for long enough to know which wall is lit at four and which street is empty at seven.
The city is small enough to walk and old enough to give every session a different century: the walls, the Shambles, the Minster's pale stone, the river, the Georgian doors of Bootham, a daylight studio off Micklegate. Weddings go further: barns in the Dales, halls on the Wolds, the coast.
She works alone or with a second photographer, on digital and on film, and directs quietly. Models leave with a portfolio; couples leave with a day they can remember in order.
Before you book
- Based in York, YO1. Sessions in the city; weddings within two hours, further by arrangement.
- Sessions delivered within ten days, weddings within six weeks, a preview in the first.
- A date is held by a short agreement and a deposit.
Do I need to have modelled before?
No. A test shoot is where a portfolio starts. Lorraine directs every frame, from how to stand to where to look, and you keep the pictures to send to agencies and use on your own pages.
Can I bring someone?
Yes, one person, and they are welcome to help with bags and hair. Under-18s always bring a parent or guardian.
What should I wear?
Two or three outfits you already like, in plain colours, nothing with big logos. Lorraine sends a short note the week before with what works in the places you will be shooting.
What does managing a wedding mean?
Lorraine plans the day's timings with you a month before, briefs the venue and suppliers on the morning, and keeps everything to time, so the pictures happen without anyone being herded. It is included in every collection.
Do you photograph weddings outside Yorkshire?
Yes. Anywhere within two hours of York is at the collection price; beyond that, travel and a night's stay are added at cost.
How do we hold a date?
Send the date through the form. If it is free, a short agreement and a deposit of £150 for a session or 25% for a wedding holds it. The balance is due two weeks before.
What if it rains?
York is good in rain. Sessions move under the snickelways and arcades or into the studio, or to another day at no charge. A wedding is photographed as it happens, umbrellas and all.
Do you shoot film?
A roll or two on most sessions and every wedding, alongside digital. Film pictures are included; whole-session film is quoted separately.
Check a date
A shoot in the city or a wedding anywhere in the North. Tell Lorraine the date and what you have in mind.
- A reply within two working days.
- A date is held by a short agreement and a deposit: £150 for a session, 25% for a wedding.
- Sessions delivered within ten days, weddings within six weeks.
Or write to hello@lorraine.example · +44 7700 900000