we hired this man to photograph our wedding, he left us in the lurch at the last moment and tried…read moreto fob us off with a student photographer while still taking full payment, he has done this before and has just lost a court case trying this scam (he will phone and say been in car crash, at hospital with wife and so on....), he double books, we had photos of him at another wedding on the same day as ours while claiming he was in hospital with wife, other professional photographers do not associate with him, hire at your own risk

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We saw an advert in the local free paper asking for child models to take part in an Angel…read moreexhibition. When I rang they took our details and arranged an appointment for us. I must have rang a few times before I got through. The man (I later found out was Les Pringle) explained that they don't open until 10am. The studio is upstairs and is very weel light with a huge window to allow natural light in. The flooring is wooden floors so wasn't very good on my little ones bare feet. Sandy did the shoot and she was extremely patient with my then 3 year old. She positioned my daughter as it wass easier than explaining to a 3 year old what to do. She talked to her about things that interested her and made her feel comfortable. Which was brill as she is a shy little girl. The photos were amazing. As we were supplying the model they allowed us to buy the photographs at a reduced price. The are dearer than pixi photos, but well worth it. The quality of the actual picture is fantastic. We have since had a family sitting with them. And were again really pleased with the outcome. On the family sitting our 1 year old kept crying and wouldn't sit still. Les and Sandy arranged for us to go in another day free of charge so that we could finish off. We didn't expect or ask them to. There is no pressure to buy the photos, but once you see them you'll be handing your money over. There is no parking outside, but you can park in the multi storey car park above Marks and Spencers and walk round.

fantastic workshop on using smart phones for photography in business esp social media. well worth…read moreattending and hands on session; great advice.

From the owner: Gavin Forster Commercial Photography provides professional photography services to business and…read morecorporate clients. Photography services include photo shoots to provide professional high quality photos for; business website promotions, pr companies, sporting and business events and activities, product images, photos of staff and personnel in action, outdoor location photography, and images for printed promotional materials such as adverts, leaflets, posters, magazines and other publications. I also offer digital photography training and courses covering how to get more out of your digit camera equipment and how to become a professional and commercial photographer.

What a find! Excellent service, friendly staff, very informative and knowledgable. A great range of…read moreproducts, competitive prices. I got everything I wanted and left a very, very happy customer. I'll be back.

I asked for visa digital photo. Price £25. As for 3 people seems a lots I asked for discount…read more Nicely i was £20 per person. One of the photo was rejected by chinese embassy. As I did not have enough time to go back i took another one by myself. As thw shop said they guarantee photo will be accepted I asked for refund. Well £20 was spent for nothing. I showed the proof of rejection and owner was very rude. I got my refund but been told to never come back. Avoid. Use tesco or Asda

I called in for advice on black and white photography and was highly pleased by the professional…read moreand courteous help given me. It was good to experience good old customer service by very helpful staff in these days of rush and push. I would recommend this business to all. Lawrence.

. When we first started looking for North East wedding photographers, we realised it wasn't going…read moreto be easy. All the websites of the photographers we stumbled across showed photograph upon photograph of formal, cheesy poses, brides and grooms peeping out from behind trees or set up 'wacky' faces from the bridal party. Not exactly photos you'd want to have on your living room wall for years to come In a moment of frustration, I think I typed something like 'relaxed wedding photography, no cheesy poses' into Google and hey presto, Dirk's name came up! From our first meeting, we knew we weren't going to have to look anywhere else for our wedding photography. Dirk knew exactly what we wanted, but answered all our questions, and he was even happy to meet the parents before the big day. Even though he encouraged us to look around and make sure we were happy with our choice, we didn't bother, knowing that Dirk would do the job exactly as we wanted. And Dirk didn't disappoint! Despite the torrential rain on our pre-wedding shoot, we had a fun and relaxed afternoon in Durham a few weeks before our wedding, and he settled all nerves by ensuring he stayed in contact right up until the big day. I was so excited to get a text from him saying 'I'm on site, will be there in a second!' on the morning of our wedding, knowing that he would get some lovely shots right from when he arrived! I'd read reviews on Dirk's website about how well he fits in on the wedding day and sure enough, every single guest we spoke to after the wedding commented on him. Everyone said what a lovely bloke he was one guest even said 'that was the only wedding photographer I've seen who I've actually liked I usually want to punch them by the end of the day after they have made the guests wait around for three hours before herding them into some ridiculous formal pose'. Dirk was the opposite the group shots were taken in about a minute and every single person is smiling from ear to ear! Dirk was with us from 11 until around 9 on the day of the wedding, and he was hard at work for every single second. He even became like a third bridesmaid (minus the dress), helping me with flowers and gifts when I was looking a little overwhelmed! He took us away during the lull before the disco for a maximum of five minutes to get some photographs of the two of us alone nobody even noticed we had gone and they turned out to be some of our favourite pictures! Because of our jobs, we had asked Dirk if he wouldn't mind leaving our photographs off Facebook and his BLOG, and we were very grateful to him for respecting our wishes. Our photographs were ready for viewing less than a week after the wedding, and a gorgeous box with over 600 photographs was waiting for us on our return from honeymoon. We love every single picture as they are so relaxed and everyone looks so happy the photographs really tell the story of the day and we've looked at them over and over again since the wedding.Thank you, Dirk we couldn't have picked a better wedding photographer!

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